April 11th, 2025

• ​IDF raises readiness in all sectors ahead of Passover - IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir "emphasized the importance of maintaining readiness so Israelis can celebrate it anywhere in the country."
• Ahead of Passover, Ben Gurion Airport sees busiest day since October 7
• Hamas calls to be removed from UK's terror list, claims it is a 'liberation and resistance movement'
• Hamas urges UK court to remove terror label, claims it is battling 'genocide'
• Israeli army fired more than 100 shots in Gaza medics' killing, audio suggests
• IDF says 12 Oct. 7 terrorists killed in recent strikes, including Shejaiya Battalion chief
• UN says Israeli strikes in Gaza have largely killed women and children
• IDF says troops found Hamas tunnel built under Rafah kindergarten
• IDF vastly expanding Gaza buffer zone, which is set to include all of Rafah city
• Defense Minister Katz says 'Rafah will be evacuated, turned into security buffer'
• Israeli reservists are discharged after hundreds call for release of hostages and end of war
• Report: US envoy held direct talks with Hamas to try to give Trump win before speech - Adam Boehler sat with terror leaders three times in attempt to free Edan Alexander before State of the Union address, NY Times says, but Hamas refused until it was too late
• Trump: 'We're getting close to getting' the hostages back, Hamas 'is a nasty group'
• Trump says Gaza hostage deal is close, Israeli officials note movement
• Egyptian FM confirms hostage deal, ceasefire proposal submitted
• Released Israel hostage Liri Albag condemns hateful attacks after criticizing Netanyahu over Oct. 7 failures
• UN high court sets five days of hearings in case on anti-UNRWA Israeli laws
• AP doubted reliability of Hamas-linked reporter years before Oct. 7, documents show - Internal communications released in lawsuit show newsroom was informed of freelancer's work for pro-terror media in 2018, but continued to employ him
• 12 anti-Israel protesters charged with felonies for barricading themselves in Stanford president's office
• Leading Palestinian-American resigns from Harvard after lawsuit claims he aided Hamas
• Kanye West sparks fresh outrage with Hitler post and GOAT emoji on X - West's post remains live as critics renew calls for social media platforms to act against hate speech
• US administration argues it can deport prominent anti-Israel activist over his beliefs
• Blinded by hate? Anti-Israel vitriol in Australia against Arabic-speaking Druze, Christian and Jewish veterans
• 53% of Americans have unfavorable view of Israel, compared to 42% in 2022
• Trump picks Miami-based rabbi and businessman as US envoy for combatting antisemitism
• Mike Huckabee confirmed by Senate as first-ever devout Evangelical to serve as US ambassador to Israel - Praise pours in from across Israeli political spectrum
• Operation Iron Wall turned Jenin Refugee Camp into a ghost town: IDF says residents will be allowed to return after improvements
• IDF revelation that Hezbollah evaded 'surprise inspection' while restoring weapons factory causes panic
• Turkey and Israel Aim to Avoid Clashes in Syria as Tensions Rise
• 'Both countries are close friends': Azerbaijan hosts first high-level meeting to calm Israel-Turkey tensions in Syria
• Israel holds 'positive' first talks with Turkey on Syria, still in early stages
• Israel confirms talks with Turkey on Syria aimed at preserving 'security stability'
• Report: Iran considering proposing interim nuclear deal in talks with US - Trump administration imposes new sanctions on Iranian oil trading networks, including Chinese storage terminal
• New US sanctions on Iran, days after Trump says direct talks with Islamic Republic underway - "The Iranian regime's reckless pursuit of nuclear weapons remains a grave threat to the United States and a menace to regional stability and global security," stated Scott Bessent, the treasury secretary
• Argentinian prosecutor wants arrest warrant for Iranian Ayatollah Khamenei over deadly 1994 bombing
• Iranian Christians face 'crisis' as government cracks down
• Sudan accuses UAE of 'complicity in genocide' at world court
• U.S. ambassador to Ukraine to resign her post early
• Ukraine says more than 150 Chinese mercenaries are fighting for Russia in Ukraine
• In Secret Meeting, China Acknowledged Role in U.S. Infrastructure Hacks - A senior Chinese official linked intrusions to escalating U.S. support for Taiwan
• China says "door to talks is open" after Trump pauses higher tariffs on other countries
• China threatens to unleash $1.9 trillion 'tsunami' on the world in drawn-out tariff warfare with the U.S.
• China threatens to unleash a tsunami on the world to retaliate against tariff humiliation
• China increases tariffs on US imports to 125% from 84% amid ongoing trade war
• Xi says China 'not afraid' as Beijing raises tariffs on US goods to 125% in latest escalation of trade war
• China Threatens the Free World with the Ghost of Murderer Mao Zedong
• Trump's new tariffs could set US-China trade relations back to the Mao era
• Trump Tariff Policy Could Crush China's Slave-Linked Temu, Shein Shopping Apps
• China Announces Restriction of Imports of U.S. Films After Trump Tariffs
• China Hits Hollywood Despite Gavin Newsom's Olive Branch - China has announced it will reduce the number of U.S. films it imports, in reaction to President Donald Trump's tariffs on the country
• Australia Rejects China's Plea to 'Join Hands' Against Trump Tariffs
• Mexico and Brazil are moving to work together as a counterweight to Trump's shifting global tariffs
• Trump threatens tariffs and sanctions on Mexico for 'stealing' water from Texas farmers
• Demand for state-backed insurance soars as Israeli exporters fear Trump tariff chaos
• Swiss Pharma Company Announces $23 Billion U.S. Investment Days After Trump Pledged 'Major Tariff' on Drug Imports
• A 'disaster': Gretchen Whitmer's talk on tariffs and meeting with Trump anger fellow Democrats - The Michigan governor tried to play nice with Trump. Instead, there's a sense in the party that she got played when the president used her as a bipartisan Oval Office prop.
