WATCH: Clowns mock Finland’s anti-immigrant vigilantes

TAMPERE, Finland — How do you make a mockery of the far right? In Finland, you send in the clowns. It all started when the burly Soldiers of Odin, a new group of black-clad, far-right storm troopers popping up across Finland, began their first “neighborhood watch” in this south central Finnish city. On a recent […]











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Israel doesn’t trust NGOs that get money from U.S. and Europe. Here’s why.

JERUSALEM -- Ayelet Shaked is Israel’s justice minister and the sponsor of a contentious bill that would require nongovernmental organizations that receive a majority of their funding from “foreign government entities,” including U.S. aid, to be labeled as such. It may also obligate members of those groups to wear special badges when they appear in the […]











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See the female fighters who strike fear in the hearts of Colombian troops

The other day, I asked a group of special forces officers from Colombia's National Police what they thought of all the recent reports by journalists who have camped out with FARC rebels as the group nears a peace deal with the government. Photographers and camera crews from Al Jazeera, VICE and the Associated Press have all been invited into FARC-controlled territory to spend several […]











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Smugglers keep trying to get alcohol into Saudi Arabia and customs officials keep tweeting it

Thanks to the country's austere interpretation of Islamic law, alcohol is illegal in Saudi Arabia. The punishments can be harsh: Anyone caught in possession of wine, beer or other alcoholic beverages runs the risk of time in jail and flogging. Despite this, there are a fair few people within the country who like to drink […]











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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei poses as a drowned Syrian refugee toddler

NEW DELHI--The heartbreaking image of a dead, three-year old Syrian refugee who was drowned in the Mediterranean sea last year just got a huge artistic tribute. Last week, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei closed his eyes and laid face down on a cold, pebbled beach  imitating the lifeless body of the Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi. That photograph […]











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Masked men threaten to attack refugee children in Stockholm

LONDON — Up to 100 masked men threatened to attack refugee children in central Stockholm on Friday, according to local police accounts. Fredrik Nylén, a spokesman for Stockholm police, told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, that several men had been arrested because they may have gathered “with the purpose of attacking refugee children.” The police said that up to […]











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