The President Of The Philippines Said His Soldiers Should Shoot Rebel Women In The Vagina
Rodrigo Duterte.
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte last week told soldiers under his command that when engaging with rebel women, they should shoot them in the vagina.
Duterte, a former mayor of Manila who has …
Syria’s Civil War Is Ending. But The War For Syria Is Just Beginning.
Syria Civil Defence volunteers try to extinguish a fire in Maaret al-Numan in the rebel-held Idlib province following reported regime air strikes.
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ISTANBUL – Seven years after it began, Syria's messy, bloody civil …
A Former UN Ambassador Says Russia Made Him A Target. Now He Wants To Warn The US.
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A former ambassador to the United Nations claims he was improperly removed from his post last year following repeated pressure from Russian officials.
Vlad Lupan, who served as Moldova’s ambassador to the UN from 2012 until he was …
As The Olympics Deal With A Cyberattack, All Eyes Are On Russia
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Hackers have disrupted the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, and the world’s security experts are trying to determine if Russia is the culprit.
For about 45 minutes on Friday night, some Olympic computers and …
A Top Oxfam Executive Has Resigned Over The Charity's Prostitution Scandal
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Oxfam's deputy chief executive Penny Lawrence has resigned following revelations of a sex scandal involving the charity's staff in Haiti and Chad.
Lawrence said she took “full responsibility” for the behaviour of staff …
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About What It Takes To Be A K-Pop Star
We got to sit in on a class at one of Asia’s premiere K-Pop training centers and oh my god was it intense.
Well, it turns out, across Asia there are actually tons of K-Pop schools and training camps that
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24 Incredible Pictures From Early Years Of The Olympics
Opening ceremony of the 1896 Olympic Games in the Panathenaic stadium in Athens, Greece.
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Women competitors in the Archery event of the 1908 London Olympics.
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An elephant performs at …
This Guy Wore Two Pairs Of Sunglasses At The Olympics And Everyone Is Obsessed
“I’M IN TEARS THAT WAS SO SMOOTH.”
The video, first shared by Southern Sports Nation, quickly went viral, gaining more than 16,000 retweets and 382,000 views.
The moment also made it to the top of r/gifs and eventually to
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This Scientist Was Abused As A Child By A Relative. She's Fighting For Other Adult Survivors To See Justice.
Purnima Govindarajulu
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NEW DELHI — An Indian scientist who was repeatedly abused as a child by a family member is on the verge of a major victory to help other victims bring their abusers to justice.
Purnima Govindarajulu’s years-long …
This Woman Spoke Out Against A War. Then Police Broke Down Her Door And Took Her Away.
A Kurdish demonstrator chants slogans during a protest against the operation in Afrin, outside the US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.
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ISTANBUL – Nurcan Baysal expected her tweets and writing opposing Turkey’s recent military intervention in Syria …