• 73% of Americans are financially stressed. Two-thirds say tariff concerns are the source: CNBC survey
• People are more worried about their jobs now than they were during the pandemic when everything closed - Months of economic uncertainty led worker confidence to crater even before Trump's tariffs tanked financial markets
• Fund managers quietly fear Trump doesn't have a tariff plan and that he 'might be insane'
• T-bill rates drop as Yellen calls tariffs 'the worst self-inflicted wound' she's ever seen
• Gold hits record high as U.S.-China trade war intensifies, dollar weakens
• Dow tumbles 1,000 points, wiping out a chunk of Wednesday's historic rally
• DOGE Reveals the Unborn Getting Government Handouts
• Labor Leaders Fear Elon Musk and DOGE Could Gain Access to Whistleblower Files
• Jasmine Crockett: 'Beyond Wild' No One Questioning Trump 'Mental Acuity'
• 'Assassination Culture': Half of Left-leaning Americans say assassinating Trump, Musk is justified
• Florida files new charges against suspect in second Trump assassination attempt
• Trump must face Central Park 5 defamation suit, judge rules
• Trump directs Justice Dept. to probe officials who opposed him in first term
• House passes bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections
• President Trump Orders DOJ Investigation into Law Firm Representing Dominion in 2020 Election Defamation Cases
• Trump targets law firm that represented Dominion Voting Systems in case against Fox News
• Judge Rules Newsmax Defamed Dominion Over 2020 Election Claims
• 'Criminal Contempt': Fani Willis Under Legal Pressure
• Pelosi privately said Biden had lost a step, book says, but publicly bashed WSJ story on his cognitive decline
• Bombshell: Chuck Todd Admits Media Would Rather Lie Than Help Trump
• Hawley demands Zuckerberg testify on alleged ties between Meta, China
• OpenAI Asks Court to Block Elon Musk's 'Unlawful' Attacks on Company
• Robot rogue traders could rule world and make bankers even richer, experts warn
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Tatsugo, Japan
• Mt Spurr: Earthquake swarm hits US sparking fears massive volcano 'is moving closer to an eruption'
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 21,000ft
• Klyuchevskoy volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 20,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 20,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Two tropical cyclones threaten northern Australia with heavy rain
• Over 144,000 livestock lost in devastating Queensland floods, Australia
• Hailstorm destroys wheat crops in Russia's key agricultural Stavropol region
• Deadly floods and landslides strike Java and Kalimantan provinces, Indonesia
• Floods claim 16 lives in Namibia and displace thousands
• Widespread forest fires ravage Mahottari, Nepal
• Red Flag Warnings issued as wildfire risk grows in central U.S. plains
• White House moves to hamstring national climate assessment
• Trump reverses Biden-era water regulations for his 'beautiful hair'
• Two American Airlines jets clip wings on runway at Reagan airport
• Plane carrying NY, NJ reps involved in minor collision at Reagan Airport just months after deadly midair tragedy
• Plane with at least 6 House members clipped by aircraft on taxiway at Reagan National Airport near D.C.
• Six dead, including 3 kids, after helicopter crashes into NYC's Hudson River: 'Split in half'
• Hudson River chopper tragic crash victims identified as tech boss, wife and three kids after doomed tourist flight - The crash comes one day after a haunting warning about chopper traffic in NYC
• Hakeem Jeffries now claims Dems want to 'secure the border'
• Most immigrants vulnerable to deportation identify as Christian: report
• US judge to block Trump from revoking thousands of migrants' legal status
• Supreme Court says Trump administration must work to bring back mistakenly deported Maryland man
• Feds move to drop criminal case against man they previously called a major gang leader
• Director James Toback Hit with $1.7 Billion Verdict in Sex Assault Suit Involving 40 Women
• Fake Hasidic TikTok rabbi sentenced to 135 years for sexually abusing adoptive sons
• Abercrombie Boss Facing Sex-Crimes Trial Has Dementia - Mike Jeffries was arrested and charged in October with running an international sex-trafficking ring
• Revealed: Florida Tech president 'tweaked' school's DEI language to secure $7 million in gov funding
• Colorado state GOP lawmaker says bill on 'misgendering,' 'deadnaming' children 'weaponizes the courts against parents'
• Florida teacher loses job for calling student by preferred name
• Woman gives birth to stranger's baby in Australia embryo mix-up
• Trump administration plans to remove all members of HIV advisory council
• RFK Jr. Claims He Will Root Out the 'Autism Epidemic' Cause Within Months and 'Eliminate' It
• Oops, we accidentally drugged the world's fish - The bizarre link between your anti-anxiety drugs and salmon
• Pharmaceutical pollution influences river-to-sea migration in Atlantic salmon
• 151 dead as Nigeria struggles with rapidly spreading meningitis outbreak
• US egg prices increase to record high, dashing hopes of cheap eggs by Easter