December 21st, 2024

• ​New Syrian leaders say they want to contribute to 'regional peace'
• Iran scrambles to build ties with Syrian leaders as regional influence wanes
• IAF targets more Houthi infrastructure, in long-range warning to Iran
• US kills ISIS leader Abu Yusif in precision strike in Syria
• U.S. kills top ISIS commander as group tries to free operatives held in Syria - 'ISIS has the intent to break out of detention the over 8,000 ISIS operatives currently being held in facilities in Syria. We will aggressively target these leaders and operatives'
• After Damascus meeting, US drops $10 million terror bounty for new Syrian leader
• US lifts bounty on new Syria ruler after he commits to combat terror groups
• Turkey Wants World's Governments to Remove Syria's HTS from Terrorist Lists
• Israel vs. Turkey: The Intensifying Middle-East Power Struggle - The collapse of the Syrian regime destroyed Iran's 'axis of resistance,' and brought Turkish-backed Islamists to Israel's doorstep instead
• IDF says it opened fire on Syria protest after identifying 'threat'
• Villagers in Syria border town claim IDF preventing them from accessing their fields
• Glimpses of horror emerge inside Syria's Saydnaya prison, dubbed 'The Slaughterhouse'
• UN Extends Peacekeeping Mission Between Syria and Golan Heights
• Sweden says it will stop funding UNRWA, will increase Gaza aid to other agencies
• Defining genocide: how a rift over Gaza sparked a crisis among scholars
• Over 100 Palestinians killed in two days of Israeli attacks on Gaza
• Hamas rescuers claim IDF strike in Jabalia killed 7 children from one family
• CAIR Sues US State Department Over 'Failing To Evacuate American Citizens' From Gaza
• Documents captured from Hamas reveal Iran's complex weapons smuggling network
• Mike Huckabee: "You will never be alone again in your fight for freedom and to preserve the country and the land and the heritage that God gave you"
• Report: Virginia man plotting to bomb Israeli consulate caught after passing info to FBI informant - "Your governments have been complicit in and utterly responsible for the deaths of millions of men women and children across al-Sham, Iraq, and our beloved Al Quds."
• Toronto Jewish girls school hit with bullets in third gunfire attack this year
• West Bank mosque set alight, vandalized in apparent settler assault
• Report: Netanyahu to Skip Holocaust Memorial in Poland Due to ICC Warrant
• US charges Israeli-Russian for involvement in notorious ransomware group
• Syria's de facto leader defends telling woman to cover her hair for photo - After igniting fears that fall of Assad will usher in Islamist regime, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham chief denies forcing woman to don veil and says 'it's my personal freedom'
• Britain becomes 'western capital' for sharia law courts as 85 open throughout the UK
• China's anticorruption crackdown is impeding its military buildup plans, Pentagon says
• Pentagon Warns China Has Tripled Its Nuclear Arsenal
• Iran Covertly Ramping Up Nuclear 'Weaponization' Work, Dissident Group Reveals
• George Soros Funneled $50 Million Into Shadowy Iran-Sympathizing Nonprofit
• Biden administration readies final $1.6B USAI package for Ukraine
• Russia's Economic Gamble: The Hidden Costs of War-Driven Growth
• Russia buys acceptance with cash, plunging economy into uncertainty - War-related payments are warping the face of the country's welfare state, masking future economic woes
• Putin admits Russian inflation is an 'alarming signal' and the economy is 'overheating'
• Putin Says Inflation 'Worrying' But Russian Economy Remains 'Stable'
• Ukraine will not allow transit of Russian gas with Azeri label, Zelenskyy says, dashing Slovak hopes
• Slovakia's prime minister threatens Ukraine for stopping Russian gas transit
• At least one killed and several embassies damaged in 'barbaric' Russian missile barrage on Kyiv, Ukraine says
• Putin fizzes as fearless journalist says 'you're weaker than Trump' in front of stunned Russians
• Bombshell Report: Joe Biden Was Too Mentally Fatigued to Take Phone Calls From House Armed Services Committee Chair Before Afghanistan Withdrawal
• Victor Davis Hanson Calls Out Dems and Media for Hiding Biden's Condition: 'Greatest Presidential Fraud and Deception Since Woodrow Wilson'
• Canada PM Trudeau looks set to lose power after key ally vows to topple him
• Canadian NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh 'will vote to bring Trudeau government down' under next sitting of House of Commons
• 'Why would I enter a burning building?': Some Liberals say a chance at Trudeau's cabinet not worth it - The prime minister faces calls to resign, with some Liberals saying it is the only hope the party has against the Conservatives
• German Christmas Market Attack: At Least Two Dead, 68 Injured After Driver Plows Into Crowd
• Germany Christmas market attack suspect identified as Taleb A, a refugee from Saudi Arabia
• Elon Musk says German chancellor should resign after attack at Christmas market
• Elon Musk endorses far-right German political party, wading deeper into global politics
• Elon Musk endorses far-right German party after government's collapse - Trump ally states that only the AfD, some of whose politicians have downplayed the Holocaust, 'can save Germany'
• Dem Sen. Chris Murphy Claims Elon Musk Supports Neo-Nazism After He Declares Support For Germany's AfD
• Federal judges warn against Trump's plans to pardon J6 defendants - "No matter what ultimately becomes of the Capital Riots cases already concluded and still pending, the true story of what happened on January 6, 2021 will never change," one judge wrote
• Biden admin to forgive another $4.28 billion in student debt - The relief will benefit 54,900 people, bringing the administration's total loan forgiveness to over $180 billion, according to the Education Department
• GOP Sen. Mullin: Schumer Holding the American People, Economy 'Hostage'
• Ex-CBS Reporter: We Couldn't Find Real-Life Impacts of Gov't Shutdown, So Dems Rigged Fake Scenes for Us to Photograph
• Trump backs US government shutdown and says it is 'Biden's problem'
• The government has shut down three times since 2000, two times under Trump
• NORAD promises its Santa Tracker will be safe from government shutdown
• GOP is 'unified' on spending plan, Mike Johnson says shutdown will be averted - "We have a unified Republican conference. There's a unanimous agreement in the room that we need to move forward."
