Scores of people, including a number of women and children, have been killed over the course of the weekend in southern Lebanon, as Israeli strikes continue to escalate across the region, and numbers from the Lebanese Health Ministry show the overall death toll of the...
Israeli Strike Kills 15-Year-Old Boy in Southern Gaza as Relentless IDF Attacks Continue
An Israeli drone attack killed a 15-year-old boy in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, the Palestinian news agency WAFA has reported, as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal. According to WAFA, the boy, identified as Riyad Naji Abu Nimer,...
US Launches 61st Airstrike of the Year in Somalia
The US has launched another airstrike in Somalia, according to a press release from US Africa Command, as US media continues to ignore the bombing campaign. AFRICOM said in a release on Friday that its forces launched an airstrike against al-Shabaab on April 30, about...
Israeli Troops Attack Catholic Convent in Southern Lebanon Town of Yaroun
The Israeli military attacked and seriously damaged a convent in the southern Lebanese town of Yaroun, leading to international condemnation from Christian groups. The convent belonged to the Greek Catholic order “Basilian Salvatorian Sisters,” and was known for...
Trump Says US Acting ‘Like Pirates’ Against Iran
President Trump said on Friday that the US Navy was acting "like pirates" while enforcing the blockade against Iran, comments that affirm Tehran's characterization of the US military action, which has involved seizing ships and Iranian oil. "We … land on top of it and...
White House Claims Ceasefire Resets War Powers Act Deadline
A senior White House official claimed that President Donald Trump does not need Congressional approval to continue the war against Iran because the ongoing ceasefire negates the deadline imposed by the War Powers Act. On Thursday, a US official told News Nation that...
As Israel Continues to Destroy Lebanon’s South, Locals Are Turning to Hezbollah
With US and Israeli officials constantly insisting everything that is happening in southern Lebanon is Hezbollah’s fault, there was an underlying assumption that there would be a public backlash against Hezbollah as locals lives got progressively worse. While there...
Israeli Media: Israel Prepares for a Return To War With Iran as Trump Briefed on Potential Strikes
Israeli media reported on Thursday that Israel is preparing for the possibility of returning to war with Iran as President Trump is considering restarting the bombing campaign. The Times of Israel reported that, according to Israel's Channel 12, Israeli officials...
Congress Passes 45-Day Extension of Warrantless Spy Powers
Both the House and the Senate passed a 45-day extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which gives the federal government the power to conduct warrantless surveillance of Americans. The Senate passed the 45-day extension by...
Iran’s Khamenei Says Future of Persian Gulf Will Be Free of US Presence
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said in a statement on Thursday that the future of the Persian Gulf is without a US presence and vowed that Tehran would set "new legal frameworks" for the Strait of Hormuz. The statement, which commemorated Iran's...


