August 21st, 2024

• ​IDF recovers bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza, including one hitherto presumed alive
• Six hostages' bodies retrieved from Gaza tunnels, says IDF
• 'They could have been saved': Relatives of returned dead hostages voice deep frustration
• Hamas sends threatening calls, messages to hostage relatives from loved ones phones - Families of hostages received alarming messages demanding ransom payments and threatening that without action, they may never see their loved ones again
• Hostage's mother claims Mossad chief told her deal 'impossible' because of politics
• Netanyahu demands swift release of living hostages, control of 'security assets'
• Meeting hardline hostage relatives, Netanyahu says 'not sure there will be a deal'
• Netanyahu, accused of 'abandoning' hostages, says cease-fire deal may not happen
• Report: Netanyahu recently met with Smotrich twice to try and persuade him to support hostage deal
• Netanyahu accuses Hamas of being 'completely obstinate' in Gaza cease-fire talks
• US official says Netanyahu's 'maximalist' remarks not helpful in reaching hostage deal
• Hamas says Biden shows 'blind bias' toward Israel in cease-fire talks
• Blinken urges 'maximum flexibility' from Israel and Hamas in hostage-ceasefire talks
• After Israel trip, Blinken meets Egypt's Sissi as he looks to shore up ceasefire deal
• Biden says Hamas 'backing away' from hostage-ceasefire deal, as Blinken heads to Egypt
• Blinken: Ceasefire deal needs to happen in coming days, trying to get Hamas on board with 'bridging proposal'
• Starmer speaks with Netanyahu, discusses urgent need for 'regional de-escalation'
• Revolutionary Guard says wait for Iran's retaliation against Israel 'could be long'
• Iran says it will not take 'hasty action' against Israel for killing of Hamas political leader
• IRGC founder to 'Post': Iran unable to sustain long-term war with Israel - exclusive
• For second straight night, Israel said to launch airstrikes in Lebanon's Baalbek
• Hezbollah fires 115 rockets at Israel after IDF hits weapons depots in east Lebanon
• Gallant: Israel's 'center of gravity' gradually moving from Gaza to the northern front
• Blinken: US won't accept a long-term occupation of Gaza
• Israel strikes market and school in Gaza, killing at least 20 Palestinians
• Twelve killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school, civil defence says
• Gaza City footage shows scale of destruction caused by Israeli bombardments
• Countries fueling Israel's Gaza war may be complicit in war crimes, experts warn
• Amid troop shortage, IDF begins calling up 15,000 previously released reservists
• Israeli diplomat laments 'institutional support' Chicago providing to anti-Israel protesters
• Chicago Democrats let anti-Israel protesters march, but block pro-Israel Jews during DNC
• 13 protesters arrested after clashing with police at Gaza ceasefire rally near DNC
• Cook County State's Attorney Preemptively Announces that DNC Protesters Will Not Be Prosecuted
• Gaza activists disrupt DNC Women's Caucus, scream 'stop killing women in Gaza' - "Stop killing women in Gaza."
• New fencing goes up outside DNC a day after pro-Palestinian protesters breach outer barrier
• Democratic National Convention hotels 'hit with bomb threats and anti-Semitic notes'
• Heavy Police and SWAT Response to Gunman Barricaded in Store Near DNC Convention in Chicago
• Anti-Israel protesters disrupt Orthodox Jewish group's DNC side event about domestic antisemitism
• Jewish organizations warn against AfD ahead of key polls in Germany - In a brochure published Tuesday, the AfD is described as an "right-wing extremist" and "anti-Western" party with a "blatantly anti-Semitic ideology."
• Candace Owen's father in law Lord Farmer distances himself from her antisemitic rant
• German cookie company apologizes for forced labor of Jews during Holocaust
• Belarusian president claims Ukraine is 'pushing' Russia to strike with nuclear weapons
• Fierce fighting in Russia as Ukrainian forces attempt to seize more territory
• Ukrainian military says its forces have captured more territory in Russia in two weeks than Putin's troops have seized in Ukraine this year
• Ukraine Has Destroyed or Damaged All 3 Bridges over Russia's Seym River, Russian Sources Say
• Ukraine destroys 3rd key bridge, threatening to cut off Russian troops, amid incursion, Russian military bloggers say
• Russia says captured key hub of New York in east Ukraine
• Russia Hunts Down Deserters to Backfill Its Massive War Losses
• Joe Biden Reportedly Orders U.S. Forces to Prepare for Possible Coordinated Nuclear Confrontations with Russia, China, and North Korea
• Biden Approved Secret Nuclear Strategy Refocusing on Chinese Threat
• Report: Venezuela Gets Rich Sending Oil Tankers to U.S. Even After Sham Election
• Another Titan Linked to Fraud Trial Missing in Superyacht Disaster
• Trump-Appointed Judge Smacks Down Hunter Biden's Bid to Dismiss Federal Tax Indictment
• Biden says he dropped out of 2024 race so Dems could focus on House, Senate seats - "No one influenced my decision."