• House passes bill to avoid a shutdown, sending it to the Senate hours before the deadline
• Mike Johnson Caved Again: Breaks Promise on Split Spending Bills, Excludes Trump's Demand for a Debt Ceiling Increase in Backroom Deal with Democrats to Avoid Shutdown
• Fears Elon Musk influence over Congress beginning to show with shutdown looming
• 'Co-president' Elon Musk? Trump ally tests influence in spending fight
• Elongate: Musk's X Brimming with Memes Mocking Trump as His Puppet, Lackey, Butler, Lover
• CNN's Acosta: 'Elon Musk Is Spreading Fake News' - 'He Is Fake News'
• Massive 17,000-Page House Report Shows How Big Tech and Government Colluded to Suppress Free Speech
• A dark web 'hitman' is promising to kill Trump—if he raises $30,000 in crypto - 'I am terminally ill. I'm going to die soon. I want to do something good for this country and for this world.'
• Staffer for California Dem city council candidate charged with acting as agent for CCP - "This case is yet another example of a very disturbing trend: the People's Republic of China is seeking to influence foreign and domestic policy in the United States."
• China Mocks America as 'Breeding Ground for Delusion' over NJ Drones
• NJ Residents Near Drone Hot Spots Reporting Strange Tasting, Weird Smelling Water
• "We Are Getting Lasered": Nearly a Dozen Planes Lasered Last Night During New Jersey Drone Panic
• Even More Drones in the Sky: Amazon Launches Aerial Delivery Service
• The Magnetic North Pole Has Officially Changed Position
• Slow-slip earthquake in progress near Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Lata, Solomon Islands
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Tual, Indonesia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Lata, Solomon Islands
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Jumla, Nepal
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 22,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 22,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 20,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Ibu volcano in Indonesia erupts to 13,000ft
• French President Emmanuel Macron met with anger from Mayotte residents, days after devastating cyclone
• Macron tells cyclone-hit Mayotte islanders to be grateful they are French after facing jeers
• Biden just unveiled America's ambitious new climate goal. Trump will assuredly undo it
• Mexico President Praises Her Country's Migrants in the U.S. with a Hymn - Sheinbaum called Mexican migrants "heroes," in part because they sent $63 billion back home to relatives in Mexico last year
• Mexican President Sheinbaum Says She Is Ready to Receive Mexicans Deported by Donald Trump
• US deportations under Biden surpass Trump's record
• Over 271K migrants were deported from the US in 2024 - a paltry 9% of the 2.9M encountered at borders
• Hundreds Gather Outside ICE Detention Center in Los Angeles, Demand 'Sanctuary Ordinance in Every City'
• Trump Files Amicus Brief to Stop Biden's Sale of Border Wall Materials for $5: "Such Conduct Likely Constitutes a Criminal Act"
• DeSantis Gloats: Florida Economy Grows Faster amid Migrant Crackdown
• Michigan employee stabs president of manufacturing company in possible 'copycat' of UnitedHealthcare CEO murder: police
• Seven-year-old girl killed and several injured in stabbing attack at Croatia elementary school
• Oklahoma Executes Man Who Murdered and Nearly Beheaded 10-Year-Old Girl as Part of 'Cannibalistic Fantasy'
• Trump ally recommends suit against Illinois Gov JB Pritzker over false rape claims
• Emmanuel Macron accused of 'racist, sexist and homophobic' comments - French newspaper Le Monde accused the president of making derogatory comments about west Africans and female politicians, which the Elysee has furiously denied
• Irish High Court Orders Immediate Release of Enoch Burke, Jailed Since September for Refusing To Give in to 'Trans' Agenda
• Lame-Duck WH Starts Scrapping Pending Rules on Trans Athletes, Student Debt
• Women Flee San Jose State Volleyball Team After Scandal-Plagued Season Involving Trans Player
• Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots
• Bird flu sweeps through zoos with 'grave implications' for endangered animals
• Oakland Zoo taking action to prevent bird flu, vaccinating California Condors
• Oropouche virus: This Tropical Virus Is Spreading Out of the Amazon to the US and Europe
• Marburg outbreak in Rwanda declared over