February 25th, 2025

• ​Senior Hamas official: I wouldn't have backed Oct. 7 attack if I knew the outcome for Gaza
• Hamas spokesman slams senior politburo official for saying Gaza's destruction makes him regret Oct. 7
• October 7 was 'historic success,' Hamas official says at Al Jazeera forum
• Arab on-air match announcer fired over praise of Hamas - Called Arab Israelis who enlist in IDF 'weak-minded', says terror group treated hostages 'humanly and in accordance with Islamic law'
• Arab Social Media Sees Hostage's Kiss at Handover as Sign of Hamas Benevolence
• Shackled, starved, alone in tunnels: Families of freed hostages share new details - Father of Hisham al-Sayed says he returned a shell of a person after a decade in Hamas captivity
• Israel said to offer to free prisoners if Hamas returns 4 bodies Monday without ceremony
• Report: Hamas could transfer bodies of 2 hostages to Egypt in exchange for half of the prisoners Israel should have released Saturday
• Hamas says no Gaza ceasefire talks unless Israel releases prisoners
• Hostage deal said on 'brink of collapse' after PM hardened stance on Palestinian prisoner release
• Smotrich claims credit for decision to delay release of Palestinian prisoners
• US supports Israel's hold on prisoner swap, citing Hamas' 'barbaric' actions
• White House: Hamas hideous parade of Bibas children justifies Israel's prisoner delay
• In talks aimed at mending ties with EU, Sa'ar says Israel open to extending Gaza truce
• Religious Zionism's Strock says victory over Hamas 'more important' than returning all hostages
• Israel Retaliates After Hamas Rocket Fired at Israel, Falls Short in Gaza
• 'The Abraham Accords will survive October 7,' says former Austrian chancellor
• Two-state solution: The unseen map that promised to bring peace to the Middle East
• Olmert reveals for first time map of Palestinian state he offered Abbas
• Israel offered Mahmoud Abbas 94% of West Bank in 2008, former PM Ehud Olmert reveals
• Israel Ganz: PA seeks Israel's destruction, West Bank sovereignty a must
• Hamas says Netanyahu 'sabotaging' peace deal as Israel steps up West Bank operation
• West Bank Palestinians fear Gaza-style clearance as Israel squeezes Jenin camp
• UN chief 'gravely concerned' over Israeli settler violence in West Bank
• Israeli commuter who averted bus bombing: 'I was a messenger of God'
• In Syria, Joy at a Dictator's Demise Turns Into Fear of Israeli Raids
• Netanyahu demands 'full demilitarization of southern Syria,' vows to protect Druze community - UN envoy demands Israeli withdrawal: 'No argument' for IDF remaining in Syria
• Netanyahu remarks over Druze in southern Syria spark online upheaval
• EU lifts Assad-era sanctions on Syria's banking, transport and energy sectors
• Syria tensions rise as Druze establish militia separate from al-Julani regime - Multiple organizations, predominantly Druze groups that previously aligned with the Assad regime, declared the creation of an umbrella organization aimed at ensuring "security and stability" in the Jabal al-Druze region
• Hezbollah in Crisis: Smuggling Routes and Financial Lifelines Severed
• Hezbollah facing financial squeeze as supply lines from Iran are severed - The Lebanese militant group is grappling with a stunning reversal of fortune after its war with Israel and the ouster of its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad
• Is Hezbollah going bankrupt? $1B budget goes sideways
• Court nixes hearing after PM cites ongoing discussions of 'foundation of our existence'
• Effort to remove AG will start in next few weeks, claims communications minister - Shlomo Karhi says 'an actual impeachment process will begin' in 2-3 weeks over 'illegal activity - things that it would be unthinkable for an attorney general to do'
• Despite ICC warrants: German Chancellor-designate Merz invites PM Netanyahu for visit after election victory - Right-wing, anti-migration AfD party crosses 20% for historic best result
• Israel denies entry to EU politician who backs boycott, sanctions, armed struggle
• EU delegation cancels trip to Jerusalem, West Bank after Israel banned 4 participants
• ICC urged to investigate Biden for 'aiding and abetting' Gaza war crimes - US-based nonprofit Dawn also accuses ex-secretary of state Antony Blinken and ex-Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin
• U.S. Jews Clash Over Trump Pick Huckabee as Israel Ambassador, Setting Stage for Contentious Confirmation
• Berlin Jews reportedly hide their Jewish background due to growing antisemitism
• US teachers union in Massachusetts to remove antisemitic materials after backlash
• NYC university system's faculty union backtracks after Israel boycott vote
• Barnard College expels 2 students who disrupted Israel history class last month
