August 19th, 2025

• France warns Israel over reported plan to close Jerusalem consulate in response to French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to recognize a Palestinian state, says move would get 'strong response'
• Report: Israeli tanks advancing on Gaza City's Sabra neighborhood
• Under Military Pressure, Hamas Offers to Accept Old Witkoff Proposal
• Hamas informs Egyptian, Qatari mediators it agrees to hostage-ceasefire deal - The proposal would see the release of ten living Israeli hostages in return for a 60-day ceasefire, and the release of 150 terrorists serving life sentences
• Arab diplomat to ToI: Latest Hamas truce proposal erases most of demands that caused talks to collapse
• Hamas says it agrees to latest ceasefire proposal; Netanyahu sounds dismissive
• Katz: Hamas willing to discuss hostage deal due to fear we'll conquer Gaza City
• Far-right ministers warn against Gaza deal as hostages' families demand accord
• Hostage families to Trump: Make the 'deal of all deals' to stop the war, free the hostages - "Your legacy could be defined by this moment - the leader who ended the wars and brought our people home, while creating a future for both our families and the people of Gaza."
• Trump calls for decisive action against Hamas to free hostages
• Trump: Hostages will only be released 'when Hamas is confronted and destroyed'
• Egypt says displacment of Palestinians from Gaza City 'red line' as Gazans evacuate south
• Thousands of Palestinians flee Gaza City, fearing planned Israeli invasion
• Palestinian reports: At least 25 killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes this morning
• Israeli MK Barred from Australia over Fears He'd 'Radicalize Muslims' - Slams Gov't for 'Caving to Terror'
• Israel Expels Australian PA Diplomats in Response to Banning of Visiting Politician
• Israel boots Australian diplomats, orders close look at visa requests as ties sour
• Woke Fatigue: Socialist Party's Pro-Hamas Protest in San Antonio Fails to Draw Crowd
• Brighton 7 October memorial desecrated with faeces again as murdered Nova counsellor's photo targeted
• Canadian TransFest canceled after pro-Gaza LGBTQ activists slam organizers for Zionism - "Sadly, a small group of dedicated pro-Palestinian activists have decided to demand that TransFest take a stand on the war in Gaza. Founder Francis Riley has refused to capitulate to their demands."
• British Paralympic basketball team turn their backs on Israeli squad - As the anthem played, the British team turned their backs to their competitors
• Amsterdam war memorial defaced during pro-Palestinian march - Arrest made after Holocaust remembrance site targeted as 2,000 demonstrators rally in Dutch capital
• Schools in Pakistan promote hostility toward Jews and Israel, report finds - Jews are frequently accused of treachery and Israel is demonized in textbooks, education watchdog IMPACT-se says
• Leading Haredi rabbi on IDF draft: 'Jews persecute Jews over Torah study'
• Israeli activists briefly cross Syria border in bid to establish settlement - IDF brings families with children back, pans their 'grave' actions after they try to set up new community 'Nave Habashan'
• Israel takes official step to end UN mission in Southern Lebanon - Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar submits official request to US, citing UNIFIL's failure to prevent Hezbollah's entrenchment south of Litani River
• UN Security Council begins debates to extend UNIFIL mission in Lebanon - As peacekeeping force's mandate expires on August 31, French draft proposes renewing it for one year to give Lebanon a chance to disarm Hezbollah before winding it down
• US envoy nears Lebanon-Israel ceasefire that would disarm Hezbollah terror group - US envoy asks Israel to provide 'equal handshake' after Lebanon backs Hezbollah disarmament
• An Unprecedented Crackdown in South Korea: Former President and First Lady Jailed, 5 Million Party Members Targeted
• Russian drone strikes kill 7 in Kharkiv during Zelenskyy's White House meeting with Trump - Toddler and teenager among victims in Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia attacks on Monday
• Flag Fury: Moment warped Russian soldiers taunt Ukraine by flying an American flag into battle ahead of crunch Zelensky-Trump talks - The captured armoured personnel is seen speeding down a road hours after Russia launched another deadly assault on war-torn Ukraine
