New US sanctions target illicit financial network aiding Iran, military | Business and Economy News

New US sanctions target illicit financial network aiding Iran, military | Business and Economy News

US Treasury Department says Iran relies on brokers, front companies to finance proxies across region, including Hamas. The United States Department of the Treasury has announced new sanctions targeting 21 Iranians, foreign nationals, and firms accused of involvement in an illicit financial network for the benefit of the Iranian military….

US says Indian gov’t official directed plot to assassinate Sikh activist | Courts News

US says Indian gov’t official directed plot to assassinate Sikh activist | Courts News

US federal prosecutors charge 52-year-old Indian man for alleged involvement in murder-for-hire conspiracy. Authorities in the United States have said that an Indian government official directed a failed plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist on US soil, as they announced charges against a man accused of orchestrating the attempted murder. On…

US says climate change threatens wolverines with extinction | Wildlife News

US says climate change threatens wolverines with extinction | Wildlife News

The North American wolverine will receive long-delayed federal protections under a Biden administration proposal released on Wednesday in response to scientists warning that climate change will likely melt away the rare species’ snowy mountain refuges. Across most of the United States, wolverines were wiped out by the early 1900s from…

Is Biden’s two-state plan for Israel and Palestine a fantasy? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Is Biden’s two-state plan for Israel and Palestine a fantasy? | Israel-Palestine conflict

The US was happy to neglect the Palestinian issue for years. Why is it talking of a ‘reinvigorated’ peace process now? After the war on Gaza, US President Joe Biden says he wants to “reinvigorate” the attempts to create a Palestinian state alongside Israel. But the devil is in the…

Pro-Palestine Facebook post sparks CIA warning | Social Media News

Pro-Palestine Facebook post sparks CIA warning | Social Media News

The incident illustrates the deep divisions that the war in Gaza has opened up within US government institutions. The CIA has stressed to its officers that they should refrain from political statements on social media after one of its top officers shared a pro-Palestinian photo on Facebook. The intelligence agency’s…

Group stages ‘die-ins’ across Washington, DC, to raise awareness for Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Group stages ‘die-ins’ across Washington, DC, to raise awareness for Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Washington, DC – Julia Fawzi Saeed Al-Kurd was one year old. She was killed along with several members of her family in an Israeli air raid on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on October 11. Her name appeared in local reports on the day of the bombing and later on…

NATO ministers talk Russia-Ukraine war, Kosovo unrest at Brussels summit | NATO News

NATO ministers talk Russia-Ukraine war, Kosovo unrest at Brussels summit | NATO News

NATO’s chief urges allies to continue supporting Ukraine amid funding hold-ups in the US and Europe. Foreign ministers of NATO countries have assembled in Brussels for security talks as Russia presses ahead in its war against Ukraine and Israel enters the fifth day of a fragile truce with Palestinian group…

Russian court extends detention of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich | Freedom of the Press News

Russian court extends detention of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich | Freedom of the Press News

The Wall Street Journal has denounced the continued detention of its reporter as a ‘brazen and outrageous attack’ on free press. Russia will keep American reporter Evan Gershkovich in custody for another two months as he awaits trial for espionage, a Moscow court has ruled, heightening concerns about the fate…

Gaza truce appears set to extend as Israel receives new list of captives | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Gaza truce appears set to extend as Israel receives new list of captives | Israel-Palestine conflict News

A truce in the Israel-Hamas war appeared to be extending into a fifth day as the two sides completed their fourth release of captives from Gaza in exchange for Palestinians held in Israeli jails under an original four-day truce deal while mediators said the process would continue. Qatar, which along…

US rights advocates launch hunger strike for Israel-Hamas ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

US rights advocates launch hunger strike for Israel-Hamas ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Washington, DC – State lawmakers and Palestinian rights supporters, joined by actor and progressive advocate Cynthia Nixon, have launched a five-day hunger strike outside the White House to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. At a news conference on Monday, the activists decried United States President Joe Biden’s role in supporting…