December 8th, 2025

• Israel is not a democracy, US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack suggests at Doha Forum - "In this region, what's worked the best, whether you like it or you do not like it, is a benevolent monarchy," Barrack said
• UN General Assembly extends UNRWA mandate for three more years despite Israeli, US opposition
• Senior Saudi diplomat: It's Israel, not PA , that most needs reform to secure peace - Manal Radwan says Palestinian Authority is already working on reforms, but Israeli government opposes two-state solution, incites against Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims
• White House said to be pushing for summit between Netanyahu and Egypt's Sissi - US nudging Israel to sign off on stalled major gas deal with Cairo to 'create a warmer peace' as it encourages Jerusalem to offer economic incentives to potential allies
• Turkish, Egyptian FMs say Israel breaching ceasefire daily; Ankara urges US to step in
• Netanyahu says phase one of Gaza truce 'almost' complete, alongside Germany's Merz - In joint presser with visiting chancellor, PM says he'll discuss 'more difficult' second phase with Trump this month, rejects PA statehood
• Report: Washington hosts trilateral talks between Israel and Qatar after Doha strike
• Report: Israel, Qatar meet as US looks to mend relations, fixing ties broken by botched Doha strike
• Steve Bannon and General Flynn on the Danger of Qatar's Influence on the US - "They Have Infiltrated the American Education System"
• Qatari PM says he won't write a check to rebuild what Israel destroyed in Gaza - Gov't spokesperson clarifies that Doha willing to fund reconstruction if it does so with other countries, as opposed to on its own, claims some are intent on sabotaging US-Qatar ties
• Revealed: Hamas money laundering network in Turkey linked to Iran - Israeli authorities stressed that despite the devastation in Gaza, Hamas continues to pursue terrorist plots against Israel internationally
• Eyeing phase two in Gaza, PM airs skepticism on whether international force can disarm Hamas - Netanyahu says he'll give multinational force a chance, and in the end, disarmament 'will be done,' also claims Israel is 'stronger than ever'
• Hamas ready to discuss 'freezing or storing' its weapons, says terror group official - Bassem Naim says Hamas hopes to 'avoid any further clashes,' but that Trump's peace plan, which mandates the group's disarmament, needs 'a lot of clarifications'
• Touring the Strip, IDF chief Zamir says Gaza ceasefire line 'a new border' - Military chief says current division of Strip is a 'forward defensive line for the communities and an offensive line,' hours after PM says phase 2 of ceasefire deal is imminent
• Gazan militias after Abu Shabab's death: 'Hundreds of us are in the field, Hamas' end is near'
• Gaza militia leader forms rival force against Hamas, warns terrorists are regrouping amid ceasefire
• Gaza longs for normality, but quasi-anarchy reigns and Hamas is once again exerting control
• Over half of soldiers treated in rehab centers have mental health issues, stats show
• Germany's only Jewish antisemitism czar is resigning amid rising threats, ebbing support - Hamburg's Stefan Hensel says that since Oct. 7 he has faced a 'massive wave of hatred' and that he feels abandoned by city officials who 'should be my allies'
• End of isolation? German chancellor Merz meets PM Netanyahu, visits Yad Vashem & affirms support for Israel - 'Germany must stand up for the existence and security of Israel,' says Merz
• Denmark unveils new plan to combat antisemitism and hate crimes against Jews
• British conservatives demand deportation of antisemitic foreign students - Failure to protect the country's 9,000 Jewish students 'sends dangerous message,' politicians tell Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson
• Ben & Jerry's anti-Israel board chair does not plan to resign despite pressure
• Speaking in NYC, Herzog says Mamdani 'makes no effort to conceal his contempt for Israel'
• Herzog, in NYC, calls Mamdani's rhetoric about Israel 'outrageous,' 'anti-American'
• Herzog slams Mamdani's 'outrageous' statements - President Isaac Herzog slams NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, warning that Mamdani's anti-Israel statements are a serious 'red flag.'
