April 18th, 2025

• On Good Friday, new US ambassador Huckabee lands in Israel, brings Trump's prayers to Western Wall, reads Psalm 121 - Huckabee is 1st devout Evangelical ever to serve as US ambassador to Jewish state
• IDF destroys Hamas training camp in Gaza, kills head of group's smuggling unit
• Israeli strikes kill Palestinians in tented area for displaced in Gaza
• US envoy says fighting in Gaza would 'end immediately' if captives released - Adam Boehler tells Al Jazeera 'nothing goes forward' on ceasefire deal until release, as Israel's assault continues
• Hamas rejects Israel hostage deal proposal, dismisses Netanyahu's 'partial deals'
• Israel will keep Gaza buffer zone, minister says, as truce bid stalls
• Meeting Putin, Qatar's ruler claims Israel 'did not abide' by Gaza truce deal
• 'Angry, humiliated' hostage parents fume at top negotiator: He offered no action plan
• PM Netanyahu pressures court to dismiss Shin Bet chief amid 'Qatargate' scandal, mounting legal tensions
• UK Prince Harry's Archewell Foundation severs ties with Muslim women's group over call to destroy Israel - 'Occupation of Palestine and genocide in Gaza are grave injustice,' said group's leader
• Trump administration says Harvard could lose 'privilege' to admit foreign students - School could also lose tax exempt status, government has warned, amid crackdown on schools seen as failing to take action against antisemitism on campus in wake of Oct. 7 attack
• Trump Administration: Harvard Must Provide Info on Foreign Students' Misconduct or All Will Be Barred
• X says Kanye West's Hitler 'GOAT' post did not break safety rules - Racist rapper's post drew over 1.7 million views and fierce criticism before being removed from his account
• Schumer calls for US hate crime probe into arson at Gov. Shapiro's Pennsylvania home
• Pakistani authorities arrest over 170 for anti-US, anti-Israel attacks on KFC stores
• IDF kills 2 Palestinians suspected of throwing stones at Israeli cars in West Bank
• Azerbaijan: Augmenting the Abraham Accords - Since the 1990s, Azerbaijan has played a considerable role in bolstering Israel's security and enhancing its access to energy
• Lebanon detains several suspects for March rocket attacks on Israel
• Qatari emir offers encouragement to Putin on prospects for Syria ties
• Turkey in Syria: Israel Concerned Erdogan Seeks to Re-Form Ottoman Empire
• Erdogan lambasts Israel for undermining stability in Syria - Turkey's president lashes out shortly after talks with Netanyahu's government aimed at defusing tensions
• US to further reduce troop presence in Syria following post-Oct. 7 increase
• Israel concerned over Iranian & Turkish ambitions amid US troop withdrawal from northern Syria
• Home Front Command deploys new alert system to give earlier warnings for Houthi missiles
• IDF intercepts Houthi missile after massive US strikes on Iran-backed Yemeni rebels
• US airstrikes on Houthi oil port in Yemen reportedly kill dozens
• Houthis say 58 killed in US strikes on Yemen's Ras Isa fuel port overnight
• US airstrikes against Houthis may set stage for a major Yemeni ground offensive
• Bennett, Lapid blast Netanyahu after reports strike on Iran was scuttled
• PM touts 'countless' actions against Iran nuke program, doesn't deny Trump blocked strike
• Israeli officials: 'The leak came from US elements opposed to an attack on Iran'
• Trump: I wouldn't say I waved off Israeli plan to attack Iran, but I'm not in rush to do it
• IAEA chief on Tehran visit: Iran, US 'don't have much time' to reach nuclear deal
• Iran offered US a nuclear agreement with same enrichment cap as 2015 deal - report
• Iran believes it can reach nuclear agreement with US, wants Russia to play role
• Russia removes Taliban from terror list as ties deepen between Moscow and Kabul
• Warren: GOP Cracking, Dems Close to Taking Tariff Authority Back from Trump
• Trump's Tariffs Could Blow a $1.25 Trillion Hole in EU Economy, German Study Warns
• Tariffs to trigger sharp US economic slowdown; chance of recession jumps to 45%: Reuters poll
• Fed Chair Receives Roaring Applause For Vowing to Defy Any 'Political Pressure' After Warning of Trump's Tariff Damage to the Economy
• Trump Has for Months Privately Discussed Firing Fed Chair Powell - The president hasn't made a decision on whether to try to oust Powell, and some of his advisers have warned against the move
