December 14th, 2025

• ​UN General Assembly passes resolution urging Israel to cooperate With UNRWA despite Hamas ties
• Israel says no to UN resolution demanding it work with UNRWA - "Israel will not forget the crimes against humanity committed by UNRWA workers" on Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon said
• UN backs ICJ declaration that UNRWA isn't infiltrated by Hamas; Israel denounces vote - Head of Palestinian welfare agency hails 'strong endorsement' from General Assembly; US slams 'unserious and biased' resolution, condemns UNWRA as 'a Hamas subsidiary complicit in Oct. 7'
• ISF will not fight Hamas, say US officials, who still seek to deploy force next month - US military to host conference with over 25 countries in Doha next week to discuss plans for International Stabilization Force; it remains unclear how Hamas will be disarmed
• Gaza stabilization force proposal by U.S. gets pushback from Russia, China and Arabs
• US presses other countries to send troops to Gaza, but none have stepped forward yet
• US asked over 70 countries to support proposed Gaza stabilization force - report
• Israeli non-profit mobilizes over 100,000 volunteers to save farms after Oct 7 Hamas attacks
• Gaza storms kill 14 Palestinians, including 3 children
• IDF says it killed terrorist who crossed Gaza ceasefire line
• Israel Says It Killed Senior Hamas Commander, Despite Cease-Fire
• IDF: Top Hamas commander Raad Saad, a key planner of Oct. 7, killed in Gaza City strike - 3 others said killed in airstrike on terror group's No. 2; Netanyahu, Katz say assassination a response to IED that lightly hurt 2 reservists in Strip's south
• Israel said to hope killing of Raad Saad doesn't delay return of last hostage's body
• US briefly withheld some intel from Israel under Biden over concerns on Gaza conduct - Sources say US also limited how Israel could use certain intelligence to pursue high-value targets in Gaza, add that Biden rejected request from officials to formally cut off access
• Top ADL civil rights lay leader quits, accusing group of being 'useful idiot' for Trump - Joe Berman cites failure to respond aggressively to antisemitism on the right, narrowing of focus from broader civil rights issues to antisemitism and anti-Zionism only
• West Bank violence is soaring, fueled by a capitulation of Israeli institutions to settlers' interests
• Cabinet legalizes 19 West Bank outposts, including 2 vacated in 2005 disengagement - Move unanimously approved, US was notified ahead of time, report says; PA slams 'annexation, apartheid and complete Judaization of Palestinian land'
• IDF says troops killed Palestinian who threw bomb at them in West Bank
• Lebanese FM: Beirut has been warned of possible Israeli offensive against Hezbollah - Youssef Rajji says Lebanon seeking to prevent escalation and negotiate terror group's disarmament; denounces Iran as 'source of instability'
• In first, IDF calls off attack on Hezbollah after Lebanese army springs into action
• IDF postpones planned strike on alleged Hezbollah site as Lebanese army searches it - After Israel issues evacuation warning, Lebanese Armed Forces request via ceasefire mechanism to access building in south Lebanon, leading to rare pausing of declared strike
• Report: US commandos raided ship headed to Iran from China with military-related items - Intel showed components could be destined for missile program, Wall Street Journal says; Iran reports seizing tanker transporting 'contraband' oil in Gulf of Oman
• Iran raises gas prices for first time since deadly 2019 protests - As its currency tanks amid global sanctions, the Islamic Republic moves to rein in massive energy subsidies, but is hesitant to provoke war-wary public
• 2 US troops, civilian interpreter killed in attack by member of Syrian security forces - CENTCOM says 'ambush' carried out by a 'lone ISIS gunman' who was killed in the incident; Syria claims its 'prior warnings' of likely Islamic State 'infiltration' were not heeded
• Trump Vows 'Very Serious Retaliation' for Death of 3 Americans in Syria
• Walid Phares: Syria Ally Infiltration Is Real Risk - The deeper terrorist threat might lie not just with Islamic State fighters but with infiltrated allies operating inside Syrian-controlled territory
• Islamic extremists prepare to slaughter hundreds on Christmas, local intel warns
• As world fixates on other wars, Sudan sees 12 million forcibly displaced in devastating conflict - Republican Congressman Chris Smith led committee meeting on Sudan calling the war a 'catastrophe'
• Drone strike on UN facility in war-torn Sudan leaves six peacekeepers dead - UN secretary general Antonio Guterres says 'unjustifiable' attack on base in city of Kadugli 'could be war crime'
• Maduro trapped with few retaliation options after Trump admin seizes Venezuelan oil tanker - Experts say regime has few ways to hit back without damaging its own cash-starved operations
• Two Killed in Drone Strikes on Russia While Moscow Targets Ukraine Energy Infrastructure
• Darkness In Odessa: Russian Missile and Drone Strikes Leave Key Black Sea Port Without Power or Water
• One million households without power in Ukraine after Russia attacks energy grid
• EU indefinitely freezes Russian assets so Hungary and Slovakia can't veto their use for Ukraine
• NYC financial giants in talks to manage Ukraine's postwar reconstruction fund: sources
• 'Peace is not far away' says Erdogan, returning from Putin meeting
• North Korea's Kim Jong Un hails troops returning from Russia
• North Korea's Kim bestows 'hero' titles on soldiers killed in Ukraine war
• Kim Jong-un admits North Korean troops clearing landmines for Russia
• Japan builds up 'missile archipelago' near Taiwan to counter China
• China holds low-key Nanking Massacre memorial despite Japan tensions
• Why tensions between China and Japan are unlikely to be resolved soon
• Philippines says fishermen hurt, boats damaged by China in South China Sea - Manila's coast guard said nearly two dozen Filipino fishing boats near Sabina Shoal were targeted with water cannon and blocking manoeuvres
