1+ day, 38+ min ago   (1589+ words) The new sanctions may be groundbreaking, but they’re also full of loopholes — including for certain weapons exports. The United Kingdom, joined by Canada and France, announced this week that they are taking action against Israeli settlements in the West Bank....

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (343+ words) A top economist estimated that Trump’s Iran war has already cost the average American household an extra $1,650. Houthi forces have reportedly seized the entirety of Yemen’s Red Sea coastline, further solidifying the group’s control over its key waterway and sending…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1125+ words) “Here I am, thousands of miles away from my dreams,” said one 14-year-old. Despite the restrictions that had long stifled Gaza prior to October 7, 2023, it was a remarkably young society, shaped by high fertility rates and a culture in which…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (477+ words) Diesel topped $5.90 per gallon, on average across the US, as of Monday, with regular gas above $4.15 per gallon. Diesel prices in the U.S. broke a new record high this past weekend, as the U.S. and Israel’s continued war on Iran has led…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (351+ words) Before the war on Gaza began in 2023, freelance work had become a lifeline for thousands of Gazans. It was one of the few ways they could connect with the outside world and secure jobs that offered incomes several times higher…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (586+ words) In his apology, Lutnick awkwardly brings up his controversial history with the 9/11 attack. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was forced to apologize after falsely saying that zero U.S. servicemembers have died in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, in the latest instance of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (363+ words) The president claims that the strait is “under USA control,” but that assertion is widely disputed. In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, President Donald Trump suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz after himself. The waterway that borders the western…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1141+ words) Southern Iran is facing a naval blockade, water stress, electricity blackouts, and disrupted livelihoods. Following weeks of relentless bombing, the U.S. military campaign against Iran’s southern regions prompted by the collapse of the June 17 memorandum of understanding continues with intermittent frequency…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (406+ words) Bomb remnants suggest the strike was carried out with a weapon once advertised as the Navy’s “most accurate” missile. The U.S. fatally bombed a wedding in southern Iran on Tuesday, killing at least four people, including children, prompting the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (795+ words) Sami Safi’s arrest is part of a “concerted effort to crush the new generation of Palestinian leaders,” her aunt said. The family of Sama Safi, a Palestinian American student who is being detained in an Israeli prison, has urged the…...