August 7th, 2025

• ​Starmer denies giving Hamas a 'PR boost' with his Palestine recognition plan
• Pushed to the sidelines: How Egypt lost it's heavyweight standing in the Arab world - As Cairo's regional influence wanes amid economic strain, foreign disinvestment and US indifference, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi struggles to maintain relevance in Gaza ceasefire negotiations
• 'Five IDF Divisions, five months': Netanyahu's Gaza occupation plan to defeat Hamas
• Gaza takeover plan said set to last 4-5 months, focus on Gaza City, Strip's center - Security cabinet expected to okay phased proposal despite top generals' warnings this would endanger hostages; it would drive a million Palestinians southward, while boosting aid
• 'It is possible, necessary to conquer Gaza': Ex-senior official lays out plan to defeat Hamas - Ex-IDF planning chief Erez Wiener says Israel should seize Gaza City, control aid, and relocate civilians, which he says will end the war in 100 days
• Huckabee Says U.S.-Backed Aid Sites in Gaza Will 'Scale Up'
• In reversal, Smotrich says Israel must allocate funds for Gaza aid to win the war
• EU staff urge sanctions on Israel over Gaza crisis, warn against 'silence as complicity'
• 'Your silence is complicity': Brother of Gaza hostage tells UN Security Council - Ilay David shows harrowing images of his skeletal brother Evyatar at emergency UN meeting and accuses world leaders of turning away as hostages are starved by Hamas
• 'He lied to all of us': Country-wide protest tonight to end Gaza war
• Protest flotilla of hostage families sets sail toward Gaza
• BBC: Hamas using secret cash stockpile, looted aid to pay employees and loyalists - British broadcaster cites Gaza sources as saying terror group stashed away $700 million before Oct. 7, wages surreptitiously handed out at 'tea' meetings
• 'Death to the IDF': Vandals Target American IDF Vet With Graffiti, Torched Cars - The attack in St. Louis is an 'example of what happens when antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric are normalized,' local Jewish orgs say
• 'Genocide airline': El Al Paris offices vandalized - Antisemitic vandals struck the Israeli airline's Paris offices in a shocking incident discovered Thursday morning; "When Macron issues declarations that benefit Hamas, these are the consequences," the Israeli Transportation Minister said
• Germany sees alarming rise in antisemitic incidents in 2025 - Antisemitic incidents soar with over 1,000 cases reported, reigniting concerns over growing tolerance for hate and the need for stronger action beyond symbolic statements
• Viral clip showing antisemitc 'prank' in Manchester, sparks outrage
• Suspect in killing of Israeli Embassy staffers charged with hate crimes - Elias Rodriguez eligible for death penalty over May killing of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim outside AJC event in Washington
• FBI: 70% of religious hate crimes in US directed against Jews
• Mahmoud Khalil justifies Oct. 7, downplays antisemitism at Columbia, in NYT interview
• UCLA says Trump administration has suspended $584 million in grants - UCLA is the first public university whose federal grants have been targeted by the administration over allegations of civil rights violations related to antisemitism and affirmative action
• In symbolic move, Slovenia bans West Bank settlement imports over war in Gaza
• Crime Skyrocketing in Israel's Arab Community, Now Has Third-Highest Murder Rate in Developed World
• Police bar Jerusalem's grand mufti from Temple Mount for 6 months, his lawyer says - Attorney for capital's top Muslim cleric says ban is over sermon about Gaza delivered at flashpoint holy site
• Archaeologists Find Rare A.D. 70 Coin in Jerusalem from Time of the Apostles - A dirt-covered coin near the Temple Mount has surfaced with a powerful message etched in ancient Hebrew: "For the Redemption of Zion."
