December 23rd, 2025

• Christmas Is Back in Bethlehem, but Peace and Joy Have Yet to Arrive
• Illegal settlement expansion: How Israel is redrawing occupied West Bank - Israel's approval of 19 new settlements stands to redraw the occupied West Bank, undermining prospect of two-state solution
• Ex-Saudi intel chief to ToI: Riyadh will consider normalization when Israel acts normally - In very rare engagement with Israeli media, Prince Turki bin Faisal says kingdom won't forge ties with Israel without 'resolution to Palestinian issue entailing two-state solution'
• In Gaza and Ukraine, Trump again leaning on Jared Kushner for difficult diplomacy - US president's son-in-law, key figure in 2020 Abraham Accords but absent at start of Trump's 2nd term, now teaming up with Steve Witkoff to tackle difficult conflicts
• Kushner and Witkoff Reportedly Draft $112B Plan to Turn Gaza Into 'Smart City' With Beach Resorts, High-Speed Rail, and AI Grids - U.S. Pushes Back on Claims It Would Foot $60B
• Visiting Gaza, region's top Catholic official says there's no hunger anymore, urges pressure on Hamas
• Netanyahu: Politically appointed Oct 7 inquiry must probe Oslo deal, Gaza disengagement
• AG Baharav-Miara opposes gov't's plans to establish 'political' commission of inquiry into Oct 7 failures
• 3 arrested in protest at PM's office as backers of state Oct. 7 probe vow 'week of rage'
• Majority of Jews in Britain Considering Leaving Country Amid Rising Antisemitism: Poll
• Antisemitic attack in Turkey targets Jews on way to Hanukkah event: 'I don't want Zionists in my country'
• JD Vance is 'walking a tightrope' on raging Israel debate within MAGA
• JD Vance: Anti-Israel sentiment 'backlash' to US foreign policy, not antisemitism
• At least 20% of Mamdani appointees have ties to anti-Zionist groups, ADL says - New York City mayor-elect's transition committee picks have said that 'Zionism is racism' and Zionists are worse than Nazis, according to report
• Israeli government approves controversial closure of Army Radio after 75 years at a time of mounting concerns over press freedom
• Bennett: Qatargate is 'most serious act of treason' in Israeli history, PM must resign - Opposition leaders echo former premier's words, after news report sheds light on Netanyahu aides' alleged work for Qatar while in Israeli premier's employ
• Former spy Jonathan Pollard: Israel sent a man to convince me to kill myself: 'Why don't you just do the right thing and we'll bring you home, give you a nice burial on Mount Herzl'
• 5 settlers arrested for allegedly attacking Palestinian shepherd, killing his sheep
• Haredim block traffic on Route 4 in protest of arrests of draft-dodgers - Police say protesters called them 'Nazis'; female motorist confronts Haredi crowd, prompting cries of 'Shiksa!'
• IDF: Strike kills 3 Hezbollah operatives, including one who served in Lebanese army
• Gantz: Israel needs to prevent Iran from restocking missiles - Iran ballistic drill may mask attack, Israel warns U.S.
• Huckabee: Iran 'didn't get the full message' when US bombed its nuclear sites - US ambassador addresses reports the Islamic Republic is rebuilding its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, worrying Jerusalem; Tehran says missiles are nonnegotiable
• The eighth, most dangerous front: How Turkey went from ally to strategic threat - opinion
• Netanyahu uses summit of Israel, Greece, Cyprus leaders to send warning to Turkey - Participants at trilateral Jerusalem summit agree to boost cooperation in eastern Mediterranean; PM says the three countries can defend against those trying to 'recreate empire'
• Turkey's Erdogan issues threats as Israel hosts PMs of Greece & Cyprus for summit in Jerusalem - 'Alliance between Israel, Greece & Cyprus is an anchor of regional stability' says Netanyahu
• Clashes flare as top Turkish officials visit Syria ahead of deadline for Kurdish integration - Two civilians were killed and eight were wounded by shelling in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, Syria's state-run SANA news agency reported
• Syrian army, Kurdish-led SDF agree to stop deadly fighting in Aleppo - At least two people killed in clashes in northern city of Aleppo during Turkish FM Fidan's visit to Syria
