August 4th, 2025

• Dividing Israel, Defying God: The World's Dangerous Path Toward Judgment
• Starmer plan to recognize Palestinian state could destabilize international system, top British legal expert warns - Malcolm Shaw reportedly warns Starmer's plan to recognize Palestinian state could destabilize global legal norms; legal opinion adds pressure as Hamas vows not to disarm without full statehood and sovereign capital in Jerusalem
• Far-right Israeli minister prays at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site, breaching decades-old agreement
• Ben-Gvir joined by thousands for prayer at Temple Mount - Associates of Ben-Gvir hailed the moment as "a monumental change that hasn't happened in a thousand years," adding that his policy is to ensure freedom of worship for Jews
• If Israel is committing genocide, it's 'really bad at it': Mike Huckabee - U.S. Amb. to Israel and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee weighs in on the conflict between Israel and Palestine
• Jonathan Whittall: I saw many atrocities as a senior aid official in Gaza. Now Israeli authorities are trying to silence us
• Palestinians report 23 killed near Gaza aid sites, 6 starvation deaths in past day
• Hamas says it's open to Red Cross request 'to bring food and medicine' to hostages if Israel opens aid corridors
• European countries slam videos of emaciated hostages, call on Hamas to disarm - German leader urges Israel not to 'respond to Hamas's cynicism' by halting aid deliveries to Gaza after release of footage of Rom Braslavski and Evyatar David
• Monsters: Videos of Hamas Forcing Starving, Emaciated Hostage to Dig His Own Grave, "Living Skeleton," World Media Ignores Horror - Day after sickening images of emaciated hostage Evytar David forced to dig own grave, senior Hamas leader Ghazi Hamad says: "The initiative by several countries to recognize a Palestinian state is one of the fruits of Oct 7."
• U.S. and Israeli Officials Float Idea of 'All or Nothing' Gaza Deal
• PM said seeking 'decisive military victory' in Gaza, putting hostage families on edge
• 'We are on the precipice of defeat': Former IDF chiefs of staff, intel chiefs demand end to Gaza war
• Over 600 former Mossad, Shin Bet officials ask Trump to compel Netanyahu to end the war
• Protesters block Tel Aviv's Ayalon Highway in call to release hostages, end war
• Tens of Thousands Join Pro-Palestinian March Over Sydney Harbour Bridge
• Sydney Harbour Bridge pro-Palestine protest so busy it was 'perilous', police chief says
• Montreal Pride Parade bans Jewish groups from march over 'spreading hateful discourse'
• Israel's new aliyah plan will try to entice wealthy and highly skilled Jews to immigrate
• 'Historic correction': 20 years after evacuation, Sa-Nur settlement to return - "What enabled the Holocaust of October 7, which led us to horror and the continuing war, is directly the expulsion from Gush Katif and northern Samaria," Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan said
• Palestinian American dies of smoke inhalation in West Bank after settlers set fires to cars, homes
• IDF raids weapons trafficking sites in Syria - IDF soldiers remain deployed in the area to prevent the entrenchment of terrorist elements in Syria
• Renewed violence in Syria's Sweida kills two as armed groups fight government forces - War monitor says Syrian security forces member killed along with a 'local fighter' as violence erupts again weeks after deadly sectarian strife shook the Druze region
• Tensions high as new violence spirals in Syria's Suwayda despite ceasefire - State media says armed groups violated the truce agreed in the predominantly Druze region
• Russian oil depot in Sochi set ablaze by Ukrainian drone strike - Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomes long-range attack on Black Sea facility as drone and missile exchanges continue
• Russian missile and drone strikes injure at least 18 across Ukraine
• Home by Home, Russia Is Selling Occupied Ukraine to Russians - Kremlin-linked construction firms reap profits from redevelopment of housing destroyed by Russia's invasion
• Ukraine urges Trump admin to 'strangle' Russian economy amid nuclear tensions - U.S.-Russia tensions are escalating amid Trump's ceasefire ultimatum
• Trump says US special envoy Witkoff may travel to Russia, threatens sanctions - "There'll be sanctions, but they seem to be pretty good at avoiding sanctions," Trump told reporters
• Trump's tariffs are sending African countries into China's hands