• Newspapers affiliated with Haredi parties declare 'war' over IDF draft after arrests
• Senior Haredi leader threatens 'global struggle like never before' to avoid IDF draft - Ultra-Orthodox party source says community has plans for 'quiet civil disobedience,' while other sources say it has little power to prevent arrests of draft dodgers
• On the Hunt for Spies, Iran Executes a Nuclear Scientist
• Iran drives out 1.5 million Afghans, with some branded spies for Israel
• Syria signs deals worth $14b, including $4b from Qatar for new Damascus airport
• IDF kills Hezbollah terrorist who directed Syrian cells to attack Golan Heights
• Photo Essay: Portraits of survivors of Israel's pager attack on Hezbollah last year
• 'A grave sin': Hezbollah dismisses Lebanon's move to restrict arms
• Islamic extremists killed over 22K in Africa over the past year, study finds
• Assault on Sudan's Zamzam refugee camp may have killed more than 1,500 civilians
• Unexploded World War II bomb found in Dresden, Germany, prompting thousands to evacuate
• 4 European countries agree to buy a combined $1 billion in U.S. weapons for Ukraine
• Peace Talks: Trump 'may meet Vladimir Putin next week in summit with Zelensky' after Don slammed Russia as 'extraordinary threat'
• With Sanctions Looming, Trump's Envoy to Russia Meets With Putin
• Putin meets with Trump's special envoy ahead of deadline for Moscow to agree to end Ukraine war
• Trump says progress made in US envoy Witkoff's meeting with Putin
• Zelensky credits US pressure on Russia for making country seem 'more inclined toward a ceasefire'
• NATO member scrambles jets after Russian drone attack, as Witkoff meets with Putin
• US sends "nuke sniffer" toward Russia after nuclear warning issued
• Putin's 'Skyfall' Nuclear Missile Ready To Bomb? Trump's 'Nuke Sniffer' Scans Russian Bases
• Putin Sends Trump a Warning After His Nuke Sub Threat: 'Be Very, Very Careful'
• Ukraine's Spy Chief: Russia Aiding NKorea Nuke Systems Update
• Russian and Chinese navies practice destroying 'enemy submarine', days after Trump move
• China's 'biggest threat' to US is a 'tech kill-switch' after 'malicious' claims - A cybersecurity expert has warned that China is the biggest technological threat to the West, with Chinese equipment containing 'malicious' computer codes
• Dogs Of War: China Touts Killer Robot 'Wolves'
• Trump: Could Impose More Tariffs on China Over Russian Oil
• Trump Plans 100 Percent Tariff on Computer Chips Not Made in US
• 'I won't humiliate myself': Brazil's president sees no point in tariff talks with Trump
• WSJ: The Tariff Effect: Billions in Revenue but No Economic Earthquake
• Marlow: Every Case Against Trump Started With The Russia Hoax, Even Stormy Daniels Traces Back To It
• Tulsi Gabbard Reveals Deep State Operative James Clapper's Russia Hoax Wasn't His First Intel Scam - He "Manufactured" the WMD Lie That Led to the Iraq War
• Epstein Victim's Family Releases Statement on JD Vance Holding a Scandal 'Strategy Session' at His Home
• Epstein Victims' Families Demand Voice in Administration Strategy Meeting - Virginia Giuffre's relatives call for survivor representation as top Trump officials gather at VP residence
• Trump, Vance: Epstein Meeting Reports 'Fake News'
• Mueller Subpoenaed for Epstein Deposition Despite Reported Memory Care Status - House Oversight Committee demands testimony from former FBI director reportedly living in assisted care facility
• Biden's doctor thought cognitive tests were 'meaningless,' ex-aide Bruce Reed told investigators
• Biden Aide Blames President's Stutter For Bad Debate Performance In Oversight Testimony
• Biden team is ready to drop dirt on Harris if she comes after him, Mark Halperin says
• Biden allies will unload 'Palinesque' stories about Kamala Harris' failings if ex-veep discusses his cognitive decline: report
• Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon Launches Legal Blitz to Clean Up Voter Rolls and Dismantle Democrat's 'Illegal Race-Based Gerrymandering' - "We're Making It Easier to Vote and Harder to Cheat"
• George Soros, Beto O'Rourke behind funding for Dems fleeing Texas over GOP congressional map
• O'Rourke: If We Fail in Texas, We'll Have a Third Trump Term
• Pritzker: Our Maps Are Ridiculous, But Texas Is 'Trying to Steal' Seats
• Obama slammed for claiming Texas redistricting is a 'power grab that undermines our democracy'
• Chicago-Area Bomb Threat Causes AWOL Texas Democrat Lawmakers to Evacuate Hotel
• Abbott Files Lawsuit to Start Removal 'Derelict Democrat Texas House Members' Who Fled State to Block Redistricting Bill
• New York Governor Hochul Pens Texas Op-Ed, Calls GOP Redistricting a 'Legal Insurrection'
• Pro-Trump Nationalist Becomes Poland's New President
• Brazil Tries to Impeach - for the 30th Time - Judge Who Put Jair Bolsonaro Under House Arrest
• It's Finally Comes Out: The Biden Regime Coordinated with Banking Giants to Debank Trump After J6
• Trump preps EO to prevent financial firms from debanking people over politics after he was dropped by JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America
• Free Speech Wins: Judge Sides with Elon Musk and X, Strikes Down California Law Restricting Election Parody Videos
• Library of Congress blames "coding error" for missing sections of online Constitution
• FAA Issues Nationwide Ground Stop for United Airlines Flights at Several Airports Due to 'Technology Issue'
• Chris Cuomo Falls for Embarrassingly Obvious Deepfake of AOC, Who Tells Him, 'Use Your Critical Thinking Skills'
• A politician made an AI clone of himself. The outrage was real.