• Verdict in trial of Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai looms as new diplomatic flashpoint - Hong Kong's High Court will hand down a verdict on Monday in the landmark national security trial of pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai, according to a notice from the judiciary, in a case that has drawn international scrutiny as emblematic of China's crackdown on rights and freedoms in the territory
• Trump touts his peace deals - but many are already unraveling
• US accuses Rwanda of fueling war as fighting in eastern DR Congo intensifies despite Trump-brokered peace deal
• Cambodia-Thailand conflict persists despite Trump peace push
• Fighting rages on Thai-Cambodian border despite Trump's ceasefire claim
• Thailand set for early elections amid political deadlock and Cambodia skirmishes
• Thai PM dissolves parliament to 'return power to people'
• Chile votes in polarizing presidential runoff as far-right takes lead
• A 'fearful' country? Crime concerns grip Chile ahead of election
• Belarus frees prominent political prisoners as U.S. lifts sanctions on country's potash exports
• Busted: 'Mean-spirited' Trump allies reportedly hid collusion to inflate grocery costs
• Trump Education Department Announces They've Found More Than a Billion in Student Aid Fraud
• Van Jones: Trump Ballroom Leading Us Down the Path to Being a Banana Republic
• Historic preservation group sues to block construction of White House ballroom already underway
• Dems share redacted photos of Trump with suntan models in failed attempt to smear him over Epstein - During the 1990s, the now-president was running beauty pageants and owned the Miss Universe organization, which he bought in 1996
• In Stunning Development, Clinton Judge Orders DOJ to Return All Materials it Seized from Comey's Media Mole
• They Want Your Children: Reddit Files Legal Challenge Against Australia's Teenager Social Media Ban
• Israel joins US-led 'Pax Silica' initiative to cooperate on securing AI supply chains - PM's economic adviser touts 'mark of distinction for Israel,' as US, seven allies launch effort to 'shape a new, sustainable economic order for the age of artificial intelligence'
• China races ahead on AI - Trump warns America can't regulate itself into defeat - Trump's executive order pushes back on a growing maze of state-level AI rules that threaten to slow innovation just as global AI race is heating up
• Christmas Alert: AI-Powered Toys Teach Children How to Light Matches, Engage in 'Kink'
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Ollague, Chile
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the South Sandwich Islands region
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 18,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Leavenworth Christmastown festival cancelled as historic flooding and power disruptions hit Washington, U.S.
• Flash floods in Iraq leave 3 dead, damage over 2,600 homes
• 2 dead, 8 wounded in Brown University shooting; gunman at large - The shooter remains at large after the university reversed an earlier alert that said that one person was in custody. A shelter-in-place order remains in effect
• Horror: Georgia Woman Suffers Severe Burns to Her Face, Neck and Scalp After Stranger Douses Her with Acid at Park – Suspect at Large
• 'He didn't try to fight back at all': White student stabbed in face in Atlanta high school was special needs
• Homeless woman viciously stabs mother changing baby in bathroom of NYC flagship Macy's
• Alleged Macy's Stabber Was in Psychiatric Hospital Hours Before Attack, Heard Voices in Her Head
• 'Broken system' led to state's premature release of psych patient accused of stabbing tourist inside NYC Macy's bathroom
• Illegal Alien Pleads Guilty to Killing Maryland Woman in Deadly Virginia Carjacking
• Newsom's California Exposed: #1 Hub for Illegal CDL Licensing - Safety Crisis Ignites Federal Fury
• Cartel Gunmen in Mexico Kill Farmer, Attack Cops with Landmines near Texas Border
• Tulsi Gabbard warns of 'direct threat' from suspected terrorists now living in United States - Intelligence director blames Biden administration for allegedly allowing 18,000 known or suspected terrorists into country
• Steve Bannon and Ben Bergquam on Lawless Sanctuary Cities Becoming Third World Places to Live "In Minneapolis, the Community has Been Weaponized Against ICE"
• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Confirms Investigation into U.S. Tax Dollars Funding al-Shabaab Terrorists in Somalia: 'Egregious Fraud'
• In echoes of Minneapolis, whistleblower says Maine company bilked Medicaid dollars
• NY Times Columnist Claims Trump Lies About Democrats Wanting Healthcare for Illegals - Then Admits it's Happening
• Report: DHS to focus on arresting illegal immigrants with serious offenses amid negative polling on ICE raids - Border Patrol will allegedly focus on illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes rather than large-scale operations
• Illegal immigrant gang member charged with human trafficking vows to fight Trump admin over 'injustice' of deportation
• Protests erupt outside Army-Navy game amid Trump's attendance - Demonstrations were expected in heavily Democrat Baltimore after Trump suggested sending National Guard to address crime
• Singer SZA Rebukes White House 'Inhumanity' for Using Her Song in Pro-ICE Ad: 'Evil n Boring'
• Chip Roy Calls for Immigration Halt Similar to 1920s 'Pause'
• Trump's DHS Ends 'Temporary' Amnesty for Ethiopian Nationals in U.S.
• Hungarian protesters demand PM Viktor Orban quits over child abuse scandals - Orban's government has been rocked by several child-abuse scandals in recent years
• Elon Musk Slams Gov. Newsom: Transgenderism Is 'Evil Woke Mind Virus'
• Why are sperm donors having hundreds of children?
• Half of U.S. has hepatitis B? Media's go-to vaccine expert gets fact-checked for puzzling interview
• Farmers call for French blockades over cow disease cull
• France struggles to contain cattle lumpy skin disease as farmers' protests spread
• France boosts cattle vaccination against lumpy skin disease as farmers protest against culls