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The rules-based global order has been in freefall for years

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The rules-based global order has been in freefall for years

When we look at the actions of Russia, China, North Korea, Israel, Iran and now the US in recent years, there is a tendency to close our eyes tightly, pull the covers over our heads and wait for the madness to die down. The rules-based order we thought was here to stay after 1989 is … Read more

Iran reportedly killed 30,000 protesters in intense 48-hour crackdown

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Iran reportedly killed 30,000 protesters in intense 48-hour crackdown

If the estimates are true, the only comparable massacre in the history databases would be the killing of 33,000 Jews in the Holocaust-era Babyn Yar massacre outside Kiev in 1941. As many as 30,000 people may have been killed in Iran during a two-day crackdown on Jan. 8 and 9, TIME reported Sunday, citing two … Read more