August 18th, 2023

• ​Blinken, Dermer meet in Washington: Patel calls the meeting a "routine engagement," and says they discussed US-Israel ties, Israeli-Palestinian tensions, Iran and the Abraham Accords
• White House said briefing top Democrats on Saudi-Israel normalization talks
• Iran's foreign minister in Saudi Arabia on first such trip in years as tensions ease
• On 1st Saudi visit since ties restored, Iran FM touts Islamic unity, slams 'Zionists'
• US approves landmark missile defence deal between Israel and Germany
• Opposition MK floats unity government in which Netanyahu resigns after 2 years
• IDF said to warn MKs: Military readiness weakening, enemies recognize what's happening
• IDF suspends senior Navy reservist who ended volunteer duty to protest overhaul
• Coalition whip: We'll pass IDF draft law next, then continue with judicial overhaul
• Labor federation chief said to vow action if government defies High Court
• Top candidate for police chief won't say if he'll obey High Court or government
• Protest groups turn up heat on 'messianic' settlers accused of driving overhaul
• Settlers filmed setting fire to field belonging to Palestinians in northern West Bank
• Palestinian gunman killed, terror cell arrested by Israeli forces in Jenin
• Police say 85 suspects arrested in operation targeting crime in Arab community
• Hamas said to test fire 250 km-range rockets toward sea
• US-Iran Prisoner Swap 'Put a Price' on Americans' Heads
• 2 Years of Structural Violence and Humanitarian Crisis Under the Taliban
• New Report Shows Pentagon Officials Lied in Testimony on Afghanistan Withdrawal
• 'It's like a bad monster movie': U.S. officials who helped train Nigerien troops reel from coup
• Biden administration searching for ways to keep US forces in Niger to continue anti-terror operations despite overthrowing of government
• The Hunt: The coup in Niger is hampering counterterrorism efforts in West Africa
• West African bloc says 'we are going into Niger' if all else fails
• First major jihadi attack since coup kills 17 and wounds dozens in Niger, fueling Western fears
• Nigerian military helicopter that crashed while on a rescue mission reportedly shot down, possibly by gangs
• Shot at while they drowned. Executed in the desert. Those who collected the bodies recount 'one of the worst days' in Darfur's genocide-scarred history
• Pakistan arrests 129 Muslims after mob attacks on churches and homes of minority Christians
• Sweden raises terrorist alert level after Koran burnings
• Construction of Europe's Largest Doomsday Stockpile Quietly Gets Underway
• Moscow court arrests American national for 'espionage'
• US sanctions Russian FSB agents accused in poisoning of Putin critic Navalny
• Russian Journalist Says She Was Poisoned In Germany
• Treatment of Ukrainian Refugees Violates UN Refugee Convention, Says Israeli Judge
• Report reveals Iran helping Russia steadily progress on producing advanced drones
• Report: Russian drone experts took cover in Tehran hotel during alleged Mossad strike
• Iran asks Russia to join BRICS in Putin-Raisi phone call
• BRICS nations to meet in South Africa seeking to blunt Western dominance
• Russia Got Richer While West Shed Trillions of Dollars - US Lost $5.9 Trillion
• Cargo Ship Leaves Ukraine, Reaches Turkish Waters Despite Russian Blockade
• World War 3 warning as Putin's bold Black Sea escalation could lead to NATO clash
• The Writing Is on the Wall: Top NATO Official Says Ukraine Must Cede Territory in Peace Negotiations, Backtracks After Huge Backlash - But the Idea Is Here To Stay
• Powder Keg Europe: Poland, Lithuania and Latvia To Shut NATO Borders With Belarus - Increasingly Militarized Poland Says Lukashenko Will Try To Disrupt Its Elections
• Lukashenko denies Russia pushing Belarus to enter war with Ukraine
• North Korean missile capable of striking the U.S. likely a result of cooperation with Russia, think tank says
• UN: North Korea is increasing repression as people are reportedly starving in parts of the country
• US slams North Korea for using repression to build nuclear weapons
• Biden turns to Camp David diplomacy for first-ever trilateral summit with Japan and South Korea
• At Camp David, Biden looks to cement a fragile truce - Improved relations between Japan and South Korea could bolster the president's legacy - if they endure
• "Playing With Fire On Taiwan Question": China Warns US
• Water Cannons and Lasers: South China Sea Standoff Around World War II-Era Ship Heats Up
• China's defence chief pushes PLA as force for peace during Russia trip, blames US for 'chaos and disaster'
• Argentina Presidential Frontrunner Calls China an 'Assassin'
• Argentina - Presidential Frontrunner Warns Leftist Rioters: You'll 'Have to Drag Me Out Dead' to Stop Conservative Reforms
• Ecuador's Newest Candidate Also Fears for His Life - Christian Zurita, who replaced assassinated candidate Fernando Villavicencio in the presidential race, said he wears a bulletproof vest and has sent his family into hiding
• Spanish Socialists May Cling on to Power After Inconclusive National Election
• FBI Shoots and Kills Another American in Pre-Dawn Raid in Albuquerque - It was the third killing by the FBI in recent weeks
• Congress probing whether Democrats improperly using nonprofits, foreign money to win elections
• Biden probe shifts to National Archives with discovery of private emails between Joe and Hunter
• Hunter Biden tax charges dismissed by federal judge following plea deal breakdown
• Commentary: Was Weiss appointed Special Counsel legally?
