August 14th, 2023

• Ethiopian Israelis rally in Jerusalem, seeking increased immigration quota
• Ultra-Orthodox parties said to refuse Netanyahu request to compromise on draft bill
• Doctors file petition to High Court calling to strike down 'reasonableness' law
• Netanyahu orders top brass to maintain IDF fitness as reservist revolt bites
• Netanyahu delays vacation, summons IDF chief for 'urgent' meeting
• PM said to have shouted at IDF chiefs: 'It looks like the army is running the country'
• Palestinians, Israel differ on significance of new Saudi envoy
• Israel will not allow Saudi Arabia to open Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem
• Saudi Arabia appoints first Ambassador to Palestine
• Hundreds at protest call to free settler suspected of killing Palestinian; 2 arrests
• Hezbollah operative hurls Molotov cocktail at Israel from Lebanon
• Attack on Iran's shrine kills at least one, injures several people - official
• Shippers warned to stay away from Iranian waters over seizure threat as US-Iran tensions high
• Jordanian army hacks Syrian drone smuggling crystal meth
• Mediators: Niger Regime Leader 'Open to Explore Diplomacy'
• Niger junta says will 'prosecute' President Bazoum for 'high treason'
• Poland to ask voters if they want 'thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa'
• Commentary: NATO Without Limits Would Lead to Endless Wars
• Russian warship fires warning shots on cargo ship in Black Sea
• Chinese Military Says It's Figured Out How to Build Laser Weapons That Can Fire Indefinitely
• China asks Philippines to jointly work on defusing South China Sea tensions
• 'I Don't Need a Bulletproof Vest': Ecuadorian Presidential Hopeful Taunted Assassins Before His Death
• FBI Team Joins Probe Into Ecuador Presidential Candidate Slaying
• Rep. Greg Steube Files Articles of Impeachment Against Joe Biden for 'High Crimes'
• Florida Republican Steube files 4 articles of impeachment against Biden over foreign business deals
• Top Oversight Democrat Jamie Raskin says Hunter Biden did 'really unlawful and wrong things'
• Ted Cruz calls Hunter Biden special counsel appointment 'camouflage'
• Hunter Biden Special Counsel Wastes No Time: Declares 'Impasse' in Plea-Deal Talks, Moves to Change Venue
• Federal regulation requires 'special counsel' appointees to be 'selected from outside' government - Hunter Biden investigator Weiss is DOJ attorney
• Dan Goldman Admits Politics Behind Hunter Biden Sweetheart Plea Deal: Says Grant of Immunity Was Meant to Protect Biden From Prosecution by 'Vindictive' Trump
• Atlanta braces for chaos as fourth Trump indictment nears
• Georgia prosecutors have messages showing Trump's team is behind voting system breach
• Growing furor over 'authoritarian' police raid on Kansas newspaper
• Small Kansas newspaper says co-owner, 98, collapsed and died after police raid
• New York Times drops out of AI coalition
• Pope Francis Warns About the 'Disruptive Possibilities' of Artificial Intelligence
• Earthquake strikes near North Korea's nuclear test site
• Earthquake measuring 4.3 rattles Parkfield, California Thursday afternoon
• Magnitude 4.2 earthquake shakes Kilauea volcano
• Strong explosive activity, lava fountains at Mount Etna, Italy
• Ubinas volcano in Peru erupts to 25,000ft
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 24,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 22,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 21,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Ebeko volcano in the Kuril Islands erupts to 12,000ft
• Sakurajima volcano on Japan erupts to 11,000ft
• Bagana volcano in Papua New Guinea erupts to 10,000ft
• Japan Faces Another Typhoon With Trains, Flights Canceled
• Hawaii Death Toll at 93 With Estimated $6 Billion Damage After Wild Fires
• Maui Fire Is Deadliest in US in 105 Years, With 93 Killed
• 'This Was Not a Natural Disaster': 'Whistleblowers' Raise Disturbing Questions About Deadly Maui Wildfire
• Hawaii Gov Josh Green says 'very real' global warming caused conditions for deadly wildfire
• California Nordstrom ransacked in huge 'flash mob' smash-and-grab, $60K to $100K in goods taken: police
• UN Expert Argues Religious Beliefs Must Change to Accommodate LGBT Ideology
• Religiously diverse parents sue Maryland school district for right to opt kids out of LGBT lessons
• Baylor University Granted Religious Exemption From Complaints By LGBTQ Students
• Evangelist fights campus ban for calling transgender sorority member 'male,' seeks damages
• Austin School District Shuttles Students to Pride Parade
• Wisconsin Parents Pulling Daughters From Sports Team After Transgender Player Leaves Them With Welts and Bruises
• Federal Judge Halts Idaho Law Banning Boys from Girls' Bathrooms
• 'Radical' trans activists call detransitioners 'fascists' at Texas event
• Guatemalan presidential candidate Sandra Torres leans on conservative values, opposing gay marriage
• Abortion Is Inflaming the GOP's Biggest Electoral Problem
• Canadian Hospital Suggests Euthanasia to Suicidal Woman Who Went There For Help
• Chinese Company CellX Launches Lab-Grown Meat Factory in Shanghai
• Recently Released Documents Reveal Dr. Fauci and Dr. Collins Received At Least 58 Vaccine Royalty Payments From Big Pharma and Chinese and Russian Entities
• COVID victims' families sue EcoHealth, alleging 'funding' and 'releasing' virus