Virginia jury awards Iraqi detainees $42M for torture endured at Abu Ghraib prison 20 years ago A jury in Alexandria, Virginia has ordered a military contractor to pay $42 million to three former Abu Ghraib prison detainees who were abused when serving their jail time in Iraq some two decades ago. Consolidated Analysis Centers, Inc. (CACI),…

The Israeli military has been accused of committing a series of massacres against Palestinian families in Gaza, with reports emerging that at least 47 civilians have been killed and nearly 200 others injured in a 24-hour period. This is according to a report by the WAFA News Agency on Nov. 13, which cited medical sources in Gaza. The…

President-elect Donald Trump has announced that former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe will head the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during his second administration. "I am pleased to announce that former John Ratcliffe will serve as director of the CIA. From exposing fake Russian collusion to be a Clinton campaign operation, to catching the [Federal Bureau…

Trump confirms a national emergency is coming so he can carry out mass deportations with the help of the U.S. military In a follow-up to what he said last week about conducting mass deportations once reinstalled into the White House, President-elect Donald Trump revealed this week that he plans to declare a national emergency to…

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza, citing deliberate forced displacement of Palestinians A new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) accuses Israeli authorities of deliberately and systematically causing the forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza, calling these actions war crimes and crimes against humanity. The report, based on satellite imagery, Israeli military…