Top Stories

We must protect and celebrate Black women and celebrate Black women

Black women are the backbone of our communities—architects of culture, vessels of wisdom, and symbols of resilience. Yet, from the moment Black women arrived...

Mass rallies across Iran signal national unity, support for leadership on Imam Reza anniversary

Iranians have taken to the streets of Tehran and other cities nationwide to renew their pledge of allegiance to Leader of the Islamic Revolution...

Over 400 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

More than 400 migrants have been rescued off Libya’s eastern coast this week, after they were found at risk of drowning, the Libyan Red...

Israel escalates its aggression on Lebanon after ceasefire extension

by Aseel Saleh Peoples Dispatch U.S. President Donald Trump announced on April 23 that the 10-day ceasefire deal between the Israeli and the Lebanese governments was extended by three...

$25B: What the Iran war has cost and what the money could have done...

On April 29, 2026, Acting Pentagon Comptroller Jules Hurst III told the House Armed Services Committee that the U.S. has spent an estimated $25...

International

Israeli soldiers and settlers using sexual violence to push Palestinians out—report

Israeli soldiers and settlers are systematically using sexual violence and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, according to...

Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil deliberately killed in Israeli airstrike, body found in rubble

Lebanese Civil Defense has confirmed the death of Amal Khalil, a journalist with the country’s al-Akhbar daily, saying she was deliberately targeted in an Israeli strike...