Headlines for August 9, 2017
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#2YT9V)
- Threat of Nuclear War Escalates as Trump Warns North Korea of "Fire and Fury"
- War Crimes Expert Quits U.N. Syria Inquiry Citing Lack of Political Will for Justice
- Syrian-Palestinian Internet Activist Bassel Khartabil Killed by Assad Regime
- White House Considering Unprecedented Plan to Privatize War in Afghanistan
- Red Cross "Extremely Alarmed" by U.S.-Backed, Saudi-Led Airstrikes in Yemen
- Report: Trump Receives Daily Folder with Positive News Stories-About Himself
- Trump Retweets Fox News Article Based on Leaked Classified Information
- Google Engineer's Sexist Manifesto Sparks Industrywide Outrage
- ACLU Sues Maine Governor for Deleting Critical Comments from His Facebook Page
- Kenya: Early Election Results Show President Kenyatta Leading Challenger
- U.N. Warns of Early Signs of Genocide in Central African Republic
- Opposition in Democratic Republic of the Congo Launches General Strike, Demands Elections
- Tunisian Fishermen Block Anti-Immigrant European Ship from Docking at Port
- Bolivia: Indigenous & Environmentalists Protest Gov't Plan to Build Highway in Amazon
- Ferguson Residents Build Memorial for Mike Brown on 3rd Anniversary of His Killing by Police
- Mexican Cartoonist Eduardo del Rio, known as Rius, Dies at 83