by Sharon Zhang | Sep 22, 2026 | cuba, Donald Trump, Genocide, Iran, News, United Nations, War Crimes
President Donald Trump made his most openly genocidal threat yet to Iran on Tuesday, threatening to “annihilate” the country and its 92 million people with “no hope of survival.” In his opening address to the UN General Assembly in New York City, Trump asserted again that he is facing a choice on Iran about whether to make a deal “that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country.”…
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by Truthout | Sep 22, 2026 | Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Gaza, Israel, New York City, News, News Analysis, United Nations, War Crimes, west bank
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to arrive in New York City on Thursday for the UN General Assembly – where he is expected to defend his warmongering in Iran and Gaza in a speech during the afternoon. Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, has presided over the nearly three-year-long genocide in Gaza – which has killed at least 75,000 Palestinians…
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by Sharon Zhang | Sep 21, 2026 | airlines, Donald Trump, Iran, News, Sanctions, Scott Bessent, War Crimes
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday that the U.S. is slated to unleash new sanctions aimed at cutting off Iranian airlines from global travel, once again leveraging the U.S.’s vast power over the global financial system to further isolate Iran as the energy crisis spurred by the war rapidly worsens. “On September 23rd, all the Iranian airlines, all the Iranian airlines will be…
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by Chris Walker | Sep 21, 2026 | AI, Artificial Intelligence, China, Iran, iran war, News, united states, War Crimes
The U.S. military reportedly “almost started a war” earlier this year over an errant report created by an analyst who was using artificial intelligence (AI) to determine the contents of a ship from China in waters near the Middle East. According to CNN, the AI wrongly informed a special operations command analyst that the ship was transporting components that could be used to aid in the…
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by Brett Wilkins | Sep 18, 2026 | Donald Trump, Iran, iran war, News, Pete Hegseth, War, War Crimes
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is weighing whether or not to “annihilate” Iran in a renewed effort to end the illegal 201-day US-Israeli war of choice, musings that came on the heels of a report by United Nations experts who said the United States likely committed war crimes during earlier attacks on the Middle East nation. “I have a big decision coming up. Do I want to go in and…
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by Sharon Zhang | Sep 17, 2026 | Donald Trump, Iran, Minab, News, Pete Hegseth, United Nations, War Crimes
A United Nations fact-finding mission has concluded that the U.S. committed war crimes in two attacks on Iran that killed scores of civilians, including over 120 children, on the first day of the war. In a report released Thursday, the UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran said that the U.S. violated international human rights laws regarding civilian harm in its attacks…
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