Author: Mike Brest
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Two Israeli human rights groups accuse country of genocide in Gaza
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two Israeli human rights advocacy groups accused the government in separate reports on Monday of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The conclusions from B’Tselem, a human rights monitoring organization focusing on the effects of…
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Russia undeterred by Trump’s 50-day threat to end Ukraine war
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the days since President Donald Trump issued a 50-day ultimatum to Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, Kremlin officials have shown little interest in coming to the negotiating table. The…
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Twenty Palestinians killed in stampede near food distribution site, aid group says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Twenty Palestinians were killed Wednesday outside an aid distribution center in southern Gaza, according to the Israeli-backed humanitarian group leading the humanitarian effort. A spokesperson for the Gaza Humanitarian Fund told reporters “armed Hamas operatives…
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Twenty Palestinians killed in stampede near food distribution site, aid group says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Twenty Palestinians were killed Wednesday outside an aid distribution center in southern Gaza, according to the Israeli-backed humanitarian group leading the humanitarian effort. Exact details of what took place outside the aid site in Khan…
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Nominee to Pentagon’s No. 2 won’t affirm Russia invaded Ukraine
President Donald Trump‘s nominee to serve as the deputy secretary of defense declined to clearly acknowledge that Russia invaded Ukraine during his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday. Stephen Feinberg, who was the co-founder and co-CEO of Cerberus prior to his nomination to be the Pentagon’s No. 2, is the latest member or nominee of the administration…
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West and Russia agree to largest prisoner swap since Cold War
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Several countries have agreed to a massive prisoner exchange deal in which Russia has agreed to release several journalists and critics of the Kremlin it had detained in recent years. It is believed to be…
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Israel targets Hezbollah commander behind soccer attack with strike in Beirut
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Israel’s military carried out what it described as a “targeted strike” in Beirut on Tuesday, targeting the Hezbollah commander whom it said was responsible for the strike last weekend in the Golan Heights that killed…
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Iran is meddling in election against Trump, but Russia is for him: Intelligence community
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The intelligence community believes Iran is attempting to meddle in the 2024 U.S. presidential election against former President Donald Trump, while Russia wants him to win. Tehran sought to harm Trump’s reelection chances ahead of…
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Israel agreed to ceasefire deal, Hamas hasn’t yet: US
Israeli leaders have agreed to a framework of a temporary ceasefire deal, but Hamas has not approved it as of Monday afternoon, according to a White House official. The contours of the deal include a cessation of the fighting for six weeks and a surge of humanitarian aid into Gaza in exchange for the release…
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Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty, and prosecutors seek 16-year sentence
Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking hundreds of classified Department of Defense documents, has agreed to a plea deal that could have him spend the next 16 years in prison. Teixeira was in court on Monday and pleaded guilty as laid out in the deal, according to court documents. He “callously…