'Mockery' of Humanitarian Law: Israel Wants US Mercenaries for Aid Relief in Gaza

May 5, 2025

Jon Queally

What the Israeli government is planning is "not an aid plan," said one legal scholar, but rather "an aid denial plan."

 

 Displaced Palestinians, including children, crowd to receive hot meals distributed by charities in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on May 3, 2025. The food distribution comes amid Israel's ongoing attacks and blockade, which have led to a deepening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images)

World military spending explodes

May 5, 2025

Danica Rachel

Global military spending is skyrocketing. The total spent on waging or preparing for war in 2024 was about US$2.7 trillion, 9.4 percent more in real terms than in 2023, according to the latest Stockholm International Peace Research Institute estimates. This is the biggest year-on-year increase since the institute began tracking world military expenditure in 1988.

 

Europe is erasing WWII’s truth – but Nazi crimes must never be forgotten

May 5, 2025

Sonja van den Ende

Fascism has resurged in Europe, with neo-Nazis masquerading as nationalists – most notably in Ukraine, where a far-right regime tightens its grip.

3 People Die in ICE Custody in April as Conditions Worsen in Immigration Jails

May 4, 2025

Mike Ludwig

At least seven people have died while incarcerated by ICE since Trump’s term began.