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Now displaying: February, 2017
Feb 28, 2017

South Korea floats suspending North Korea's U.N. membership and a 1991 Shell Oil video emerges showing the firm warning of climate change risks long before it warned its investors.

Feb 27, 2017

The Trump administration plans to increase military spending by more than $50 billion and make deep cuts at the State Department.

Feb 24, 2017

Experts disagree if the reported decision is just window dressing or a positive move by an administration seen as hostile to the environment or just 

Feb 23, 2017

Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly says Central American migrants won't be sent back to Mexico, but his own memos contradict him.

Feb 17, 2017

A snapshot from Monterrey, Mexico, where the country's budding entrepreneurial class sees opportunity in a new era of U.S.-Mexico relations.

Feb 16, 2017

President Trump slipped several bombshells into his Wednesday press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, including a suggestion that the White House is no longer insisting on a "two-state solution."

Feb 15, 2017

Russia deploys an intelligence-gathering ship to the Eastern Seaboard, and Pope Francis makes a surprisingly clear endorsement of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in their fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Feb 10, 2017

Could Canadian courts determine that the U.S. is no longer a 'safe third country' for refugees? Asylum seekers crossing the U.S.-Canada border in recent days could be the human face for a new review of U.S. refugee law.

Feb 9, 2017

A Kenyan court blocks government plans to close the Dadaab refugee camp, Japan announces dismal asylum data and a Dutch abortion funds gathers support.

Feb 8, 2017

Judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals pressed government attorneys for evidence linking citizens of seven countries targeted by a travel to domestic terror incidents. There wasn't any.

Feb 7, 2017

The controversial law, passed in a heated session in the Knesset, will face scrutiny in the Israeli court system and has already drawn international rebuke.

Feb 6, 2017

Refugee arrivals from Turkey dropped by 98% in 2016. Libya is the new front line for EU leaders wishing to stem the flow of refugees heading to Europe.

Feb 2, 2017

The House of Commons gives Brexit a thumbs up and Theresa May's government outlines what a separation from the EU will look like.

Feb 1, 2017

The U.S. blames Russia for a surge in fighting in Ukraine and Iran admits it conducted a missile test on Sunday, but does the U.S. have any leverage to pursue new international sanctions?

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