{"id": "nw_RC0575d3ecb11a5fa548e781da469809886ed7b4b824ec067de1c6cb31", "text": "Where the London - based activist group said that at least 42 ISIS fighters had died . In the onslaughts ISIS committed killings of whole families for their cooperation with Syrian Army troops , according to Reuters , with some of those killed being beheaded . The residents in the area of the massacre called al - Bagilya , had received Russian humanitarian aid earlier . Sputnik news quoted a local in the area as saying : “ The horrific massacre carried out today by ISIL militants in al - Bagilya in Deir ez - Zor .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "massacre", "arguments": [{"argument": "ISIS", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "families", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "al - Bagilya", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC076608d4097e35a6816a2cd9a3702e748319df136840edae19d897a2", "text": "The leaflets carried several messages to the citizens attempting to reassure them that the advancing army \" would not target civilians , \" but warned them to avoid the known locations of Isis militants . The military operation is the most complex carried out in Iraq since US forces withdrew from the country in 2011 . Last week , the UN said it was bracing itself for the world 's biggest and most complex humanitarian effort following the battle , which it expects will displace up to one million people and see civilians used as human shields .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "battle", "arguments": [{"argument": "advancing army", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "the country", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "the country", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC15072663287da2fa010c15053189d0439f5c82add2e9b3f2888f7260", "text": "The French foreign minister has said he will ask the International Court of Justice to investigate possible war crimes in Syria . \" We do not agree with what Russia is doing , bombarding Aleppo . France is committed as never before to saving the population of Aleppo , \" Jean - Marc Ayrault said . France and Spain drafted a resolution on resurrecting an agreement on cessation of hostilities in the Syrian conflict which was put before a vote at the UN Security Council on Friday .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "bombarding", "arguments": [{"argument": "Russia", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "Aleppo", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "Aleppo", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC2a64ae9047afc5ed5c4ee684b71c5e7eb1b6f15f4fc4b698a18cfd3e", "text": "Gabbard , an Army soldier and veteran , called her decision “ incredibly personal and it ’s incredibly important because I think this is the most important job of a president is to be our commander in chief . ” “ There ’s a very clear contrast and clear difference when it comes to our two Democratic candidates and who will exercise good judgment , who will stop us from continuing these interventionist regime change wars that we ’ve seen in Iraq and Libya and now in Syria that have cost our country so much in terms of American lives , trillions and trillions of dollars , what to speak of the hundreds of thousands of lives in the Middle East that have been lost to this and the impact on our economy here at home , ” Gabbard said , roughly four weeks until her state votes in its primary , to Politico . “ Bernie Sanders is that candidate who will not take us , service members and our country , into these interventionist wars and Hillary Clinton , through her record , has proven that she will continue that and that ’s what ’s important to me and I think it ’s important for our voters to know before they go and head to the pollstomorrow and into the coming weeks . ” Gabbard and DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz clashed over the party ’s debate schedule last October , with the Hawaii Democrat saying last year that she was disinvited from the party ’s first debate for demanding more of them . Wasserman Schultz blasted Gabbard ’s complaints at the time , affirming that she would have been a distraction to the Las Vegas debate .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "wars", "arguments": [{"argument": "us , service members and our country", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "Iraq and Libya and now in Syria", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC2e2a140de55c4bd033fcdcee631d6ad461db17253ac013d0c630c51b", "text": "In pictures : Turkey coup attempt 17 show all In pictures : Turkey coup attempt 1/17 Turkish President Erdogan attends the funeral service for victims of the thwarted coup in Istanbul at Fatih mosque on July 17 , 2016 in Istanbul , Turkey Burak Kara / Getty Images 2/17 Soldiers involved in the coup attempt surrender on Bosphorus bridge with their hands raised in Istanbul on 16 July , 2016 Gokhan Tan / Getty 3/17 A civilian beats a soldier after troops involved in the coup surrendered on the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul , Turkey , 16 July , 2016 REUTERS / Murad Sezer", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "coup", "arguments": [{"argument": "coup", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "victims", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "Istanbul", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC2faec14720deb73ee81b5ee7d64afba66aef1825198d255bfa348157", "text": "Ukraine has four special - forces regiments and a further unit of its Defence Intelligence Department – a total of 7,000 troops . It also has highly capable airborne troops , part of a mobilised army numbering 200,000 , of which 40,000 are always on the country ’s eastern front facing pro - Russian rebels . Russian air forces annihilate ISIS oil tankers in Aleppo province In terms of Russian language skills and combating Russian tactics , Ukrainians are world leaders . However , any troop deployment into Syria would be controversial in Kiev , and require a parliamentary vote , with some arguing that Ukraine needs to focus on the rebels who pose a continuing threat in its east , despite the current military deadlock .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "annihilate", "arguments": [{"argument": "Russian air forces", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "ISIS oil tankers", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "Aleppo province", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC4dbda1e84edff8693980b58204c433ee341f3b58049831af02db8b40", "text": "( Photo : Andrew Medichini , AP ) Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday warned that the United States would stop talking to Moscow about ending Syria 's civil war unless it ends the onslaught in the city of Aleppo by Russian and Syrian government forces . Kerry 's warning came as Pope Francis assailed the assault on civilians in what was Syria 's largest city , saying the perpetrators will be held “ accountable to God ” for their actions . Over the past week in Aleppo , Russian and Syrian war planes have unleashed the worst aerial bombardment in the 5-year - old war . More than 200 people have been killed , according to human rights groups .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "assailed", "arguments": [{"argument": "Pope Francis", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "the assault on civilians", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "warning", "role": "instrument"}, {"argument": "Syria", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC4e184205664cad088ebbb73cc8e2ce4d452349ca82887f799645d08b", "text": "— Supported violent regime in Libya because Moammar Gadhafi intended to create a gold - backed currency for North African countries — Knowingly supported Al - Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria with the intention to create the Islamic State — Knowledge that Washington - backed rebels in Libya were massacring blacks and other war crimes while NATO forced regime change — Flagrant violations of numerous federal laws , illegal support for terror groups and revolutions , responsibility for mass death and destruction , and the inner workings of Libya and Syria were reduced to ruins The emails prove Clinton lied repeatedly to Congress and the media regarding all these issues .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "massacring", "arguments": [{"argument": "Washington - backed rebels", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "blacks", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "Libya", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC50e5cd4d3bf93040dfd69c0c42580c8d71d7c3b7119c38d37085c470", "text": "UK Ambassador gives damning speech to UN after Russia 's security council veto over Syria On Saturday , Russia vetoed the resolution , which called for an end to all air strikes except those against Isis and al - Qaeda affiliated terrorists - the fifth time the country has used its veto to block UN action in the almost six - year - long civil war . Russia 's own rival measure on a truce which called for a ceasefire but did not mention airstrikes was also rejected . France has previously appealed to Russia to save rebel - held east Aleppo from total destruction . The besiged area , home to 250,000 people , has been subjected to unprecedented Russian - backed shelling by President Bashar al - Assad 's forces since the breakdown of a US - Russian brokered ceasefire last month .