Friday, June 5, 2026

Trump halts bombing of Yemen, reportedly under Saudi pressure, and to dismay of Israel

The subtext here is that people in the region believe the U.S. is bombing an Arab country on behalf of Israeli shipping in the Red Sea and to protect Israel from repercussions for its Gaza genocide.

$45 billion: The cost of the war in Afghanistan in 2018

2018 will mark the 17th year of the Afghanistan war.
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Report from Rafah: UNICEF decries Israel’s ‘war on children’ as starvation & deaths mount...

While a full ceasefire is still vital, “any pause in the bombing is good news for children,” says UNICEF spokesperson James Elder.

The smearing of Cori Bush for being truthful about the Gaza war

Such formulaic manipulation has long been fundamental to claims that the Israeli government represents “the Jewish people” and criticisms of its actions are “antisemitic.”

War zone America?

Military families — most so much more than mine — have already suffered for far too long without watching our own country become a new war zone.

The War of the Turkish Deep States

Many Turks believe, rightly or wrongly, that US intelligence knew in advance what would happen on July 15th and didn’t warn the country’s political leaders.

Federal appeals court maintains block on Trump’s Muslim ban

The big question now is whether or not the Trump administration will appeal to the entire 9th Circuit Court of Appeals or ask the Supreme Court to intervene.

Manna from Hell

While soldiers who go to war risk death, the big corporations that go to war reap perpetual profits.

Citizens of the World, Unite!

If a global majority fails to read the increasingly blatant handwriting on the wall, then our allegedly superior brainpower will end in fire and ice for too many already sharing this earth.

Roses dressed in black

The words and actions of our nation’s leaders have revealed a staggering, even willful, historical amnesia about the disastrous repercussions of America’s twenty-first-century war-mongering.