January 5th, 2025

• ​Freed Israeli hostage details fear of being made a 'sex slave' for Hamas terrorists: 'No one will silence me anymore'
• Israel kills at least 5 people across Gaza and Lebanon in latest ceasefire violations - Israeli forces continue to demolish homes in Gaza and occupy five locations in southern Lebanon
• Hamas says father, 8-year-old son killed in Gaza building collapse; reports say structure previously damaged
• IDF thwarts attempt to smuggle three M-16 rifles from Egypt via drone
• New round of Israel-Syria negotiations said set to begin in Paris
• World at War: UK and France Fighter Jets Strike Underground ISIS Weapons Cache in Syria
• UK confirms joint airstrike targeting suspected ISIS weapons facility in Syria - British secretary of state for Defence says strike shows determination to prevent Islamic State resurgence, comes amid US military activity in Syria
• Islamic Republic in 'survival mode' amid protests, Iranian officials said to believe
• Iran claims Israel seeking to 'undermine national unity,' accuses Netanyahu, US of incitement amid protests
• Netanyahu: Now could be moment Iranians 'take their fate into their own hands' - Senior officials reportedly say PM had been avoiding commenting on the protests, so Iran wouldn't use remarks as pretext to attack Israel
• Ayatollah Khamenei plans to flee to Moscow if Iran unrest intensifies - The republic's supreme leader has plotted an exit route out of Tehran should his forces fail to quell dissent, an intelligence report reveals
• With Venezuela raid, Trump fires a message to Iran and Hamas. Will they listen?
• Rubio says US will use oil leverage to shape Venezuela's transition after ousting of Maduro - "No more drug trafficking. No more Iran/Hezbollah presence there, and no more using the oil industry to enrich all our adversaries around the world."
• Venezuela still owes US energy companies billions as Trump calls for new investment - Trump says US energy firms should 'fix the badly broken oil infrastructure' in cash-strapped Venezuela
• Shares of Chevron jump 8% after Trump's military intervention in Venezuela
• "I Think They're in a Lot of Trouble" - Rubio Signals Cuba is Trump's Next Target, Reveals that Cubans Controlled Venezuelan Intelligence and Guarded Maduro
• Trump says Cuba is 'ready to fall' after capture of Venezuela's Maduro
• Cuban Dictator Miguel Diaz-Canel Threatens America - Vows Cubans Will "Give Our Blood" and Make the U.S. "Pay a Very Heavy Price"
• Hunger, Suffering, and Repression: What Life Was Like Under Venezuelan Socialism
• DHS encourages Venezuelans in the US to go home 'to the country they love' now that Maduro is gone - "President Trump is bringing stability to Venezuela and bringing to justice an illegitimate narco-terrorist dictator who stole from his own people"
• Maduro's Military Loyalists Issue Threatening Video - Accuse U.S. of "Colonialism" While Demanding Release of Captured Dictator
• European Far-Left Rage over Ousting of Socialist Venezuela Dictator Maduro
• Sen. Chris Murphy Claims Maduro Ouster "Has Nothing to do with American National Security", Says Venezuela "Not a Security Threat" and Venezuelan Drugs "go to Europe" - White House Responds
• Chuck Schumer Loses It Over Trump's Venezuela Operation - Runs to George Stephanopoulos to Announce War Powers Resolution
• Schumer: Maduro Capture Was a Reckless 'Violation of the Law'
• Senator Tim Kaine Gets Called Out on Live TV After Blaming Trump for Biden's Failures on Venezuela
• Busted on CNN: Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy Gets Confronted Live on Air With His Own 2019 Op-Ed Calling for Maduro to Be Ousted
• "I Don't Know Why That's Confusing to You" - Marco Rubio Torches CBS' Margaret Brennan After She Melts Down Over Maduro Raid Not Arresting 'Every Narco Terrorist'
• Rubio to Democrats who wanted Congress to approve Maduro capture: 'Couldn't afford leaks'
• Trump Says US Troops Injured in Venezuela are "All in Good Shape" - "Don't Ask Me Who's in Charge. It'll be Very Controversial... We're in Charge"
• Cotton: We Can't Count on Maduro's VP Rodriguez to Be Friendly 'Until She Proves It'
• Trump Puts Venezuela's New "President" on Notice - Delcy Rodriguez Threatened With a Fate Worse Than Captured Tyrant Maduro
• 'She is going to pay a very big price': Trump issues new threat to interim leader of Venezuela - In an interview with The Atlantic, President Donald Trump said rebuilding and regime change in Venezuela "is better than what you have right now."
