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By Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J.S. Davies

The rhetoric is shifting—but history will judge this moment not by what governments say, but by what they do.

After twenty months of horror in Gaza, political rhetoric in Western countries is finally starting to shift—but will words translate into action? And what exactly can other countries do when the United States still shields Israel from…

Peruvian police showcased 5.5 tonnes of seized drugs, including cocaine and marijuana, following an anti-narcotics operation across multiple regions. Authorities say the haul from recent raids is part of a larger 13-tonne seizure, primarily bound for Europe and North America. Fifteen suspects were arrested.

United States President Donald Trump has imposed a travel ban on 12 countries, with restrictions on seven more.

And it’s not the first one of its kind – Trump issued a similar order in 2017 that focused on Muslim-majority countries.

He says the latest initiative aims to protect national security, but critics say the ban is racist and has nothing to do with safety.

So what is…

According to the report, five students said the surveillance felt like a tactic to intimidate them. Some described being cursed at, threatened, and followed by car. In one case, a student had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit.

Many of these investigators appear to work for City Shield, a private security firm based in Detroit. Records show the university paid at least $800,000 to City Shield’s parent company, Ameri-Shield, between June 2023 and September 2024.

Students said they…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Five Israeli soldiers killed, dozens injured in Gaza clashes as deadly Israeli strikes kill over 40 Palestinians.

Five Israeli soldiers were killed and 17 others wounded—some critically—during ongoing battles with the Palestinian Resistance across the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported. 

At the same time, according to Al-Jazeera, at least 42 Palestinians were killed in a series of Israeli air and…

Muslims around the globe are celebrating Eid al-Adha, one of the biggest holidays in the Islamic calendar that commemorates sacrifice and submission to God.

The festival, running from June 6-9, honours the Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to obey God’s command that he sacrifice his only son Ismail, ignoring the devil’s attempts to dissuade him from the act.

The devil appeared before Ibrahim three times, but the prophet responded by throwing stones, driving him away. As he was about to…

From Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan, US wars left not freedom, but ruin. In a recent book, co-authors Noam Chomsky and Nathan Robinson expose how American elites sell violence as virtue, using the myth of democracy to justify endless war.