US forces have conducted over a dozen strikes on alleged drug-running boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since early September, killing at least 57 people, according to Trump administration figures.
Israel “is carrying out a deliberate campaign of starvation in the occupied Gaza Strip, systematically destroying the health, well-being, and social fabric of Palestinian life,” Amnesty said.
“Western journalists and editors should hang their heads in shame for their outrageous silence in the face of these crimes,” said one professor.
In a video, Nelson said he would set himself ablaze “to pressure Israel to end the genocide in Gaza.”
One group said it has registered over 100,000 new voters since U.S. President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race.
A U.K.-based humanitarian group on Tuesday delivered “heartbreaking” letters from two Palestinian girls—including one who lost her arm in an Israeli attack—imploring new Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer to intervene.
“The international community must apply relentless pressure to achieve a cease-fire and ensure sustained humanitarian access now,” said one advocate.
“So many thousands of people have stories about how he has changed their lives,” said one admirer. “He certainly changed mine.”
The daughter, infant grandson, and son-in-law of Refaat Alareer—the renowned Palestinian poet assassinated last year in an Israeli airstrike—were killed Friday in another Israel Defense Forces bombing, this one reportedly targeting a building hosting an international relief charity in Gaza City.
“Five months of violence, displacement, starvation, and disease on top of nearly 17 years of a blockade have caused relentless mental harm to children in Gaza,” said Save the Children.
“Each year, the U.S. funnels billions of tax dollars to the Israeli government, funding obscene human rights violations,” said Rep. Cori Bush, who signed the letter. “We must stop funding Israeli apartheid.”
Daniels says she’s undaunted by the prospect of facing Trump in court. “I’ve seen him naked,” she explained. “There’s no way he could be scarier with his clothes on.”
Until racism and xenophobia are universally recognized as significant drivers of determinants of health, the root causes of discrimination will remain in the shadows and continue to cause and exacerbate health inequities.
“The primary suspect,” said the paper’s lead author, “is a mother’s exposure to man-made chemicals during pregnancy.”