• Kurdish-led SDF cooperating with Israel in Syria, Turkish FM Hakan Fidan claims - Turkish forces working in tandem with Israel claimed that the partnership is actually a major obstacle to ongoing negotiations with Damascus
• Several settler activists breach border into Syria, are returned to Israel by IDF
• A year post-Assad, Syrian jails are again filling up, with widespread accounts of abuse
• George W. Bush Institute Urges Americans to Sympathize with Afghans After D.C. National Guard Attack
• President Announces Plans for New 'Trump Class' Warships
• Trump Announces U.S. Building World's Largest Battleships for 'Golden Fleet'
• How U.S. Defense Industry Dodged a Rare-Earth Shortage After China's Curbs
• China quietly loads 100+ ICBMs into new missile silos near Mongolia - Report claims China accelerating military buildup with Beijing on track to exceed 1,000 warheads by 2030
• Trump Says It Would Be 'Smart' for Venezuela's Maduro to Step Down
• Russia evacuates diplomats' families from Venezuela as US seizes oil tankers
• China says US seizure of ships 'serious violation' of international law
• Gustavo Petro Challenges Trump and Demands "Returning" Texas to Mexico: Geopolitical and Strategic Risks over Oil and U.S. Sovereignty
• Russian general killed in Moscow car bomb explosion in suspected assassination after he was personally promoted by Putin - He was the head of the Department of Operational Training of the Russian armed forces
• Finland Says To Raise Reservist Age To 65 to strengthen the country's military preparedness towards any threat posed by neighbouring Russia
• Rubio and Witkoff 'locked in power struggle over Ukraine' - US secretary of state understood to have become frustrated at peace envoy for cutting him out of talks
• European Council Accuses Iran of Involvement in Ukraine War
• Trump's appointment of envoy to Greenland sparks new tension with Denmark
• Trump says US 'has to have' Greenland after naming special envoy
• The EU could be gone in four years: A revolutionary eruption is coming - In 1988, if you had told anyone that the Soviet Union would cease to exist just four years later, you would have been dismissed as a crank
• Major signs of another coming Dark Age - collapsing the West could make history repeat
• Gold, Silver Prices Reach New Highs to Reemerge as Hedge
• France rushes emergency budget law to avert shutdown after talks collapse
• Democrats renew government shutdown threat as tensions flare with Trump
• Santas and elves rob Montreal grocery store to 'give food to the needy' - Group called Robins des Ruelles later said in statement stunt was intended to highlight cost of living crisis
• One 'Jane Doe' tells CNN she is mortified that her name is unredacted multiple times in the Epstein files
• Trump complains Epstein files are damaging people who 'innocently met' him
• Victims, lawmakers pan Epstein files' slow release; Trump urges privacy for the blameless - US president says highly respected people met innocently with pedophile financier over the years, but a photo of them can ruin reputations
• Bill Clinton spokesperson says they don't need 'protection,' asks for release of all Epstein files
• Bill Clinton Spokesman Accuses DOJ of Cover-Up
• DOJ releases shocking fake video of Jeffrey Epstein suicide as part of file dump
• "I Have a List in My Head" - Anonymous Deep State Prosecutor Admits DOJ will Retaliate Against Trump Admin Officials as Soon as Democrats Take Back the White House
• The Atlantic: CBS and CNN Are Being Sacrificed to Trump - Media conglomerates want the president's permission for mergers—and control of news outlets is at stake
• Spotify Says Piracy Activists Hacked Its Music Catalogue
• Her 'Game of Thrones' GIF shut down a city meeting. She 'lost everything' - The incident has sparked a debate among free speech experts about government overreach and the protection of political commentary
• Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled
• She Fell in Love With ChatGPT. Then She Ghosted It. The 29-year-old woman who created the "MyBoyfriendIsAI" community on Reddit isn't dating (or sexting) her A.I. boyfriend anymore.
