August 23rd, 2026

• ​The undisputed answer to Israel's legitimacy: The Dead Sea Scrolls - Ancient biblical history can speak louder than modern politics, says peace advocate
• The Middle East's 'peace architecture' may be giving rise to an anti-Israel bloc - Instead of building peace, we are building a system in which Israel's enemies keep their weapons while Israel's friends gain the power to tell Israel when it may use its own
• Iran executes man accused of being an agent of Israel and US during January protests
• Iran Says the World Has Accepted It Has Defeated the US
• Error #404: 'Leader not found': No one has seen Mojtaba Khamenei, so who's running Iran?
• Slain Ayatollah Khamenei wanted to end conflict with US through peace talks, Iranian president claims
• Iran Says Regime Must Overcome 'Unjust' Economic Pressure as US Vows to Impose 'Toughest Sanctions in History'
• Iran says any country cooperating with new US sanctions will be 'considered an enemy' - US has presented new sanctions as 'toughest in history,' is urging China - one of Tehran's top trading partners - to cooperate; oil traffic through Hormuz still near a standstill
• Surging Somali Pirates Seize Another Cargo Ship off the Coast of Yemen, in the Sixth Vessel Hijacking Since April
• Gaza is running out of places to bury the dead
• IDF says Hamas tunnel commander and Oct. 7 hostage-holder killed in Gaza strikes - Army also says 2 Palestinians cross Yellow Line in separate incidents, one shot and one detained; kites from Gaza land in southern Israel, without any objects attached
• Entering politics, ex-IDF general blasts 3 years of war without a 'decisive result' - Controversial hawkish former commander Ofer Winter - set to launch a new political party next week - accuses sitting government of still living in pre-October 7 mindset
• Ra'am's Abbas says Palestinian state 'a reality,' drawing outrage from Zionist parties - Arab party chairman tells delegates he wants to be part of the opposition 'change bloc,' but immediately draws censure from that bloc's leaders
• Four Palestinians said injured Saturday in separate settler attacks across West Bank - Car overturns in Ramallah area, allegedly due to stone-throwing settlers; three Palestinians arrested over previous day's clash that left Palestinian teen dead; no Israelis detained
• IDF warns West Bank on brink of escalation due to settler violence - report
• Pro-Israel Group Calls for Mark Ruffalo Boycott Until He Apologizes, Retracts 'Antisemitic' Ellison Remarks
• Bill Maher blasts Democratic Party, says it is fine with religion 'as long as that faith isn't Jewish'
• Netanyahu's office scorns Turkish regime threat to arrest PM - "Erdogan is an antisemitic dictator who has massacred Kurds, harbors Hamas terrorists, occupies half of Cyprus, and jails record numbers of journalists."
• Turkey in Syria: Why Israel Fears Erdogan's Growing Influence in Damascus
• Trump Envoy Barrack Says Israel Risked 'World War III,' Critics See Pro-Turkey Bias
• US envoy suggests Israeli strike in Syria sought to 'bait' Turkey ahead of elections - Katz says claim 'full of inaccuracies,' Jerusalem made diplomatic effort to avoid recent bombing of base near Turkish border; Tom Barrack confirms Mossad chief spoke with Syrian FM ahead of strike
• Ex-Mossad official: Turkey unlikely to risk military clash with Israel despite Erdogan's ambitions - "Neither side is interested in a military confrontation, certainly not at the present time. That is completely contrary to Erdogan's outlook,"
• IDF drone strike in south Syria targets operative 'in final stages' of planning attacks
• Syria says Israeli strike near Damascus violation of international law
• On anniversary of gas attack, Syria asks to join anti-chemical weapons partnership - Bid announced at commemoration for Assad's 2013 sarin attack on a Damascus suburb; France welcomes Syria's commitment to strengthening accountability
• Myanmar military strike kills 14 people at a Buddhist monastery, opposition group says
• Putin vows crushing retaliation as Ukraine opens 'Pandora's box'
• Russian expert warns of impending social crisis as Ukraine death toll rises
• The Iran war is pushing U.S. allies and rivals to a risky new frontier for global trade: The Arctic
• As Europe Becomes Increasingly Militarized, Norway Expands New Arctic Brigade, Strengthening NATO's Northern Border
• Carney Stands Up to Trump in Trade War Despite the Risks
• US imposes 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products as trade talks collapse - Canadian PM Carney vows to retaliate, says 'America has changed' and he recognizes the two countries won't return 'to our old relationship'
• Radical 'Maoist' Faction of the DSA Says AOC is Too 'Moderate' to Run for President in 2028
• New York Times Journo Admits the DSA Wants to 'Take Out the Entire Constitutional System'
• Trump-Hating Billionaire Mark Cuban Jokes He'd Run for President as a Republican in 2028: "I Can't Win as a Democrat, Not With the DSA"
• Head US Islamic org to use $140 million in tithes to finance campaigns of Muslims running for office
• USPS publishes rule to block mail-in ballots from states that don't provide voter lists - The rule aligns with Trump's executive order but cannot take effect under an existing federal court injunction
• Attorney David Clements Torches the Legal Establishment After Education Department Moves to Strip the Corrupt American Bar Association of Its Power to Accredit Law Schools: "The Bar Is One of the Most Corrupt Entities on Earth"
• Major First Amendment Victory: D.C. Circuit Overturns Verdict Against James O'Keefe, Rules Undercover Journalism Is Protected Speech
• U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone's Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk - Samuel Tunick, who faces a felony charge for deleting his phone's data during an airport customs search, called the government's peering into people's private lives "creepy."
• Data Center Backlash Crosses Party Lines Ahead of Midterms
• Flock Safety CEO calls for national 'compromise' amid camera sabotage and public revolt
• Elon Musk says Optimus and Grok could transform universal medical care in major health breakthrough - Musk argues that global healthcare systems struggle not due to a lack of money, but because human specialists and top-tier surgeons are scarce, expensive, and limited by how fast humans can learn
• Chinese robot runs 100m sprint quicker than Usain Bolt's world record
• Scientists uncover potentially significant movement at one of America's most dangerous fault lines
• M5.9 quake strikes eastern Japan including Tokyo, disrupting trains
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 17,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Typhoon Saudel rapidly intensifies, passes close to Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands
• Tropical Storm Moke to sideswipe Hawaii with heavy rain, renewed flood risk
• Wildfires Expose - and Detonate - Buried Bombs From WWI and WWII
• Nigeria Christian Massacre: Unarmed Watchman Shot, Family Murdered in Mangu LGA
• Nigeria: Jihadis kidnap dozens during Friday prayers - Witnesses said men carrying guns and machetes set upon two villages in Niger State
• Pennsylvania teen said 'demons' made him stab girlfriend to death, hide body with his mom: police
• Alleged New York ISIS bomb plotter threatened to kill roommates, blow up their apartment building: report
• Federal judge blasts Rubio's 75-country visa freeze as 'Orwellian,' strikes down policy - Judge Jeannette Vargas directed the government to revisit cases in which applicants were denied under the 75-country freeze
• Two Dead, Twelve Missing as Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Tunisian Coast
• ICE Arrests Migrant Who Caused Traffic Death After Democrats Released Him 3 Times
• Syrian Migrant Mohammed Abdullah Jailed for Raping Woman at British Beachfront
• Biden Illegal Alien Busted After Filming Herself Committing a Shocking Act of Child Abuse and Setting Her Kitchen Ablaze
• Virginia mother charged with murder of 17-month-old twin sons drowned in bathtub
• Ohio mom charged with murder of her daughters buried in suitcases, pleads not guilty, competency evaluation ordered