• Newt Gingrich: I Am Told Someone From DC Called Fani Willis on Friday and Demanded She Indict Trump on Monday to Cover Up Weiss "Screw Up"
• Donald Trump indicted: Newt Gingrich claims Democrats would 'destroy the law' to destroy Trump
• Hawley: Trump Indictments a 'Recipe for One-Party Rule' - 'Our Constitutional Democracy Doesn't Exist Anymore'
• Sen. John Kennedy Likens Trump's 'Unprecedented' Indictments to Political 'Zombie Apocalypse'
• Fulton County Prosecutor Could Face Trial of Her Own, Lawmaker Fires His Own Shot at DA
• Georgia state senator calls for emergency session to review Willis' Trump indictment
• Georgia State Senator Moves to Impeach DA Fani Willis for Political Bias in Indictments Against President Trump Based on So-Called Speech Crimes
• Georgia state senator moves to impeach Trump prosecutor Fani Willis - Moore said, "We must strip all funding and, if appropriate, impeach Fani Willis."
• Georgia GOP Chairman Calls Fulton County DA 'Power-Mad' over Trump Indictment
• Texas woman charged over threat to kill judge overseeing Trump case
• Authorities Probe Threats to Ga. Grand Jurors Who Indicted Trump
• Newsmax Hosts Rob Schmitt and Greg Kelly Predict GA Case Will Allow Americans to Finally See the Fraud in 2020 Election
• House Republicans subpoena Citibank over info shared with FBI after Jan. 6
• J6 Political Prisoner Barry Ramey Speaks Out Against Dangerous Conditions in Jail - Was Stabbed in Face for Watching Tucker Carlson
• Steve Bannon: Fox News 'All-In' on Making Sure Trump Is Not President Again
• Federal Prosecutors Gain Access To 'Extraordinary Array Of Data' From Twitter On Trump's Account
• Musk's X seeks job applicants to stop disinformation, promote 'credible' election stories
• New York City Bans China's TikTok on City-Owned Devices over Security Concerns
• Congressman Says Chinese Hackers Accessed His Emails
• House Judiciary subpoenaes DOJ, FBI for docs on alleged administration collusion with Big Tech
• Hunter Biden Used Secretive PR Firms To Put Spin On Wikipedia Pages, Emails Show
• Legal risk for AI: Users can be liable for chatbots' mistakes
• AP, other news organizations develop standards for use of artificial intelligence in newsrooms
• Keystone AI Cops: Facial Recognition Tech Leads to Wrongful Arrest of Heavily Pregnant Detroit Woman
• When the sun goes wild: Solar storms cause disruptions worldwide
• 500 m (1,640 feet) long earth crack opens in Cocotitlán, Mexico
• Strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake and aftershock shake Colombia's capital and other cities
• 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Restrepo, Colombia
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Java, Indonesia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Ohonua, Tonga
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 29,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 24,000ft
• Ubinas volcano in Peru erupts to 23,000ft
• Sinabung volcano in Indonesia erupts to 18,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 17,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Bagana volcano in Papua New Guinea erupts to 10,000ft
• Heavy rain and landslides have killed at least 72 people this week in an Indian Himalayan state
• Atlantic could heat up with frenzy of tropical activity
• Hurricane Hilary to threaten flooding rain in California, Nevada and Arizona
• Hurricane Hilary may transform Death Valley into massive lake
• Hurricane Hilary, Now On Cusp Of Cat. 3, Forecast To Hit L.A. Late Sunday With Potential Tropical Storm-Force Winds & Heavy Rain; Flood Watches Issued
• Hurricane Hilary could be 1st tropical storm to hit CA since 1939
• Heavy rain in Germany causes flooding and leads to flight cancelations in Frankfurt
• Sea temperatures lead to unprecedented, dangerous bleaching of Florida's coral reef, experts say
• 25 countries now face 'extreme water stress' every year - three of them are in Europe
• State grid operator asks Texans to reduce energy use Thursday afternoon as demand spikes
• Canary Islands battle 'most complex fire' in 40 years
• Record heat boosting wildfire risk in Pacific Northwest
• The entire capital city of Canada's Northwest Territories has been ordered to evacuate as hundreds of wildfires scorch the region, officials say
• Ignored warnings, hubris, slow response fueled America's deadliest wildfire in a century
• Death toll from Maui's wildfires rises to 111 - with possibly 1,000 still missing - as tensions escalate over the cause and response
• Maui wildfires death toll rises to 110 as official says using the warning sirens wouldn't have saved lives
• Maui emergency management defends not blasting sirens as wildfires tore through community - "Had we sounded the siren that night, we're afraid that people would have gotten mauka [toward the mountains] and if that was the case, then they would have gone into the fire."