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "airstrikes", "arguments": [{"argument": "Russia", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "Syria", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "air strikes", "role": "instrument"}, {"argument": "Syria", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC5ca1a9e7273f76e51f1bc57bb61b668fc290cd98fadf9d58cde0d0c9", "text": "Tensions between Turkey and the US have escalated following the attempted coup against the Erdogan administration , with the country 's leader demanding the extradition of a US - based cleric accused of orchestrating the violence . Another senior official has directly blamed the United States . The Obama administration has strongly denied any involvement or responsibility in recent events in the country .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "coup", "arguments": [{"argument": "a US - based cleric", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "the Erdogan administration", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "violence", "role": "instrument"}, {"argument": "US", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC70216b3c61179c10493f217ca986d04dc1609352ad471c4b5a853246", "text": "HILLARY CLINTON : Whew , OK . Let’s — let ’s talk about two important issues that were briefly mentioned by Donald . First , NATO . You know , NATO , as a military alliance , has something called Article 5 , and basically it says this : An attack on one is an attack on all . And do you know the only time it ’s ever been invoked ? After 9/11 , when the 28 nations of NATO said that they would go to Afghanistan with us to fight terrorism , something that they still are doing by our side .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "attack", "arguments": [{"argument": "all", "role": "target"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC71d887302a8cb27429f8a43f04195a5c623f9a52a82f341a19526dad", "text": "ADVERTISEMENT Trump , who 's led a remarkably provocative campaign since launching his bid last summer , has grown only more combative since solidifying the Republican nomination at the party 's national convention in Cleveland last month . In recent weeks , the Manhattan billionaire has attacked the family of a slain U.S. soldier , defended Russian aggression in the Baltics , kicked a crying baby out of a campaign event and suggested that gun enthusiasts could somehow prevent Hillary Clinton Hillary Rodham ClintonGOP fires opening attack on Dem reportedly running for Heller 's Senate seat Trump seeks tech 's help for government IT overhaul What do Democrats stand for ? MORE from appointing liberal judges . The episodes have defied the hopes and predictions of national Republican leaders , who were expecting Trump to soften his tone as he shifted his sights from the GOP primary to the bigger stage of the general election .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "attacked", "arguments": [{"argument": "billionaire", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "family of a slain U.S. soldier", "role": "target"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC794dfe422e81e8db9dacab12af0bdbb3a42251e7186c3230d6f04619", "text": "We have bailed out the banks , pushed through programs of austerity . This has been a bipartisan effort , because they ’ve both been captured by corporate power . We have undergone what John Ralston Saul correctly calls a corporate coup d’état in slow motion , and it ’s over . I just came back from Poland , which is a kind of case study of how neoliberal poison destroys a society and creates figures like Trump . Poland has gone , I think we can argue , into a neofascism .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "coup", "arguments": [{"argument": "corporate", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "We", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "corporate power", "role": "instrument"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC7ae06a10949bf2f9765c13a24eb257968488cd4fd39a3678fda698a6", "text": "Another foreign - policy “ success ” of Mrs. Clinton , which her swooning followers will ignore , the few that even know about it , is the coup ousting the moderately progressive Manuel Zelaya of Honduras in June , 2009 . A tale told many times in Latin America . The downtrodden masses finally put into power a leader committed to reversing the status quo , determined to try to put an end to up to two centuries of oppression … and before long the military overthrows the democratically - elected government , while the United States – if not the mastermind behind the coup – does nothing to prevent it punish the coup regime , as only the United States can punish ; meanwhile Washington officials pretend to be very upset over this “ affront to democracy ” . ( See Mark Weisbrot ’s “ Top Ten Ways You Can Tell Which Side the United States Government is on with Regard to the Military Coup in Honduras ” . ) In her 2014 memoir , Hard Choices , Clinton reveals just how unconcerned she was about restoring Zelaya to his rightful office : “ In the subsequent days [ after the coup ] I spoke with my counterparts around the hemisphere … We strategized on a plan to restore order in Honduras and ensure that free and fair elections could be held quickly and legitimately , which would render the question of Zelaya moot . ”", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "coup", "arguments": [{"argument": "the United States", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "the democratically - elected government", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "the military", "role": "instrument"}, {"argument": "Honduras", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCad444738b584f60fa389ea9bb9e3110903e1f10d6b29f081d5462baf", "text": "However , it added that the plan was dependent on ending all sieges , allowing in humanitarian aid , releasing all detainees and ending bombardments by ground or air . The British foreign secretary , Philip Hammond , expressed scepticism about the ceasefire . Speaking to the House of Commons , he said : “ Whatever the technicalities , the big picture is this : unless the level of Russian airstrikes dramatically decreases , this ceasefire will not hold because the moderate armed opposition can not lay down their weapons and will not lay down their weapons while they are being annihilated from the air . “ The ceasefire agreement will allow continuing operations against Daesh [ Isis ] and al - Nusra , and no one would disagree with that . The problem is the Russians claim to date that all of their action has been against those groups , so on the face of it the Russians could be entering into this arrangement on the basis that they are not going to change their behaviour at all .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "annihilated", "arguments": [{"argument": "Russian", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "the moderate armed opposition", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "airstrikes", "role": "instrument"}, {"argument": "the air", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCd8edb5890a8b9ceae173eb6b6012f7f223fab4199b531b45cb15149f", "text": "The bar has now been set so low for the GOP nominee that he could do the following on stage in St. Louis and still receive passing grades : suggest that as president he would jail his opponent ; defend Vladimir Putin and Russia over the hacking of the U.S. election ; praise brutal Syrian tyrant Bashar Assad ; admit to not paying federal income tax ; and rebuke his own running mate for daring to criticize Russia over the indiscriminate bombing of Syrian civilians . That 's a very partial list . Trump also lied with enthusiastic regularity , again saying he opposed the second Iraq war before it started ( he did n't ) , claimed his opponent would jack up the tax rate on the middle class ( she says she wo n't ) and protested that he did not Tweet at 3 a.m. that people should check out a sex tape featuring a former Miss Universe ( he did ) . And never mind that Trump spent the first portion of the debate apologizing for a video leaked over the weekend in which he grotesquely bragged about his ability to commit sexual assault because he 's a \" star . \" Diving deeply into the gutter , Trump tried to turn the video into a bizarre bank shot attack on Clinton by bringing to the debate women who claim former President Bill Clinton sexually abused them .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "war", "arguments": [{"argument": "Iraq", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCefa0ea6cc012c58a599c24d21ff73284ea94ff63ef708eafb1a30a35", "text": "This is just a mess . First off , he dodges a question on Afghanistan by offering a very bad answer on a totally unrelated topic , ISIS . He once again calls that conflict a \" war for the soul of Islam \" — this is false , and it is both worrying reductive and cringe - inducingly tasteless to make it about Islam . He repeats his bizarre praise for the authoritarian monarch for Jordan . He says that a \" Muslim army , \" which he often brings up as his magical unicorn solution for ISIS , should fix it .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "conflict", "arguments": [{"argument": "Afghanistan", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCf2b0fa842c2137d5607e0738125534900c52f229687c24e9fd0d2e26", "text": "Anti - American sentiment among Turks is on the rise and can only be calmed by the United States extraditing the Muslim cleric Ankara accuses of orchestrating last month ’s failed coup , Turkey ’s justice minister said on Tuesday . Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan blames Fethullah Gulen , who has lived in self - imposed exile in rural Pennsylvania since 1999 , and his followers for the July 15 coup , in which more than 240 people were killed and nearly 2,200 wounded . Turkey has launched a series of mass purges of suspected Gulen supporters in its armed forces , other state institutions , universities , schools and the media since the abortive coup , prompting Western concerns for the stability of a key NATO ally .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "coup", "arguments": [{"argument": "Muslim cleric", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "Ankara", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "coup", "role": "instrument"}, {"argument": "Ankara", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCf3638b32dd47d692e500102ded2fde16913b87d836637b1ef7c6f967", "text": "The TNM , based in this humid corner of south - east Texas near the Louisiana border , is the most prominent and best organised of the groups that want the Lone Star state to go it alone , and plausibly asserts that the issue is growing in popularity and gathering more mainstream credibility ( or at least , less mainstream ridicule ) . Miller , 42 , is a polished advocate who grew up in a politically active household and became frustrated by what he sees as the shackles of a federal government that are stopping Texas from reaching its full potential . Buoyed by the rearguard action at the battle of the Alamo , Texas toiled to free itself from Mexican rule and was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845 . But its fiercely solitary spirit did not fade when it became part of the union . Texas Independence Day , 2 March , is still an annual state holiday .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "battle", "arguments": [{"argument": "Mexican", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "Texas", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "Alamo", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCf43eb81547f0826346eee0da481c0891cc04cfb1fce75722d003ef17", "text": "Academics have rallied to the defence of one of the world ’s leading Holocaust historians after reports that Poland intends to strip him of a national honour because he claimed that Poles were complicit in Nazi war crimes . Princeton University professor Jan Tomasz Gross , 69 , was awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland in 1996 . He is best known for his 2001 book Neighbors , which describes in graphic detail the 1941 massacre by Polish villagers of up to 1,600 Jewish men , women and children . The book inspired Aftermath ( Pokłosie ) , a 2012 film directed by Władysław Pasikowski . Facebook Twitter Pinterest A scene from the 2012 film Aftermath , based on Gross ’s book .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "massacre", "arguments": [{"argument": "Polish villagers", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "1,600 Jewish men , women and children", "role": "target"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCf78165b2d81971246d799e80f62df816a951239bc31469a3a14bed27", "text": "Pay compensation – a lot of it . Sine qua non – end the God - awful blockade . Throughout the period of the Cuban revolution , 1959 to the present , Latin America has witnessed a terrible parade of human rights violations – systematic , routine torture ; legions of “ disappeared ” people ; government - supported death squads picking off selected individuals ; massacres en masse of peasants , students and other groups . The worst perpetrators of these acts during this period have been the military and associated paramilitary squads of El Salvador , Guatemala , Brazil , Argentina , Chile , Colombia , Peru , Mexico , Uruguay , Haiti and Honduras . However , not even Cuba ’s worst enemies have made serious charges against the Havana government for any of such violations ; and if one further considers education and health care , “ both of which,” said President Bill Clinton , “ work better [ in Cuba ] than most other countries ” , and both of which are guaranteed by the United Nations “ Universal Declaration of Human Rights ” and the “ European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ” , then it would appear that during the more - than - half century of its revolution , Cuba has enjoyed one of the very best human - rights records in all of Latin America .", "event": [{"event_type": "Self directed combat", "event_trigger": "massacres", "arguments": [{"argument": "the military and associated paramilitary squads", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "peasants", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "Latin America", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC4ca86423721b94c80d633a480d76d3ec3ddfaaa9a424dd768e6bfeeb", "text": "A recent opinion poll showed two thirds of Turks agree with their president that Gulen was behind the coup plot . Turkey has been holding almost daily mass rallies since July 15 in support of democracy and the government and against the plotters . Authorities have suspended , detained or put under investigation tens of thousands of people in the armed forces , the judiciary , civil service and elsewhere since the coup , in which a faction of the military commandeered warplanes , helicopters and tanks in an attempt to topple the government . On Tuesday Bozdag put the number of people now formally arrested awaiting trial at 16,000 , adding that a further 6,000 detainees were still being processed . Another 7,668 people are under investigation but have not been detained , he said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Theft robbery or hijacking", "event_trigger": "commandeered", "arguments": [{"argument": "faction of the military", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "warplanes , helicopters and tanks", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "Turkey", "role": "place"}, {"argument": "government", "role": "artifact"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC7bd5c53bd322e9a525897e60152e96721579f88146ac5d28316b302a", "text": "Lt . Brian Rice faces counts of manslaughter , reckless endangerment , and assault and misconduct in office in connection with Gray ’s death last year . ( Derek Hawkins ) -- A Prince George ’s County ice cream truck driver was shot on Independence Day , in an incident that police believe to be a botched robbery attempt . The driver remains in critical condition . ( Justin Wm .", "event": [{"event_type": "Theft robbery or hijacking", "event_trigger": "robbery", "arguments": [{"argument": "ice cream truck", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "Prince George ’s County", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC8265b50471fa52c5f83e8b95d64115fd52059feb418cd703adde9253", "text": "“ There ’s a 27-year - old who works for the DNC and who was shot in the back , murdered , just a few weeks ago , for unknown reasons as he was walking down the streets in Washington . ” Seth Rich , shown at left , a DNC employee who did voter outreach , was shot to death last month early in the morning in Washington , D.C. The case is unsolved and Washington , D.C. , police have speculated it was an attempted robbery . On Reddit , his death has become the source of theories about whether he was involved in the leaks . WikiLeaks released emails and files from the Democratic National Committee last month .", "event": [{"event_type": "Theft robbery or hijacking", "event_trigger": "robbery", "arguments": [{"argument": "DNC employee", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "D.C.", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCdd7729df6be950e3154ee3a7727e9c6a93d840506f7f2d860b2030c3", "text": "They were quickly released and pardoned following international pressure . But Mr. Mansoor ’s real troubles began shortly after his release . He was beaten and robbed of his car , and $ 140,000 was stolen from his bank account . He did not learn that he was being monitored until a year later , when Mr. Marczak found the spyware on his devices . “ It was as bad as someone encroaching in your living room , a total invasion of privacy , and you begin to learn that maybe you should n’t trust anyone anymore , ” Mr. Mansoor recalled .", "event": [{"event_type": "Theft robbery or hijacking", "event_trigger": "robbed", "arguments": [{"argument": "Mr. Mansoor", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "car", "role": "artifact"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCf1d292eee0ea77abdb7f07c651dee98a5045f1b4fb86dccf29bf768a", "text": "But Assange , in an interview with a Dutch news program highlighted by the conspiracy website InfoWars , implied Rich was the source of the email and was killed for working with his group “ Whistleblowers often take very significant efforts to bring us material and often at very significant risks , ” Assange said in the interview , before bringing up , unpromoted , that Rich was killed “ for unknown reasons . ” When the interviewer pressed Assange by noting Rich ’s death was “ just a robbery , ” Assange replied , “ No . There ’s no finding . ” Asked what he was suggesting , Assange replied , “ I ’m suggesting that our sources take risks ... We are concerned about it . ”", "event": [{"event_type": "Theft robbery or hijacking", "event_trigger": "robbery", "arguments": [{"argument": "death", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "Rich", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "Rich", "role": "artifact"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC1cec164578ba50f8374e44939d262a72fc0b5d4afe688930556b79cc", "text": "On