January 14th, 2025

• Israeli expert believes Trump will pressure Israel to concede to Saudi conditions for peace - a Palestinian state
• Israeli officials say hostage-ceasefire deal is close, awaiting final Hamas approval
• Israeli officials: Deal will see 33 hostages freed in 1st stage, most of them alive
• 'Distinct possibility' of Gaza ceasefire deal this week, senior US official says
• 'Never give up': Biden says Israel, Hamas 'on the brink' of hostage-ceasefire deal
• Trump Effect: Hamas Is Prepared to Make Ceasefire Deal with Israel Following Trump's Threat to "Raise Hell in the Middle East"
• Israel's incoming ambassador to US: Hostage deal could happen soon because of Trump ultimatum to Hamas
• Hostage talks advanced after 'tense' meet between Netanyahu, Trump envoy - officials
• JD Vance says Trump will enable IDF to 'knock out' Hamas if hostages not released before inauguration - "It means very aggressive sanctions and financial penalties on those who are supporting terrorist organizations in the Middle East."
• Coalition hawks pan nascent Gaza deal as 'catastrophe'; opposition, UTJ vow support
• Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich blasts emerging Gaza deal as a 'national security catastrophe'
• Israel seizes billions from Palestinians in shock debt maneuver
• Anti-Israel group asks Italy, The Hague to arrest COGAT head on 'secret' trip to Rome - Hind Rajab Foundation claims Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian guilty of genocide, war crimes for overseeing blockade on Gaza, citing 'human animals' comment made at start of war
• House votes to sanction International Criminal Court leaders over Israel charges
• Hamas Has Another Sinwar. And He's Rebuilding. Under Yahya Sinwar's younger brother, Hamas recruits fighters in Gaza, drawing Israel into war of attrition
• Five soldiers killed, 10 wounded in explosion in northern Gaza, IDF says
• IDF soldier severely injured in Gaza battles, fights drug-resistant bacteria
• Misusing mosques for terror - IDF video shows terrorists firing on Israeli forces from cover of religious building - IDF says terrorist 'cynically exploit civilian institutions for terror purposes'
• For second time in hours, missile launch from Yemen triggers central Israel sirens
• Lebanon's Nawaf Salam to be designated PM, angering Hezbollah
• Int'l Court of Justice top judge Nawaf Salam named Lebanon's prime minister
• Israeli envoy to UN accuses Hezbollah of trying to rebuild, with help from Iran
• Palestinians dedicate new West Bank olive grove to Jimmy Carter
• Top rabbi urges Europe to act to ensure Jews remain amid antisemitism surge
• China constructing 'D-Day style' barges for possible Taiwan invasion
• North Korea launches missiles toward eastern waters in 2nd launch of year, South says
• A stick-figure drawing in a North Korean soldier's diary showed how Pyongyang's troops wanted to use each other as drone 'bait'
• Final Working Pipeline Bringing Russian Gas Into Europe Attacked, Claims Kremlin
• Baltic Sea undersea 'sabotage' sets stage for escalating NATO-Russia contest - A spate of alleged underwater incidents has allied leaders on alert
• Iran and Russia to ink 'strategic partnership' deal as Tehran seeks money, arms
• Riyadh set to monetize all minerals, including uranium 'yellowcake' - Saudi minister
• The Bomb Is Back as the Risk of Nuclear War Enters a New Age - Fears of nuclear conflict are growing again as arsenals expand, alliances shift and treaties dissolve
• The end of the world as we know it? Theorist warns humanity is teetering between collapse and advancement
• House GOP introduces 'Make Greenland Great Again Act' to authorize US buy of territory
• Senate braces for 'train wreck' as hearings kick off for Trump Cabinet picks
• FBI's Chris Wray Reveals Right Before Resigning That China Has Penetrated U.S.'s Critical Infrastructure
• Almost 8,000 soldiers bussed in for Trump's 'peaceful transition' - Troops reinforce 25,000 police, a fleet of drones and 30 miles of fences as Washington DC locks down for presidential inauguration
• Trump's sentencing prevents him from owning firearms, forces him to provide DNA sample - While no punishment was given, Trump now has 34 felony counts on his criminal records, which affects some of his rights
• Georgia Senate revives panel investigating Fulton DA Fani Willis - Republicans created committee last year to probe conduct of Trump prosecutor
• Judge Cannon OKs release of special counsel's report into Trump and election subversion
• Trump makes last-ditch effort to block Jack Smith's final report after judge OKs its release
• Charlamagne tha God Calls Prosecution of Trump 'Pure Political Theater': 'Ridiculous Watching Liberals Celebrate This'
• David Weiss confirms Hunter made millions on family name in final report, blasts Joe Biden
• Washington Post traffic craters, loses $100M amid identity crisis as talent, readers flee: reports
• Washington Post has lost nearly 90% of its audience since 2021: report
• Israel's education minister declares 2025 - 'Year of Artificial Intelligence'