• On the Day of US Peace Summit, Ukraine Attacks Druzhba Pipeline, Cutting Flow of Russian Oil to Hungary - Budapest and Kiev Clash on Social Media
• One Day Before Meeting with President Trump at White House Zelensky Says Ukraine's Constitution makes Ceding Land to Russia "Impossible"
• Commentary: Putin's "land swap" is really a grab for Ukraine's fortress belt - He wants Trump to secure for him what Russia's army cannot
• Trump spars with European leader during Ukraine talks over key step to peace - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned 'the next steps ahead are the more complicated ones'
• EU leaders urge Trump toward security guarantees for Ukraine
• Ukraine Offers $100B Weapons Deal to Obtain US Guarantees
• Fred Fleitz: Ukraine Security Guarantees a 'Game Changer'
• Trump Reveals that Putin Agreed to Accept Security Guarantees for Ukraine - "the European Nations are Going to Take a Lot of The Burden"
• Trump promises 'very good protection' for Ukraine ahead of peace talks
• Trump meets with Zelensky in the Oval Office to discuss 'lasting peace' ahead of 'trilateral' negotiations
• Zelensky Says Meeting with President Trump was "Very Good" - Says he Hopes for Trilateral Meeting with Russia and US
• Trump moves to broker Putin-Zelenskyy meeting following DC peace talks
• Trump says he's arranging a meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin after hosting Ukrainian leader - Trump didn't rule out the possibility of American troops' helping to guarantee peace between Ukraine and Russia should the leaders reach an agreement
• Trump Calls Putin During Talks With Europeans, Makes Plan for Zelensky-Putin Peace Meeting - Predicts Deal Within Weeks
• Hot Mic Catches Trump Telling French President Emmanuel Macron "I Think He [Putin] Wants to Make a Deal" Before Multilateral Meeting
• Senate signals readiness to hit Russia with hard sanctions if peace deal fails
• Trump says 'fake news' wants Ukraine peace talks to fail
• Trump Says Russia-Ukraine War Is the Last Conflict He Needs to Resolve
• US Cancels Scheduled Trade Talks with India Amid Escalating Tariff Tensions
• Georgia man arrested for threatening to assassinate President Trump
• US Attorney announces arrest of NY woman who traveled to DC and threatened to kill Trump
• DOJ To Hand Over Epstein Documents to Oversight Committee This Friday
• Bill Barr testifies he didn't see info that would 'implicate' Trump in Epstein case, Comer says - Ex-Attorney General Barr is testifying behind closed doors to the House Oversight Committee
• Comer, Crockett clash over Barr's Epstein testimony as ex-Trump AG ends four-hour House grilling - Comer accused Dems of trying to 'dig up dirt' on Trump in the Epstein probe
• House Oversight Committee Withdraws Subpoena for Mueller Due to Health Issues
• Liberal Judges Gut Congressional Authority - Hand Power Back to Unelected DC Bureaucrats by Shredding the Congressional Review Act
• 'Breaking the Law': President Trump Warns Rampant Judge-Shopping Is the Left's 'Final Weapon' That Could 'Take Down America'
• Party of the People: Obama and Other Democrat Elitists Holding Fundraiser for Redistricting Efforts on Posh Martha's Vineyard
• Trump vows to target mail-in ballots ahead of 2026 midterm election
• Trump says he will sign executive order and lead 'movement' against mail-in voting
• CNN: Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle Dominion lawsuit over network's 2020 election lies
• Andrew Tate Hits TikTok & Zuckerberg's Meta For $100M For Kicking Ex-Kickboxer Off Platforms Back In 2022: "It's Good Vs Evil," Accused Rapist Insists
• Paper resumes, trick questions, in-person job interviews: Hiring is going old school to escape AI slop
• Josh Hawley to Investigate if Meta AI Bots Enabled 'Criminal Harms to Children'
• Trump's AI plan is a bulwark against the rising threat from China - Wyoming's coal and natural gas resources critical to powering America's AI revolution
• Hijacked satellites and orbiting space weapons: In the 21st century, space is the new battlefield
• Shallow M5.8 earthquake in Central Sulawesi kills one, injures 41; church collapse and minor tsunami reported
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Ushuaia, Argentina
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits south of Tonga
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Vilyuchinsk, Russia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Shikabe, Japan
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Jurm, Afghanistan
• Lewotobi volcano eruption sends ash cloud to 9.8 km (32,000 feet), Indonesia
