Friday, June 26, 2026

Tag: war crimes

UN inquiry says Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza

A new UN Commission report details more than 20,000 children killed, tens of thousands injured, attacks on hospitals and schools, and evidence that Palestinian children were treated not as collateral damage, but as targets.

Questions grow after analysis links US strike to water facilities serving...

Satellite imagery, bomb fragment analysis, and damage assessments have intensified scrutiny over whether U.S. forces struck civilian water infrastructure near the Strait of Hormuz, raising concerns about potential violations of international law.

Do US war crimes doom the world to endless war and...

If the American people and the world can find the political will, this U.S. and Israeli defeat by Iran presents us with a chance to move U.S. foreign policy in a more peaceful direction.

‘Everything you see’: Investigation reveals Israeli troops were ordered to shoot...

Testimony from Israeli soldiers and the mother of a slain hostage has intensified scrutiny over battlefield orders in Gaza, the killing of Israeli captives waving white flags, and whether military directives encouraged indiscriminate lethal force during operations in Shujaiya.

Trump threatens destruction of Iran as ceasefire unravels and civilian casualties...

Renewed US threats to destroy Iranian infrastructure and Tehran’s refusal to negotiate expose deepening diplomatic breakdown, legal concerns, and the human cost of escalation.

Trump threatens destruction of Iran’s ‘whole civilization’ as calls grow for...

Lawmakers, legal scholars, and advocacy groups say the president’s public threat against Iran’s civilian population raises urgent questions of genocide, war crimes, and presidential fitness.

Trump threatens destruction of Iranian infrastructure as legal experts warn of...

Officials, lawmakers, and human rights organizations warn that attacks on power plants and bridges could violate international law and endanger millions of civilians.

Trump threatens to bomb Iran into the ‘Stone Ages’ as experts...

Threats to destroy Iran’s electric grid and bridges raise alarm among legal scholars as strikes hit medical, energy, and civilian infrastructure.

Asking the right questions when lawless US officials go on a...

What we are witnessing in the Caribbean and elsewhere today has been years in the making. Who will put a stop to it?

White House defense of Trump boat killings raises alarm over war...

After confirming a second strike that killed survivors of a September boat bombing, the White House insists President Trump can target anyone labeled a “narco-terrorist” while legal experts and lawmakers warn the actions resemble murder, not self defense.

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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture

The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."

Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta 

Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.

Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future

Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.

Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool

The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.

Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban

For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.