In a decision that Amnesty International described as “completely disproportionate,” four demonstrators with the outlawed group Palestine Action were sentenced as terrorists in the UK on Friday after…
Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said on Tuesday that the International Criminal Court prosecutor had requested an arrest warrant against him,…
The ceasefire between the US and Iran is in grave peril after Iran announced on Saturday that, in response to the continued…
US-Israeli airstrikes early Tuesday morning reduced a synagogue in Tehran to rubble, according to local reports and footage posted to social media.…
Democratic Party leaders are under fire after it was reported that they plan to wait until mid-April to hold a vote to…
The Trump administration is about to embark on a massive crackdown on what it describes as a scourge of rampant left-wing “terrorism.” But the US…
As Israel prepares for a full occupation of Gaza, foreign journalists have renewed calls to be allowed into the besieged strip. More…
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