August 19th, 2023

• Meeting in Washington, Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Dermer, United States Secretary of State Blinken discuss potential Israel-Saudi deal
• Dermer meeting with Blinken in Washington anything but routine - The Israeli minister spoke with the U.S. secretary of state amid Washington's efforts to serve as a normalization broker between Riyadh and Jerusalem
• Israel's 'Dirty War': The Dark Side of the Abraham Accords - and Why Saudi Arabia Wants to Join
• In Riyadh, Iranian FM says Israeli-Palestinian conflict is 'most important issue in Islamic world'
• Likud MK on US Objections to Settlement Growth: Biden Should Stay Out of Israel's Internal Politics
• Smotrich reportedly advancing plan to legalize 155 wildcat outposts in West Bank
• Report: Smotrich to ask cabinet to approve $180m plan to expand settlements
• For 33rd week, judicial overhaul opponents to rally across Israel
• Air Force suspends several senior reservists as overhaul protests roil military
• IDF, Lebanese, Meet to Ease Tensions, Hezbollah Demanding Village that Wants to Remain in Israel
• 2 shot in East Jerusalem while trying to attack officers, police say
• Cops accused of beating Palestinian detainee, branding him with Star of David
• Palestinian man dies of injuries from May 2021 Temple Mount clash
• Some 1,000 Hamas prisoners warn they'll launch hunger strike over conditions
• Hundreds protest at Tel Aviv light rail stations because train won't run on Shabbat
• Outspoken Lebanese Shiite cleric blasts Hezbollah, and attempts to silence him - Sheikh Yasser Auda lashes terror group and corruption in Lebanon and Iraq, drawing fire from the ruling class
• Turkish Cypriots attack UN peacekeepers trying to halt road work inside divided Cyprus' buffer zone
• US, allies condemn assault on UN peacekeepers by Turkish Cypriots
• Sweden Raises Its Terror Threat Level to 2nd-highest Following Recent Quran Burnings
• Far-right activist rips up Quran during protest in the Netherlands
• Woman interrupts Sweden Quran-burning, sprays activist with fire extinguisher
• Two Christians arrested in Pakistan over blasphemy accusation
• Armenia and Azerbaijan clash over plight of 120,000 people in Nagorno-Karabakh facing food crisis
• Armenians face genocide in Azerbaijan, former International Criminal Court prosecutor warns
• France, U.S. relations grow tense over Niger coup
• Secretary of State Antony Blinken Roasted By Twitter-X Community Notes for Cheering Free and Fair Elections in Pakistan After He Had Former PM Removed from Office
• Iranian foreign minister meets Saudi ruler, pushing restored ties forward
• US says it will okay transfer of F-16s to Ukraine once pilots trained to use them
• Bill Kristol, Neoconservatives Launch $2 Million Ad Campaign to Boost GOP Support for Ukraine
• Troop deaths and injuries in Ukraine war nearing 500,000
• Russia Says Ukrainian Drone Damaged Building in Moscow's Financial Center
• Ukraine says 15 Iranian-made drones launched by Russia shot down overnight
• Putin Has Already Achieved Main Objectives In Ukraine, Lukashenko Says
• North Korea is preparing for a new round of weapons tests, South Korean spy agency says
• White House Pitches Kim Jong-un Meeting 'Without Preconditions' on Eve of Biden Asia Summit
• 'Asian NATO': China Seethes over United States-South Korea-Japan Summit
• China launches military drills around Taiwan as US wraps up landmark summit with South Korea and Japan
• Biden looks to 'next era of cooperation' following trilateral Camp David summit with Japan and South Korea
• At Camp David, US, South Korea and Japan condemn China, agree to deepen military ties
• U.S., Japan, S.Korea to hold joint exercises, commit to consult in crises
• Japan scrambles jets amid Russian and Chinese naval patrol
• Sudden rise of 'Argentina's Trump' Javier Milei puts economic ties with China at risk
• 'No Deals with Communists': Argentina Presidential Frontrunner Javier Milei Would Limit Ties to China
• Investors Fear a Financial Contagion in China - Troubles at a big trust company worry investors about fallout from the slumping property sector
• China's Economic Disaster: Property Giant Evergrande Files For Bankruptcy in U.S.
