US Central Command said on Tuesday that its forces boarded and then released a commercial ship in the Arabian Sea, as the US continues to enforce the blockade on Iranian ports, the main impediment to US-Iran peace talks. "Earlier today in the Arabian Sea, US Marines...
Israeli DM Likens Lebanon Occupation to ‘Governing Gaza’ as New Evacuations Ordered
The ceasefire and its extension seem to be doing very little to stop the firing in southern Lebanon, and the Lebanese Health Ministry has raised the death toll since the start of the Israeli invasion to 2,534 killed and 7,863 others wounded. The front continues to...
US Fumes After Iran Chosen as a Vice President of Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference
The US and Iran clashed at the UN on Monday during the first day of a month-long conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which began amid a very fragile ceasefire between the two countries and a continued US blockade on Iranian ports. Christopher...
One Year After Bombing, Amnesty Calls for US Strike on Yemen Migrant Facility To Be Investigated as a War Crime
Tuesday marked one year since the US bombed a migrant detention facility in Saada, northern Yemen, killing 68 African migrants, and Amnesty International has reiterated its call for the attack to be investigated as a potential war crime. The strike was part of the...
Israeli Strike Kills Nine-Year-Old Boy in Southern Gaza
An Israeli strike in southern Gaza on Tuesday killed a nine-year-old boy, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, as the Israeli military continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal. The boy, identified as Adel Al-Najjar, was killed when...
Worker Killed by Ukrainian Drone Attack on Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
A Ukrainian drone attack on Monday killed a driver at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), which has been under Russian control since the early days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. According to a spokeswoman for the plant's Russian-installed management, the...
Former Top Biden Official Says Netanyahu ‘Created a Genocide’ in Gaza
Wendy Sherman, who served as President Biden's deputy secretary of state, said in an interview with Bloomberg published on April 24 that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "created a genocide" in Gaza, a rare acknowledgment of the US-supported atrocities Israel...
Finland’s Government Proposes Lifting Nuclear Weapons Import Ban to Align With NATO
Finland's government has proposed an amendment to parliament that would lift restrictions on importing nuclear weapons, a move to align the country with NATO, an alliance it joined in 2023. "The Government proposes to remove the legal barriers on importing nuclear...
Israeli Strikes Escalate With Attacks Reported in Southern, Eastern Lebanon
One day after Israeli attacks killed 14 in Lebanon, the narrative of the ceasefire being “intact” seems less and less credible, with reports of continued escalation against southern Lebanon, and new rounds of Israeli strikes reported in the Bekaa Valley to the east....
Iran Says Nearly Half of Iranians Killed by US-Israeli Bombing Campaign Were Civilians
An Iranian official said on Sunday that nearly half of the Iranians killed by the US-Israeli bombing campaign that lasted from February 28 to April 8 were civilians, as strikes pounded civilian targets throughout the war. According to Tehran Times, Jamshid Nazmi, an...