• Inside Job? Reports Suggest New Venezuela's Interim President, Delcy Rodriguez, Negotiated With the US the Removal of Maduro, With the Mediation of UAE
• Winning: Washington Post Praises Trump Enforcing 'Justice in Venezuela'
• Martina Navratilova under fire for calling Trump 'insane' and 'serial criminal' after Venezuela strikes - Navratilova is a former Czechoslovakia refugee who escaped communist rule
• Hakeem Jeffries: Maduro's Capture Was an 'Act of War' Against Venezuela
• Rubio: There's Not a War in Venezuela, Maduro's Capture Was a 'Law Enforcement Function'
• Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's narco case echoes US history of targeting alleged foreign drug kingpins
• You Can't Make This Up: 92-Year-Old Clinton Judge Who Denied Trump's Hush-Money Removal to Federal Court and Blocked Venezuelan Gang Deportations Now Assigned to Preside Over Maduro Case in New York
• Democrats Fundraise in Protest of Trump Admin's Capture of Venezuelan Socialist Dictator Nicolas Maduro
• Wayne Root: Trump Brings Back Maduro to USA. Why? I'm Betting This is About Stolen 2020 Election. Maduro Knows Where Bodies are Buried. Obama, Biden & Clinton Crime Families Aren't Sleeping Well Tonight.
• Starlink provides free internet to Venezuela following US arrest of Nicolas Maduro
• American tourists stranded across the Caribbean after airspace closed for Maduro capture
• Trump says U.S. needs Greenland for defense; Denmark says no
• 'We need Greenland': Trump repeats threat to annex Danish territory
• Trump: US believes Ukraine did not strike Putin residence, despite Russian claims
• N Korea's Kim oversees hypersonic missile tests, cites geopolitical crisis - Kim Jong Un underscores the need to bolster Pyongyang nuclear deterrent, citing 'recent geopolitical crisis', state media reports
• Trump posts chart proving 72% of US Somali households are on welfare
• Report: Minnesota's Somali Fraudsters Paid for Lamborghini, Rolls Royce Rentals, Luxury Resort in Kenya with Stolen Money
• Gov. Tim Walz Calls Citizen Journalist Nick Shirley a 'Delusional Conspiracy Theorist'
• Trump Shares Video Questioning if Tim Walz Ordered the Assassination of Minnesota Lawmaker Melissa Hortman to Cover Up Somali Fraud Scheme
• Jack Smith Stutters as He Admits He Called Biden Appointee at DOJ For a Job Before He Was Appointed as "Special Counsel" to Investigate Trump
• 'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton Predicts AI Will Replace Many More Jobs in 2026
• The Large Hadron Collider Is Being Shut Down - CERN doesn't expect the high-luminosity LHC to be operational again until mid-2030
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Prince Edward Islands region
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Dhing, India
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Vilyuchinsk, Russia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near South Sandwich Islands region
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 18,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Strong winds leave thousands without power in Humboldt County, rare tornado warning issued for Shelter Cove, California
• Record highs possible as millions experience surge in winter warmth across Southern Plains to Mid-Atlantic
• Record-breaking King Tides flood San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California coast, U.S.
• Flights Grounded: Greece forced to close entire airspace with all flights in and out suspended amid mystery technical failure - Passengers travelling to the country have been warned to expect lengthy delays
• Berlin power grid attack caused by 'extremist leftists,' officials say - Up to 45,000 households expected to be without power for days as a result of a fire next to a power plant; far-left group claims attack, says it targeted the 'fossil fuel economy'
• 'Real Housewives' star accused of running cult-like church operation, ex-members allege financial exploitation
• Massacre at Nigerian market leaves more than 30 dead as gunmen torch stalls, kidnap others
• Dozens Missing as Migrant Boat Capsized off the Coast of Gambia
• "We'll go Back in When the Crime Starts" - Trump Says He'll Redeploy National Guard and Use Insurrection Act in Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland
• Top DOJ official blasts Swalwell for suggesting he could charge ICE agents: 'Not possible'
• Two Colorado Hospitals Stop Sex Change Drugs for Minors, Citing HHS Crackdown