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Theresa May Seeks To Pull UK From European Convention On Human Rights

May is expected to make the withdrawal a central mandate of her campaign to be formally voted into office in 2020.

Nadia Prupis
By Nadia Prupis

(REPORT) --- British Prime Minister Theresa May will campaign to withdraw the United Kingdom from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in 2020, according to new reports. May is expected to make the withdrawal a central mandate of her campaign to be formally voted into office in 2020. She became the unelected leader of the U.K. after

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Putin Says Russia Won’t Retaliate Against US Diplomats In Alleged Hacking Row

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev charged earlier on Friday that Washington has become immersed in “anti-Russian death throes.”

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the meeting in St.Petersburg, Russia. President Vladimir Putin said, Friday, Dec. 30, 2016 that Russia will not be expelling US diplomats in response to a new round of US sanctions. (AP/Dmitri Lovetsky)

MOSCOW (REPORT) — President Vladimir Putin castigated the United States on Friday for imposing sanctions and expelling Russian diplomats amid allegations of Russian meddling in the American presidential election, but said no U.S. diplomats will be ousted in reprisal for Washington's moves in the wake of hacking attacks. In a burgeoning

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One Child Dies Every 10 Minutes In Yemen As Saudi-Led, US-Backed War Continues

At least 1,219 children have died as a result of the fighting in Yemen, but a chronic lack of health care will causing an additional 10,000 preventable deaths per year, according to a briefing from the NGO Save the Children International.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
A boy with fake blood on his face and clothes to represent a victim participates in a protest against Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016. (AP/Hani Mohammed)

SANAA, Yemen --- The U.S.-backed, Saudi-led war on Yemen has devastated the civilian population, and poverty, disease, and starvation are taking a heavy toll on the country’s children. The Yemeni struggled for years with poverty and a lack of quality health care even before the war began, but the conflict has driven the nation to the verge of

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Obama Dismantles NSEERS Travel Registry To Thwart Trump’s Anti-Muslim Plans

‘I think that if he does resurrect it, he will face serious resistance in the courts,’ a First Amendment expert said of Trump’s promises to build a new registry of Muslim immigrants and travelers.

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell
Paula Criswell, center, holds a sign as she joins others in a rally to show support for Muslim members of the community near the Clear Lake Islamic Center in Webster, Texas on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015. Members of several churches showed their support as attendees made their way to the center for Friday prayers. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

WASHINGTON --- President Barack Obama has dismantled an inactive anti-terrorism program in an apparent attempt to block the incoming administration from using it against Muslim immigrants and travelers in the United States. One of President-elect Donald Trump’s most controversial moves during his campaign was his promise to build a registry of

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‘Not Freedom Fighters’: Ben Swann Calls Out US Funding Of Terrorists In Syria

‘The Free Syrian Army and the so-called Syrian rebels, who have now lost control of Eastern Aleppo, are not freedom fighters,’ Ben Swann recently said of the so-called ‘moderate’ rebels receiving U.S. funding in Syria.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
Syrian rebels walk in an alley in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. (AP Photo)

MINNEAPOLIS --- It’s rare for any journalist in the corporate media to admit that the United States provides any kind of support to terrorists in Syria, but that’s what happened on a recent episode of Ben Swann’s “Reality Check.” “The Free Syrian Army and the so-called Syrian rebels, who have now lost control of Eastern Aleppo, are not freedom

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US Houses Of Worship Create ‘Underground Railroad’ For Undocumented Immigrants

The network now has 450 houses of worship, including churches, mosques and synagogues, across the country — more than double the number pre-election.

teleSUR
By teleSUR
In this photo taken on Aug. 28, 2011, undocumented immigrant Maria Romero, holds her 8-month-old daughter Crista while she reads her Bible during a Disciples of Christ Sunday worship service. (AP/Nick Oza)

(REPORT) --- A new kind of "underground railroad" for undocumented immigrants is seeing a rebirth since Donald Trump was elected into office. The “underground railroad” of U.S. churches protecting undocumented immigrants promises to grow more and more Latino and more cross-faith since Donald Trump was elected as the next President. The

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