Sunday evening , the leader of Yemen ’s Houthi Ansarullah movement condemned the Saudi funeral attack , saying the assault points to the frustration of the United States and the Saudi regime in the war on the impoverished Arab country . The US has been supporting the Saudi regime in the war on Yemen . Abdul Malik al - Houthi said Saudi Arabia and its regional allies would not have carried out the Saturday airstrike if they had not received the green light from Washington . This photo provided by the media bureau of Yemen ’s operations command shows a Scud - type Borkan-1 ( Volcano-1 ) missile . Meanwhile , Yemeni army forces have launched a locally - designed and -manufactured Borkan-1 ( Volcano-1 ) ballistic missile toward an area deep inside Saudi Arabia in response to Riyadh ’s atrocious aerial attacks against the country .", "event": [{"event_type": "Airstrike or missile strike", "event_trigger": "airstrike", "arguments": [{"argument": "Saudi Arabia and its regional allies", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "Yemen", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "Scud - type Borkan-1 ( Volcano-1 ) missile", "role": "instrument"}, {"argument": "Yemen", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC73b8bfc8ecbd41a3ae6b9a89077b1b95fc04709c6fc60e821d00d362", "text": "“ The Saudi - led coalition must move forward now on its commitment to investigate this incident , ” Dion said in a statement on Sunday . He added , “ Canada calls on all parties in Yemen to avoid an escalation of violence as a result of this incident . ” Yemeni rescue workers pull out a victim from amid the rubble following a Saudi airstrike against a packed funeral site in the capital , Sana’a , October 8 , 2016 . ( Photo by AFP ) “ Canada urges all parties to abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law , and to commit to political dialogue and to a lasting cessation of hostilities to halt the tragic loss of civilian life , ” the Canadian foreign minister said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Airstrike or missile strike", "event_trigger": "airstrike", "arguments": [{"argument": "Saudi", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "funeral", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "the capital", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC82db2460853c73ed38d0760470850bd1c5c222f2c392189e62989982", "text": "The French foreign minister has said he will ask the International Court of Justice to investigate possible war crimes in Syria . \" We do not agree with what Russia is doing , bombarding Aleppo . France is committed as never before to saving the population of Aleppo , \" Jean - Marc Ayrault said . France and Spain drafted a resolution on resurrecting an agreement on cessation of hostilities in the Syrian conflict which was put before a vote at the UN Security Council on Friday .", "event": [{"event_type": "Airstrike or missile strike", "event_trigger": "bombarding", "arguments": [{"argument": "Russia", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "Aleppo", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "Aleppo", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC0b20b25d9cbfcd5925115f2b45f359e1a426dbbce575f3662b7574b8", "text": "RELATED : With Disasters Everywhere , It ’s Time to Take Foreign Policy Seriously Again In what mental universe other than the president ’s does being raised in Hawaii and Indonesia and spending adulthood rising through the academy and U.S. political institutions grant someone a deep ( or even superficial ! ) understanding of Zionism , of the Holocaust , of four wars for survival over 25 years , of unending terrorist violence directed toward civilians , of hijackings and kidnappings and bombings and stabbings , of SCUD attacks from Iraq , rockets from Lebanon and Gaza , incitement and de - legitimization campaigns from Tehran ? Conversely , what in President Obama ’s life story leads him to comprehend the Palestinians , addicted to enmity and resentment and violence , victims of institutional collapse and official corruption , awash and adrift in the worst movements of the last 100 years , from nationalism to socialism to pan - Arabism to Islamic fundamentalism ? Does Obama actually believe that buried in every disagreement with him is an assumption of his inferiority ?", "event": [{"event_type": "Stabbing attack", "event_trigger": "stabbings", "arguments": [{"argument": "terrorist", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "civilians", "role": "target"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC5cc25bc178c95a3cfda2a08374e13f1fc8b9b623e1da69d198474e2c", "text": "\" Forces are now searching the area for the assailant , \" the spokesperson said by phone on Friday afternoon . Threats Friday 's violence came just a day after a Palestinian teen was shot dead after entering the Kiryat Arba settlement near Hebron and stabbing to death Hallel Yafa Ariel , a 13-year - old Israeli girl . Within hours , Israeli forces blockaded Bani Naim , the assailant 's village near Hebron , activist Issa Amro told Al Jazeera on Thursday night . On Friday , the Middle East \" Quartet \" - the United States , Russia , the European Union and the United Nations - published a report calling on Israel to stop building settlements .", "event": [{"event_type": "Stabbing attack", "event_trigger": "stabbing", "arguments": [{"argument": "Palestinian teen", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "Hallel Yafa Ariel", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "Kiryat Arba settlement", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC8b949d85b7b137f1638133125215526590cfededb5094f17a9f0ddd9", "text": "The president will outline his vision during remarks at a refugee summit on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York , a city struck by terrorism on Saturday . ADVERTISEMENT Calls for Obama to reconsider his approach have been stirred anew by the latest attacks , which included homemade bombs in New York and New Jersey and stabbings in a Minnesota mall . The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria took credit for the Minnesota attack on Saturday reportedly carried out by Dahir Adan , a 22-year - old Somali - American who worked at a private security firm . Nine people were wounded in the stabbings ; Adan was shot and killed by an off - duty police officer .", "event": [{"event_type": "Stabbing attack", "event_trigger": "stabbings", "arguments": [{"argument": "Dahir Adan", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "Nine people", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "Minnesota mall", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCfbc7959674c015926e380fecc1a69b7a42e037f52c94c130c0f94f05", "text": "In a video posted on social media by the Activestills collective photo agency , Israeli soldiers are seen hitting Palestinians with batons , throwing sound grenades , firing tear gas canisters and threatening to \" use force \" . READ MORE : Israel 's stop - and - frisk law ' blatant racism ' In the southern West Bank city of Hebron , a Palestinian woman was shot dead by Israeli forces during an alleged stabbing attempt , Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld wrote on Twitter . Outside Otniel , a nearby illegal Israeli settlement , an Israeli man died and three of his relatives were injured when their car flipped after allegedly coming under fire by a Palestinian assailant on Friday afternoon , Israeli media reported . Although unable to comment on the Qalandia clashes , an Israeli army spokesperson told Al Jazeera the three people injured in the crash near the settlement were evacuated to a hospital .", "event": [{"event_type": "Stabbing attack", "event_trigger": "stabbing", "arguments": [{"argument": "Palestinian woman", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "Hebron", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC3a4ca269973cd19819873ea724b81dcdc53e7aee3d1ab5367009c9cd", "text": "Here are some of Clinton ’s foreign policy remarks Thursday , which take a consistently aggressive line toward Russia and Iran , in stark contrast to Trump ’s “ America First ” messaging . The ‘ Vacuum ’ Clinton described a “ vacuum ” that could result if Americans withdraw overseas like America did during Clinton ’s State Department term , when the U.S. pulled out of Iraq and gave rise to ISIS . Trump has criticized the decision to announce the firm date when U.S. forces would leave . “ We are not a country that cowers behind walls , ” Clinton said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Forced retreat", "event_trigger": "withdraw", "arguments": [{"argument": "Americans", "role": "retreater"}, {"argument": "overseas", "role": "origin"}, {"argument": "America", "role": "destination"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC9ef278cc1a2fd9e20d21b2858812407ffc95a4cbc410719950bfc93d", "text": "Yet there is no doubt that she would take a very hard line toward Moscow . Among other things , Clinton recommended that the United States impose a no - fly zone in Syria despite the risk that it could mean shooting down Russian military aircraft that were operating at the request of the Syrian government . Anyone who is that reckless is not likely to retreat from confrontations in eastern Europe or other arenas . Indeed , she has already called for not only more financial assistance but more military aid to Ukraine . Even though Russia is now a weakened conventional power exhibiting little more than regional ambitions , rather than a malignantly expansionist totalitarian state with global ambitions , the bulk of the U.S. foreign policy establishment treats Moscow as though little has changed since the days of Leonid Brezhnev , if not Joseph Stalin .", "event": [{"event_type": "Forced retreat", "event_trigger": "retreat", "arguments": [{"argument": "Anyone who is that reckless", "role": "retreater"}, {"argument": "eastern Europe", "role": "origin"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC31ca73144e594be58551afbe8bb4283aa51eca2f5c27150a52f329b9", "text": "At one point Goldfarb made a movement with his arms , mimicking the flight of an angel flapping its wings . Litvinenko endorsed the statement in its entirety , confirming : “ This is exactly what I want to say . ” Litvinenko then signed and dated it – 21 November 2006 , his signature trailing off into a black swirl . The statement accused Litvinenko ’s one - time FSB boss of murder , and ended : “ You may succeed in silencing one man but the howl of protest from around the world will reverberate , Mr Putin , in your ears for the rest of your life . ” TV cameras and media had gathered outside the hospital ’s main gate , waiting for news . Sixteen floors above them , Litvinenko asked Goldfarb if he was a big story .", "event": [{"event_type": "Political march protest or gathering", "event_trigger": "protest", "arguments": [{"argument": "around the world", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCa6c22b1cfe217ba453ddf9800adbee17d323e2c5ffa8eac271db6cd5", "text": "Blue Burmese , an anonymous blogger , described the social media comments as \" protesting for the BBC to cover our protest \" , while Bryan Bastable – a trainer at assistive technology company Vocendi – questioned why the BBC was covering protests in Brazil , but not London . Moballeghi said : \" I do n't think it is surprising that the mainstream media do n't give these protests the attention they deserve . While it 's not the case they ignore it completely , they definitely fit it into an editorial that does n't give the protest much weight . \" They could just as easily decide to run with a story like this and put pressure on the politicians to respond to these calls , \" she added . \" But that 's just the nature of the mainstream press and I do n't think anyone here would be surprised at the style or tone of coverage . \"", "event": [{"event_type": "Political march protest or gathering", "event_trigger": "protest", "arguments": [{"argument": "London", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCb09d1a890a5c8012bf70a544a5492edd9bd828e08d003f912d6455f1", "text": "JUST WATCHED Undercover in Syria : On Aleppo 's ' Death Road ' Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Undercover in Syria : On Aleppo 's ' Death Road ' 03:25 Syria 's conflict started in 2011 and has raged on for years , with more than 250,000 killed , according to the United Nations . It started as an anti - government protest as Syrians nationwide demanded reform and the release of political protesters . Government forces fired on the protesters , killing scores . As the government crackdown intensified , the opposition got more organized .", "event": [{"event_type": "Political march protest or gathering", "event_trigger": "protest", "arguments": [{"argument": "Syrians", "role": "demonstrator"}, {"argument": "Syria", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCdc3c2c5182550c3e99c822b31e30ff5cbb8fecabded0cab2e2c4ea3f", "text": "His statement provoked a sharp reaction from the broadcaster , which denounced Gulen ’s attempt to pressure the channel to cancel its broadcast , and aired the documentary . “ We can never accept this . We will protest against any attempt to exert pressure that threatens freedom of expression , ” said TV4 ’s program director , Viveka Hansson , in a statement on the company ’s website . Speaking to Expressen , Gulen said that he had “ full respect for freedom of expression and for the channel , ” but refused to retract his plea to TV4 to withdraw the documentary piece . “ These are my feelings .", "event": [{"event_type": "Political march protest or gathering", "event_trigger": "protest", "arguments": [{"argument": "We", "role": "demonstrator"}, {"argument": "TV4", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCe5670a815ac964fd31e62eb931a202efe886971ae5bdc89dd4e2d043", "text": "So far , it ’s unclear whether Trump or Clinton will benefit most from a strong third - party vote . There are voters in each party who feel spurned by their party 's ticket — Republicans who refuse to side with Trump , and Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersSanders to GOP on healthcare bill : ' What are you afraid of ? ' Dems step up attacks on GOP ObamaCare bill Live coverage : Senate Dems hold talkathon to protest GOP health plan MORE supporters who feel their candidate did not get a fair shake in the Democratic primary . Conventional wisdom has held that votes for the Libertarian ticket would hurt Republicans , while Green Party votes would do damage to the Democrats . That dynamic is borne out by recent polling .", "event": [{"event_type": "Political march protest or gathering", "event_trigger": "protest", "arguments": [{"argument": "Senate Dems", "role": "demonstrator"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC6ff1d07c82662187fb752d76521e9415d87e9a77d8ac6e88ad2f60de", "text": "Clearly , he loves the semi - useful information hacked from Democratic officials , the Clinton Foundation , and state election systems . But Trump curiously refuses to acknowledge that this love originates with Russian criminals , and he still has n't explained his pro - Kremlin sympathies . He has n't explained why he repeatedly calls a kleptocrat a \" stronger leader \" than President Obama , other than poll numbers ; why he claims Russia had not invaded Ukraine or annexed Crimea ; why he has n't denounced its intimidation of the Baltic states , or has n't pledged his allegiance to NATO allies against Russian aggression ; why he rejected Mike Pence 's call for Putin 's provocation to be \" met with American strength \" ; and why he calls for Russians to commit more cyber - espionage . Nor has he acknowledged how he was bankrolled by Russian investors , when American banks closed the spigot after his multiple bankruptcies ; and how his three advisors - Paul Manafort , Carter Page , and Lt . Gen. Michael Flynn - have connections to Russian oligarchs . The Clinton transcripts are interesting reading , but little else : She seems wobbly on fracking , trade and Keystone , but she largely comes across as a smart and pragmatic politician .", "event": [{"event_type": "Military invasion", "event_trigger": "invaded", "arguments": [{"argument": "Russia", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "Ukraine", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "Crimea", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCf5c214cfd88221d3ffe466e878491247631d7ffd62c2264e87c3c4f8", "text": "Since the end of World War II , NATO allies have stood with each other , on the core notion that an attack on one is an attack on all ; the principle was invoked in the wake of 9/11 , when allies rushed to America ’s side in the war in Afghanistan . Trump sees NATO as just another contract to be broken . Asked whether he would provide military aid to NATO members Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania if Russia encroached on them , Trump suggested the U.S. would honor treaty obligations only if an invaded country was appropriately paying into NATO ’s budget . It is little wonder why 50 Republican national security officials wrote an unprecedented joint letter saying that Trump “ would be the most reckless President in American history . ” 13 . Trump the misogynist The videotape heard round the world confirmed that Donald Trump ’s misogyny is even deeper and more repulsive than he had long displayed .", "event": [{"event_type": "Military invasion", "event_trigger": "encroached", "arguments": [{"argument": "Russia", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC41accc086aa06cb9397245c60a6930261c96eaf456ad98c470673189", "text": "The interview abruptly stops . It ’s 5.16pm . Hyatt dials the long telephone number , reaches “ Martin ” , and tells him that Litvinenko is gravely ill in hospital , the victim of an apparent poisoning by two mysterious Russians . Facebook Twitter Pinterest Police investigate Litvinenko ’s poisoning at the Millennium hotel in central London . Photograph : Alessia Pierdomenico / Reuters", "event": [{"event_type": "Biological chemical or poisoning attack", "event_trigger": "poisoning", "arguments": [{"argument": "Russians", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "victim", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "poisoning", "role": "instrument"}, {"argument": "Millennium hotel", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC531188264d4e5a241224bcfb8573f07054e89f31c8241aaa6554cad8", "text": "Read more : The stealthy , nefarious way an ex - KGB officer was murdered in London Full report : Russian President Vladimir Putin implicated in fatal poisoning of former KGB operative Russian tycoon found dead in Britain after falling out with Putin The ancient art of poisoning", "event": [{"event_type": "Biological chemical or poisoning attack", "event_trigger": "poisoning", "arguments": [{"argument": "Russian President Vladimir Putin", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "former KGB