By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

The Pentagon is considering renaming the war with Iran from “Operation Epic Fury” to “Operation Sledgehammer” if President Trump decides to restart the full-scale bombing campaign against Iran, NBC News reported on Tuesday. Continue reading “Pentagon Planning To Rename Iran War ‘Operation Sledgehammer’ If US Restarts Bombing Campaign”

By Mohamed Gabobe – Drop Site News

MOGADISHU, Somalia—Amid ongoing disruptions to maritime shipping in the Middle East due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Somali pirates are demanding a $10 million ransom for the release of an oil tanker recently hijacked off the coast of Yemen, multiple security officials tell Drop Site News. Continue reading “Somali Pirates Demand $10M Ransom for Oil Tanker Owned by Emirati Company”

By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

While many warn that artificial intelligence itself will displace American workers, far less attention is paid to the fact that the very companies building AI are already replacing American employees with cheaper foreign labor. In many cases, though, the immediate threat to American workers is not the technology itself, but the hiring practices of the firms developing it.

Continue reading “The Hidden Cost To The American Worker From The AI Boom”

By Naqaa Hamed – Drop Site News

DEIR AMMAR, Occupied West Bank—Mustafa Badaha drove along the edge of his land, past rows of olive trees he could no longer access. A red string put up by Israeli settlers demarcated the border of what was stolen from him in Deir Ammar, a Palestinian town around 17 kilometers northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. The settlers had recently established a new outpost in the area named Ramataim Zofim. Continue reading “Palestinians Lose More Land After Israel Secretly Approves a Record Number of Settlements in the West Bank”

By Jason Ditz – Antiwar.com

A growing number of Israeli strikes on Lebanon has led to death tolls once again on the rise, despite what is notionally a ceasefire in place between the two countries. The UNIFIL peacekeepers documented 1,296 trajectories of projectiles fired by Israeli forces in the past 72 hours. Continue reading “UN Peacekeepers Report 1,296 Israeli Strikes in Three Days in Lebanon Despite ‘Ceasefire’”