December 26th, 2025

• Scrutiny around Qatargate and Bild leak may put PM one step closer to hot seat
• PM's ex-aide reportedly feared he would be harmed if he named top official in Bild leak probe
• Smotrich says PM's aides should 'sit behind bars' if they worked for Qatar
• Attorney general warns Knesset committees abusing power, threatening civil servants
• Culture minister says October 7 probe wouldn't point to Netanyahu as 'main culprit' - Miki Zohar claims 'all Israeli citizens were complacent' ahead of Hamas-led massacre; calls actions of Qatargate suspects 'immoral' but not necessarily criminal, praises Urich
• Israel Announces $110 Billion Plan to Build Independent Arms Industry - 'Reduce Dependency on Allies'
• Israeli Air Force unveils new rapid-response unit to stop October 7-style ground invasions
• How October 7 forced the Israeli Air Force to change everything
• Face of terror in Gaza: Mortar shells found hidden in children's blankets
• Katz again vows Israel 'will never fully withdraw' from Gaza Strip, eyes outposts - Days after walking back remarks on establishing settlements in Palestinian enclave, defense minister asserts he didn't 'reverse' his position, still wants military pioneer sites
• In 1st Christmas mass, Pope Leo laments 'rain, wind, cold' facing displaced Gazans - Drawing parallels to the birth of Jesus in a Bethlehem tent, pontiff asks: 'How, then, can we not think of the tents in Gaza?'
• In Cairo talks, Israel presses to recover last hostage's body from Gaza
• Settler reservist rams ATV into praying Palestinian in West Bank; IDF launches probe
• 'Morally wrong': Sa'ar slams countries condemning new West Bank settlements - Foreign minister says critical statement from 14 nations is 'discriminatory' against Jews and their right to live in the Land of Israel
• 3 Palestinians arrested for torching Christmas tree at West Bank Catholic church - Palestinian Authority police say arson was attempt to incite sectarian and religious tensions
• Israel said to quietly return body of Jordanian truck driver who killed 2 IDF soldiers
• In first, IAF helicopter gunship downs two arms smuggling drones from Egypt
• Lebanese president says diplomacy with Israel is pushing back 'specter of war' - As Beirut sharpens tone against Hezbollah, and after Israeli and Lebanese officials met directly twice, Aoun says 'matters will head in a positive direction, God willing'
• Israel says top commander in Iran's Quds Force killed in Lebanon strike
• Syria says its forces killed senior ISIS leader, nabbed operative near Damascus
• Turkey attempting to deploy radars within Syria, western intel - Deploying radars in Syrian territory would harm Israel's ability to strike targets in Iran, due to the fact Israel is using Syrian airspace to reach Iran
• Turkey attempting to deploy radars within Syria as Israel tensions escalate
• Turkey detains dozens of ISIS suspects allegedly planning attacks on Christmas and New Year celebrations
• Turkey nabs 115 suspected ISIS members allegedly plotting Christmas attacks - Authorities say terror group issued call to action against non-Muslims during festivities; police seize weapons in raids at 124 locations
• Yemeni government, Houthis agree to exchange 3,000 prisoners
• Muslim Trained in Somalia Sentenced To Life In Prison For Conspiring To Commit 9/11-Style Terrorist Attack in America On Behalf Of al-Shabaab
• 'Talibanisation of Bangladesh': Awami League student wing chief flags Yunus govt's role in minority persecution; fanning anti-India rhetoric
• Romania's Globalist Regime Goes Full Police State: Masked Prison Assault Used to Coerce Testimony Against Calin Georgescu
• Russian forces near collapse in Kupyansk as Moscow allies concede city lost: report
• Dark Christmas: Unhinged Zelensky Hints He's Waiting for Trump To Pass Away For Ukraine To Join NATO, Says His Holliday Wish Is for Putin To Die
• Impossible Terms in Zelensky 20 Point Ukraine Peace Proposal
• Trump deploys quick-strike specialized military forces within range of Venezuela
• Gold prices smash all records in just 24 hours, know what suddenly pushed gold to historic highs? Global Fear and War Boost Gold Demand
• Trump Posts Ominous Christmas Message Savaging Democrats who Visited Epstein Island - "Enjoy What May be Your Last Merry Christmas!"
• Trump Wishes Merry Christmas to Failing "Radical Left Scum" in Christmas Message - "We are Respected Again, Perhaps like Never Before"
• Candace Owens sparks outrage after encouraging Ben Shapiro to take his own life during public feud
• US bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online
• UNESCO Warns of 'Serious Decline' in Freedom and Safety for Journalists
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Alo, Wallis and Futuna
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Yokohama, Japan
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits south of the Fiji Islands
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits Drake Passage
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 21,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 17,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Eruption at Piparo Mud Volcano damages roads and homes, Trinidad and Tobago
• Tropical Cyclone Grant expected to remain category one system as it passes Cocos (Keeling) Islands
• More stormy weather ahead for Southern California; state of emergency declared
• Storms hitting waterlogged Southern California could cause more flooding and mudslides
• L.A.: Heavy rains led to 'nightmare before Christmas' with flooding, mudslides as risks persist
• Massive mudslide buries homes in Southern California's San Gabriel Mountains
• More potentially radioactive shrimp recalled in 17 states
• Nigerians: Jihadists Seek Christian 'Obliteration,' Government 'Window-Dressing' Situation
• Trump Hits ISIS in Nigeria on Christmas, Citing Mass Christian Killings: 'Our Country Will Not Allow Radical Islamic Terrorism to Prosper'
• Trump launches Christmas night airstrikes on ISIS 'Terrorist Scum' in Nigeria after killings of Christians - President warns 'there will be many more' dead terrorists if slaughter of Christians continues
• GOP Rep. Gill: MN Welfare Fraud Money 'Could Have Been Funneled to Al-Shabaab Terrorists in Somalia'
• US on track to see largest decline in murders in 2025: report
• NC man with nine prior arrests released on bond after allegedly attacking woman with baseball bat at gunpoint
• Florida man kills wife, shoots stepdaughter over NFL game argument before taking own life - Polk County deputies found note from Crystal Kenney urging husband to get help for drinking and cocaine use
• Go back to quotas: MAGA congressman wants to end H-1B visas and dismantle 1965 immigration system
• Palau signs agreement with Trump administration to take 75 migrants from US for $7.5 million
• How Illegal Immigration and Government Failure Fuel Identity Theft
• 'We did nothing wrong': Indian truck drivers challenge California over mass licence cancellations
• Rep. Eric Swalwell Likens Jesus, Mary, and Joseph to Illegal Migrants on Christmas
• Florida man Ihab Mustafa El Mahmoud faces felony hate crime charges for trying to run over gay people in the street
• Zohran Mamdani names first lesbian FDNY commissioner
• 19 Democrat-led states sue Trump HHS over federal ban on child sex changes