• China's Evergrande Files for Bankruptcy - World Economy in Dangerous Shape
• 'Tectonic Shift in Global Economy': Anders Corr on China's Economic Woes
• Commentary: Why stock investors are suddenly so scared
• Nasdaq set for worst month of 2023 as interest rates rise
• Bolsonaro's legal woes mount as Brazil police probe his finances
• Two-Tiered Justice: Hunter Biden's Tax Charges Dismissed - Being the Son of 'Robert L. Peters' has its Perks
• Biden says special counsel probe of his son is 'up to the Justice Department'
• Federal judge denies Hunter Biden's motion to seal IRS whistleblower materials
• Gingrich Says DC Directed DA to Scramble Late Last Friday to Announce Trump Indictment on Monday to Distract from Weiss 'Screw Up'
• Matt Gaetz to introduce resolution to censure judge in Trump case: 'Blatant political bias'
• Former US attorney general says Trump 'should serve time' if convicted
• As the Trump trials plunge into political theater, the world is watching
• Trump conspiracies inspire threats against judges, jurors and election workers
• Conservative ex-federal judge: Trump's 'unprecedented' attacks on federal judiciary are 'grave disservice' to nation
• Supreme Court, mired in controversy, could wade into Trump indictments. Here's how it could happen.
• Trump keeps sounding off on his indictments. His attacks could hasten the criminal trials
• Slamming 'frivolous' appeal by Trump, judge says he won't delay defamation suit
• Trump could be booked in violent Atlanta jail with crumbling walls
• O'Keefe: Biden's No. 3 DOJ Pick Demanded Twitter Censor Project Veritas's Undercover Reporting on Illegal Voter Registration in Fulton County
• Katie Hobbs Abused Her Power and Asked Twitter to Censor 2020 Election Tweets Days After Election and Before Stealing 2022 Election
• Report: Engineers Discover Nationwide Cellular Network Connects Election Equipment and Gives Federal Government Access to Election Systems at Precinct Level
• Trump Cancels Press Conference on Election Fraud Claims
• Donald Trump to Snub GOP Debate, Have Alternate Program with Tucker Carlson Instead - Report
• Kari Lake Praises Trump for Master-Level Trolling Debate Plan
• Auschwitz museum bashes Elon Musk for severely curbing 'block' feature on X - Memorial warns that inability to block antisemitic comments and Holocaust denial 'would be a disservice' to the victims of the Nazi camp
• AI Wars: New York Times Considers Legal Action Against OpenAI over ChatGPT Copyright Concerns
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near San Juan, Peru
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Cumaral, Colombia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Biri, Philippines
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 23,000ft
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 23,000ft
• Ubinas volcano in Peru erupts to 21,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 21,000ft
• 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
• Manam volcano in Papua New Guinea erupts to 10,000ft
• Bagana volcano in Papua New Guinea erupts to 10,000ft
• Hurricane Hilary May Have Peaked As Cat. 4 With 145 mph Winds, Forecast To Hit L.A. Late Sunday
• Powerful Hurricane Hilary heads for Mexico's Baja. Rare tropical storm watch issued for California
• Hurricane Hilary Hits Category 4; First Tropical Storm Watch for California in History
• Hurricane Hilary Prompts Tropical Storm Warning In Southern California; Potentially Catastrophic Flash Flooding Ahead For Southwest
• Hilary strengthens to Category 4 hurricane, significant and rare impacts expected in California and Nevada
• Hilary to bring year's worth of rain, pose life-threatening flooding in Southern California
• Hurricane forecasters tracking four disturbances in Atlantic; one heads for Gulf of Mexico
• 'Caught in the funnel': Rhode Island EF-2 tornado lifts car from a highway, leaves trail of debris
• China's Xi calls for measures to mitigate disastrous flooding amid economic slowdown - Much of China is having a particularly damp summer, with 142 people killed by flooding in July and dozens more this month
