Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s administration this week requested that the United States hand over control of its 16 military bases in Syrian territory controlled by American-allied Kurds after the U.S. withdraws.
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Gavin Newsom, Trump Fight over Wildfire Funding After Hostile Inaugural Address
California Governor Gavin Newsom is fighting President Donald Trump over funds to assist with the recent wildfires in the state, after the newly-installed governor used his inaugural address to attack the president.
STARBUCKS installing needle-disposal boxes…
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GOOGLE Clash Over Global Right to Be Forgotten Returns to Court…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Trashes ICE Agents Days After She Voted to Fund ICE
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) trashed the agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as “human rights” violators just days after she voted to continue funding the agency.
Iraqi Kurds Rebuke Report Accusing Them of Electrocuting Islamic State Children
The autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq rejected a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report published Tuesday accusing Iraqi Kurds of using “electric shock” and other forms of torture to force child detainees into giving false confessions of involvement with the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).