February 15th, 2025

• Saudi Prince Steps In as Power Broker in Trump's New World Order
• Saudi Arabia spearheads Arab scramble for alternative to Trump's Gaza plan - Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies were aghast at Trump's plan to "clean out" Palestinians from Gaza and resettle most of them in Jordan and Egypt
• Report: Egypt Plans 'Islamic Summit' to Fight Trump's Gaza Plan
• Pentagon Pressuring Egyptian Military to Accept Trump's Gaza Relocation Plan
• Trump's threats to pull aid if Egypt, Jordan don't accept Palestinians could lead to new alliances, experts say
• Israel's US envoy: Egypt's Sissi is breaking peace deal, 'playing both sides' with Hamas
• Senior UAE official calls for Hamas to step down, as Arab pressure against terror group intensifies
• Rubio suggests resumption of Gaza war won't end Hamas threat to Israel
• IDF chief apologizes to freed surveillance soldiers for failing them on and before Oct. 7
• Israeli physicist removed from 'ghost particle' research team following Oct. 7 - Prof. Dafne Guetta says 'There is no place for discrimination in science'
• Trump: I'd take a hard stance on Gaza Saturday, but can't say what Israel will do - US president appears to credit his noon deadline for leading Hamas to release three captives as scheduled, says he thinks the terror group 'should release all the hostages'
• 369 Palestinian detainees to be released today, including Ahmed Barghouti, serving 13 life terms for deadly Second Intifada terrorism
• Sasha Troufanov, Iair Horn and Sagui Dekel-Chen released by Hamas to Red Cross in Gaza
• Islamic Jihad releases propaganda video of Sasha Troufanov receiving 'release' papers
• 'I was starved and tortured': Keith Siegel urges Trump to ensure all hostages freed
• These are the 17 hostages yet to be returned in phase one of Gaza ceasefire
• 16 Palestinians said wounded east of Bethlehem in attack by armed settlers
• UNIFIL's outgoing deputy chief wounded as convoy attacked by pro-Hezbollah rioters
• Lebanon Bans Iran Airlines, Israel Targets Hezbollah Weapons and Launchers
• IDF strikes Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon, citing 'direct threat' to Israel
• Remnants of Hezbollah drug ops found in abandoned factories in Syria
• Iran bars Lebanese planes from bringing back stranded citizens after Israeli 'threat'
• Houthis Threaten Attacks on U.S., Demand Ethnic Cleansing of Israel
• Rep. Abe Hamadeh Introduces Bill to Mandate Sanctions on Houthis Backed by Iran
• IAEA chief sees time running out to revive Iran nuclear deal
• PM, Trump said to discuss US support for potential Israeli strike on Iran nuclear sites
• Trump unveils historic trade corridor linking India, Israel, Italy, US
• Tensions Build in Syria Between New Leaders and Kurdish-Led Militia
• Prosecutors Cite 'Islamist Motivation' After Driver Ploughs Car into Munich Crowd
• Myanmar church bombed just weeks after becoming cathedral
• Ukraine: Russian drone blasts hole in radiation shield 'protecting the world' at Chernobyl nuclear plant
• Russian Drone Damaged Chernobyl Confinement Structure, Chief Engineer Says
• A drone pierced the outer shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant. Radiation levels are normal
• Ukraine and Russia Exchange Claims on Chernobyl Sarcophagus Drone Strike
• Zelensky: Russia Has to Go to at Least Pre-2022 Invasion Borders
• Hegseth Denies Trump Peace Push a 'Betrayal' of Ukraine
• Putin wants to meet Trump 'quite promptly' but Zelensky says 'no talk about Ukraine without Ukraine'
• Zelenskyy tells Vance Ukraine needs 'security guarantees' before any Putin talks
• Vance Wields Threat of Sanctions, Military Action to Push Putin Into Ukraine Deal
• Zelenskyy: 'Very difficult' for Ukraine to survive without U.S. military support
• 'Crazy' Putin could attack NATO in 2026, Russia building up troops in Belarus, Zelensky says
• Britain warned it 'must be ready to go to war with Russia'
• Hungary's Orban Predicts That 'Trump Tornado' Will Bring Peace in Europe and Re-Insert Russia in the International Community
• Vance meets far-right German leader as Berlin accuses him of election interference
• Japan to release emergency rice reserves to fight runaway inflation
• Markets are starting to view Trump as more of a 'pushover' on tariffs than a protectionist, UBS economist says
• DOJ files motion to dismiss charges in Mayor Eric Adams' case after several prosecutors resign - The mayor was charged with corruption related to taking bribes
• Donald Trump Hangs Mug Shot Outside Oval Office
• House Republicans plot impeachment against judges blocking Trump, DOGE
• DOGE says it dug up another $1.9 billion in taxpayer money 'misplaced' by Biden admin
• Judge Extends Ban on Musk's DOGE From Accessing Sensitive Treasury Systems
• US global disaster response teams unable to deploy following USAID shutdown, sources say
• 'National security crisis' as Trump fires multiple nuclear weapons safety officials
• Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country's weapons stockpile, sources say
• Mass layoffs at US nuclear weapons agency paused
• DOGE Website Posts Classified Information, Worrying Intelligence Officials
• Elon Musk's DOGE Website Hacked
• The White House bans the AP indefinitely over the use of 'Gulf of Mexico'
• Vance jokes about Greta Thunberg as he goes scorched earth on European censorship
