Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Threatened Uprising Against Putin Echoes Russia’s History of Wars Gone Bad
Putin may yet suffer the fate of many czars before him: a military uprising fueled by the blowback of a failing war.
Murtaza Hussain
Murtaza Hussain is a reporter at The Intercept who focuses on national security and foreign policy. He has appeared on CNN, BBC, MSNBC, and other news outlets.
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As D.C. Fêtes Narendra Modi, His Political Prisoners in India Are Forgotten
The Biden administration has ignored India’s rights violations in favor of weapons sales and geopolitical expediency.
The FBI Groomed a 16-Year-Old With “Brain Development Issues” to Become a Terrorist
An undercover FBI agent befriended the teenager online. When he turned 18, he was arrested for supporting ISIS.
Children Are Dying Because Companies Are Too Scared to Sell Medicine to Iran
Joe Biden kept Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” sanctions — discouraging even legal, humanitarian trade.
In Secret Meeting, Pakistani Military Ordered Press to Stop Covering Imran Khan
News about Khan, a former prime minister at the center of a political crisis roiling Pakistan, mostly disappeared from the country’s media.
U.S. Lawmakers Seek to Preempt State-Level Bans on Foreigners Buying Property
A raft of states are looking to restrict property purchases by citizens of U.S. adversaries like China and Iran. Democrats in Washington are pushing back.
The War on Immigrants
Ban on Property Sales to Citizens of China, Iran, and Others Is Cruising Through Texas Legislature
Whether the bill, which Gov. Greg Abbott has vowed to sign, ends up as law or not, the discrimination is already stinging marginalized communities.
Israel’s War on Gaza
The “Pro-Israel” Smear Campaign to Cancel a Global Charity
The terrorism allegations were false, but the nonprofit still lost access to banking and financial tools.
Leaked Pentagon Document Shows How Ukraine War Is Bleeding Into Middle East
A highly classified document explores how Ukraine war could spill over into war with Iran.
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Israeli Settlers Move on the Holiest Site in Jerusalem — Setting Off a New Crisis
Emboldened by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, religious ideologues attacked one of the few spots of Palestinian control in the city.