• Trump again calls for Fed to cut rates, says Powell's 'termination cannot come fast enough'
• Tax attorneys say IRS has become a 'zombie' as agency cuts staff and halts audits of the wealthy
• Why are Pentagon officials suddenly dropping like flies? Leaks, power, and irrelevance
• Murkowski: 'We are all afraid' of upheaval, retaliation under Trump
• Bernie Sanders Has Spent More Than $200K Flying on Private Jets for His 'Fight the Oligarchy' Tour
• Trump's FCC Commissioner Threatens Comcast's License Over 'News Distortion'
• Israel is global leader in AI talent, confirms new LinkedIn Report
• 'Terminator' director James Cameron flip-flops on AI, says Hollywood is 'looking at it all wrong'
• Can AI Be Creative? The Next Wave of Tech Is a Tipping Point for Hollywood
• This highly capable AI-powered robot barista is set to debut at a San Jose cafe
• AI-powered robot dog is learning to 'live' like a human
• U.K. touts successful test of new radio wave weapon to take down "swarms of drones"
• White House Science Chief Says US Can "Manipulate Time and Space" - Trump Hints at Secret Weapons "No One Knows About"
• A 'fireball' lights up Mexico City skies, sparking awe and plenty of memes
• San Diego earthquake linked to Elsinore Fault renews concerns over major seismic risk in Southern California
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits west of the Galapagos Islands
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Omachi, Japan
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Jordan, Colombia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 23,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Poas volcano in Costa Rica erupts to 10,000ft
• Dukono volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
• Tropical Cyclone Errol weakens ahead of landfall over west Kimberley coast, Australia
• Tornadoes rip through Omaha and Essex as severe weather sweeps across Nebraska and Iowa
• Massive freeze devastates crops across Turkey, sparking food inflation concerns - Nearly half of the country's provinces were hit by the agricultural freeze, damaging a wide range of crops from fruits and vegetables to tea and nuts
• US man hijacks small plane in Belize, stabs 3 people before he's shot dead
• 2 Killed and 6 Injured in Florida State Shooting, Investigators Say - The police identified the gunman as a 20-year-old student who is the son of a Leon County sheriff's deputy
• Heartless Woman Casually Films FSU Shooting Victim While Sipping Starbucks
• Assassination Incitement Shock: Kent State University Will Not Take Down Window 'Art' With President Trump's Head on a Pike and the Message "We Only Have to Get Lucky Once"
• Teenager Accused of Murdering Parents and Planning to Assassinate President Trump Discussed His Plans for a Drone Attack in Online Conversations With Ukrainian: FBI DOCS
• DHS: Deported MS-13 Member Kilmar Abrego-Garcia Arrested with 'Rolls of Cash and Drugs'
• Marlow: Method to the Madness: Democrats' Embrace of MS-13 Designed to Trap Trump
• Democrat Shri Thanedar Calls to Impeach Trump for Sending El Salvadoran Illegal Immigrant to Prison in El Salvador
• Hillary Clinton: 'Americans of Conscience Must Stand Against' Trump Deporting Illegal Alien Accused of Gang Membership, Domestic Violence
• Rep. Jasmine Crockett Throws Support Behind Deported Salvadoran Illegal Alien
• Democrat Gov. Wes Moore Wants Illegal Migrant 'Brought Back Home to Maryland'
• Democrats Seek to Conduct 'Welfare Checks' on Illegal Aliens Deported to El Salvador
• El Salvador becoming 'black hole' for the United States to rid itself of expelled migrants or other unwanted people with no legal consequences, critics fear
• Trump Develops Plan to Pay Illegal Migrants to Self-Deport
• Supreme Court will weigh in on Trump plans to restrict birthright citizenship
• German Court Convicts Young American Woman of Manslaughter for Fatally Stabbing African Migrant Who Sexually Assaulted Her
• Thousands of Coloradans Urge Lawmakers to Reject Radical Transgender Bill Defining Wrong Pronouns as Child Abuse
• Illinois Joins States Defying Trump's Executive Order Protecting Women's Sports from Trans Athletes
• 'White Lotus' Star Aimee Lee Wood Freaks After UK Supreme Court Rules 'Trans Women' Aren't Women: 'This Country Is a Hellhole'
• Mental Health "Experts" Fear Secretary Kennedy's Investigation into Psychiatric Drugging