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[TRENDING NEWS] Ethiopian Leader Vows to Lead Troops as War Threatens to Widen

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Author: BY DECLAN WALSH - Publish Date: November 26, 2021 at 01:00AM Two years after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s claim that he was going into battle reflected both resolve and vulnerability.

[TRENDING NEWS] Pentagon Chief Expected to Discuss 2019 Airstrike That Killed Dozens

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Author: BY ERIC SCHMITT AND DAVE PHILIPPS - Publish Date: November 17, 2021 at 11:54PM A Times investigation found that the bombing in Syria was carried out by a shadowy Special Operations unit.

[TRENDING NEWS] Lawmakers Ask Biden to Rescind Medals for Wounded Knee Massacre

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Author: BY MARK WALKER - Publish Date: November 4, 2021 at 02:50AM Seventeen members of Congress said they believed it was within President Biden’s authority to revoke Medals of Honor “when appropriate.”

[TRENDING NEWS] German Woman Convicted of a Crime Against Humanity in Death of Yazidi Child

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Author: BY MELISSA EDDY - Publish Date: October 25, 2021 at 11:42PM The woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison after a court found that she joined the Islamic State and enslaved a Yazidi mother and child, whom she left to die in the summer heat of Iraq in 2015.

[TRENDING NEWS] He’s Australia’s Most Decorated Soldier. Did He Also Kill Helpless Afghans?

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Author: BY YAN ZHUANG - Publish Date: October 3, 2021 at 11:55PM Ben Roberts-Smith is suing three newspapers that accused him of unlawful killings in Afghanistan. But much more than the reputation of one soldier is at stake.

[TRENDING NEWS] Mohib Ullah, 46, Dies; Documented Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya

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Author: BY HANNAH BEECH - Publish Date: October 3, 2021 at 05:06AM Shot dead by gunmen, he had compiled a list of those who perished in the hope that the data could be used as evidence in international courts.

[TRENDING NEWS] Shrink Facebook to Save the World

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Author: BY SHIRA OVIDE - Publish Date: September 22, 2021 at 01:05AM Facebook has been used as a tool for violence and abuse in country after country. Maybe it shouldn’t be everywhere.

[TRENDING NEWS] Charged With Treason, a Genocide Survivor Opts to Fight, Not Flee

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Author: BY SETH MYDANS - Publish Date: August 6, 2021 at 11:33PM As a child, Theary Seng escaped Cambodia’s killing fields. After returning there as a human rights advocate, she angered the country’s strongman leader. But she refuses to be driven away again.

[TRENDING NEWS] Syrian Doctor Indicted in Germany for Crimes Against Humanity

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Author: BY CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE - Publish Date: July 29, 2021 at 12:32AM The military doctor, who was among the influx of refugees who entered Germany from Syria, is accused of torturing opponents of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

[TRENDING NEWS] How Local Guerrilla Fighters Routed Ethiopia’s Powerful Army

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: July 11, 2021 at 10:08PM A scrappy force of local Tigrayan recruits scored a cascade of battlefield victories against the Ethiopian military, one of Africa’s strongest. Times journalists witnessed the decisive week in an eight-month civil war.

[TRENDING NEWS] Gaza War Deepens a Long-Running Humanitarian Crisis

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Author: BY IYAD ABUHEWEILA, ADAM RASGON, ISABEL KERSHNER AND MARC SANTORA - Publish Date: May 19, 2021 at 05:53AM The Palestinian enclave was already in a dire state. The war with Israel has made it worse, damaging the health and sewage systems, closing schools and displacing tens of thousands.

[TRENDING NEWS] A cinco años del acuerdo de paz, los niños de Colombia siguen atrapados en el conflicto

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Author: BY JULIE TURKEWITZ, SOFÍA VILLAMIL AND FEDERICO RIOS - Publish Date: March 27, 2021 at 02:15PM A pesar del acuerdo de paz de 2016, el largo conflicto interno de Colombia continúa. Pocas veces ha sido tan evidente como este mes, cuando el gobierno bombardeó un campamento rebelde lleno de jóvenes.

[TRENDING NEWS] Children Trapped by Colombia’s War, Five Years After Peace Deal

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Author: BY JULIE TURKEWITZ, SOFÍA VILLAMIL AND FEDERICO RIOS - Publish Date: March 27, 2021 at 02:00PM Despite a 2016 peace deal with the FARC, Colombia’s long internal conflict continues. Seldom has that been as evident as this month, when the government bombed a rebel camp full of young people.

[TRENDING NEWS] Ethiopia’s War Leads to Ethnic Cleansing in Tigray Region, U.S. Report Says

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Author: BY DECLAN WALSH - Publish Date: February 27, 2021 at 06:47AM A confidential U.S. government report found that people in Tigray are being driven from their homes in a war begun by Ethiopia, an American ally — posing President Biden’s first major test in Africa.

[TRENDING NEWS] International Court, Battered by Critics, Elects Briton as New Prosecutor

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Author: BY MARLISE SIMONS - Publish Date: February 13, 2021 at 07:05AM Karim Khan, a veteran of the international legal scene who has worked on both the defense and prosecution sides, will shape the court’s image and effectiveness for years to come.

[TRENDING NEWS] Biden Reverses Trump Terrorist Designation for Houthis in Yemen

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Author: BY LARA JAKES AND ERIC SCHMITT - Publish Date: February 6, 2021 at 08:45AM Critics of the Trump administration action said the penalties would punish the millions of starving people in Yemen more than the Houthi rebels.

[TRENDING NEWS] Pentagon Begins Independent Inquiry Into Special Ops and War Crimes

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Author: BY DAVE PHILIPPS - Publish Date: January 29, 2021 at 07:52AM The Defense Department inspector general will examine whether elite U.S. commando forces are doing enough to comply with the laws of armed conflict and hold violators accountable.

[TRENDING NEWS] U.S. to Declare Yemen’s Houthis a Terrorist Group, Raising Fears of Fueling a Famine

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Author: BY LARA JAKES - Publish Date: January 11, 2021 at 08:16AM The State Department’s terrorist designation may be more symbolic than searing for the rebel movement, but it could aggravate Yemen’s human catastrophe.

[TRENDING NEWS] It Took a Genocide for Me to Remember My Uighur Roots

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Author: BY AMELIA PANG - Publish Date: January 11, 2021 at 07:00AM Since 1949, the Chinese Communist Party has gradually established policies that threaten Uighur culture and identity. My family’s forced assimilation is a part of that story.

[TRENDING NEWS] Cómo el héroe de ‘Hotel Rwanda’ cayó en la trampa de un dictador vengativo

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Author: BY ABDI LATIF DAHIR, DECLAN WALSH, MATINA STEVIS-GRIDNEFF AND RUTH MACLEAN - Publish Date: September 19, 2020 at 07:40AM Paul Rusesabagina pasó de ser el ruandés más famoso del mundo a prisionero de su némesis político, el presidente Paul Kagame, cuyo gobierno acusa al inmutable hotelero de asesinato, terrorismo e incendio intencional.