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'Despicable': Outgoing Trump Administration to Designate Cuba a 'State Sponsor of Terrorism'
Doctors and nurses of Cuba's Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade take part in a farewell ceremony before traveling to Andorra to help in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, at the Central Unit of Medical Cooperation in Havana, on March 28, 2020. (Photo: Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images)
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Order Targeting Lawyers Supporting ICC Afghan War Crimes Probe
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda during a trip to Sudan on October 18, 2020. (Photo: Mahmoud Hjaj/Andalou Agency via Getty Images)
"National security concerns must not become a talisman used to ward off inconvenient claims, a 'label' used to 'cover a multitude of sins.'"
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UN Human Rights Expert Urges US to Lift Sanctions That 'May Exacerbate the Already Dire Humanitarian Situation in Syria'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A study published last year by Amnesty International found that the U.S.-led bombing campaign on Raqqa, Syria in 2017 killed an estimated 1,600 innocent civilians while leveling the city. (Photo: Amnesty International)</p>
After nearly a decade of war, the special rapporteur noted, Syrians are living...
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Palestinians, Advocates Blast New U.S. Rule Requiring 'Made in Israel' Label on Settlement Goods
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The Psagot Winery—which is located in the illegally occupied West Bank, in the exclusively Jewish settlement of Psagot—has named a wine after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (Photo: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images)
"Such a decision attempts to legitimize settlement-manufactured goods as well...
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A Houthi rebel looks out at damage caused by a Saudi-led airstrike in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on July 3, 2015. (Photo: Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts on Military-Industrial Complex Blast Trump Plan to Sell Nearly $500 Million in Bombs to Saudi Regime
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks during a news conference at his transition headquarters on December 16, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo: Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images)
To Help 'Reshape How America Engages a Changed World,' Biden Given Slate of Progressive Foreign Policy Picks
Antony Binken (R) speaks after being nominated by President-elect Joe Biden for secretary of state. (Photo: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)
Disdain and Disbelief After Biden Claims 'Significant' Progressive Presence in Administration
Palestinian women protest the upcoming visit of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to an illegal Israeli settlement in the unlawfully occupied West Bank on November 18, 2020. (Photo: Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
"Proudly Pro-BDS": Jewish-Led Groups Condemn Pompeo for Declaring Boycott-Divestment Movement Anti-Semitic
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seen here with President Donald Trump in August 2020. (Photo: Jabin Botsford/Washington Post via Getty Images)
World Leaders Urged to 'Stand Up for Democracy' and Refuse to Meet With Pompeo After He Denies Results
A man reads about the U.S. election results on November 9, 2020 in Tehran, Iran. The people in Iran seem hopeful that President-elect Joe Biden will lift the sanctions imposed by outgoing President Donald Trump. (Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
As Trump Ignores Election Results and Plans 'Flood' of Sanctions, Biden Signals Possible Shift in US Relations With Iran
President Donald Trump in the White House Oval Office after announcing an agreement between the U.S., Israel, and Sudan to normalize relations between Jerusalem and Khartoum. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Palestinian and Peace Leaders Condemn Trump's Israel-Sudan Normalization Deal as 'Stab in the Back'
Saudi Arabia, Belarus Among Countries Joining US-Led Coalition Claiming Women Have 'No International Right to Abortion'
Israeli forces demolish a building with bulldozers in Wadi al-Hummus neighborhood of Sur Baher region of East Jerusalem on July 22, 2019. (Photo: Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Trump State Department Plan to Declare Human Rights Groups 'Anti-Semitic' Slammed as 'Desperate,' 'Obscene'
Sudanese human rights demonstrators in Edinburgh, Scotland on June 4, 2019. (Photo: Ken Jack/Getty Images)
Report Details How Trump Downplays, Ignores Grave Human Rights Violations Around the World
Trump's Proposal to Further Expand Global Gag Rule Amid Pandemic Would Cut Off Healthcare Access to Millions, Rights Groups Warn
In this screenshot from the RNC's livestream of the 2020 Republican National Convention, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses the virtual convention in a prerecorded video from Jerusalem, Israel on August 25, 2020. (Photo: Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty Images)
House Democrats Demand IG Probe of Pompeo's Widely Denounced RNC Speech From Jerusalem

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