Tuesday, February 24, 2026

As Nigerian Massacre Evidence Grows, Questions Swirl over Collusion Between Boko Haram and Military

The massacre in northern Nigeria has killed and injured hundreds, possibly thousands. Boko Haram, a military terrorist group in Africa, is responsible for this horrific attack.

President Hillary Clinton’s Middle East Policy: Interventions, Wars, More of Same

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will bring substantial foreign policy expertise to the thorny issues happening around the world. But will she get the U.S. heavily involved in the region again?

A Family Broken Up: Freed After 8 Years at Guantánamo, a Father and Son...

Democracy Now discusses a story about a father and son who were held for many years at Guantánamo. Here is how their relationship was used against them in Guantánamo and what's become of them after their release.

Ask yourself: Will Donald Trump EVER become president?

As our institutions bend and buckle and approach the breaking point, the president bombs Syria and is hailed by an obeisant media.

As the US Consulate in Irbil, Iraq, Is Bombed, Can America Still Do Diplomacy...

The U.S. diplomatic presence in the eastern reaches of the Middle East is in question as the security for such embassies and consulates is the host countries' responsibility. But when the state has failed, we must ask: Is U.S. diplomacy even possible in much of the region?

Trump’s Iran aggression deserves full-throated opposition

Trump is betraying his voters and threatening millions of lives. Call him on it before it’s too late.

No victory day

Dealing with stalemates between Russia and Ukraine, environmentalists and climate change, and COVID and humanity.
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‘This is just terrorism’: Israel bombs world heritage site in Lebanon, threatens major hospital

The Israeli military has also attacked the ancient city of Tyre, a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site, and killed three Lebanese soldiers in a strike in southern Lebanon, all while continuing to defy international calls for a ceasefire.

To media, Gaza ceasefire holds despite repeated Israeli strikes

In the ten days following the implementation of the ostensible truce, the Israeli military reportedly killed at least 97 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 230, violating the ceasefire agreement no fewer than 80 times.
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Israeli total war continues, with ‘no end in sight’ for Palestinians in Gaza—cold, drenched,...

Muhannad Hadi explained that in recent weeks, the Israeli military has catastrophically escalated its attacks on North Gaza, with what he called “mass casualty incidents” taking place “with alarming frequency.”