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[ad_1] Since the ICC does not have jurisdiction over war crimes committed on Iranian territory, human rights organizations and advocates have implored Tehran to grant the court jurisdiction, Jake Johnson reports. International Criminal Court at The Hague in the Netherlands. (Vysotsky, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0) By Jake JohnsonCommon Dreams The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society says his organization has submitted evidence of U.S. and Israeli war crimes to the International Criminal Court and other global bodies, seeking accountability for massive attacks on civilian infrastructure and other violations. “The ICC prosecutor announced that the documents provided by the…

[ad_1] The headlines move fast, but the stakes underneath them move faster. When political leaders say the Strait of Hormuz is “open” and diplomacy is “wrapping up,” we slow the tape and ask the only question that matters: who actually has leverage right now, and what price is being paid off-camera? We’re joined by Col. Lawrence Wilkerson to unpack Iran’s position in the Strait of Hormuz, why transit fees and control of passage can matter more than press statements, and how “victory” framing can blur the reality of a stalemate. We also dig into a major geopolitical accelerant: China’s growing…

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[ad_1] The system is rigged, writes Jonathan Cook. Everything about Starmer’s rise to power – and the media’s permanent incuriosity about how that rise was engineered – is incredible. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer outside his office at 10 Downing Street in November, 2025. (Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street/ CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) By Jonathan CookJonathan-Cook.net Few believe British prime minister Keir Starmer when he says he learnt only recently that Peter Mandelson, his political mentor in the Labour party, failed to receive the security clearance needed to be appointed as ambassador to the United States in late 2024. Mandelson…

[ad_1] Lee Nisbet This year we’ve been celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the formation of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), now the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI). Lee Nisbet, who died November 22, 2025, played an instrumental role in the organization’s formation and continued development. Writing to help celebrate our twenty-fifth anniversary, Nisbet wrote: “The founding of CSICOP was a fortuitous accident of time, place, and personality. The founding of a CSICOP-like organization was a highly probable creative reaction of science-literate people to an immensely influential means of communication reflecting public ambivalence toward…

[ad_1] The Supreme Court held oral argument this morning in Chatrie v. United States, the geofence warrant case.  I live-tweeted the two-hour argument over at both X and Bluesky, and click the links there to see the play-by-play.  For those wanting the big picture, here are my initial thoughts right after the argument: (1) The most important takeaway is that the Justices seem likely to reject the broader arguments Chatrie made that geofence warrants are categorically unconstitutional or cannot be drafted in ways that could identify suspects. They seem likely to rule that geofence warrants can be drafted constitutionally, rejecting…

[ad_1] In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. Alex Poppe for Informed Comment I taught at an international school in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq from 2011 to 2013. I returned to the Kurdish region to teach at a university in Sulaimaniyah from 2015 to 2021. I traveled to Baghdad several times to speak at conferences, train teachers for Iraq’s Ministry of Higher Education, and recruit students. Watching…

[ad_1] The Department of War is preparing the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carriers for deployment. The US currently has three aircraft carrier strike groups operating in the Middle East.  On Friday, the Pentagon reported that the Eisenhower “has completed sea trials, marking the successful early completion of its Planned Incremental Availability (PIA).” A week earlier, the Roosevelt conducted training operations in the Pacific in preparation for a deployment later in the Spring.  There is speculation that both the Eisenhower and Roosevelt aircraft carrier strikes group could be deployed to the Middle East to relieve…