• Larry Summers says Trump's accusations of manipulated jobs numbers are 'preposterous' - Summers also criticized the firing of a top Bureau of Labor Statistics official
• NYT: Trump Fired America's Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils. Economists say unbiased data is essential for policymaking, and for democracy
• NYT: Trump's Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook - In firing the head of the agency that collects employment statistics, the president underscored his tendency to suppress facts he doesn't like and promote his own version of reality
• Putin Widens Effort to Control Russia's Internet - The introduction of a state-approved messaging app has raised fears that Russia could be preparing to block WhatsApp and Telegram
• MAGA infighting continues as Laura Loomer blasts Tucker Carlson as a 'fraud' and 'terrible person' in latest rant - The two popular right-wing figureheads have been increasingly critical of each other as their positions on Trump's foreign policy continue to pull in opposite directions
• 'Rage Against the Regime' protests planned across US
• Texas Democrats Flee State to Block GOP Congressional Redistricting - AG Paxton Calls For Their Arrest
• Texas Republicans say 'hunt down' Democrats who are leaving state over redistricting
• Jasmine Crockett says 60% of Texas congressional districts must be majority 'people of color'
• Supreme Court to consider ban on race-based congressional redistricting to narrow Voting Rights Act
• Bend, OR officials weighed pulling Juneteenth event funding over organizer's anti-white Facebook post
• Fighter jets scrambled after civilian aircraft violates Trump airspace at New Jersey Bedminster - NORAD used flares to escort civilian plane from restricted zone over Bedminster
• The rise of AI tools that write about you when you die
• Apparent AI mistakes force two judges to retract separate rulings - The errors in both cases come as the number of US adults embracing AI continues to grow
• High Magnitude Aftershocks Rock Russia Following Quake That Sparked Tsunami
• 6.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits the western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Vilyuchinsk, Russia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Buala, Solomon Islands
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Vilyuchinsk, Russia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Vilyuchinsk, Russia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Tarauaca, Brazil
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Vilyuchinsk, Russia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• Record tsunami waves cause nearly USD 1 million in damages at Crescent City Harbor, California
• Klyuchevskoy volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 35,000ft
• Krasheninnikov volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 20,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 19,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Invest 95L off US East Coast likely to become Tropical Storm Dexter as Southeast braces for flooding rain
• Report: Christian-majority countries declining worldwide - UK, Australia, France and Uruguay no longer majority Christian
• Pope Leo XIV wins over more than 120,000 youth at the jubilee of youth.
• China arrests pastor on charges of 'illegal business operations'
• Illegal Aliens at Trump's 'Alligator Alcatraz' Enter Day 10 of Hunger Strike, Demand VIP Treatment
• Trump administration denies daily quota for immigration arrests
• Labour targets anti-migrant protesters with terrorist tracking software - Whitehall 'disinformation' unit this week revealed to have flagged 'concerning' narratives about asylum seekers during Southport riots
• At least 68 African migrants killed after boat capsizes off Yemen coast, U.N. says
• Amsterdam Pride parade blends celebration and protest in LGBTQ+ show of solidarity
• Longevity Firms Push Montana to Become Hub for Biohacking, Experimental Treatments - 'Right to Try' laws aim to boost access to unapproved therapies, but hurdles and safety concerns linger
• Cancer cure? Russia commences human trials of revolutionary personalized cancer vaccine
• Notoriously Liberal Circuit Court Rules LA Covid Vax Mandate Must Stand - Even If It Doesn't Work: 'Efficacy is Irrelevant'
• Childhood Vaccination Rates Continue to Drop: CDC Data
• Shocking: FDA Commissioner Dr. Makary Says NIH 'Brewed Up a Virus That Killed 20 Million People Worldwide'