• Stephen Colbert Mocks DNC Day One: Biden Proved He Can Stay Up Past 8 P.M.
• "Large Sections" of Empty Seats as Delegates Walked Out Early on Angry Joe Biden's DNC Speech: Report
• Joe Biden addresses DNC, spreads multiple hoaxes about Trump, claims Democracy has 'prevailed' despite being replaced by Kamala
• Warnock tells Democratic National Convention that election is choice between promise, peril
• "He should try reading it": Raphael Warnock calls out Trump for hawking $60 Bibles - "The lie and the logic of January 6 is a sickness," Warnock said at his Democratic National Convention speech
• Report: DNC Speakers Mention 'Trump' 130 More Times than 'Crime,' 'Inflation,' and 'Border' Combined
• ABC presidential debate moderator links Trump to KKK in DNC interview
• Republican leader in Montgomery County swatted after publicly endorsing Kamala Harris
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Running Mate Says They Are Considering Dropping Out and Endorsing Donald Trump - DNC Planted Insiders In Their Campaign
• New Secret Service Docs Show Shocking Lodging Costs For Agents on Travel with 'Party Boy' Doug Emhoff as Trump Was Repeatedly Denied Requests For Additional Security
• Grassley, Loudermilk: DHS Must Stop Interfering in Inspector General Investigations
• Nevada Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Democrats: Declines to Block Election Officials from Withholding Certification in Cases of Fraud
• RNC asks Supreme Court to block 41,000 Arizona voters over citizenship proof
• Trump attorney was targeted by hackers, sources say
• Climbers narrowly escape death after eruption at Mount Dukono, Indonesia
• Mudflows impact 497 buildings in Issyk-Kul district, Kyrgyzstan
• Waterspout outbreak off the coast of northern Italy and Sardinia
• Six people missing and one dead after tornado sinks luxury yacht off Sicily
• Sunday's massive rainfall may have been most in Connecticut history: NWS
• Texas Grid Faces Biggest Test of Summer With Extreme Heat
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Shikotan, Russia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 23,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 19,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
• Massive Sculpture of Monkey-Headed God Raised Over US City: At 90 Feet Tall, It's the Third-Tallest Statue in America
• A North Carolina woman dies after going on a Vodou retreat in Haiti. Her son wants answers.
• Accused serial killer dubbed 'vampire' and suspected of killing 42 women escapes custody
• Sen. Blackburn rolls out resolution condemning 'border czar' Kamala Harris
• 291,000 of migrant children may be unaccounted for under Biden-Harris admin: DHS report
• Trump proposes death penalty for human trafficking
• Milei's Government Protects Children from Gender Ideology and Bans Inclusive Language in the Armed Forces
• New Star Wars Series 'The Acolyte' That Recently Featured Lesbian Space Witches Gets Canceled After Just One Season
• Kate Cox, Texas woman denied an abortion, announces she's pregnant again
• Dem Gov Dismissively Suggests Vance Family Member Be Impregnated by Rape in Attempt to Knock His Abortion Stance
• Arizona Supreme Court clears way for voters to decide on constitutional right to abortion
• Beyond Restoring Roe: Democrats See Moment to 'Reimagine' Abortion Rights
• Planned Parenthood offers free abortions and vasectomies at mobile clinic near DNC to 'show what is possible'
• Pure Evil: Planned Parenthood Reportedly Ends Lives of 25 Innocent Babies with Medicated Abortions Offered at the DNC
• Another Lie? Tim Walz Says "Thank God for IVF" For Giving Him His Children - His Own Wife is Forced to Clarify They Did Not Use IVF
• Campaigners strongly criticise Scotland's assisted suicide plans
• US pharmaceutical companies ran drug trials with Chinese military for more than a decade, House committee reveals