operative", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "poisoning", "role": "instrument"}, {"argument": "London", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCef94883e79e61dbec9487c2616bebfa0929188d26b4ed65ae2b91795", "text": "Apart from one important detail . Litvinenko never visits the hotel bathroom . He is not the source of the polonium ; it is his Russian companions - turned - executioners who bring it with them to London , in this , their second poisoning attempt . * * * The Soviet Union had a long tradition of bumping off its enemies .", "event": [{"event_type": "Biological chemical or poisoning attack", "event_trigger": "poisoning", "arguments": [{"argument": "his Russian companions - turned - executioners", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "He", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "polonium", "role": "instrument"}, {"argument": "London", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCfb9cde42cfde02411c7653337da9fab78b72707f59cce823ded4eea7", "text": "But the highest concentrations were discovered at the table where the three men were sitting , and in and around the teapot . The polonium , the inquiry finds , was manufactured in a nuclear reactor , suggesting the role of a government rather than criminal networks . The report conclusively rules out suggestions that Litvinenko poisoned himself , or that he was poisoned by others , as Russian officials have suggested . “ The scientific evidence , ” Owen , the judge , said at a Thursday new conference , “ demonstrates conclusively that Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned by Andrei Lugovoi and Dimitry Kovtun . ” But Owen said the two killers had no “ personal reason ” to kill Litvinenko .", "event": [{"event_type": "Biological chemical or poisoning attack", "event_trigger": "poisoned", "arguments": [{"argument": "Litvinenko", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "Litvinenko", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "polonium", "role": "instrument"}, {"argument": "the table", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC3e6cc61afbb319c7591ad080d782fb8cbd4da2b0a8383f7f3017b7e7", "text": "Andrew Weber , a former Obama administration official who served as the assistant secretary of defense for nuclear , chemical and biological defense programs , also cautioned against increasing the US atomic stockpile . He cited excessive costs and the unnecessary power of some US nuclear weapons . The US B83 gravity bomb , for instance , has a yield of over one megaton , roughly 75 times the catastrophic yield of the Hiroshima \" Little Boy \" bomb that killed nearly 150,000 Japanese civilians . \" It has no legitimate use today , \" said Weber at the Arms Control Association conference . \" We do n’t need nuclear weapons in the megaton plus range of yield . \"", "event": [{"event_type": "Bombing incident", "event_trigger": "bomb", "arguments": [{"argument": "Hiroshima", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "\" Little Boy \"", "role": "instrument"}, {"argument": "Hiroshima", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC466abffe5f1e898a89aaeb257f5ce035f4bdf1978c2fc14aec2d7ef9", "text": "Gates , once much more hawkish himself but now tempered by the experience of recent decades , summarizes the realist critique : On the left , we hear about the “ responsibility to protect ” civilians to justify military intervention in Libya , Syria , Sudan and elsewhere . On the right , the failure to strike Syria or Iran is deemed an abdication of U.S. leadership . And so the rest of the world sees the U.S. as a militaristic country quick to launch planes , cruise missiles and drones deep into sovereign countries or ungoverned spaces . Though Gates may differ sharply with him on domestic policy , Sanders is by Gates ’s own criteria probably the only foreign - policy realist left in the presidential race .", "event": [{"event_type": "Bombing incident", "event_trigger": "strike", "arguments": [{"argument": "U.S.", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "Syria or Iran", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "Syria or Iran", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC8b92019ff22d45c7004aabc858d76bc246f03799f6e8152e494047f8", "text": "Russian jets however , reportedly attacked the base a second time 90 minutes later , despite warning signals sent from U.S. aircraft . U.S. officials and rebel leaders claim cluster munitions were used in the attacks and that four people were killed . According to Interfax 's source in Moscow , the strike took place because the U.S. refused to provide Russia with information on their activities regarding the areas where moderate Syrian opposition were active and observing a cease - fire . Russia had warned the U.S.-led coalition of imminent Russian air strikes in the area of At - Tanf , the source claimed . “ The Russian side has already given a full explanation on this matter , \" the source said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Bombing incident", "event_trigger": "strike", "arguments": [{"argument": "Russia", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "the base", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "cluster munitions", "role": "instrument"}, {"argument": "At - Tanf", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCc281b34c51d7d0101688c628f13dc623fbb3bf249c2f7147f139df34", "text": "* * * The Soviet Union had a long tradition of bumping off its enemies . They included Leon Trotsky ( ice - pick in the head ) , Ukrainian nationalists ( poisons , exploding cakes ) and the Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov ( ricin pellet fired from an umbrella , on London ’s Waterloo Bridge ) . There was a spectrum . It went from killings that were demonstrative , to those where the KGB ’s fingerprints were nowhere to be found , however hard you looked .", "event": [{"event_type": "Bombing incident", "event_trigger": "exploding", "arguments": [{"argument": "Soviet Union", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "Ukrainian nationalists", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "cakes", "role": "instrument"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RCf2b46f507483760169d7b91bc4570f616f0bc4659b6e3111494a8944", "text": "A third barrel bomb landed at the facility 's gate , causing many of the casualties , he said . \" We can not be certain who is responsible for this attack , \" he said . \" What we know is it is the Syrian government that has been usually using these barrel bombs in the past . \" The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights earlier reported that 27 people were killed at the hospital , including at least three children and three doctors . The hospital strike came amid an increase in violence around Aleppo , a key city in northern Syria , and other regions , despite a nationwide \" cessation of hostilities \" technically being in force .", "event": [{"event_type": "Bombing incident", "event_trigger": "bombs", "arguments": [{"argument": "Syrian government", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "27 people", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "barrel bomb", "role": "instrument"}, {"argument": "hospital", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC0ccd250f6e31880fd13270162f8a28e1ca2b45813101c34ff93278e7", "text": "The chances of intentional conflict are real , as is the possibility of an unintended clash escalating . At the same time , Syria is not essential to the national security of Russia or the United States . It is not without importance , but a defeat or capitulation there will not change the balance of power between them at all . It would of course affect psychological and political perception , but in the long run , perception ultimately comes down to substantial military and economic power . The United States can afford to back off .", "event": [{"event_type": "Act of surrender", "event_trigger": "capitulation", "arguments": [{"argument": "United States", "role": "surrenderer"}, {"argument": "Syria", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC2e170091f91bf95477ed6348bfdde3185ee4decbfde879d7e9732e75", "text": "It is not the first time Russian officials have suggested that certain chapters of Russian history are sacred . In January 2014 , independent liberal broadcaster Dozhd TV came under attack . It was accused of smearing the memory of WW2 veterans by asking whether residents of wartime Leningrad could have been saved by surrendering the city to Nazi forces . Image copyright Kommersant Image caption \" Citing Nuremberg \" - a court ruled that blogger Vladimir Luzgin was guilty of denying facts established by the Nuremberg Trials The public discussion of WW2 history has also been curbed by a controversial 2014 law against the rehabilitation of Nazism .", "event": [{"event_type": "Act of surrender", "event_trigger": "surrendering", "arguments": [{"argument": "residents", "role": "surrenderer"}, {"argument": "Nazi forces", "role": "recipient"}, {"argument": "Leningrad", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC1340dfa4ae779034abe88c7a5c67a25eaf88b1b9642cc27947662582", "text": "In the Tabqa , near Raqqa , ISIS fighters brought a civilian , Abdul - Hadi Issa , into the main square before dozens of onlookers and announced he was accused of spying . A masked militant then stabbed him in the heart and , with the knife still stuck in the man 's chest , the fighter shot him in the head with a pistol . Issa 's body was hanged in the square with a large piece of paper on his chest proclaiming the crime and the punishment . ISIS circulated photos of the killing on social media . According to al - Talawy , several other ISIS members were killed in the town of Sukhna near the central Syrian city of Palmyra on charges of giving information to the coalition about ISIS bases in the area as well as trying to locate places where al - Baghdadi might be .", "event": [{"event_type": "Execution by hanging", "event_trigger": "hanged", "arguments": [{"argument": "Issa", "role": "target"}, {"argument": "the square", "role": "place"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC178b08808ab2017f919eadf2cd07b95d63fabb62b56d00d730944569", "text": "“ I saw her coming out with the head in her hands . I thought , wow , it must be a replica , ” he said . The man says he heard the perpetrator shouting : “ Allahu Akbar … The Russians will be hanged like this . The Russians will be slaughtered . ” The woman was dressed in black “ like Muslims , ” but her face was open , Manzhesov recalled .", "event": [{"event_type": "Execution by hanging", "event_trigger": "hanged", "arguments": [{"argument": "perpetrator", "role": "attacker"}, {"argument": "Russians", "role": "target"}]}]}