• Biden's Hawaii response follows familiar pattern: Ignore, deny, then claim he's done a great job
• Biden Wants to Give $500 Million of US Taxpayer Money to the Socialist Lula da Silva to "Save" the Amazon in Brazil
• Soros Firm Lost Up To $105 Million On Now-Bankrupt Green Energy Firm Boosted By Biden
• White House: The 'Inflation Reduction' Act Was Actually a Massive Climate Bill
• Leading Economic Indicators Fall Again, Still Point To Looming Recession
• Mortgage rates could hit 8%, economists say, citing a worrying sign not seen since the Great Recession
• Fitch warns multiple US banks face credit downgrade: report
• Chinese Dictator Xi Jinping Demands 'Patience' as Economy Crumbles
• Historic San Francisco Business Warns It May Be Latest To Close Shop Over Crime
• Minnesota police force's resignation sparks outcry: 'Defund the Police lunatics' just got their wish
• Mexican prosecutors investigating gruesome cartel video showing victims forced to kill each other
• Mexican investigators find decapitated, burned bodies after circulation of gruesome execution video
• Washington state sees 575% increase in smuggling operations across US/Canada border: report
• At least 60 migrants feared dead in Cape Verde boat disaster
• Progressive insurance accused of 'illegal racial discrimination' in lawsuit from conservative group
• Human Rights Watch: Heavily Censored Chinese Internet Teeming with Anti-Black Racism
• Racism in America Today: A Real or Manufactured Problem?
• Viral Country Song 'Epitomizes' Americans' 'Woke' Backlash
• Companies Can No Longer 'Offend a Segment of the Population With Impunity': Analyst on Target's Losses
• Comedy event canceled over sitcom writer's opposition to transgender ideology: 'Ideological cult'
• International Chess Federation bars transgender women from women's only events
• Critics slam federal court for blocking Idaho law barring biological males from girls' and women's sports
• North Carolina Lawmakers Override Governor's Veto, Protect Children from Transgender Surgery
• Detransitioner warns gender ideology could have 'long-term ramifications' for kids: They 'cannot consent'
• Top U.S. Doctor Group Wants Taxpayers to Fund Uterus Transplants for Men
• Against his religion: Muslim man required to take a paternity test - The man objected on the grounds that he had a casual sexual relationship with the mother, while Sharia law recognizes paternity only within the framework of marriage
• Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston found not guilty of failing to report father's child sex crimes
• Pro-Life Groups Object as Pennsylvania Defunds Award-Winning Abortion Alternatives Program
• Planned Parenthood Faces $1.8 Billion Lawsuit in Texas
• California Planned Parenthood Burns to the Ground in Three-Alarm Fire
• Hayward: Canada - Quebec Doctor Warns Euthanasia No Longer a 'Last Resort'
• German Government Approves Plan to Legalise 'Cannabis Clubs'
• 3 People Have Died After Infection With Rare Flesh-Eating Bacteria in Connecticut and New York
• Novak Djokovic Outlasts Biden's Unvaccinated Ban, Returns to U.S. with 'Zero Regrets'
• Brazil: Jair Bolsonaro Pays $184,000 Fine for Not Wearing Coronavirus Mask