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A Homeless Man Got Himself Arrested Just So He'd Have a Warm Place to Sleep
His small county in southern Mississippi doesn't have a homeless shelter.
Psychedelics Were Already Having a Good Year. Then Andrew Yang Tweeted
"We are at the forefront of the fight to end the war on drugs," one advocate said of a budding movement.
We Went on a Russian Army Propaganda Tour of Syria
“There is no white terrorism and black terrorism,” a general said in response to a question about civilians being bombed in Idlib.
"Every Single Separated Kid Has Been Terrified": The Devastating Effects of Trump's Zero-Tolerance Policy
A new report from a federal watchdog echoes the warnings from mental health experts
China gets nicer to activists after they reportedly confess to subversion
One activist associated with a law firm that specialized in human rights cases got a suspended jail sentence, and a prominent lawyer from the company was released on bail.
Bodies found off the Libyan coast highlight a spike in the deaths of migrants and refugees
The International Organization for Migration says deaths already total over 4,000 this year — 26 percent higher than in 2015 and increasingly concentrated in the Mediterranean.
Taliban claims responsibility for a powerful truck bomb in Kabul
The militants said in a statement that "dozens" were killed in the blast targeting foreigners, but the claim is still unconfirmed.
Al-Shabaab claims a car bomb attack that killed 10 in Mogadishu
The radical Islamist group says it carried out an assault on the headquarters of Somalia's Criminal Investigation Department in Mogadishu.
Islamic State claims suicide attack that killed 16 near Baghdad
The attack came as the prime minister's office finally forbade Iraqi security forces from using fraudulent devices that had been marketed as bomb detectors and were employed extensively at checkpoints around the country.
Turkey's ruling and opposition parties staged a huge post-coup rally Sunday
The rally came as rights group Amnesty International said it had received credible evidence of detainees being subjected to beatings and torture, including rape, since the coup attempt.
Bangladesh police arrest four suspected female militants in cafe attack investigation
The four women, aged 18 to 30, are suspected of plotting a separate attack. Investigators say they found large quantities of grenade-making materials, crude bombs and jihadi books in a house being rented by the women.
Islamic State rejects proposed surrender deal in besieged city
The Islamic State has ignored an offer for its fighters to withdraw safely from the Syrian city of Manbij, and clashes with US-backed forces continued after the offer expired.