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The tortured politics behind the Persian Gulf crisis
July 27, 2017The splintering of the powerful Gulf Cooperation Council into warring camps has less to do with disagreements over foreign policy and religion than with internal political and economic developments in the Middle East.
Read moreSouth African Communist Party to run candidates, forge new popular front
July 17, 2017The 14th national congress of the South African Communist Party put the party on a new path to contesting state power by committing it to fight elections in its own name.
Read moreAt G-20 in Hamburg, Trump should call for peace, not war
July 6, 2017Whatever he tweets, Donald Trump’s encounter with Vladimir Putin on Friday, their first ever, can have immense importance for the world, no matter what it thinks of either of them.
Read moreFast fashion, small paychecks: UNIQLO’s sweatshop labor practices
June 23, 2017Japanese retailer UNIQLO is known worldwide for its fast fashion. Now it's also gaining a reputation as a king of sweatshop labor.
Read moreDavid Ravelo, Colombian political prisoner – free at last
June 23, 2017Ravelo, who was arrested and jailed in September 2010, had led the defense of his own people in Barrancabermeja against paramilitary attacks.
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