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EC Plans Large-Scale African Refugee Resettlement
October 11, 2017
The Telegraph reports that the European Commission (EC) has set aside €500 million euros to resettle 50,000 asylum seekers from North Africa in EU countries, following the failure of the EU's previous quota program that attempted to force EU member states to resettle a minimum number of refugees in their territory.
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EC Seeks Automated Removal of Online "Hate Speech"
October 11, 2017
The European Commission (EC) has issued a nonbinding recommendation calling on internet companies to ramp up their policing of broad categories of speech, including "hate speech," on their platforms, calling on tech firms to establish automated systems to immediately block hate posts.
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US Approach to Islamism Shows Little Consistency
October 10, 2017
A new book by U.S. think tank experts claims that, aside from a tendency to prioritize realpolitik interests, the defining features of the evolution of American foreign policy engagement towards worldwide Islamist parties and movements has been lack of strategic cohesion and failure to combat the violent, radicalist forms of Islamism.
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Iran Threatens US over Proposed Terrorist Designation
October 10, 2017
Discussions by the U.S. policymakers about containing Iran by designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization have provoked threats from Tehran that the theocratic regime will respond with "crushing, decisive" consequences for America's presence worldwide.
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Islamist Militants Attack UN Base in Congo
October 10, 2017
Islamist militants active across the borders of Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo attacked Congolese military bases, killing UN peacekeepers and several civilians in an uptick of ongoing Islamist violence in East Africa.
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