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Gaza: Israeli Forces Kill Second Palestinian Journalist

Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abu Hussein was stationed at a permissible distance from the border fence when an Israeli sniper shot him in the stomach.

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Mourners carry the body of Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abu Hussein, who was killed by Israeli troops while covering a border protest, during his funeral in the Jebaliya refugee camp, Gaza Strip, April 26, 2018. (AP/Adel Hana)

After Yaser Murtaja, Ahmed Abu Hussein, another Gazan photojournalist‎, who was seriously injured last Friday while documenting the March of Return, succumbed to injuries Wednesday afternoon, Gaza's Health Ministry has said. Hussein‎ was stationed at a permissible distance from the border fence when an Israeli sniper shot the 24-year-old

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Trump Administration Moves to Undermine Centuries-Old Native American Treaties

Tribal leaders say Trump’s moves violate centuries-old protection treaties signed by President George Washington, and reaffirmed by the Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama administrations.

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Protesters carry an U.S. flag emblazoned with an American Indian during march in Chicago, Tuesday, May 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

The Donald Trump administration has proposed a major change to Native American health program, by dismissing their sovereignty and classifying them as a race, under which the Indigenous communities will be included in Medicaid work rules, a move which could further marginalize them and pose a serious threat to their health access. So far, three

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Video Shows Israeli Troops Cheering After Shooting Unarmed Palestinian

The video, which emerges after 31 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by sniper bullets shot from within Israel, have gained international condemnation.

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Israeli snipers prepare for massive protests by Palestinians in Gaza on March 30, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

While the world condemns Israel’s use of lethal force, Israeli politicians and policy makers defend soldiers’ cheering of shooting unarmed Palestinians. A video showing Israeli occupation soldiers shoot an unarmed Palestinian inside Gaza, near the border fence, and later cheering emerged through social media Monday. As the shot is fired and a

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Trump Team Coaching Latin American Allies on Drafting Anti-Venezuela Legislation

U.S. President Donald Trump is prepping a team of lawyers and policy experts to help right-wing Latin American governments write new laws to impose sanctions on Venezuelan officials and industries

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The press covers Peru's Foreign Minister Cayetano Aljovin statement, as she stands with other Foreign Ministers of the Lima Group after a private meeting concerning Venezuela in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. The Lima Group met to weigh further action against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's administration after it unilaterally set the end of April as the date for elections, over the protest of the opposition. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

In yet another attempt at undermining Venezuela's democracy, U.S. President Donald Trump is prepping a team of lawyers and policy experts to help right-wing Latin American governments write new laws to impose sanctions on Venezuelan officials and industries, as part of Washington's economic and political war against the leftist government aiming to

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Report: Women Are 217 Years Away From Equal Pay

In the U.S., African American women earn only 60 cents, Native American women 59 cents and Hispanic women 55 cents for every US$1 that white men earn.

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Protesters build a wall of signs outside the White House for the Women's March on Washington during the first full day of Donald Trump's presidency in Washington, Jan. 21, 2017. (AP/John Minchillo)

On average, women are paid nearly 23 percent less than men and in countries like Turkey, the gap can be as much as 75 percent. As a response to the staggering gender pay gap revealed in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report, the U.N. Women agency has adopted the theme of "Press Progress," in 2018 to emphasize how the vast

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Former CIA Agent Admits US Meddled in Other Countries’ Elections

“We’ve used posters, pamphlets, mailers, banners — you name it. We’ve planted false information in foreign newspapers. We’ve used what the British call ‘King George’s cavalry’: suitcases of cash.»

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The Central Intelligence Agency flag is displayed, partially cast in a shadow. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A former Central Bureau of Investigation (CIA) operative has confirmed the U.S agency has been meddling in the elections and internal political affairs of other countries since its inception in 1947. "The United States absolutely has carried out such election influence operations historically," said Steven L. Hall, a CIA operative who retired

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Israel to Deny State Benefits to Citizens and Companies That Support BDS

The government will create a blacklist for local individuals and groups known to support the pro-Palestinian boycott movement against Israel.

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Israel is ramping up its crackdown on the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement as the government plans a blacklist for citizens and companies in Israel that support the movement to then deny them tax breaks and other state benefits, Israeli media reported Thursday. According to left-leaning Israeli newspaper Haaretz,

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