Podcaster Calls Out Cory Booker On Democrat Infighting: 'That's Such Bulls**t'

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) had his feet held to the fire on a podcast hosted by two suburban moms from Oklahoma who were quick to call “bullshit” on his answers. Booker, an expectant candidate for president in 2028, appeared on the popular...

Newsom Mocks Trump And Israeli Prime Minister With Brutal ’90s Comparison

LOADINGERROR LOADING The White House posted the photo on Monday after Trump last week announced a peace deal between Israel and Hamas. “Peace through strength,” the photo caption read. On the heels of the post, the governor’s press office followed...

Gaza doctor who became face of medical struggle remains in Israeli detention

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Israel resumes killing Palestinians in first phase of Trump’s “peace plan”

On Monday and Tuesday, Israeli forces killed at least seven Palestinians in Gaza, following the announcement of a “ceasefire” last week. Medical sources confirmed to Al Jazeera that Israeli snipers fatally shot five people in Gaza City’s Shejaiya...

Syria’s ticking time bomb

In March of this year, Laya’s world came crashing down. Following a series of skirmishes in the coastal region of Syria, the country’s transitional government had mobilized forces to put down what it saw as a brewing rebellion among Alawites, a...

Turkey: EFJ/IFJ call for investigation into death of journalist Hakan Tosun following street attack

On 13 October 2025, Turkish journalist and environmental activist Hakan Tosun died from his injuries following a street assault by two individuals. The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) join their Turkish affiliates...

Media Organisations Demand Investigation into Death of Turkish Journalist

Hakan Tosun. Photo. Bianet.org Domestic and international media organisations on Wednesday condemned the killing of independent Turkish journalist Hakan Tosun and called on the authorities to conduct a swift and transparent investigation. “The...

Turkey Returns to Palestine

In a recent speech, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Turkey will take part in the Gaza task force and will maintain a peacekeeping garrison there to keep order and observe that the conditions of a ceasefire is maintained. “The...

Syria's Al-Sharaa to meet Putin in his first Russia visit

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Oct. 15 on his first official trip to Russia, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported. Al-Sharaa and Putin are expected to discuss regional and...

Al-Qassam Brigades hand over new batch of Israeli prisoner bodies in Gaza

Gaza – Saba: Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), handed over a new batch of bodies of deceased Israeli prisoners this Tuesday evening. According to Quds News Network, citing media sources, a convoy...

Oscars: Saudi Arabia Picks Shahad Ameen’s ‘Hijra’ for International Feature Race 

Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen’s road movie “Hijra,” centered on the bond formed between different generations of Saudi women during a journey across the desert, has been selected as Saudi Arabia’s candidate for the Oscar in the international...

From airstrike to hugs, Israel still won’t decide whether Qatar is partner or foe

It was a day after he ordered a missile attack against Hamas leaders in Doha, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was defiant. While international outrage continued to build, the premier declared in a video statement that the strike served not...

World Associated Press Syria’s interim leader arrives on his first visit to Russia, set to meet with Putin

MOSCOW (AP) — Syria’s interim leader, who led a swift rebel offensive last year that ousted former Syrian President Bashar Assad despite years of Moscow’s support, arrived in Russia on Wednesday on his first visit. Interim President Ahmad...

Despair across generations from the dream of democracy to the rage of Gen Z

Despair takes many forms, touching nearly everyone. Young people are not immune, some carry the weight of extreme hopelessness, and others experience it in smaller doses. Yet even in the shadows, faint traces of hope remain. This despair is not...

Putin to meet Syria’s al-Sharaa, who reportedly plans to request Assad’s extradition

Russian President Vladimir Putin was set to meet Wednesday in Moscow with Syria’s new president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, in what is believed to be their first encounter barely a year after the two were bitter enemies on opposite sides of Syria’s brutal...

Rep. Seth Moulton launches Democratic primary challenge against Sen. Ed Markey

BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, a moderate Massachusetts Democrat, said Wednesday that he will challenge U.S. Sen. Edward Markey for the Democratic nomination in next year’s Senate race, arguing it’s time for the party to embrace a new...

Charlie Kirk receives posthumous Medal of Freedom on birthday

Charlie Kirk posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom Tuesday on what would have been the right-wing activist’s 32nd birthday. The Turning Point USA founder was fatally shot while speaking on the Utah Valley University campus on...

Israel frees some Gaza medical staff, but a prominent hospital chief remains imprisoned

CAIRO – Under Gaza’s ceasefire deal, Israel freed dozens of doctors, nurses, paramedics and other medical personnel seized during raids on hospitals. But more than 100 remain in Israeli prisons, including Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya, a hospital director...

A lasting peace between Israel and Palestine? We’ve heard that before – the result was more bloodshed

So, which year are we in? A US president, after months of tacit encouragement, has finally intervened to end an Israeli military offensive that has reduced swaths of a Middle Eastern city to rubble, leaving thousands dead and prompting global...

Israel’s Perpetual War Machine Demonstrates that Environmental Warfare is a Tool, Not a Consequence of Genocide and Settler Colonialism

The environmental destruction in Gaza is a calculated military strategy. By poisoning the land and water, Israel is ensuring the genocide has a permanent, toxic legacy. “Seen from the point of view of colonial history, climate transformation is...