• Netanyahu says he won't quit politics in exchange for pardon in corruption trial - At joint press conference with German chancellor, premier abruptly dismisses idea of walking away from public life, also rules out plea bargain, says voters will decide his future
• Court approves Netanyahu's request, cancels PM's testimony for tomorrow citing 'urgent diplomatic meeting'
• Netanyahu said to order 14 illegal outposts evacuated; PM's spokesperson issues flat denial - Report says PM's move is part of effort to curb wave of settler attacks and bar central agitators from West Bank
• Settler activists removed from at least 4 illegal outposts after reported order by PM - Structures said to remain intact at illegal West Bank sites in closed military zones; far-right MK shows up to protest enforcement action, taken amid spike in settler violence
• Arab Israeli teen killed by IDF soldiers for throwing stones at West Bank motorists
• EU forced to admit it was deceived by PA
• IDF destroys underground arms cache in Lebanon - IDF troops dismantled old Hezbollah underground infrastructure to prevent the terrorist organization from returning to use it
• 'We do not want to act against Lebanon' - Israel's US ambassador calls for peace - In rare direct message from a government official, Israel affirms desire for peace with its neighbor
• Iran says dual national arrested during June war to face trial for allegedly spying for Israel
• 'It's all over': The moment Iran abandoned Assad, days before he was deposed - In the lead-up to the fall of Damascus, the IRGC summoned the Syrian leader's top generals and dropped a bombshell announcement: 'From today, we are no longer responsible for you'
• Syria still struggles to heal from civil war, a year after Assad regime's fall - As Syrians celebrate anniversary of authoritarian's ouster, rebuilding efforts are still mostly small-scale, work opportunities low-paying, and the security situation precarious
• A year after Assad's fall, families of missing detainees languish without answers - National commission probing fate of Syrians who vanished insists work must be careful, systematic; rights groups accuse it of slowing process by monopolizing information, resources
• Wild Details Of Syria Disaster Rival Tom Clancy Story After Dictator's Fall - Ahmed al-Sharaa took power in Syria after dictator Bashar al-Assad fled in December 2024
• Sudan's bloody civil war is worsening a major humanitarian crisis - Aid delivery remains extremely difficult in violence-ridden areas, where clashes continue between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
• Benin's interior minister says a coup has been foiled - Benin President Patrice Talon has condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the country's army in his first public comments since sporadic gunfire was heard in parts of the administrative capital, Cotonou
• Troops and warplanes deployed in Benin after 'failed coup attempt' - West African Ecowas forces sent to country after group of soldiers announced dissolution of government on state TV
• Thailand launches airstrikes along Cambodia border as tensions escalate
• Chinese jets direct weapons radar on Japanese aircraft, Japan says
• Japan protests after Chinese fighter jets lock radar on Japanese planes
• Japan PM vows 'resolute' response after Chinese aircraft accused of locking radar on to Japanese fighter jets
• Chechen leader threatens Zelenskyy amid drone strike, echoes alleged assassination plot - Chechen leader's threats echo 2022 plot when his fighters tried to infiltrate Kyiv to target Zelenskyy
• Russia rapidly gaining territory in Ukraine ahead of Downing Street summit - Putin's army seizing land at one of its fastest rates since initial invasion almost four year ago, research suggests
• Europe and Ukraine Stall Peace Negotiations While Russia Accelerates Conquests, Its Forces Edging to Sloviansk-Kramatorsk, the Last Fortified Bastion in Donetsk Region
• Ukrainian city hit by 'massive' strike as peace talks in US conclude
• Could Frozen Russian Assets Be Europe's Ticket To US Peace Talks For Ukraine?
