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Report: US Government Spies on Thousands of Americans’ Mail Every Year

Report: US Government Spies on Thousands of Americans’ Mail Every Year

by | Jun 28, 2024 |

The US Postal Service (USPS) has been spying on thousands of Americans’ mail every year for a decade, including letters and parcels, and provided citizens’ information to police and elements of the national security apparatus, a Washington Post investigation found. Tens of thousands of requests have been submitted to the USPS since 2015. Following such requests from the IRS, FBI, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and other agencies, the USPS has shared names, addresses, and other findings from the exteriors of Americans’ packages and envelopes without court orders. The surveillance...

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Moscow Signals It May Downgrade Relations With the West

Moscow Signals It May Downgrade Relations With the West

by | Jun 28, 2024 |

Amid recent escalations in the Ukraine proxy war, the Russian Federation is considering downgrading relations with the West, though no decision has been made yet. This comes less than a week after Kiev launched long-range missile strikes on Crimea, leaving four Russians dead and well over 100 wounded. Moscow vowed “retaliatory measures” would follow. Downgrading ties with the West as a result of NATO’s proxy war in Ukraine would be unprecedented. At the height of the previous Cold War, during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, relations between the two nuclear superpowers were never abandoned....

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New Legal Powers for Settlers Facilitate West Bank Annexation

New Legal Powers for Settlers Facilitate West Bank Annexation

by | Jun 23, 2024 |

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) quietly issued an order which transfers substantial legal powers over the occupied West Bank to Settlements Administration bureaucrats working under Israel’s extremist minister Bezalel Smotrich, The Guardian reports. This paves the way for annexation of the territory, illegally occupied since 1967, where millions of Palestinian Muslims and Christians live. This objective, which will eliminate the potential for a two-state solution, has been long sought by Smotrich and other far-right elements in Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition. Posted on...

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IDF Kills Over 100 Palestinians in Weekend Strikes Across Gaza Strip

IDF Kills Over 100 Palestinians in Weekend Strikes Across Gaza Strip

by | Jun 23, 2024 |

Tel Aviv carried out several attacks across the Gaza Strip this weekend. On Saturday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said more than 100 Palestinians were killed, along with 169 others wounded, in 24 hours amidst various strikes. This was the deadliest day in the Strip since the June 8 massacre on the Nuseirat refugee camp, which slaughtered at least 274 Palestinians and wounded hundreds more. A UN facility was hit on Sunday, killing at least four people. On Friday, the IDF bombarded areas in southern Gaza near the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) base at the al-Mawasi camp, a location...

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Washington Approves $360 Million Arms Sale to Taiwan

Washington Approves $360 Million Arms Sale to Taiwan

by | Jun 21, 2024 |

The State Department said on Tuesday that it has green-lit a $360 million arms sale to Taipei, including hundreds of armed drones, missile equipment, and other support material. China views Taiwan as part of its territory, and while it prefers to reclaim the de facto independent island peacefully, it has not ruled out using force if its “red lines” are crossed. The latest sale comprises 291 Altius-600M systems, which are drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), armed with warheads. The State Department release notes 720 Switchblade drones, described as “extended-range loitering...

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Netanyahu Accuses Security Minister Ben-Gvir of Leaking State Secrets, Government in Crisis

Netanyahu Accuses Security Minister Ben-Gvir of Leaking State Secrets, Government in Crisis

by | Jun 20, 2024 |

Major fractures within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition threaten to collapse the government, reports the New Arab. Netanyahu’s grip on power depends on the support of extremist and ultra-orthodox parties. But the Israeli leader is increasingly at odds with his National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of the Jewish Power party, whom he has accused of leaking state secrets. Other disputes have also led some factions to threaten they will leave the coalition. One critical controversy is Ben-Gvir’s demand to join the now disbanded Israeli war cabinet, which was...

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US: Ukraine Can Strike ‘Anywhere’ Russian Forces May Cross Border

US: Ukraine Can Strike ‘Anywhere’ Russian Forces May Cross Border

by | Jun 20, 2024 |

Ukraine has been authorized to use US-supplied weapons to strike the Russian mainland wherever Moscow’s troops are advancing from across the border, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told PBS on Tuesday. The Pentagon also reiterated the escalatory change in policy on Thursday. Ukraine has suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties and continues losing territory in its war with Russia, in which Kiev serves as a NATO proxy. The White House green-lit Ukrainian strikes with American arms on Russia’s side of the border last month. At the time, the policy was supposed to only extend near...

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