• British MP Unveils AI Clone to Handle Constituents, Faces Immediate Backlash for 'Lazy' Representation
• China Turns to A.I. in Information Warfare - Documents examined by researchers show how one company in China has collected data on members of Congress and other influential Americans
• As AI Changes Internet Search, Reddit Lies in a Sweet Spot - Reddit's human conversations make it a surprising winner in AI's machine age
• 'Hook Up?' College Kids Schedule Literally Everything on Google Calendar - 'GCal' dictates students' every waking moment, from walks to class to what time they go to bed; It's 'kind of unnatural'
• Beyond Parody: CBS Mornings Host Worries About America 'Colonizing' the Moon, is Reminded There's No Indigenous Population There
• Tulsi Gabbard Goes Full 'X-Files' With New Conspiracy Theory - Gabbard believes aliens might exist—and is hinting there is "classified" material to back her up supposition
• Mysterious interstellar object aiming at Earth 'not natural' as scientists rule out comet theory
• Here we go again! Controversial paper questions whether interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is 'possibly hostile' alien tech in disguise
• White House orders NASA to deliberately destroy two important satellites monitoring climate change
• Trump Moves to Close NASA Missions That Measure Carbon Dioxide
• 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Yonakuni, Japan
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits the West Chile Rise
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Fangale'ounga, Tonga
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Vilyuchinsk, Russia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• Klyuchevskoy volcano enters high-hazard phase, paroxysmal eruption forecast within 72 hours
• Klyuchevskoy volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 40,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 22,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• DHS Moves Some FEMA Staff to ICE as Hurricane Season Hits Peak
• Tropical Storm Ivo forms in the eastern Pacific and could impact coastal Mexico, forecasters say
• Tropical Storm Henriette on track to pass north of Hawaii
• Tropical Storm Dexter lingers in Atlantic; NHC monitoring 2 areas for development
• Rare tornado damages power infrastructure near Smidovich, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia
• Extreme rainfall causes severe flooding in South Korea
• Over 400 pilgrims rescued as severe flash floods hit Kinner Kailash Yatra route, Himachal Pradesh
• 2 dead as heavy rainfall leads to flash flooding in Carolinas
• Wildfires in France and Spain as huge blazes break out in 40C European heatwave
• 'Unprecedented' wildfire burns area size of Paris in southern France
• 1 dead, 11 injured as 1,500 firefighters battle raging wildfires in France
• Giant invasive frogs are wreaking havoc on the West
• New bridge will link popular island to mainland as critics warn of mafia, earthquakes
• US closes its embassy in Haiti amid escalating violence: The armed gangs crisis and Trump's policies to confront it.
• 'These knives destroy lives': Machete 'disposal bins' rolled out ahead of ban in Australian state of Victoria
• 5 soldiers shot in 'active shooter incident' at Fort Stewart in Georgia; suspect in custody, officials say
• General: Fort Stewart Gunman Is Active Duty Soldier
• Army Sgt. Quornelius Radford, 28, named as 'gunman who shot five soldiers' at Fort Stewart as chilling 911 call released - Soldiers tackled the suspect to the ground
• Police Arrest Two 15-Year-Olds in Connection With Beating of Musk Protege 'Big Balls'
• Cincinnati Mob Violence Victim Holly Slams Democrat Leaders For Being Soft on Crime, Says Her Doctors Are "Shocked" She Didn't Die
• Report: ICE Detains Alleged Cuban Regime Torturer Who Entered U.S. via Biden Parole
• ICE Offers, Then Quickly Withdraws, Cash Bonuses for Swiftly Deporting Immigrants - The short-lived effort underscored the mounting pressure on ICE to meet President Trump's aggressive deportation targets
• Patriots Wanted: DHS Drops Age Cap, 80,000 Americans Rush to Join ICE and Help Clean Up Biden's Mess
• Secretary Noem Unveils No Age Limit for Patriotic Americans to Join ICE Law Enforcement to Help Remove Worst of the Worst from U.S.
• DOJ Lists over 30 Sanctuary Cities, States Impeding Law Enforcement
• Florida Reportedly Eyeing Another 'Alligator Alcatraz' at Former WWII POW Camp as Deportations Mount
• Judge Considering Temporarily Shuttering Alligator Alcatraz over Environmental Studies
• Westlake Home Depot raided again, reigniting fears of more sweeps despite judge's order to stop
• Police: Miami Pastor, Accomplice Ran Illegal Immigration Scheme Out of Church
• Uber's Festering Sexual Assault Problem
• NYC opens city-funded shelter ONLY for trans, gender non-conforming 'individuals experiencing homelessness'
• Trump says 2028 Olympic athletes will be tested to prevent transgender competitors
• Cuomo flips script on Mamdani for owning property in Uganda despite its anti-LGBT laws: 'Silence is violence'
• Florida: Illegal Alien Accused of Downloading Files of Child Sexual Abuse, Bestiality
• The quest to create gene-edited babies gets a reboot
• Candy Maker Mars Plans to Gene-Edit Cacao Plants
• Virginia school system investigating claims staff arranged students' abortions without parental consent
• Pro-life group celebrates Planned Parenthood's closing of remaining Louisiana facilities: 'Huge success'
• HHS Says mRNA Vaxxes More Dangerous Than Traditional, Robert F. Kennedy Jr Halts $500M in mRNA Funding
• China fights mosquito-borne chikungunya virus with drones, fines and nets as thousands fall ill
• Legionnaires' disease outbreak: 2 dead and 58 infected amid bacterial outbreak in NYC