The Australian government’s attempt to adopt the UK’s D-Notice model of press censorship is backfiring, criticised by the press and general public alike. At the heart of the backlash are concerns over transparency and disregard for press freedoms. Following a lengthy battle for press infor...
New Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) data shows arms firms made unprecedented profits in 2024. But perhaps most strikingly, international condemnation of the Gaza genocide hasn’t slowed down orders to Israel’s arms firms. The five largest US arms firms all increased...
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) closed its operations in Gaza this week. Locals will undoubtedly be happy to see the back of GHF’s militarised aid post. After all, mercenaries and Israeli soldiers killed up to 600 starving Gazans at the sites. And, one whistleblower is certain war c...
The last few weeks have seen Britain’s special forces whining in the press about accountability – again. This time their gripe is about potential legacy allegations from Ireland. It’s good to be specific here because there are so many competing controversies related to these units. For exa...
If it came with a label, it would read: late, expensive and harmful to the very people it’s meant to protect. This describes the £5.5 billion Ajax British armoured fighting vehicle deal plagued by malfunctions and ongoing delays, the last of which was announced on Wednesday. After 15 years...
The Cypriot and Lebanese governments have signed a historic Mediterranean demarcation deal. The agreement would bring Lebanon closer to the EU and allow energy resources to be exploited. The deal follows an agreement between Cyprus and Israel to steal Palestinian energy resources, pumping ...
On 26 November, an Afghan national allegedly shot and wounded two national guards in Washington DC. That the guardsmen were deployed as part of Donald Trump’s nationwide immigration purge is an imperial blowback story in itself. But there’s more to this one. Quite a lot more, in fact. In 2...
Karoline Leavitt is best known as Donald Trump’s press secretary, slapping down journalists from the White House podium and twisting the truth for the far-right president’s regime. Leavitt has often defended the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency which effectively serves as T...
A British general has floated the idea of an Iron Dome-style anti-missile system for the UK. The Iron Dome is an Israeli air defence system used to shoot down rockets and missiles. The starting cost, General Richard Barrons told a military conference, was £75bn. Complaining about ‘underfun...
Keir Starmer’s digital ID system will immediately become a target for foreign powers, ex-MI6 chief Richard Dearlove has warned. The authoritarian proposal, which has proved deeply unpopular so far, would soon be left behind by technology anyway. Dearlove told shithouse merchants GB News: W...