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Investigations into as many as 57 alleged unlawful killings by British soldiers in Iraq, have been dropped. The cases won’t be followed up as “no criminality” had been established during the investigation, the UK’s Ministry of Defence has announced. The MoD said that the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (Ihat) tasked with investigating the alleged abuses by UK soldiers during the US-led invasion in Iraq, has decided not to proceed in 57 cases. The military’s prosecuting authority has also dropped another case of alleged human rights violations.

U.S. officials are quick to decry “human rights violations” in “enemy” states, but different rules apply to “allies” such as Saudi Arabia, which is committing war crimes in Yemen and executing dissidents at home while the Obama administration aids and abets the atrocities, writes Marjorie Cohn for TeleSUR. By Marjorie Cohn Saudi Arabia has engaged…

When last we checked in on Spain, the country was struggling to make sense of largely inconclusive elections held in late December.

Mariano Rajoy’s PP managed to secure the most seats in parliament, but when the electoral smoke cleared it was apparent that Spanish voters were no longer content with the political status quo.

Ed Luce indulges the Michael Bloomberg presidential bid speculation:

David Brooks predicted a Rubio victory yesterday:

"It's gonna be Rubio. I'm telling you, it's gonna be Rubio." – David Brooks on the GOP nominee. #MTP

— Meet the Press (@meetthepress) January 24, 2016