Food shortages, broken toilets and 250 days at sea: crisis unfolds on Trump’s warship...
James C. Reynolds
The Independent / August 14, 2026
Sailors have raised concerns about life on board the aircraft carrier, which has been at sea since...
[disregard] Trump says USS Lincoln’s record time at sea during Iran operations ‘not nearly...
Konstantin Toropin & Aamer Madhani
AP / August 14, 2026
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the toll on American sailors enduring nearly nine...
‘Menace to the world’: with Iran talks stalled, Trump vows to declare Strait of...
Jessica Corbett
Common Dreams / August 14, 2026
“He absolutely needs to be impeached, removed, and locked up,” said one progressive critic, calling the president “a...
‘Waiting to die’: Gaza cancer patients dying at more than double the pre-war rate...
Stephen Prager
Common Dreams / August 14, 2026
“I am dying. There isn’t a feeling for me to even feel.”
Israel is causing a wave of preventable...
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) wants to cancel Susan Abulhawa
Asa Winstanley
The Electronic Intifada / August 14, 2026
As genocide continues in Gaza, the pro-Israel lobby in the US is stepping up its campaign against...
Latin America: the road to Trump’s heart goes through Israel
Blaise Malley
Responsible Statecraft / August 14, 2026
String of newly elected governments in Latin America strengthen ties with Tel Aviv, in hopes of currying favour...
With US-Iran talks stalled, diplomatic efforts expand to unlikely European players
Matthew Lee & Farnoush Amiri
AP / August 14, 2026
WASHINGTON – Faced with an increasingly bellicose Iran as talks to end the war have stalled, the Trump administration...
Christians in Israel fear rising harassment amid violent assaults
Giovanna Dell'orto
The Independent / August 14, 2026
‘If you stroll around in your habit, sooner or later you’ll get some spitting next to you’.
Wearing her...
Netanyahu describes UK as ‘first Islamic republic to get a nuclear weapon’
Emma Graham-Harrison & Rowena Mason
The Guardian / August 14, 2026
Israeli PM criticised by political rival for attacking an international ally and overseeing ‘horrific diplomatic...
New aircraft carrier heads toward Middle East after reports of issues on long-deployed USS...
Konstantin Toropin
AP / August 14, 2026
WASHINGTON – The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have...
