US dramatically escalates Somalia airstrikes as Trump admin targets ISIS, al Qaeda terrorists
JOHANNESBURG: The number of U.S. airstrikes against jihadi terrorists in Somalia has increased more than tenfold under the Trump administration...
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Elon Musk’s Anti-Woke Wikipedia Is Calling Hitler “The Führer”
The Grokipedia encyclopedia logo appears on a smartphone screen reflecting an abstract illustration. Photo: Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images In late...
Trump admin slams South Africa for ‘weaponized’ G-20 presidency as summit ignores Christian persecution
JOHANNESBURG: The White House has mounted a new verbal attack on South Africa over the G-20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg this...
How Christian Nationalism Is Shaping Trump’s Foreign Policy Toward Africa
After threatening last weekend to go “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria in defense of Christian Nigerians, President Donald Trump has ended protection...
American missionary kidnapped in Niger by suspected Islamist militants, sources say
The U.S. government is aware of the kidnapping of an American Christian missionary in the West African nation of Niger,...
He Tweeted Charlie Kirk “Won’t Be Remembered as a Hero.” The State Dept. Revoked His Visa.
As part of the Trump administration’s drive to lionize the late Charlie Kirk and chill criticism of his politics, the...
African island nation plunged into political chaos as president flees country, military seizes control
A military coup has unfolded in Madagascar, according to an Associated Press report that also indicates the country's parliament voted...
Trump Calls Cartel Members “Terrorists.” They’re Armed With Bullets From a U.S. Army Factory.
EL GUAYABO, Michoacán, Mexico — The armored vehicle, or what now remained of it, lay abandoned in the road where...
What It’s Like on the Gaza-Bound Flotilla Attacked by Drones
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, drones attacked a fleet of small boats bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza. The...
Trump’s Chicago Occupation Could Cost Four Times More Than Housing City Homeless
President Donald Trump’s plan to add Chicago to the list of American cities under U.S. military occupation could cost almost...
What The Intercept Is Reading
Nonfiction “Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty Book,” Adam Kucharski (2025) My summer reading was a little unusual this year,...
The Incredible Disappearing Human Rights Reports
The State Department released its annual reports on human rights around the world on Tuesday, and revealed an administration set...
An Unexpected Path to Hold War Criminals Accountable
Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Capitol to meet with U.S. lawmakers on July 9, 2025, in Washington, D.C.Photo: Samuel Corum/Sipa...
The Week the World Woke Up to the Genocide in Gaza
After 22 months of Israel’s war on Palestinians in Gaza, something changed in the last week. Israeli human rights groups...
Zohran Mamdani and the “Black Vote”
Zohran Mamdani participates in an endorsement event in New York City on July 10, 2025.Photo: Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images...