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 24,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 22,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 21,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Dempo volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Category 4 Hurricane Erin located just east of southeast Bahamas, life-threatening surf expected along U.S. East Coast
• Tropical Storm, Storm Surge Watches issued for North Carolina coast from Hurricane Erin's vicious outer bands
• Pakistani villagers scared to go back to deluged homes after floods kill over 340
• Rescuers look for 150 people still missing in Pakistan's northwest following floods
• Southern Minnesota soaked: 2 months of rain in just days - Heavy rainfall poses river flooding risk
• Historic drought, wheat shortage to test Syria's new leadership
• Record Spanish wildfires close part of Camino de Santiago route
• Coal freighter explodes in Baltimore Harbor - The Baltimore County Fire Department confirmed an explosion occurred on a coal tanker near the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed in 2024
• Times Square Subway Evacuated as Bomb Squad Investigates Suspicious Package
• 'Make Our Streets Safe Again!' - Thousands Protest Migrant Hotels Across England as Movement Grows
• DHS slams Gavin Newsom for falsely claiming illegal immigrant trucker who killed 3 in Florida was granted work permit by Trump admin
• 'The cemetery of living men': Trump deportees tell of abuse in secretive mega-jail in El Salvador
• Who is Kathleen Williams, the Miami judge who could shut down Alligator Alcatraz?
• 3 more GOP governors authorize deployment of National Guard troops as part of Trump show of force
• Evidence builds that DC crime stats were manipulated, as Trump calls for investigation
• Over 400 arrests made in DC amid Trump admin crackdown on crime
• Washington DC restaurants suffer sharp drop in diners since Trump crackdown - Eating out drops by up to 31% amid federal takeover of policing that Democrats call 'stunt' to distract from Epstein
• State Dept revokes over 6,000 student visas over assault, support of terrorism, overstays
• Antifa to hold 'sleepover' in Seattle park ahead of Christian concert to 'greet the fascist bright and early'
• Baltimore Ravens superstar QB Lamar Jackson is facing a left-wing cancel mob after reposting a message of faith from Charlie Kirk: "It's all about Jesus"
• Son of Norway's crown princess charged with rape and domestic violence
• Israeli Official Caught Up in Nevada Pedophile Sting Allowed to Flee Country
• ABC's 'GMA' Promotes Sex-Swapped Broadway Play About 'Closeted Gay' President: 'Abraham Lincoln Is Now a Trans Woman'
• Costco will not sell abortion pills, cites 'lack of demand'
• 'Pregnancy robots' could give birth to human children in revolutionary breakthrough - and a game-changer for infertile couples
• Blue-and-white breakthrough: Israel to perform first-ever transplant of lab-grown spinal cord
• A drop of saliva, a world of secrets: DNA tests reshape identity and raise ethical questions - From an American woman who found her father after 57 years to Israeli adoptees uncovering hidden roots, consumer DNA tests reveal family secrets, spark halachic debates, and raise concerns about privacy and identity
• Why Is Martha's Vineyard Going Vegan? It's All About Tick Bites.
• Meat, dairy allergies from tick bites "skyrocketing" on Martha's Vineyard, expert says
• Valley fever cases spike to record levels in West Coast state, health officials warn
• NYC Legionnaires' disease cluster grows to more than 100 cases, including 4 deaths - Health officials suspect the bacteria that causes the disease, Legionella, originated cooling towers
• Actress Jenny McCarthy Says the Government Launched a Smear Campaign Against Her for Speaking Out on Her Son's Vaccine Injury
• Two physicians sue CDC over 'aggressive' child vaccine program - The doctors also highlighted that vaccine recommendations from the CDC often become state law, even if there's little cumulative research to back up the recommendations
• New COVID variants spark global concern as Israel's vaccination rates plummet - Despite new variants driving hospitalizations, fewer than 1% of Israelis got vaccinated this year - among the lowest rates worldwide
• Chris Pratt Says RFK Jr. Is 'Great' and Hating Trump Shouldn't Detract From 'Any Success From His Administration': RFK Is 'Getting Toxic Stuff Out of Kids Food' and 'That's a Great Thing'