• Europe's plan to use $105 billion of frozen Russian assets tantamount to war, says Russia's Medvedev
• US backs returning frozen Russian assets to Kremlin after peace deal
• Trump's son suggests president may walk away from Ukraine - Donald Trump Jr. says his father's unpredictability is forcing people to be intellectually honest
• Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony marks 84 years since attack
• Another One: Los Angeles County Employees Charged for $700,000 Pandemic Fraud Scheme
• Top Liberal-Globalist MEP: Trump Administration 'an Enemy of Europe' and 'We Must Stop Behaving as a Friend Toward It'
• The Hill: Somali Scandal Could Sink Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's Political Career
• Walz Under Increased Fire as Minnesota Disability Services Pauses Licensing After 283% Increase in New License Applications but only 25% Increase in Participants
• Ilhan Omar says she's frustrated since Somalis are also victims in 'Feeding Our Future' scam - Omar says she and other Somalis are 'upset and angry' about the fraud
• Ilan Omar Says Trump Has an "Unhealthy and Creepy" Obsession with Her, and Somalis Are Victims of Somali Welfare Fraud Scheme - "We Also Could Have Benefitted from Money that was Stolen"
• Leaked memo shows Trump DOJ wants list of groups that express 'anti-American sentiment'
• Honduras: Defeated Ruling Socialists Call for Protests, Accuse Trump of "Coercing" in Election
• Impulsive X1.1 solar flare erupts from Region 4298
• G3 - Strong geomagnetic storm forecast following Earth-directed CME produced by M8.1 solar flare
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Yakutat, Alaska
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Port-Olry, Vanuatu
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Hualien City, Taiwan
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Tual, Indonesia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Vilyuchinsk, Russia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Yakutat, Alaska
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Kocaaliler, Turkey
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Alo, Wallis and Futuna
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Yakutat, Alaska
• Episode 38 at Kilauea produces extremely rare triple-fountain event and destroys USGS camera, Hawaiʻi
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 22,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 18,000ft
• Kilauea volcano on Hawaii erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Ambae volcano on Vanuatu erupts to 13,000ft
• Krasheninnikov volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 10,000ft
• Indonesia's Aceh region grapples with disease as flood deaths rise
• America's AI dominance depends on winning the 'power race' against China, energy expert warns - Natural gas projected to meet 60% of power demand growth driven by AI and data centers
• Inside the Creation of Tilly Norwood, the AI Actress Freaking Out Hollywood
• Majority of pastors now using AI to prepare sermons amid rapid embrace of technology: study
• Most self-identified Christians think doing 'good things' is enough to get to Heaven
• Paganism is the obvious religion for post-faith Britain
• Scholar warns feminism has become a 'megachurch' replacing faith, family and Christian virtue
• Nigeria secures release of 100 schoolchildren abducted from Catholic school after weeks in captivity
• Death toll rises to 5 after explosion outside a police station in Mexico's Michoacan state
• A fire at a popular nightclub in India's Goa state kills at least 25, officials say
• Toddler among 21 victims in pepper spray, robbery attack at London airport
• German Chancellor Merz Filed Hundreds of Criminal Complaints over Insults From Citizens: Report
• UK Gov't Admits Human Rights Laws Are Blocking Deportation of Terrorists and Extremists
• Two Florida Teenage Males in Custody for Brutal Killing of 14-Year-Old Girl - Victim Shot Multiple Times, Lit on Fire
• Police say criminal illegal alien injured 4 officers in Nebraska gas station shootout
• Christmas Parade Canceled in California Coastal Town over Fears ICE Will Show Up
• ICE launches horrifying 'you're going ho-ho-home' Christmas deportation campaign - The US Government's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been faced with another backlash after posting a festive-themed message which showed AI images of ICE officers
• NYC's Radical Socialist Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Posts Video Coaching Illegals on How to Evade ICE - Urges People to 'Stand Up' to Feds
• GOP Sen John Curtis urges Americans to help 'immigrants feel more welcome,' breaks with Trump over Somali comments
• Ilhan Omar says Stephen Miller's immigration rhetoric sounds like it's from Nazi Germany
• Trump vows to slam America's doors shut as he heaps scorn on immigrants
• OnlyFans' Bonnie Blue, who bedded 1K men in 12 hours, arrested in Bali on porn charges
• Flu comes early and hits hard, with five times more cases than last year
• President Trump Orders RFK Jr. and HHS to Fast-Track Review of Childhood Vaccine Schedules, Demands Science-Based Overhaul Aligned with Leading Nations
• Gates Foundation to Commit $1.2B to Global Polio Campaign