• Argentine president opening files on Nazi 'ratlines' that trafficked Eichmann, Mengele - Up to 10,000 Nazi war criminals fled Europe using these escape routes. Javier Milei pledges to declassify files related to how his country settled 5,000 of them
• Morocco says it dismantled Islamic State cell that was planning attacks
• Morocco intensifies counterterrorism measures after dismantling of 'Lions of the Caliphate' cell
• Three explosive devices thrown at the Russian consulate in Marseille, France
• The war hero, the Putin stooge and the champion boxer: Who could replace Zelensky? With the Ukrainian president indicating that he is willing to leave office in return for peace, these are the contenders to replace him
• Ukraine marks three years of war as Zelenskyy faces uncertain future
• Church leaders call for peace three years after Russian invasion of Ukraine
• Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has sown 'psychological terror', warns top aid coordinator
• WHO calls for mental health, trauma care and rehabilitation in Ukraine as war with Russia hits 3rd year
• Zelensky hails Ukraine's 'absolute heroism' on third anniversary of Russia's invasion
• Western leaders visit Kyiv and pledge military support against Russia on the war's 3rd anniversary
• Western Leaders Plan to Spend Billions for Ukraine's Defense
• Waltz: Ukrainian NATO Membership 'Not Back on the Table'
• Next German Chancellor Friedrich Merz Harshly Criticizes Trump and Musk, Says NATO Could Be Finished Soon, Calls for 'Independent' European Defense Capabilities
• U.S. Clashes With European Allies at the U.N. Over Ukraine
• US splits with European allies over UN Ukraine resolution vote
• Vladimir Putin Downplays Discussions with Trump Over Ending Ukraine War
• Trump says Putin would accept European peacemakers in Ukraine in potential peace deal
• Bessent says Russia-Ukraine deal is part of Trump's 'long-art' peace strategy
• We want long-term Ukraine peace deal, not quick US-backed ceasefire - Russia
• Russia says ceasefire without long-term settlement in Ukraine is unacceptable, RIA reports
• These 17 countries voted with US against Ukraine UN resolution
• Joining US, Israel votes against UN motion condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine
• China's Xi affirms 'no limits' partnership with Putin in call on Ukraine war anniversary
• UK Hits Russia With Its Largest Sanctions Package in Years
• Finnish President to Trump: If Putin wins in Ukraine, the US loses
• 'Peace must not mean a surrender of Ukraine,' Macron says alongside Trump
• In news conference with Macron, Trump calls the Ukraine war 'a horrible, bloody mess'
• With Canada Facing Grueling Tariffs, Trudeau Prioritizes Ukraine in Trump Call
• Likely German Chancellor Rejects Trump, Accuses U.S. of Russian-Style Election Interference, Calls for 'Independence' From America
• Feeling Blue: Angry Donors Turn Off Money Flow to 'Hopeless' Democrats
• Neo-Nazi group plots rebuild as Trump's FBI chief takes helm, audio reveals - Terrorist group the Base appears defiant as new administration aims to deprioritize threat from far right
• Trump to name FBI chief Patel as acting ATF director, source says
• FBI agents express shock and dismay over naming of right-wing podcaster to No. 2 post - Dan Bongino - who once called the FBI "irredeemably corrupt" - suggested on his podcast Monday that he was prepared to step out of his role as a MAGA warrior
• GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn demands FBI, IRS release 'complete, unredacted' Epstein flight logs, surveillance footage
• House Judiciary subpoenas FBI for docs pertaining to bureau's alleged misconduct under Biden admin
• Rep. James Comer Reveals Four Agencies Investigating Biden Family but Told to Stand Down
• DOGE's Edward 'Big Balls' Coristine Turns Out to be a Descendant of Soviet KGB Spy Who Betrayed the USSR for America: Report
• Elon Musk's DOGE is sending 'shockwaves' through the Pentagon, ex-DOD insider says
• Illinois Dem calls for 'Mass Civil Disobedience' After DOGE asks Federal employees to report their accomplishments
• Elon Musk's 'justify your job' emails are 'voluntary' after key agency heads ignore them: federal personnel office
• Federal workers return to offices amid threat from Elon Musk
• Trump defends Musk's 'genius' email to federal workers
• Video of Trump kissing 'real king' Elon Musk's feet played on US Govt screens in 'hack' - The hack comes after the Trump administration proposed cutting half of federal workers at the nation's housing agency
• Government TV's hacked to show AI video of Trump licking Elon Musk's toes - WaPo claims it's 'possibly' fake - Along with the footage of Trump kissing Musk's feet, the video displayed the message: "Long live the real king."