{"id": "nw_RC04299b67b717062aced72c38b0794361dd1b0bc130f09b2b4a5ab3b7", "text": "The new study says that since 2008 , 221 to 450 snow leopards have been poached every year , maybe even higher . James Compton , an author of the study , says , We think that what most observations , seizure records and expert opinion shows is that the majority is still happening because of retaliatory killing . He adds , “ One of the major interventions to stop that is better protection for livestock , in some of these very remote areas where you have nomad communities and herds of livestock , because that ’s where the friction takes place . ” More than 90 % of the poaching was recorded in China , Mongolia , India , Pakistan and Tajikistan .", "event": []}
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{"id": "nw_RC06f93fc9b12b98ac26b24fc14a957aaec925686625df43896942248e", "text": "In the immediate aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing that ripped apart a federal building and killed 168 people , he was dispatched to the city to set up the early stages of the prosecution case , winning plaudits for gathering large amounts of evidence that led to the convictions of both McVeigh and Terry Nichols . He was also central to the prosecution of the Unabomber , Ted Kaczynski . He acquired his passion for being a judge by sitting at the feet of the liberal supreme court justice William Brennan , who was a champion of progressive policies such as opposition to the death penalty and support of abortion rights . Garland has had plenty of opportunity to wield similar progressive influence as chief judge of the DC appeals circuit which , given its location , frequently acts as arbiter in major cases concerning the federal government . Among those were the 2008 judgment from the appeals court , led by Garland , that punched a hole in the Bush administration ’s detention of so - called “ enemy combatants ” in Guantánamo Bay without any oversight from the civilian courts .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC0a9b210c1a61094dc553e9be4194af167d4a0785bc09754ebdd35bec", "text": "In the latest response : Turkey 's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim blamed a \" racist Armenian lobby \" for the resolution Armenia 's Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said it was a \" valuable contribution \" to the \" international recognition and condemnation of the Armenian genocide \" German Chancellor Angela Merkel said : \" There is a lot that binds Germany to Turkey and even if we have a difference of opinion on an individual matter , the breadth of our links , our friendship , our strategic ties , is great \" Armenian ' genocide ' vote ignites press", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC1d87ba6454e56a11a32269793522b6c76d5f232492648441d1f6bbd2", "text": "Among the 150 posters up for grabs are three thought never to have made it into production featuring Adolf Hitler , Nazi spin doctor Joseph Goebbels and Luftwaffe chief Hermann Goerring . It is thought the designs were blocked from print because Brits might not have recognised the enemy leaders and might have taken the messages to \" take time off \" literally . Play slideshow PenzanceAuctionHouse / BNPS 1 of 16 A fascinating archive of iconic World War Two recruiting posters , some which have never been seen before has emerged for sale for £ 10,000 . The team can be seen examining bullets , scraps of tents and personal items such as shoes ; many of which appear to be dated and marked with the swastika . In a statement , Evgeny Ermolov , a senior researcher at the Russian Arctic National Park said : “ Before it was only known from written sources , but now we also have real proof . ” All the objects found will now be taken back to the Russian mainland , where the researchers hope they can be archived , studied , and eventually put on display for the public .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC2515478f76f7dc224c8115a155391c2a911cf63f0ac0e49703ecedf7", "text": "But while the Trump Wall ( as he has called it ) is the most provocative proposal of the election season , it is not particularly original . Over the past five millennia , politicians have repeatedly turned to large walls to solve problems . We should look carefully at the track record of this ancient technology before we invest what some estimates suggest could be $ 25 billion in construction costs for a 2,000-mile - long wall , plus millions more in annual maintenance . One of the earliest examples of a large - scale barrier wall was constructed by the rulers of the city of Ur , in what is now southern Iraq , at the end of the third millennium B.C. The kings of Ur faced a considerable challenge along their northwestern border from a semi - nomadic people known as the Amorites .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC56ac8813a5d68219941d67e3cd3a6a5a2ea8ca1a59f43f3c4efbb983", "text": "During the debate on Sunday , he was erratic , failed to land many blows , and humiliated his running mate on the Syria question . As for Clinton , her performance may not go down in the history books as one of the most sparkling debates , but it did n’t need to . She managed to remain above the fray , seeming calm , presidential , and poised as her rival roamed the stage and interrupted . Trump ’s pugilistic performance may serve as a rallying point for his key supporters , but the Republican ’s task right now is to staunch the bleeding and start winning over new voters , since he does n’t currently have enough to win . There ’s practically no prospect he made progress on that goal Sunday night .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC5c31140862fd7a879dace43fa6a47be8f5d8540c5f81840ad3cd0108", "text": "President Obama , Donald Trump , Hillary Clinton , and others of the mainstream interventionist ilk continue to debate whether the terrorist problem that America is facing is due to radical Muslims or regular Muslims . Depending on where they come out on that question , their solutions inevitably encompass more destruction of American liberty and privacy , such as with gun control , immigration controls , or surveillance schemes . There is one big problem with their analysis , however : The terrorism problem America has been facing even before 9/11 is n’t due to Islam , Muslims , or the Koran . Instead , the anti - American terrorism problem is rooted in U.S. interventionism in the Middle East and Afghanistan , specifically the ongoing death and destruction that the U.S. military death machine has been wreaking in those parts of the world on an ongoing basis for the past 25 years .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC71eaf7c51d828f0e36cf9eab2e31b9a7ac7ed94e4a972bfd07f6677c", "text": "But , the perfect is the enemy of the good . It is our goal to throw our weight behind the candidate who has a reasonable chance of actually becoming President of the United States whose views are CLOSEST to libertarianism . Crippled America : How ... Donald J. Trump Best Price : $ 1.15 Buy New $ 6.49 When put in this way , it is clear that The Donald is the most congruent with our perspective . This is true , mainly because of foreign policy . And , of the three , foreign policy , economic policy and person liberties , the former is the most important .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC735b5b17f76a72e2456a8e2b0e88e9343abc000367d3f104e508268e", "text": "The Bureau of Justice Statistics listed Maryland 's imprisoned population at 19,977 in 1992 . By 2002 , that number had jumped to 24,162 , but by 2012 , the number imprisoned had dropped to 22,558 . Maryland 's population , meanwhile , had increased from 4.8 million in 1990 to 5.8 million in 2010 , meaning the raw number imprisoned may have increased overall in that roughly 20-year span , but the rate itself decreased . Verdict : True . Hillary Clinton", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC7425672cff67186d1e189ce4b240b371c11f617f86da4b576b4bbcff", "text": "At the same time , lower down the ranks , at the operations level , one of the American military service personnel said quite frankly that they spent several days preparing this strike . How could they make an error if they were several days in preparation ? ” said Putin . “ This is how our ceasefire agreement ended up broken . Who broke the agreement ? Was it us ?", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC77574168ea635b1c24f66bf89f37ba91c1125fa80c56f270c1e7cbe8", "text": "The leaflets carried several messages to the citizens attempting to reassure them that the advancing army \" would not target civilians , \" but warned them to avoid the known locations of Isis militants . The military operation is the most complex carried out in Iraq since US forces withdrew from the country in 2011 . Last week , the UN said it was bracing itself for the world 's biggest and most complex humanitarian effort following the battle , which it expects will displace up to one million people and see civilians used as human shields .