December 16th, 2024

• ​PM confirms 'very friendly' call with Trump about need for 'victory' against Iran
• Israeli right-wing politicians express opposition to emerging Israel-Lebanon agreement
• Report: IDF's October strikes drastically reduced Iran's ability to produce ballistic missiles
• As northern Israel comes back to life, Hezbollah strongholds over the border lie in ruins
• IDF has confiscated 10,000 Hezbollah weapons across 16 districts of southern Lebanon
• Hezbollah leader admits group 'lost military supply route through Syria,' pledges continued resistance against Israel
• Turkey ready to offer military training to Syria if new administration requests, minister says - NATO member Turkey backed the Syrian rebels who toppled President Bashar al-Assad last weekend
• EU diplomat: Syria sanctions relief not relevant until new leadership proves itself
• Germany Concerned Assad Regime Henchmen With 'Blood on Their Hands' Will Try to Come as Refugees
• Schools reopen in Damascus as celebrations over Bashar al-Assad fleeing Syria continue
• 'Celebrating the unknown': Syrian Alawites fear for future under rebel rule
• Syria's ancient Christian community faces an imminent, existential threat
• IDF promises Syrian Druze villages protection, if not annexation
• Netanyahu government approves plan to expand settlements in the Golan Heights
• Cabinet unanimously approves NIS 40 million plan to double population of the Golan Heights
• Saudi Arabia accuses Israel of sabotaging Syria with plan to double Golan Heights' population
• Israelis and Jordanians said to meet secretly amid worries over rebel surge in Syria
• Blinken: US officials have directly communicated with Syria's blacklisted new rulers
• Top US, Mideast envoys hold meetings on Gaza deal efforts and Syria's future
• Manpower crunch forces IDF to rely on civilians in enemy territory
• Heavy Israeli airstrikes reported on Syrian military sites in coastal Tartus region
• Impact Of Israel's Heaviest Bomb Strikes In Syria Registered On Richter Scale: Report
• Senior Hamas official admits: 'October 7 ruined us'
• Gaza civilian death toll inflated to vilify Israel, study finds
• Dismantling Lies: Report Finds Hamas Used Inflated Gaza Death Figures That Included Natural Deaths and Cancer to Stoke Anti-Israel Sentiments
• Ben Gvir to ex-hostage: Even if captives being raped, deal will cause 10,000 future rapes
• Reports claim Israel and Hamas 'closer than ever' to Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal
• Hostage deal could be reached by Hanukkah, Israeli official says
• PM discusses hostages with Trump as Israeli officials say deal could be clinched in days
• Hamas publishes video of unidentified tattooed hostage - Hamas published a second video shortly after, depicting a CGI Netanyahu digging graves in a graveyard full of Israeli hostages
• Netanyahu slams Hamas propaganda videos as 'brutal and evil psychological terror'
• IDF says rockets fired at south on Friday were launched from aid warehouse area - Rocket launchers were placed 50 meters from aid sites, army says; terror cell targeted at former Gaza City school, with Palestinian medics reporting 7 dead
• IDF: Dozens of terror operatives killed in overnight raid in north Gaza's Beit Hanoun
• IDF, Shin Bet dismantle Hamas command center in precise Gaza operations
• IDF says Al Jazeera cameraman killed in Gaza strike was member of Islamic Jihad
• Knesset passes 'Nukhba Law' - Funds for legal representation of Oct 7 terrorists to come from PA funds - Israeli government has previously withheld or repurposed tax payments to Palestinian Authority over terror support
• Terror scare shuts down main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway - Police later say terror suspicion was false alarm, after incident brings traffic to standstill; cops detain 13 unauthorized Palestinian workers in connection with suspected vehicle
• PA security forces kill Islamic Jihad commander, sparking clashes in Jenin
• Report: US begs Israel to approve military aid for Palestinian Authority
• Annexation in the West Bank? 'Not now,' Trump signals
• Former chief rabbi says ultra-Orthodox must not serve in army, provoking outrage
• Lapid accuses Levin of 'engaging in criminal blackmail' against High Court
• Levin threatens to revive divisive judicial overhaul: High Court 'left us no choice'
• Ex-state attorney: Air Force reservists should stop flying if judicial overhaul revived
• Israel Closes Dublin Embassy After Ireland Joins South Africa's 'Genocide' Case
• Israel Closes Embassy in Dublin Due to 'Extreme Anti-Israel Policy of Irish Government'
• Israel decides to close its embassy in Ireland due to 'antisemitic actions, rhetoric'
• Candace Owens named 'Antisemite of the Year' by StopAntisemitism: 'Poisonous hater'
• Michael Rapaport Offers Free Plane Trip to West Bank for Ousted 'Squad' Members Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman
• The Vatican's Palestinian Nativity Scene Demonstrates Just How Far The Pope Will Go To Demonize Israel
• Pioneering Israeli wave energy company attracts global attention
• White House: Our Attempts at Keeping Iran from Getting Nukes Through Diplomacy 'Didn't Work'
• Could Iran's new hijab law bring down Khamenei?