• Texas AG launches probe into controversial Chinese AI app DeepSeek: 'Stealing the data of our citizens'
• Meta to Invest in AI-Driven Humanoid Robots
• Strong and shallow M6.0 earthquake hits near Fentale volcano, Ethiopia
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Kosh-Agach, Russia
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Llorente, Philippines
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Llorente, Philippines
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Labuan, Indonesia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Lata, Solomon Islands
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Mabiton, Philippines
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Toyah, Texas
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Mt Etna volcano in Italy erupts to 15,000ft
• Kanlaon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 13,000ft
• Dukono volcano in Indonesia erupts to 12,000ft
• Cat 4 Cyclone Zelia hits Western Australia - Record-warm ocean temperatures helped Zelia intensify
• Tornado damages 20 homes in Columbia, Mississippi
• Mudslides, 126-mph winds and feet of snow pummel California amid atmospheric river
• Torrents of mud and floodwater cover roads and trap cars in LA, but city dodges another disaster
• Flood emergency declared after severe flooding strikes Portoferraio, Elba Island, Italy
• Polar vortex threatening Great Plains with record-low temperatures
• Las Vegas drought comes to an end as first rain falls after 214-day dry spell - enough to break the second longest dry spell in the Nevada city's recorded history
• Department of Energy to Postpone Implementation of Biden's Efficiency Standards on Appliances
• Cuba Cancels School and Work over Nationwide Blackouts
• Black Hawk pilot didn't hear crucial message 17 seconds before DC crash because 'key word was muffled' on radio
• Fiery multi-car pileup inside quarter-mile mountain tunnel leaves at least 2 dead, several injured
• 2 shot at Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl parade
• Mexico's President Threatens More Lawsuits Against U.S. Gunmakers if Cartels Designated as Terrorist Groups
• Trump's State Department to Designate Specific Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Groups
• JD Vance declares greatest threat to Europe is mass migration
• JD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europe's leaders - US vice-president questions whether European values are worth defending as he rails against 'threat from within'
• Newsom vows to veto bill blocking California corrections from cooperating with ICE, Trump migrant policies
• ICE Seattle arrests illegal immigrant Amazon delivery driver convicted of drug manufacturing, child sex abuser, and public safety threat
• ICE Director Tom Homan Announces He Has Referred Rep. Ocasio-Cortez to the Department of Justice for Investigation after AOC proudly announced that she was holding webinars to teach illegal aliens how to avoid ICE agents in New York City
• Woman drops her rape lawsuit against Diddy and Jay-Z
• U.N. Says Hundreds of Women and Children Raped in DR Congo Insurgency Disaster
• Thailand receives 260 victims of human trafficking from Myanmar, mostly Ethiopians, army says
• U.N.: China Expands State-Sponsored Slavery in Tibet and Uyghur Country
• Education Department Launches Investigation Into 5 Virginia School Districts For Allowing Boys In Girls' Bathrooms
• National Park Service suspends webpage with info about transgender community, following Trump order
• Judge issues restraining order after Trump blocks federal funds for youth sex change operations
• Army bans transgender people from enlisting, halts gender transition procedures
• Judge in Seattle temporarily blocks Trump's EO on youth gender reassignment procedures
• Abortions to Resume in Missouri After Judge Blocks Restrictions
• Pro-Life Advocacy Groups Optimistic After RFK Jr. Confirmed as Health Secretary
• Trump's labor pick once worked for Planned Parenthood, says she doesn't support abortion
• Brazilians Keep Breaking Up. They're Turning to Sorcerers and Chicken Feet for Help.
• Kayaker 'swallowed and spat out by a whale' as father-and-son trip takes biblical turn
• Love Is in the Water as Thousands Seek Jesus in Massive Kentucky Revival
• Commentary: Why Gen Z could be the revival generation
• Pope Francis admitted to hospital for bronchitis treatment, cancels events for 3 days
• California woman busted with heroin-filled Bibles addressed to prison inmates learns fate
• Bird flu found in Arizona dairy cattle milk after being first detected in neighboring Nevada
• 2 Oregon cats euthanized after eating raw pet food tainted with bird flu
• DOD Prepares Invitation to Bring Back Troops Separated for Refusing COVID Vaccine
• Trump Signs Executive Order Halting Federal Funding to Schools with COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
• Las Vegas woman pleads guilty to filing for nearly $100M in fraudulent COVID tax credits
• Louisiana health officials end mass vaccine promotion, shift focus to doctor-patient discussions
• RFK Jr. Reveals Miracle God Did After He Spent 20 Years on His Knees Praying Each Morning that God would put him in a position to end the childhood chronic disease epidemic in this country
• NIH principal deputy director, who led agency during COVID, resigns abruptly
• CDC to Lose One-Tenth of Workforce Due to Trump Policy
• West Texas measles outbreak doubles to 48 cases