The long-term implications of Pete Hegseth’s US military purges
Resignation of US Army secretary is latest loss at the top for the military.

Resignation of US Army secretary is latest loss at the top for the military.


![Indian Devadasi women take part in a protest against social stigma, economic hardship and lack of access to education for Devadasi Dalit women and their children, in Bangalore, India, on August 20, 2026. [Jagadeesh Nv/EPA]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/14227318-1787648547.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)



![Suha and Hussein Abu Khdeir, parents of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, stand for a portrait alongside their grandchild Azzedine, in the living room of their house in Shuafat neighbourhood of Occupied East Jerusalem. Mohammed was kidnapped outside his home and murdered by Israeli Jewish citizens on July 2nd 2014 [Lucien Lung/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/RAMI_ABU_KHDEIR_01-1787333543.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)



Far-right protesters clashed with police at an anti-Muslim rally in the US city of Dearborn.
Mourners blame relentless and ‘racist’ media scrutiny for former Cambridge University professor’s death.

Thousands mourned Jason Arday in central London, and voiced anger over the Cambridge professor’s media treatment.
Arday was subjected to a vicious campaign fuelled by anti-Black racism.
Israel’s transfer of West Bank policing to civilian forces cements de facto annexation and empowers settler militias.
Jason Arday was found dead on Friday, just days after resigning amid intense scrutiny over his academic work.
A new report documents how federal agencies have reduced the number of civil rights cases they pursue as staffing falls.
Police are treating sociology professor Jason Arday’s death as unexpected but not suspicious.
UN rights office and Palestine Foreign Ministry call days-long Israeli settler siege in Qusra ‘criminal’ and ‘inhumane’.
A new report finds key federal agencies have stopped providing oversight of civil rights laws nationally.