British journalist Richard Medhurst, known for his critiques of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, faces a groundbreaking legal battle that could reshape press freedoms. Arrested at Heathrow Airport last August under Section 12 of the UK’s Terrorism Act, Medhurst was accused…
In a landmark decision, U.S. District Senior Judge Richard J. Leon has awarded journalist Shane Bauer $113 million in damages, seized from Iranian funds by the U.S. sanctions regime, as reported by The Grayzone. This ruling is part of a…
The Pentagon has announced the release of Ridah bin Saleh al-Yazidi, a Guantanamo Bay detainee held without charges since the prison’s opening in 2002. The 59-year-old Tunisian national was transferred back to his home country in a covert operation, marking…
A global food crisis monitoring agency withdrew its recent report warning of an imminent famine in northern Gaza, following intervention from the U.S., according to officials. The report, issued by the Famine Early Warning System (FEWS Net), highlighted starvation risks…
MIT students and faculty are embroiled in a fiery dispute over allegations that research led by Daniela Rus, director of the university’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), is funded by the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMoD). Activists claim…
Palantir and Anduril, two leading U.S. defense technology companies, are spearheading the formation of a consortium with approximately a dozen other tech firms to compete for U.S. government defense contracts. This effort seeks to challenge the dominance of traditional defense…
The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government has released a 17,019-page report detailing its investigations during the current Congress. Chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) under the House Judiciary Committee, the subcommittee claims significant achievements in…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear TikTok’s appeal against a law that would ban or force the sale of the platform over its ties to China. The law, called the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, was signed by…
Amazon workers associated with the Teamsters union have gone on strike at seven delivery hubs across the United States just days before Christmas. The strikes, involving delivery drivers employed by contractors rather than Amazon directly, began Thursday after Amazon declined…
The United States’ potential recognition of Somaliland as an independent state has been tied to its strategic interests in countering Chinese influence in East Africa. Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 after the fall of Siad Barre’s regime but…