• N.Korean troops join Russian assaults in significant numbers, Kyiv says
• Two Russian oil tankers wrecked in Black Sea
• Russian Forces Destroy More US Patriot Launchers & Advance Closer To Pokrovsk
• Study: It Will Take 18 Years to Build Enough Replacements for Weapons Going to Ukraine
• Putin must end Ukraine war by 2025 or face economic collapse, warns ex-energy chief
• South Korea's impeached leader avoids investigators as court begins meeting to determine his fate
• As South Korean court takes up president's impeachment, ruling party leader resigns
• Disgraced Prince Andrew Invited Chinese Spy to Buckingham Palace and Other Royal Residences - Speculations Arise Parliament May Remove His Royal Title as Duke of York
• Graham on politicization of the FBI: 'None of us trust these people anymore'
• J6 arrests increased 24% in 2024: DOJ report
• Liberals Cancel Subscriptions to TIME Magazine After Donald Trump Named 'Person of the Year'
• Trump Mocks Chris Christie with AI-Generated McDonald's Drone Meme
• Madonna fuels decades-long Church clash with 'unethical' AI snaps of the Pope
• NJ senator says feds are too 'fearful' of public reaction to tell the truth about mysterious drones
• Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Government 'In Control' of New Jersey Drones
• Fmr CIA Officer: Drones May Be 'Classified Exercise' by Govt
• Feds to deploy 'state-of-the-art' detection system to NY as drone swarms have experts baffled
• Radiation Spikes in NY & NJ Metro Detected Amid 'Mysterious' Drone Sightings
• New Jersey Mayor Says State Told Him to Call Hazmat and Bomb Squad if Any Drones Are Downed
• 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Neiafu, Tonga
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Amahai, Indonesia
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Petrolia, CA
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Gizo, Solomon Islands
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the Mid-Indian Ridge
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Padang, Indonesia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Santiago Tepextla, Mexico
• Earthquake swarm in Hofsjokull volcano, Iceland
• Earthen dams around Svartsengi Power Plant raised to defend against future lava flows, Iceland
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 22,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts 19,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Faung volcano in Indonesia erupts to 13,000ft
• Cyclone Chido: Worst Storm In Century Flattens Mayotte
• 'It's as if an atomic bomb fell on Mayotte': Widespread destruction after 100-year cyclone pummels French territory
• Mayotte cyclone: Thousands feared dead after 'horrific' few hours as cyclone hits French territory
• Chido strikes Mozambique after catastrophic landfall in Mayotte
• Rare tornado strikes south of Bay Area with estimated peak winds of 90 mph
• Rare Scotts Valley tornado injures 5, overturns vehicles in shopping district, California
• Severe to Extreme Heatwave Warnings in all states and territories except Tasmania, Australia
• 'Everyone's demoralized.' Trump's climate threats rattle world's biggest science meeting
• Anxious scientists brace for Trump's climate denialism: 'We have a target on our backs'
• Drugging cows to cut methane: what about milk safety? By Sharyl Attkisson
• Scores Slaughtered On Their Way To Church, As Nigerian Gov't Continues Its Refusal To Protect Christians
• An Epidemic of Vicious School Brawls, Fueled by Student Cellphones
• As Trump threatens mass deportations, Central America braces for an influx of vulnerable migrants
• Chicago Mayor Johnson Goes on Attack Against the 'Evilness' of Donald Trump's Immigration Plan
• Luigi Mangione's new attorney for NYC case married to Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer - "She knows every corridor, every judge, every clerk in the courthouse"
• British Lawn Tennis Association Bans Transgender Women From Most Female Tournaments
• Miss Netherlands Pageant, Which Crowned Transgender Model in 2023, Is Closing Down After 35-Year Run
• 'Life-Altering Impacts': Senators Call On NIH To Stop Hiding Study Results On Puberty Blockers
• Legal Team Fights Hospital's Agenda to Schedule Nurses to Help with Abortions