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Author Arundhati Roy Faces Prosecution in India Amid Modi’s Crackdown on Critics
Roy could soon face trial under India’s contested “anti-terror” laws in a case that has outraged free speech advocates.
![Children wait for food being distributed at a camp for internally displaced people where they live due to the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on June 11, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_06-17-gaza-children-food-line-400x300.jpg)
50,000 Children in Gaza Need to Be Treated for Acute Malnutrition, UNRWA Says
Thousands of children have been cut off from nutrition care due to Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s health care system.
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Israel Plots West Bank Settlement Expansion as More States Recognize Palestine
The announcement comes amid an unprecedented wave of settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
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Israel Killed My 13-Year-Old Son. There Is No Father’s Day in Gaza.
When Israeli war planes dropped a bomb on our house, Abdullah ran toward me and said “Dad.” It was his last word.
![U.S. soldiers stand on the pier as the USAV SP4 James A. Loux casts off from Joint Base Langley-Eustis during a media preview of the 7th Transportation Brigade deployment in Hampton, Virginia, on March 12, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0614-pier-400x300.jpg)
US Slated to Suspend Gaza Pier Operation for Fourth Time in One Month
The pier has only been operational for 10 of the 28 days since it was built.
![Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0614-rafah-400x300.jpg)
Israel Used US Bombs in May Attack on “Safe Zone” in Rafah That Killed 45
The Boeing-made bombs were dropped on a camp specifically built for displaced people in recent months.
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Colombians Welcome Chiquita’s Guilty Verdict, But Thousands More Deserve Justice
Thousands more have yet to receive justice from Chiquita, and other companies are also guilty of similar rights abuses.
![Secretary of State Antony Blinken, President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are pictured in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 10, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0614-biden-blinken-austin-400x300.jpg)
Palestinians Ask Federal Court to Rule Biden Is Complicit in Israeli Genocide
“Genocide can never be a legitimate foreign policy choice,” plaintiffs argue in case against Biden, Blinken and Austin.
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“Complete Dehumanization”: Israel Killed Over 800 Palestinians in 11 Days
“We can no longer accept the statement that Israel is taking ‘all precautions’ — this is just propaganda.”
![A Palestinian girl with her knees in bandages holds a piece of dough to her chest as she walks along a street in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza Strip on June 13, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_06-13-child-food-gaza-400x300.jpg)
Half of Gaza Cropland Damaged as WHO Warns of “Catastrophic Hunger”
Over 8,000 children under the age of 5 have been diagnosed with acute malnutrition, the WHO chief said.