The entrance of the "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention center in the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida, on August 3, 2025. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Reuters) Florida is expected to wind down its “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention facility sometime this summer, according to a source familiar with the planning. Vendors at the site were told Tuesday that detainees will be removed by “the start of” June and the center will be dismantled in the fo

Credit: Damon Winter/NYT President Trump’s war with Iran is the most significant military action in American history that a president has undertaken without any form of congressional authorization. Yes, past presidents have often pushed the bounds of their constitutional authority in using the military. Nonetheless, they have typically involved Congress for anything more than a brief attack. Sometimes, Congress passed a bill formally approving action, as was the case in Iraq

A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Texas issued the subpoena demanding information on every minor who received gender-affirming care since 2020. Justice.gov The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Texas has issued the first known criminal subpoena directed at a health care institution for offering gender-affirming care to transgender youth—at NYU Langone, a hospital situated almost 2,000 miles away in the greater New York City area. The notificati

Yesterday afternoon it started circulating the false report that “the International Criminal Court judge acquitted Israel of genocide charges”. It was also made viral by several Italian journalists who not only showed considerable ignorance of international law but also failed to what their duty should be: check with the original source. There is not one thing right in that quoted sentence. The “judge” is the procurator of the international justice body who deals with individ

Israeli settlers set fire to two vehicles and a Bedouin tent south of Nablus in one attack last month [Credit: EPA] The twenty-seven foreign ministers of the European Union approved new sanctions on Monday on Israeli settlers over rising violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. There has been a surge in attacks by settlers since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, the UN has recorded. Settlements - illegal under international law - are built on Israeli-

A ceasefire between the US and Iran has been in place since April 8. Both sides are yet to agree on a peace deal. The Iranian navy fires a missile at an unknown location, in this still image taken from a video [Pool via WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters] The United States and Iran have exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting fears that the already fragile ceasefire between the warring nations could collapse. The flare-up in fighting on Thursday came as Washin

Leaked remarks by Maj Gen Avi Bluth describe fatal shootings of stone-throwers and different treatment for Jewish settlers Palestinians throwing stones at Israeli forces during a military raid in the West Bank. Photograph: Majdi Mohammed/AP The Israeli army chief in the West Bank has said his troops were “killing like we haven’t killed since 1967”, including fatally shooting Palestinian stone-throwers, according to an Israeli report of his comments. The remarks by Maj Gen Avi

Lebanon's health ministry says 60 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in the past four days. Credit: BBC Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed 17 people on Monday, Lebanon's health ministry says - marking one of the deadliest few days there since a ceasefire began just over two weeks ago. It brings the number of those killed since Thursday to 110 , according to the ministry. Israel says it is targeting the armed Shia Islamist group Hezbollah. The Lebanese casualty

Alors que Damas dit envisager des négociations avec Tel-Aviv au sujet du plateau du Golan, le gouvernement israélien vient d’approuver un plan allouant 334 millions de dollars à l'installation de nouveaux Israéliens sur le territoire occupé. Un signe supplémentaire de la poursuite sans précédent de la colonisation israélienne en toute impunité. Incendie dans un champ après des tirs de roquettes lancées depuis le sud du Liban près de Katzrin, dans le plateau du Golan annexé pa

Hillel International posted a map that says everything they won't say out loud. Hillel International’s Yom Ha’atzmaut map depicting Israel as stretching from the river to the sea. Credit: Hillel International/Facebook Last week, Hillel International, the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, celebrated Israel’s Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzmaut) by posting an illustrated map of Israel—which is not, in itself, unusual. What was unusual was the map they chose: one tha