• The Panama Canal Has Become a Traffic Jam of the Seas - More than 200 vessels are stuck on either side of the waterway as a serious drought cuts crossings
• Conditions are ripe for a global coral bleaching event: 'Florida is just the tip of the iceberg'
• Out-of-control wildfire scorches Spain's Tenerife island, affecting thousands
• City empties as thousands flee wildfire burning near capital of Canada's Northwest Territories
• Thousands scramble to evacuate capital of Canada's Northwest Territories as more than 200 'unprecedented' wildfires blanket region
• Canadian Family Flees Wildfires in Melting Car
• Canada demands Meta lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing
• Residents ordered to evacuate amid threat of growing wildfire in Washington state, medical facilities sheltering in place
• Wahiawa Fire: Emergency Crews Fight Large Bush Blaze on Hawaiian Island
• Maui Wildfires Death Toll Rises to Nearly 500 as Morgue Runs Out of Body Bags, Locals Claim
• Concerns over 'climate gentrification' rise after devastating fire in Maui
• Biden authorizes additional disaster assistance for Hawaii after wildfires
• Maui Residents Have a Message for Joe Biden Ahead of His Visit: We Don't Want You Here
• Maui's top emergency official is out after failing to sound sirens as fires approached
• Hawaii delayed diverting water that could have helped Maui wildfires, letters obtained by CNN allege
• Maui utility company ignored wildfire threats in push for renewable energy
• 'This Technology Is Not Yet Ready:' San Francisco Robotaxi Drives Get Stuck in Wet Concrete
• 'Reality Check': Ford CEO Struggles to Charge EV During Road Trip
• Cruise driverless car collides with emergency vehicle in SF, injures passenger
• Watchdog report catalogs ESG shareholder efforts to pressure corporations on liberal priorities
• 'This Technology Is Not Yet Ready:' San Francisco Robotaxi Drives Get Stuck in Wet Concrete
• 22-car train derailment in Moore, OK expected to take days to clear
• World's longest, deepest rail tunnel to close for months after freight derailment in the Swiss Alps
• Hundreds of Gun Dealers Lose Licenses Under Biden Administration Crackdown
• Joe Biden Boasts He Has Bypassed Congress for Gun Control More than Any Other President
• Ecuador To Vote In Election Dominated By 'Horror' Of Violence
• Haitians flee homes in Port-au-Prince as gang violence surges
• UN condemns recent gang attacks in Haiti as Kenya deploys recon mission to troubled nation
• Illegal immigrant wanted for Brazilian massacre of 11 arrested in New Hampshire
• New York Democrats fear looming political 'disaster' over migrant crisis: 'Ticking time bomb'
• Docs Warn Migrants Bring Tuberculosis, Hepatitis, Measles, & Syphilis Over Border
• NFL star Tua Tagovailoa praises anti-child trafficking movie Sound of Freedom, tells media they should watch it
• Nurse at UK hospital convicted of killing 7 newborn babies, trying to kill 6 more
• Georgia school board fires teacher for reading a book to students about gender identity
• Jordan's secret police accused of targeting LGBTQ+ community
• Arizona superintendent says schools shouldn't allow transgender students to use girls' bathrooms
• Vivek Ramaswamy shares 10 commandments of 2024 campaign, starts with 'God is real,' 'There are two genders'
• Transgender Rachel Levine Touts Group That Refers to Women as 'Egg Producers'
• Planned Parenthood Facing $1.8 Billion Tab for Allegedly Fraudulent Claims
• Planned Parenthood Appeals Ruling That Let Neb. Abortion Ban Stand
• Biden White House Bemoans Federal Court Ruling Blocking FDA's Loosened Restrictions on Abortion Pill
• Sinema calls for Biden admin and Tuberville to find 'middle ground' in abortion standoff
• Arizona Attorney General issues tips to maintain privacy when seeking abortions
• Israel police seizes 137,000 cannabis plants in largest op ever
• China Begins Purging Health Sector Post-Pandemic
• New 'very different' COVID-19 variant detected in Israel, Denmark and US
• FDA: Ivermectin Still Not Approved for COVID
• Medical Board Suspends License Of Doctor Critical Of COVID-19 Vaccines
• Google's YouTube Doubles Down on 'Medical Misinformation' Censorship Policy