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74,250 Palestinians in Gaza killed since Oct. 7, 2023; U.S. trade deficit top $100 billion; Kenya confirms first Ebola case
A general view of tents housing displaced Palestinians whose homes were destroyed by Israeli airstrikes on October 7,…
Why Bagram Air Base Remains a Target Five Years After U.S. Exited Afghanistan
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Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan activate Mecca defense pact; Democrats predict House majority; 17 killed in Ethiopia fighting
Members of the Ethiopian pro-government Tigray Peace Force (TPF) inspect an empty Tigray police station abandoned by officers…
CIA Report Warns Israel Could Head Toward Civil War, Total Collapse
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Saudi-backed forces launch major offensive in Yemen; U.S. kills 4 in Caribbean boat strike; Bolsonaro wins first round in Brazil election
Saudi-backed Yemeni forces ride in a pick-up truck near the Jabal Han front, west of the city of…
Sudan’s RSF Refused to Rescue Dozens in Gold Mine Collapse Where at Least 82 Died, Survivors Say
Photo taken with a mobile phone on July 6, 2026 in the Wadi Halfa area of northern Sudan…
Ansarallah Advances, Israel Murders, Trump Withdraws, and Why Iran Still Controls the Strait: The War Brief
On this week’s episode of the War Brief, hosts Sarmad Jawad and Murtaza Hussain break down the most…
The Morning the U.S. Bombed a School in Iran
In the opening hours of the war against Iran, on February 28, 2026, the U.S. military fired Tomahawk…
Michigan Republican Tom Barrett Is Now Sour On Trump’s War in Iran—But Still Took Plenty of Defense Cash
Rep. Tom Barrett (R-MI) departs the office of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) on August 31,…
Germany Offered to Fund Their Education. It Won’t Help Them Leave Gaza.
Photo: Ranin Al-Madhoun.This month, the winter semester begins at universities across Germany, and students will fill lecture halls…
U.S. deploys another carrier to the Middle East; Putin escalates Kaliningrad threats; Mass funeral in Gaza
Mourners standing closely around rows of Palestinian flag-draped shrouds during a mass funeral amid rubble in Gaza City,…
Video: The Morning the U.S. Bombed a School in Iran
Subscribe nowA view from inside the destroyed Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school, which was struck by U.S. cruise missiles,…
Cruelty, Deprivation, Indignity: My 22 Months in Israeli Prison
The first story I commissioned for Drop Site News in September 2024 was about a brutal Israeli military…
How the UAE Financed a Plan to Smear American Muslims
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Israel kills another Palestinian journalist; Bolivian attorney general detained; Entire newsroom arrested in Egypt
Bolivia’s Government Minister Marco Antonio Oviedo (2nd-L) speaks during a press conference to announce the dismantling of a…