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Israel kills Hezbollah media chief – AP
Mohammed Afif was killed in an Israeli airstrike on central Beirut, a member of the militant group has said.
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Jury awards $42 million to 3 Iraqis tortured in Abu Ghraib prison 20 years ago, holding US military contractor responsible
Last Tuesday, a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, awarded $42 million in damages against US military contractor CACI Premier Technology, Inc., for its role in the torture of three Iraqis in Abu Ghraib prison during the US imperialist occupation.
492 killed, 1645 wounded in Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon
The Israeli regime’s warplanes have conducted extensive airstrikes against towns and villages across Lebanon, killing at least 492 people.
Brand Behind Walkie-Talkie Devices Transformed into Bombs Supplies the U.S. Military
Today’s second round of exploding devices in Lebanon were linked to ICOM, a Japanese manufacturer that supplies the Pentagon. ICOM insists devices were counterfeit.
Mysterious Nine-Day Seismic Event Triggered By Greenland 950-Foot Mega-Tsunami
A melting glacier caused a mountain in Greenland to collapse into a narrow fjord, setting off an oscillating wave that rattled seismic detectors around the world.
Mainstream Media Is Ignoring Israel’s Sexual Torture
For the past two weeks, a sickening scandal around Israeli torture of Palestinians has roiled the country’s politics. Many Americans likely have no idea about it, because mainstream media is all but ignoring it.
Bombshell: Blair, UK Government Warned Over NATO War Crimes in Belgrade
Thousands were killed or injured in NATO’s aggression against the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999 as the alliance was fully unmasked as a tool of Western militarism.
EXPOSED: Israel has been FORCING Palestinian civilians to be its human shields
By James Wright Israel’s army routinely forces detained and innocent Palestinian civilians to be human shields, an investigation from Israeli outlet Haaretz has found. Several sources testified that this was Read More…
Mass Graves In Gaza Show Victims’ Hands Were Tied, Says UN Rights Office
Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly found stripped naked with their hands tied, prompting renewed concerns about possible war crimes amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
62,000 Israeli Settlers Flee Northern Palestine Amid Hezbollah Strikes
Some 62,000 Israeli settlers have fled areas in the northern sector of the 1948 Israeli-occupied lands amid fear of strikes by Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement in retaliation for the bloody onslaught on Gaza, latest reports have revealed.
U.S. Funds Ukraine Groups Censoring Critics, Smearing Pro-Peace Voices
American taxpayers are footing the bill for Ukrainian NGOs focused on smearing proponents of a diplomatic solution as “Russian disinformation” agents.
Niger Expels US Forces After Revoking Key Military Agreement
Niger’s ruling junta has ended an accord that allowed U.S. Department of Defense military personnel and civilian staff on its soil.
Gonzalo Lira, critic of Zelensky, ‘tortured to death’ in Ukraine prison
Gonzalo Lira, a Chilean-American blogger and a critic of US and Ukraine presidents Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky, has died in a Ukrainian prison after he was “tortured” and denied medical treatment.
Starbucks Is Exploiting the Violence in Gaza and Israel to Attack Its Union
The president of Workers United writes that Starbucks is endangering its own employees and appears to even endorse a boycott of its own stores. “I am afraid,” said one worker. “My mom doesn’t want me to go to work.”
The Mounting Onslaught of Censorship and Suppression
“A failure to stop this new McCarthyism would be to surrender to the forces of reaction that tragically are carrying the day.”