From right to left: Hazem Abu Rajab, 27; Saleh Abu Rajab, 11; Mohammed Montaser Abu Rajab, 17 For those well versed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it is no secret that Israeli settlers have been encroaching upon Palestinian lands for decades. Yet the case of the Hazem Abu Rajab family is exceptional in that the settlers have gone as far as to forcibly displace the family from their own home. On Thursday morning, 25th of July, settlers, accompanied by the Israeli police, took over the top two floors of the family’s house, forcing the family out of this section of their home. The house is situated between area H1 and H2,…

Click:Mold manufacturing for automotive Edward Snowden, a former CIA worker before turning whistleblower, speaks via satellite at the IT fair CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, 21 March 2017. Friso Gentsch/Press Association. All rights reserved.In July 2016, the United States Department of Justice released a legislative proposal that could vastly increase surveillance by other governments with the direct assistance of Silicon Valley. The unprecedented proposal would allow certain governments to demand the contents of Internet communications such as e-mails and chats directly from US companies, rather than going through cross-border law enforcement treaties that have long been in place to protect rights. The US has already negotiated the outlines of such a…

Frank Barat (FB): Hi Budit and thanks again for doing this, I know the situation in the Philippines is bad at the moment so it is great you're taking the time to talk to us. Budit: Thanks to you and TNI for making these interviews possible and giving us an opportunity to foreground the situation in the Philippines and what the many stakeholders around the world can do to help us. FB: About your personal situation, I know you have had issues trying to get back to the Philippines following a trip in Europe, and that you received threats from the government. Can you tell me more about this? Budit:…

Your view of Steph Curry’s next stunning three-point shot might be closer than you think. The NBA recently announced an extended engagement with NextVR for all the 2017-2018 season’s games, which means that fans get to have a more immersive 3D virtual reality experience while watching any of the 30 NBA teams’ duke it out on the court each week. NBA League Pass subscribers can select up to 13 NBA games to live-stream with the NextVR Screening Room in which fans can immerse themselves in a 360-degree, virtual movie-theater-screen-sized version of the game. NBA League Pass is part of NBA Digital, the NBA’s extensive cross-platform portfolio of multimedia assets jointly…

Egyptian defendants wait behind bars for the verdict in their retrial over a 2012 stadium riot in the canal city of Port Said at the police academy on the outskirts of the capital Cairo on April 30, 2016. Amr Sayed/Zuma Press/PA Images. All rights reserved.Over the next few months, the Egyptian regime is going to face a number of domestic challenges it has preempted and started to prepare for by initiating repressive legal and political campaigns. The first of these challenges is the transfer of the two islands in the Red Sea from Egypt to Saudi Arabia; a decision that has subjected the regime to considerable internal pressure from the…

One of the most callous moves by the Trump administration has been President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind former President Barack Obama’s 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Now, around 800,000 young adults, known as DREAMers, who are American-raised, American-educated, and American in every sense of the word, may face deportation if action is not taken before March 5, 2018. Upon rescinding DACA, Trump called for Congress to enact a fix, but so far, it has failed to take substantive action. So on Nov. 9, hundreds of students staged walkouts and rallied at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., to urge Congress to protect DREAMers. “It’s been a…

Early on at the NFL combine, Central Florida linebacker Shaquem Griffin forced the public to take note of his skills and potential by completing 20 bench press reps. Griffin was born with a congenital condition that prevented his left hand from fully developing, requiring the use of a prosthetic arm for the feat, which has gone viral among fans.  Until recently, the notion of a one-handed NFL player at any position — much less linebacker — would have been received as little more than a pipe dream or novelty. But following Pro Bowler Jason Pierre Paul’s fireworks accident that left him with fewer fingers and limited utility in his right…

Bogota women's prison. Photo: Kiran Stallone.“Step to the front of your mats. Inhale; lift your arms high, expanding upwards. Exhale; fold over your legs, palms to the floor.” As I walk my students through basic sun salutations, one giggles when she cannot quite balance on one leg or touch the floor. Her name is Marilú, and she smiles at me as I suggest an alternative pose.   Her reaction is not unusual in a beginner's class. But Marilú, 49, is far from the typical yoga student. Instead, she is a FARC combatant incarcerated in a high-security women's prison in Bogotá. She has spent the last decade behind bars, convicted of…

In July, the Journal of the American Medical Association published an updated study that examined the brains of deceased former NFL players. Of the 111 brains looked at, 110 came away with a diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease linked to aggression, depression, paranoia, memory loss, impaired judgment, and dementia. The condition is linked to repeated blows to the head, making it common among football players. A number of former players later found to have CTE died by suicide, including stars like Junior Seau, Dave Duerson, and Aaron Hernandez. In September, Hall of Fame wide receiver Cris Carter delivered a raw, emotional speech, asking, “I wonder what’s going to…

London. Flickr/steve_w. CC-BY-2.0.Thank you for your letter and your enquiry after my brother. I have not had any further news of him since he went to coordinate our work with our associates in Marawi, but I am very confident that he will still be active there. As you will have heard, the Filipino army has finally taken control of the city with American help, after more than six months of fighting. In the process the army has destroyed much of the city and alienated even more people.  Our successes there are a very unwelcome surprise to the Pentagon, as even some American newspapers are now reporting. Many of our religious…