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![President Trump waves to a crowd after addressing the Project Safe Neighborhoods National Conference at the Westin Crown Center on December 7, 2018, in Kansas City, Missouri.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/12/GettyImages-1078606152-400x300.jpg)
News From the Far Side of Nowhere
Americans have been in a contest of avoidance when it comes to what their country and the planet are becoming.
![A Yemeni man goes through the wreckage of a building that was reportedly destroyed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in the capital Sanaa on September 5, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/12/2018_1206-yemen-400x300.jpg)
Yemenis Seek Asylum on Island That Resists US Militarization
“The Hope School” on South Korea's Jeju Island aims to build community between residents and newly arrived Yemenis.
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A Massive US Propaganda Machine Bolstered George H.W. Bush’s War on Iraq
A look at the lasting impact of George H.W. Bush's 1991 invasion of Iraq and the propaganda campaign that encouraged it.
![US Owes Reparations to Panama Over Bush’s Invasion](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/12/SEG-HumanRightsCrimes-2-400x300.jpg)
US Owes Reparations to Panama Over Bush’s Invasion
Human rights attorney José Luis Morín and professor Greg Grandin discuss George H.W. Bush's illegal invasion of Panama.
![Yemenis dig graves for children, who where killed when their bus was hit during a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Saada, on August 10, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/12/2018_1204-yemen-400x300.jpg)
The Long, Brutal US War on Children in the Middle East
The last three years of that war have caused the deaths of an estimated 85,000 Yemeni children under age 5.
![Afghan security forces and investigators gather at the site of a suicide bomb attack outside a British security firm's compound in Kabul, a day after the blast on November 29, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/11/GettyImages-1066316886-400x300.jpg)
After 17 Years of War, Afghanistan Is All But Forgotten
The Forever Wars must be ended.
![Child war victims from Yemen, who use prosthetic limbs after losing their legs in an airstrike, are seen at a rehabilitation center on October 19, 2018, in Sana’a, Yemen.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/11/2018_1129-yemen-400x300.jpg)
We Need to End the Yemen War Now – Not in January
There must be a sustained ceasefire right now in order to get the resources into Yemen to stop the famine.
![G20 Host Argentina Considers a Probe of Saudi Crown Prince](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/11/SEG-MBS-1-400x300.jpg)
G20 Host Argentina Considers a Probe of Saudi Crown Prince
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman could face prosecution in Argentina.
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The Senate’s Yemen Vote Is a Historic First
It's the first time the Senate has voted to advance a bill to pull out of an unauthorized war using the War Powers Act.
![Retired Gen. John Abizaid conducts a briefing at the Pentagon February 28, 2012, in Arlington, Virginia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/11/2018_1127-td-400x300.jpg)
Saudi Arabia Is the “Center of Gravity” in the US’s Long War
If confirmed as US ambassador to Saudi Arabia, will Gen. John Abizaid challenge US ties to the country?