• Why one of the godfathers of AI says he lies to chatbots
• Extremists are using AI voice cloning to supercharge propaganda. Experts say it's helping them grow - Researchers warn generative tools are helping militant groups from neo-Nazis to the Islamic State spread ideology
• AI Robot: Chinese humanoid robots could be a 'Trojan Horse' inside West & turned against their masters by Xi with just one word
• Little-known underground salt caverns could slow the AI boom and its thirst for power
• China Delays Plans for Mass Production of Self-Driving Cars After Accident
• Pentagon taps Musk's xAI to boost sensitive government workflows, support military operations - Grok will be deployed across systems serving 3 million military and civilian personnel by early 2026
• Uganda restricts imports of Starlink equipment weeks before election - The opposition fears the government will again impose an internet blackout
• An exploded Starlink satellite is orbiting Earth right now - It'll fall back down to Earth soon
• Japan H3 rocket failure costs nation its navigation satellite as second setback threatens ambitious Mars mission
• This Fungus Grew Inside Chernobyl's Nuclear Reactor, Feeding on Radiation, Now NASA Wants to Use It for Space Travel
• Pilot reports UFO hovering beside jet, leaving air traffic control stunned: 'Good luck with the aliens' - Pilot reportedly told ATC the cylindrical object appeared to be 'standing still' with nothing attached to it
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Oyama, Japan
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Pirallahi, Azerbaijan
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 17,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 17,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Colorado Windstorm Causes 4.8 Microsecond Glitch in Official US Time - A destructive windstorm disrupted the power supply to more than a dozen atomic clocks that keep official time in the United States
• Cat Lost for 443 Days After Hurricane Helene Reunited with Family with the help of a feline microchip
• At least 1 killed as Northern California battered by rain, major Christmas flood threat looms for Los Angeles
• Floods, heavy snow, and blizzards kill at least eight across 25 provinces in Iran
• Snow blankets Saudi Arabia's deserts for first time in 30 years
• 'Rusting rivers' threatening Alaska's Arctic after years of permafrost thaw, wildfires
• New Report Warns of Looming Water Crisis in Colorado River Basin Impacting Millions Across Seven States and Mexico
• Major incident declared after canal bank failure creates sinkhole near Whitchurch, Shropshire, UK
• At least 5 dead after Mexican Navy plane crashes in Galveston amid foggy conditions
• The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse
• Trump Administration Halts Offshore Wind Farms, Citing National Security
• Christians Being Slaughtered in Burkina Faso - Jihadist Violence on the Rise
• Janitor at Brown University Warned Campus Security Multiple Times in Weeks Leading up to Shooting - "He'd Been Casing That Place for Weeks"
• Trump's DOJ Sues Washington, D.C. Police Department Over Unconstitutional Ban on Semi-Automatic Firearms
• Australian state poised to approve sweeping new gun laws, protest ban
• 42 Years Later, DNA Evidence Solves Case of 5 Texans Kidnapped from a KFC Restaurant and Executed After Robbery
• Driver Plows Car Into Crowd During Christmas Light Parade in the Netherlands, Leaving More Than 10 People Injured
• Minneapolis: ICE Agents Open Fire After Illegal Alien Plows SUV Into Them, Bites Officer
• Minnesota Democrats Keep Funding Somali Nonprofit after Chairman Arrested for $9 Million Fraud
• Nearly 100 Minnesota Mayors Send Panicked Letter to Lawmakers Complaining About Fraud Scandal and the Leadership of Tim Walz
• Miss Universe Mogul Implicated in Arms Pipeline from Guatemala Supplying CJNG, Mexico City Cartels
• US military kills 'narco-terrorist' in eastern Pacific strike
• Dem Rep. Sherman: Going After Tankers May Be Legal, But I Worry We'll Turn Venezuela 'Into a Failed State'
• Homan: There Will Be More Bloodshed if 'Hateful Rhetoric' Against ICE Continues
• 60 Minutes Correspondent Slams Bari Weiss's 'Political Decision' to Axe Her Trump Deportations Report in Stunning Internal Memo
• Here's the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don't Want You to See - Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada's Global TV app received it prior to broadcast
• DHS Offers Illegal Immigrants a $3,000 'Holiday Stipend' for Self-Deportation
• DHS Triples Reward For Illegal Aliens Who Self-Deport Over Christmas - Will Now Receive $3,000, Free Flight Home and Wiping of Immigration Record
• Pope Leo appoints pro-immigration bishop to diocese home to Trump's Mar-a-Lago - Rev Manuel de Jesus Rodriguez says he wants to 'help' Trump on immigration policy but opposes deporting children
• Undocumented 12-year-old accused of back-to-back armed robberies at Florida park
• Some central Ohio schools shutter for low attendance amid ICE activity
• Missing children saved from trafficking during 'Operation Northern Lights'
• Ecuador soldiers sentenced to 34 years in prison for disappearing children - Sentencing caps yearlong investigation into abuse, disappearance of four children in Guayaquil amid crime crackdown
• Uber Cleared Violent Felons to Drive. Passengers Accused Them of Rape - The ride-hailing giant's background check process was intended to speed drivers onto its network while keeping costs down, internal documents show
• Mica Miller case: South Carolina pastor charged with allegedly cyberstalking wife for years before her death
• Deranged Serial Assaulter Who Stabbed Elderly Seattle Woman in the Eye with Wooden Club Identifies as Transgender
• Trans Convict Who Fatally Shot His Parents in the Head Converts to Islam, Requests Death Penalty but Gets 25 to Life
• Trans instructor at Oklahoma University fired for flunking student's viral Bible-based essay on gender
• Health experts warn of 'super flu' surge as Christmas approaches
• The US has signed a $2.1 billion health deal with Nigeria to combat diseases and protect Christians from persecution
• RFK Jr. Tried to Wreck the Childhood Vaccine Schedule Over the Weekend
• Charlie Kirk backed Nicki Minaj when Dems attacked her over Covid vax - now she's live on stage at AmFest
• Childbirth epidural kit shortage could last until March, officials say