Trump’s military escalation against Venezuela repeats the Iraq War blueprint
With the suspension of dialogue between the U.S. and Venezuela, the sighting of U.S. B-52 bombers in Venezuelan airspace, and the further lethal U.S....
African nations’ challenge to take charge of their mineral wealth amid debt and exploitation
The U.S., its European partners, with their neoliberal free-market capitalism tactics, are in a race for the Global South’s, mainly Africa’s, critical minerals. China...
Will peace come to Gaza? Challenges remain as Palestinians return home in first phase of ceasefire deal
Israel continued its atrocities in the Gaza Strip just days after it agreed to phase one of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal. Breaches included continued...
Jailed Palestinian leader Barghouti suffers rib fractures after assault in Israeli prisons
Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, the most prominent Palestinian detainee in Israeli custody, has sustained rib fractures after being beaten by guards in Israeli...
Israeli Mossad spy agency attempting to recruit agents in Yemen: Report
The Israeli Mossad spying agency is reportedly seeking to recruit agents inside Yemen to gather intelligence in preparation for a potential escalation of military strikes against the...
South African activists on Gaza flotilla claim harsh treatment by Israel over genocide case
JOHANNESBURG—Six South African activists who were detained by Israel while attempting to reach Gaza as part of an aid flotilla said Oct. 8 they were subjected...
Palestinians have mixed feelings on approval of first phase of ‘peace plan’
During a week of negotiations in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Oct. 9, Israel approved the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “peace plan”...
Conference opens in Tehran to address U.S., Israeli assassinations of scientists
Iran has launched the “Rising of the Wise against Sophicide” conference to condemn a campaign of targeted assassinations of scientists by the U.S. and Israel. Mohammad-Javad Larijani, head...
Palestinian killed, 3 others injured in illegal settler attack in West Bank
A Palestinian man has been killed and three others were injured when illegal Israeli settlers attacked a community in the central sector of the...
U.S. strike in Caribbean may have killed Colombian citizens, president says
BOGOTA, Colombia—Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Oct. 8 there were “signs” that Colombian citizens were killed in the last small boat attacked by the U.S. military off the...