• DOGE will use AI to assess the responses from federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email
• Gov. DeSantis establishes Florida version of DOGE, will cut positions, audit universities
• MSNBC drama intensifies as network axes shows hosted by 3 more lefty anchors in wake of Joy Reid's ouster: sources
• Trump-Hater Lester Holt Stepping Down as "NBC Nightly News" Anchor Just Days After Joy Reid's Show is Canceled
• Judge sides with White House in AP case, declines to temporarily restore full access - The outlet claimed that their exclusion from those press venues was a violation of their First Amendment rights
• Nadine Strossen: My father survived the Holocaust. Censorship didn't stop the Nazis, it helped them
• Brazil Supreme Court justice orders Rumble suspension nationwide for alleged non-compliance
• Trump Media, Rumble File Court Motion against Suspension of Rumble in Brazil - Rumble Shut Down in Brazil for Rejecting Censorship Demands
• This is what no one planned could happen after taking a DNA test - Understand the risks of genetic data sharing and how to protect your privacy
• Crypto gambler 'shoots himself on live-stream after losing $500 in memecoin investment'
• 'I feel trapped': how home ownership has become a nightmare for many Americans - Scores in the US say they're grappling with raised mortgage and loan interest rates and exploding insurance premiums
• Delta flight returns to Atlanta, evacuated due to 'smoke' or 'haze'
• Elon Musk Wants To Crash The International Space Station Into The Earth 3 Years Early
• Sun unleashes powerful X-class solar flare, triggers radio blackouts across Pacific Ocean
• The riskiest asteroid on record now has near-zero chance of hitting Earth
• 'City Killer' Asteroid Suddenly Declared Safe
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near George Town, Cayman Islands
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Paradip Garh, India
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 21,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 12,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 12,000ft
• Increased activity, Aviation Color Code raised to Orange at White Island volcano, New Zealand
• Flooding hits Washington and Oregon after atmospheric river landfall
• Over two dozen buildings collapse in Oswego County under weight of snow, New York
• Rare snowfall reaches Mount Carmel as Israel prepares for the big freeze
• Temperatures hit record highs across South America - Rio de Janeiro reached 44C, its highest temperature for more than a decade, last Monday
• ABC's Hostin: Being Anti-Woke Is 'Ungodly' - 'That Is Not Christian'
• Six Girls, Ages 11 to 14, Arrested After Heinously Violent Assault - Hate Crime Enhancement Now in Play
• Police: Houston 15-Year-Old Shoots Mom, Sister After Eating 'Bunch' of Marijuana Edibles
• Cartel Gunmen Throw Grenade near Police Building in Beach Hotspot Killing Two
• 560 Pounds of Cocaine Seized from Mexican Cartel Smuggler near Border in Texas
• Trump aid freeze disrupts anti-narcotics program at Mexican ports
• Trump admin seeks to reinstate Title 42 health code to prevent migrants from crossing border
• Secret Biden Policy Fast-Tracked Illegals Through Airport Security Lines
• Judge blocks Trump administration from making immigration arrests at some places of worship
• NYC Mayor Eric Adams to close Roosevelt Hotel migrant center targeted by Musk, Trump administration
• Trump Investigates Biden's Allowing of Youth Smuggling by Labor, Sex Traffickers
• French surgeon accused of abusing 299 patients, mostly children, says he did 'hideous things'
• Chicago-Area Youth Hockey Coach Accused of Possessing Child Porn
• Maryland Lawmaker Slams Bill to Allow Condoms in Schools: 'Oversexualization' of Children
• Riley Gaines Accuses NCAA of Creating 'Loopholes' in Revised Transgender Policy: 'Garbage'
• Federal judge halts planned move of trans inmates to facilities for their biological sex - Trans inmates 'will not be safe' if moved back to facilities matching biological sex, a group of inmates allege in a federal lawsuit
• Maine's trans athlete policy 'so extreme,' could cost state millions in federal funding, GOP lawmaker says
• The NSA's Secret Sex Chats - Intelligence officials maintained a chatroom to discuss polyamory and transgender surgeries, internal documents reveal
• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Husband Welcome Baby Boy Born by Surrogacy
• American tourist, 18, 'throws newborn baby out of Paris hotel window with umbilical cord' still attached
• Supreme Court declines chance to overturn precedent limiting protests outside abortion clinics
• US supreme court rejects anti-abortion challenges to clinic 'buffer zones' - Conservative-dominated court declined to hear two cases opposing ordinances limiting protests near abortion clinics
• Clarence Thomas Rips High Court for 'Abdication' of Duty - He assailed the high court's decision Monday to not take up a challenge to abortion clinic buffer zones that he asserts trample First Amendment protections
• Egg Smuggling on the Rise as Americans Face Sky-High Prices
• Two people in US hospitalized with bird flu, CDC reports - Wyoming woman still in hospital while Ohio man released after facing 'respiratory and non-respiratory symptoms'
• D.C. psych hospital committed patients to boost profits, lawsuit says
• A small study on Covid vaccine safety sparks an online tempest
• Research Team Led by Wuhan's 'Batwoman' Finds Bat Coronavirus in China
• Tourist may have exposed 'hundreds of thousands' of people in San Antonio to measles, health experts say
• Passengers 'dropping like flies' after suspected norovirus outbreak on P&O cruise ship
• An unknown illness kills over 50 people in part of Congo with hours between symptoms and death
• Pope Francis shows slight improvement and resumes some work, while still critical, Vatican says