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC7ddf99e6940dc86c96af417612dbf17d2efac3de8b1f220dfc498d4a", "text": "The United States later vaulted past Russia to become the world ’s largest natural gas producer . As a result , prices dropped to record lows , and America began to wean itself from coal , along with oil and gas imports , which lessened its dependence on the Middle East . The surging global gas supply also helped shrink Russia ’s economic clout : profits for Russia ’s state - owned gas company , Gazprom , plummeted by more than 60 % between 2008 and 2009 alone . Clinton , who was sworn in as secretary of state in early 2009 , believed that shale gas could help rewrite global energy politics . “ This is a moment of profound change , ” she later told a crowd at Georgetown University .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC83ecedfedf2351aba86b9489d8fe5021c97ffa26d9d5d00c9d1185f4", "text": "For decades , wages of the middle and working classes have remained stagnant in the United States while the top earners have seen their wages grow exponentially . In the United States since the 2008 recession , nearly 99 percent of all new generated income has gone to the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans . Current trends suggest these enormous disparities in wealth are expanding . Amid calls for reform to redistribute wealth in the United States to the middle and working classes , criticism has mounted , stereotyping such reforms as \" handouts , \" \" free stuff \" or \" socialist . \" What these criticisms of proposed reforms for wealth inequality fail to recognize is that socialism for the wealthy not only exists , but is prevalent throughout our current system of government in the form of corporate socialism .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RC97ebd3bb80eda544109f69e93e0de6ca065e43cb7477c52747896929", "text": "“ With all due respect to Ethiopia , I do n’t know of any contributions that Ethiopia has made to the making of America . ” Story Continued Below President Lyndon Johnson , hoping to tamp down concerns about the immigration act at a time when Congress was engaged in an even more ferocious debate over the voting rights act , sought to downplay the implications of the proposed immigration law : “ This bill that we will sign today is not a revolutionary bill , ” he said upon signing it . The president , like many other of the law ’s supporters , sincerely believed that Europeans were most likely to take advantage of less stringent U.S. immigration policy . He was wrong .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RCa84a0ee22abc4bee5942982b99eab0de6b201c53d445592c76724162", "text": "Sanders says he believes that comprehensive immigration reform needs to be passed and we have to move toward a path to citizenship . He agrees with Obama ’s use of executive orders to enact amnesty . Sanders says he wants to “ bring families together , not divide them up ” re : his immigration agenda . Sanders says he will use executive orders to grant a path to citizenship for all of the country ’s illegal immigrants . Clinton says she agrees with Obama ’s executive amnesty .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RCbdd2144adf0a3e93953f3a40d6e942376b9ad6c589c066affec6364e", "text": "Then Elites run for president . Why run for president when already control country like dictatorship ? ” Then after what they call the “ fun Cyber Weapons Auction ” comes the real message , a serious threat . “ We want make sure Wealthy Elite recognizes the danger [ of ] cyberweapons . Let us spell out for Elites .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RCc4036358190b357f97a526dfc0564b806a01341218e0ac1bc3f5d230", "text": "FBI agents met senior Clinton officials in Brooklyn in March to warn them it was the target of cyber attack . It was weeks before the attack on the Democratic National Committee came to light . Buy Yahoo News ' Michael Isikoff reported Friday that agents asked the campaign to hand over internal computer logs and senior officials ' email addresses . Through lawyers , the campaign refused to give over the information because ' the FBI ’s request for sensitive personal and campaign information data was too broad and intrusive ' , Yahoo News said . The involvement of the Justice Department 's national security division is a sign that the Obama administration has concluded that the hacking was state sponsored , individuals with knowledge of the investigation said .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RCc4f1095e77d3b6d931a29cd40a0cafa95cf46b36ae48131f2a1ec07e", "text": "“ We 're not fans of data localization — the last thing the world needs is 193 members of the United Nations demanding that data only be stored within their own borders , ” he said . “ This is really a set of issues where the tech sector tends to be pretty united . ” RECENTLY ON PRO CYBERSECURITY — The Democrats ’ platform formally endorses a encryption commission that includes outside experts … Researchers say ISIL militants are shunning WhatsApp in favor of Telegram for encrypted communications … “ A federal judge ordered a suspect in a sex trafficking case to unlock his iPhone using his fingerprint , but for unknown reasons the process did not work ” … Three men were charged in what the Justice Department called a “ sophisticated ” cell phone hijacking scheme … A court denied Matthew Keys ’ attempt to remain out of prison while he appeals . QUICK BYTES — Russia is worried about Pokemon Go .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RCcf3bd64c426aebec0e783381b122f5a0b9d26e9b674d07884d6a0353", "text": "Nearly three quarters of scholars believe that these missiles will somewhat or strongly increase the likelihood of violent confrontation between NATO and Russian forces . Not surprisingly , 27 percent of IR scholars believe that renewed Russian assertiveness is one of the most important foreign policy issues facing the United States today . The rhetoric of U.S. presidential candidates suggests they agree as “ how would you deal with Putin ” has become both a talking point and an internet meme . As we observed in the South Carolina Republican debate , we should not be surprised to see Russian foreign policy used by candidates as a cudgel to attack each other in the race for the U.S. presidency . TRIP Snap Polls are conducted with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RCd02add6b9aaebe46a2f4b869577e948680b76d3d07699ca5de410039", "text": "Oil prices have dropped below $ 30 a barrel in recent months , a fall of 70 percent since 2014 . Al Jazeera 's Bernard Smith , reporting from Doha , said that the challenge would be to get other producing countries , including Iran , to freeze production as well . Iran 's IRNA news agency said on Sunday the country had exported its first crude shipment to Europe since it reached a landmark deal last year with world powers . IRNA quoted Rokneddin Javadi , Iran 's deputy oil minister , as saying the shipment , the first in five years , marked \" a new chapter \" in Iran 's oil industry . Javadi said Iran had already reached an agreement to export oil to France , Russia and Spain .", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RCdf6547bbe4531938cc9bcdb5ba45e6bfd7d9d4835415fdb5bf4f4c9c", "text": "All four girls married fighters approved by Isis – including an Australian and a US national – and two became widows within months of arriving in Syria , their families were told . In March last year , the Metropolitan police commissioner , Sir Bernard Hogan - Howe , said the teenagers could return home without fear of being prosecuted for terrorism , as long as no evidence emerged of them being engaged in violence . Akunjee told ITV : “ Leaving Isis is like trying to escape from Alcatraz , with a shoot - to - kill order added in ... Perhaps the only benefit out of this is as a tombstone and a testimony for others of the risks of actually going to a war zone , to dissuade people from ever making that choice . ”", "event": []}
{"id": "nw_RCe3f9c17cb88e1a8bd515e9853e8f37f4aca92677275634afe35a3d24", "text": "The Republicans ’ creation will soon be let loose on the land , leaving to others the job the party failed to carry out . ” Then referring to himself , he added , “ For this former Republican , and perhaps for others , the only choice will be to vote for Hillary Clinton . ” [ See Consortiumnews.com ’s “ Neocon Kagan Endorses Hillary Clinton . ” ] Kagan , whom Clinton appointed to a State Department advisory panel , is married to Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland , a former senior aide to Vice President Dick Cheney who rose under Clinton and helped orchestrate the Ukraine coup which sabotaged Obama ’s behind - the - scenes cooperation with Putin on touchy issues such as Iran and Syria . The Ukraine coup also opened the U.S. military - spending spigot even wider to pay for a new Cold War . [ See Consortiumnews.com ’s “ A Family Business of Perpetual War . ” ] Unpopular Warmongering", "event": []}