A relatively new talking point has been floated that there is no evidence independent from Israel’s intelligence that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. In the most narrow of senses, one could argue that this is true. After all, none of us is a mind-reader, and it is conceivable that the Iranian regime just loves the...
The labor actions are built on a decades-long tradition of internationalism, anti-militarism, and anti-imperialism. Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. On June 4, in response to the unfolding genocide in Gaza, France’s CGT...
A diverse coalition has come together in St. Louis to oppose tax exemptions granted to weapons manufacturers. Launched in March 2025 under the banner “Not Another Nickel,” the coalition argues that tax exemptions for these manufacturers rob St. Louis of funding for schools and infrastructure, contribute to local pollution, and fuel foreign wars. The coalition’s...
In 2024, for the fifth year in a row, the world’s nine nuclear-armed nations increased spending on nuclear weapons, according to a report published by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The annual report, entitled, “Hidden Costs: Nuclear Weapons Spending in 2024,” reveals that last year, the nine nuclear states increased spending by...
The government will spend £1.5bn on at least six new munitions and explosives factories to “better deter our adversaries”, Defence Secretary John Healey has said. The factories will support up to 7,000 UK-built long-range weapons and create about 1,800 new jobs, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. The announcement is part of the government’s Strategic...
Is anyone really surprised by this? Even at the White House, which had hoped for a peace agreement rather than a confrontation? Perhaps the most surprising aspect of this report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is its timing, given the context of the current situation. The UN’s nuclear watchdog has completed an investigation...
Reuters A Sudanese man shows a box of unexploded munitions found at a school in Khartoum, the country’s capital. The US will impose new sanctions on Sudan after finding it used chemical weapons last year in the ongoing civil war against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the state department has said. US exports to the...
Emily Johnson BBC News, Yorkshire BBC/Cathy Killick West Yorkshire Police have closed roads in the Otley Road area of Leeds Three people have been injured in an “ongoing serious incident” involving a man seen with weapons in Leeds. The man was seen in Otley Road, in the Headingley area, at 14:47 BST, West Yorkshire Police...
Yasin Rasouli & Zia Shahreyar BBC Afghan Languages Getty Images US military equipment and vehicles, including abandoned Humvees, fell into the hands of the Taliban in 2021 Half a million weapons obtained by the Taliban in Afghanistan have been lost, sold or smuggled to militant groups, sources have told the BBC – with the UN...
Jacqui Wakefield, Christopher Giles and Joshua Cheetham Global Disinformation Unit, BBC World Service BBC The assault rifles and pistols arrived in Haiti stashed in two cardboard boxes, nestled among packages of food and clothes, on a cargo ship stacked with rust-red shipping containers. They had come from the US, which one expert describes as a...
Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) have introduced legislation to block nearly $4 billion in proposed weapons sales to Israel, after Israel has unilaterally ended the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and embarked on what appears to be the most violent phase of its genocide yet. On Sunday, Jayapal’s office announced the introduction of...