The Israeli military has expanded its bombing campaign into Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, marking the first strikes in the region since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire took effect. While the ceasefire has reduced the pace of hostilities, exchanges of fire continue, with Israel targeting Hezbollah infrastructure and Hezbollah launching drone and rocket attacks. The conflict has deepened internal divisions within Lebanon regarding Hezbollah’s role and peace talks with Israel, a prospect fiercely opposed by Hezbollah.
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A global coalition of 125 organizations is urging states to cease all support for U.S. extrajudicial killings of individuals on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific, which have resulted in over 175 deaths since September 2025. These operations, targeting suspected narco-terrorists, are argued by the coalition to violate international law by lacking due process and occurring outside recognized armed conflict. The appeal extends accountability to third-party countries facilitating these attacks through intelligence sharing, military base access, and other forms of assistance, as states permitting these actions risk complicity and legal responsibility. This international outcry highlights growing concern over the normalization of lethal military force against individuals not meeting the legal threshold for an “imminent threat.”
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Mary Trump contends that prominent MAGA figures now publicly criticizing her uncle are motivated by self-interest, not principle, and that their belated outrage offers no path to redemption. She argues these defectors, including Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, previously enabled Donald Trump’s harmful actions and are now abandoning him as his base fractures due to escalating rhetoric and controversial handling of sensitive files. While skeptical of their motives, Mary Trump acknowledges that if these defections open eyes among their audiences, it could signify a significant shift within the MAGA movement.
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Ukraine has officially imposed sanctions on Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, a move that, while symbolic given Belarus’s status as a Russian vassal, underscores Kyiv’s determination to hold Minsk accountable for its complicity in Russia’s ongoing war. The role of Belarus in this conflict has been evident from the very outset, serving as a crucial staging ground for the initial Russian invasion in 2022. This allowed Russian forces to advance towards the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, before ultimately being repelled by Ukrainian defenders.
However, the involvement of Belarus extends far beyond its initial participation as a launchpad. Ukraine asserts that Minsk continues to actively aid and facilitate war crimes through its ongoing support for Russia’s military operations.… Continue reading
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Matt Underwood
Mary Trump Mocks MAGA Defectors Self-Interest
Mary Trump contends that prominent MAGA figures now publicly criticizing her uncle are motivated by self-interest, not principle, and that their belated outrage offers no path to redemption. She argues these defectors, including Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, previously enabled Donald Trump’s harmful actions and are now abandoning him as his base fractures due to escalating rhetoric and controversial handling of sensitive files. While skeptical of their motives, Mary Trump acknowledges that if these defections open eyes among their audiences, it could signify a significant shift within the MAGA movement.
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