Michele Kelemen
Stories
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Trump Administration Closing Diplomatic Mission That Represents Palestinians In D.C.
The Trump administration is shutting down the Palestinian diplomatic post in Washington, D.C. The move comes after big U.S. aid cuts to the Palestinians and the United Nations agency that supports them.
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Many In Syria Worried That Government Is Preparing To Launch Assault On Idlib Region
The fate of close to 3 million Syrians living in the Idlib region hangs in the balance as leaders of Iran, Russia and Turkey met in Tehran to discuss the situation on Friday, while U.N. diplomats met in New York.
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Ugandan Opposition Figure To Trump: Stop Providing Weapons To Government
Ugandan pop star-turned legislator, Bobi Wine, says presidential guard forces had orders to brutalize him during an opposition protest against President Yoweri Museveni's long rule.
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U.N. Human Rights Investigators Say Top Generals In Myanmar Should Be Tried For Genocide
A United Nations-mandated Fact-Finding Mission issued a scathing report documenting Myanmar security forces' violence against the country's ethnic Rohingya Muslim population last year.
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Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo's North Korea Trip Gets Cancelled
President Trump canceled Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's upcoming trip to North Korea, tweeting that "we are not making sufficient progress with respect to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
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South Africans Reject Trump's Characterization Of Land Ownership Issues
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been ordered by President Trump to study South Africa's efforts to overhaul land ownership and the "large scale killing of farmers." South Africa angrily rejected Trump's characterization and said it smacked of the colonial past.