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ISIS Claims Attack On Chinese Restaurant In Afghanistan
On Jan. 19, an explosion occurred at a Chinese restaurant in the Afghanistan neighborhood of Shahr-e-Naw, killing a Chinese national and at least six Afghans, as well as injuring several others. On the same day, jihadist militant group the Islamic State of
Japanese PM Takaichi Won Snap Election By Landslide
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a landslide victory in the February 8th election. The snap election provides Takaichi with a strong parliamentary mandate, potentially enabling her to advance ambitious economic and national security agendas.
Suffocating an Island: What the U.S. Blockade Is Doing to Cuba
By Medea Benjamin Electric motorcycles are Cuba’s aresponse to the fuel crisis. Marta Jiménez, a hairdresser in Cuba’s eastern city of Holguín, covered her face with her hands and broke down crying when I asked her about Trump’s blockade of the
Officials Dispute Trump Explanation of El Paso Airspace Closure. \u201cThere Was Not a Threat.\u201d
Sources said the
Radioactive Oil and Gas Waste May Lie Beneath a North Texas Elementary School
Editor’s Note: This story was produced in collaboration by Truthdig and the Texas Observer. On a cold winter morning in Johnson County, Texas, at the southwestern edge of the booming Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, 52-year-old Lee Oldham stands beside the
Noam Chomsky’s Split Personality
This article is published in partnership with Yasha Levine’s Substack. The latest release of Epstein documents has everyone on the left once again struggling to understand Noam Chomsky’s relationship with the Pedophilic Pimp to America’s Elite. How is it
Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Guantánamo Assignments
Rebekah Stewart, a nurse at the U.S. Public Health Service, got a call last April that brought her to tears. She had been selected for deployment to the Trump administration’s new immigration detention operation at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. This posting combined
Is Raw Or Pasteurised Milk Better?
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New York Times Attacks CDC vaccine advisory panel Chairman
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Electric Vehicles are the biggest boondoggle in modern history
EVs are the biggest
The SAVE Act Threatens Voting Rights
This week, the US House of Representatives will vote on legislation that, if enacted, would create new barriers for millions of eligible voters in the United States. The , supported by President Donald Trump and many congressional Republicans, claims to
Australia: Excessive Force Used Against Herzog Protesters
(Sydney) New South Wales police used apparent excessive force against people protesting Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia, Human Rights Watch said today. Video footage verified by Human Rights Watch from a rally in Sydney on February 9, 2026,
Mexico City: Create Care Law Grounded on Disability Rights
(Mexico City) – The Mexico City Congress should seriously consider a submitted by a coalition led by people with disabilities during its new session, Human Rights Watch said today. That proposal urges lawmakers to adopt a rights-based framework grounded in
When Assumptions And Attribution Replace Evidence In Climate Science
Hypethesis, assumptions and attribution are not fact, they are nothing more than opinion
Gunboat Diplomacy 2.0
On September 1, 2025, the Trump administration declared “Operation Southern Spear.” The operation has deployed immense naval assets, including the U.S. aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, in the Caribbean Sea. Then, on January 3, 2026, Washington carried out
Plastic Fantastic (documentary review)
This is a timely, informative, often
On A Lark
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Leading Papers Call for Destroying Iran to Save It
The United States has no right to wage war on Iran, or to have a say who governs the country. The opinion pages of the and , however, are offering facile humanitarian arguments for the US to escalate its attacks on Iran. These are based on the nonsensical
Mexico Sends Shipment of Humanitarian Aid to Cuba
The government of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced the shipment of 814 tons of milk, meat, beans, rice, and other foodstuffs to Cuba on Sunday, February 8. The move came days after Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel presented a series of emergency
Believing Borders Make Us Safer Is Like Believing the Sun Revolves Around Earth
Western governments, the U.S. under Donald Trump leading the pack, are caught in the grip of an anti-immigration fervor, enforcing cruel and degrading laws that violate human rights and undermine public safety. This entire approach toward immigrants is not
US Military Helping Trump to Build Massive Network of ‘Concentration Camps,’ Navy Contract Reveals
In the wake of immigration agents’ killings of three US citizens within a matter of weeks, the Department of Homeland Security is quietly moving forward with a plan to expand its capacity for mass detention by using a military contract to create what Pablo
The US Military Aided Mass Child Rape in Afghanistan. Now Its Soldiers Are Committing This ...
There is an epidemic of child sex crimes in and around Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Since 2021, and the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, dozens of elite soldiers stationed at the military base have been convicted of raping children, distributing child
US Holds Secret Indictment of Delcy Rodriguez, Top Opposition Journo Claims
The Trump administration is using a secret indictment to assert leverage over Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez, according to the editor-in-chief of the US government-funded outlet, Armando.info. “One of the information we manage is that the US is
ICJ To Hear Rohingya Genocide Case Against Myanmar
On January 12, the United Nations’ top court, the International Court of Justice, began its public hearings for a landmark genocide case. Over the past few weeks, judges have heard arguments for and against the claim that Myanmar has violated the 1948 Genocide
What NHS staff sickness trends suggest about the official narrative
If vaccination reduced