• Israeli sources say Biden's new AI chip export rules a 'major blow' to industry
• U.S. tightens its grip on AI chip flows across the globe
• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Flight to D.C. Rerouted Amid 'Unauthorized Drone Activity' Over the White House
• Disgraced FBI Director Chris Wray Warns China's Cyber Army Is Poised to Wreak Havoc on Critical U.S. Infrastructure at Any Time - Says Malware Is Already Embedded in Water, Energy, Gas Pipelines, Communications, and Transportation Systems
• Magnitude 6.9 earthquake hits Japan
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Takanabe, Japan
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Lobuche, Nepal
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Lobuche, Nepal
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Abepura, Indonesia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the Southwest Indian Ridge
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Hihifo, Tonga
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Lae, Papua New Guinea
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Balangonan, Philippines
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Lospalos, Timor Leste
• New earthquake swarm in Campi Flegrei, Italy
• Significant damage reported, two injured as intense seismo-volcanic crisis hits Main Ethiopian Rift
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 21,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 19,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 19,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Ibu volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
• Extreme rainfall leaves 10 dead in Ipatinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
• Devastation of raging Los Angeles fires visible from space in satellite images
• 'Insanely Powerful': Holocaust Survivor's Menorah Survives L.A. Fires
• It's a mitzvah: LA fires activate Jewish law of saving Torah scrolls from calamity
• Mel Gibson on Loss of Home to L.A. Fires: It's All Just 'Stuff'
• Report: Palisades Fire Predicted to Have 'Human Origins'
• Marjorie Taylor Greene Launches Unhinged Call for Officials to Manipulate the Weather to Stop L.A. Wildfires
• LA resident sues California utility company for allegedly causing deadly Eaton Fire
• Tom Brady hires private security to protect $20 million LA mansion following wildfire looting and burglaries NFL star
• LA fires forecast to be costliest blaze in US history with estimate of over $200bn in losses
• Gavin Newsom Admits He is Receiving Advice from Hawaii's Governor as 'Speculators Come in, Buying Up Properties' Amidst Wildfires
• Gavin Newsom says he's already 'reimagining LA 2.0' post-wildfire, and that California needs a 'Marshall Plan' to rebuild
• Biden White House concerned with wildfire 'misinformation,' says it 'puts people's lives at risk' after 24 killed in LA fires
• L.A.'s wildfires have leaders fighting on two fronts: Nature and politics
• Federal aid for LA wildfires should have 'conditions' attached due to Dem 'mismanagement,' Speaker Johnson declares: 'Comes down to leadership'
• Enraged Dems warn Johnson not to condition California wildfire aid
• Newsom concerned Trump will try to withhold California aid
• Biden's Tone-Deaf Response to Disaster: Victims of Devastating Fires Get Insulting $770 'One-Time Payment' While Sending Billions Overseas
• LA Mayor Used Fire Department Money to Fund Queer Occult Interests, 'Ebony Theatre,' Trans Cafe, and More
• Gavin Newsom Will Spend $50 Million to 'Trump-Proof' the State as California Burns - "Now comes word that Governor Newsom will spend some of that $100 million that should have went to fighting wildfires to stop Trump from deporting illegal aliens."
• 'I Think Things Are Going to Be Bad, Really Bad': The US Military Debates Possible Deployment on US Soil Under Trump - Trump has said he wants to use active duty U.S. troops to quell protests and round up immigrants. Will the military comply?
• Gov. Ron DeSantis Calls Special Session for Florida Legislature to Enforce Trump Deportation Policies "The American people spoke very clearly"
• Trump Faces Elevated Security Threat For Inauguration
• DHS and FBI issue joint warning regarding possible copycats of New Orleans terror attack
• India kicks off a Hindu festival touted as the world's largest religious gathering
• India's Maha Kumbh festival sees 15 million people take holy dip on first day
• Church accused of hate crime after 'banning gay mayor from mass' - Catholic priest threatened with legal action after priest allegedly blocked homosexual couples from receiving communion
• A Black, LGBTQ Connecticut pastor leads nearly 600 New England churches. He has a gift for all who need it
• Civil Rights Groups Urge Congress Reject Trans Sports Ban
• Virus leads to 'severe pneumonia in days' as people claim 'it's worse than 2022'
• As EU Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen Is Under Legal Scrutiny for 'Pfizergate' Contract Scandal, Her Office Is Also Denying a Cover-up of Her Hospitalization With 'Severe Pneumonia'