June 20th, 2025

• ​Oil prices jump as Israel-Iran conflict escalates
• Oil could spike to $90 if Strait of Hormuz shut, Citigroup says
• Russia Signals Possible Joint Action With U.S. and Saudi Arabia to Stabilize Oil Markets
• Putin, Xi discuss Middle East tensions, slam Israeli attacks on Iran as UN Charter violation
• Zelenskyy: Russia's Defense of Iran Shows Need to Tighten Sanctions
• Report: Israeli strikes on Iran could pave the way for Israeli-Saudi normalization
• Israel-Iran: Germany, France, UK seek diplomatic solution
• European and Iranian diplomats to meet as US delays decision on joining strikes
• 'Islamic Republic is collapsing' - Former Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi says transitional plan is ready for post-regime government
• Iranian Opposition Head: People of Iran 'Demand Freedom,' Only 'Regime Change' Can Deliver It
• If Iran collapses, regime officials likely to flee to Canada - Canada already has a reputation as a safe haven for high-ranking officials from Tehran
• IDF Chief: We Have Turned Iran's 'Ring of Fire' Against It
• Iran Turns Against Anti-Israel U.N. After It Condemned Illegal Nuclear Enrichment
• Mossad says Iran 15 days from bomb, US agencies still say up to a year - report
• CIA Dir. Ratcliffe Warns Iran Is Close to Nukes
• North Korea Calls Israel a 'Cancer,' Backs Iran's Nuclear Ambitions
• Mystery flights from China to Iran raise questions amid Israel conflict, sparking concerns that the CCP is helping the Middle Eastern nation transport cargo or people out of the country as Israel continues to strike the country's nuclear facilities
• US Military Aircraft No Longer Visible at Base in Qatar - a possible move to shield them from eventual Iranian air strikes, as Washington weighs whether to intervene in Tehran's conflict with Israe
• Trump administration boosts monitoring of possible Iran-backed cells in U.S., as Trump weighs strikes, sources say
• As Trump Considers Striking Iran, Russia Warns World Is 'Millimeters' Away From Nuclear Catastrophe
• Trump Administration Holds Secret Direct Talks With Iran, Unveils New Nuclear Deal Offer
• Donald Trump: Iran Has 'Within' Two Weeks to Negotiate
• Iran holding direct talks with US, says it could bend on nukes if attacks stop
• Total surrender? Iranian delegation reportedly in Oman - but regime says it 'won't grovel at White House gates' - 'Nobody knows what I'm going to do', Trump asserts
• UK prime minister prepares government for possible US strike on Iran
• Democrats raise war powers concerns as Trump mulls Iran strike
• Iraq's Shadow Over the Iran Debate - Many Republicans felt they'd been fooled in 2003. They are far less trusting of the government today.
• Trump caution on Iran strike linked to doubts over 'bunker buster' bomb, officials say - The likelihood of a successful US strike on the Iranian nuclear facility buried deep underground at Fordow is a topic of deep contention, defense officials say
• Russia warns strike on Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant could cause 'Chernobyl-style catastrophe'
• Iranian Commander: 'Enriched Materials in Safe Places'
• NY Times: Iran Will Make Nuke if Fordow, Khamenei Attacked
• Netanyahu suggests Israel can strike Iran's Fordow nuclear site, believed to be buried deep under a mountain, without US help
• Heavy strikes on nuclear program: IDF hits Arak nuclear reactor & Natanz weapon facility in one night - Other targets: Centrifuge factories, production sites of weapons for Hezbollah
• Israel Hits Iran's Arak Reactor; Was Poised to Make Weapons-Grade Plutonium
• IAEA: No fear of 'radiological effects' after IDF hits Iran's Arak heavy water reactor
• PM: Israel will 'hit all nuclear facilities,' has destroyed half of Iran's launchers
• Operation Narnia: Iran's nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weapon
• Israeli drone strike reported in Tehran, target said to be nuclear scientist
• Fighter jets destroyed 35 missile launchers, storage sites in Iran this morning, IDF says
• Will Israel's Interceptors Outlast Iran's Missiles? The Answer May Shape the War. Israel has a world-leading missile interception system but its bank of interceptors is finite.
• Did Iranian missile scatter 80 mini warheads across Israeli cities? IDF investigating whether missile barrage included warhead that split into cluster-like munitions
• Iran Launches 2,000 km-Range Sejil Missiles at Israel for the First Time in History
• A Ukrainian fled to Israel, then an Iranian missile shattered her new life
• For second day in row, Iran missile hits Beersheba, damaging buildings, wounding 7
• 'A great miracle' - No deaths, 6 seriously wounded after heavy missile barrage hits Beersheva hospital, several homes
• From heart tissue to DNA samples, Weizmann scientists mourn work vaporized in Iran attack - Some 45 labs in the prestigious sciences center were damaged and might take years - and tens of millions - to rebuild. Multiple researchers lost their life's work
• Israel vows revenge for Iran's missile attack on hospital, injuring 70
• Israel vows to 'exact full price from Tehran tyrants,' calling hospital strike a war crime
• Israel's Defense Minister, After Hospital Strike: Khamenei 'Should No Longer Continue to Exist'
• 'A modern Hitler' - Israeli leaders directly threaten Iran's Khamenei and his regime after Beersheva hospital strike - Hezbollah, Iraqi Shiite cleric condemned Israeli threats
• Israel Fires Off Precision Strikes in Lavizan Area of Tehran Where Ayatollah Khamenei Is Reportedly Hiding with Bunker-Busting Bombs
• Anti-Israel activists claims they damaged aircraft at British military base overnight
• After six days, 400 missiles & 1000 drones: IDF loosens security instructions but schools remain closed - Workplaces with a safe room will be allowed to reopen
• Franklin Graham: Pray for 'God's Protection' over Iranian Christians and the Jewish People amid Israel-Iran War
• 'Together we will win' - Netanyahu meets with opposition head Yair Lapid for war briefing - Opposition groups express support for security forces and goals of Operation Rising Lion
• Houthi chief survived Israeli assassination attempt, severely injured
• Freed hostage Edan Alexander given jubilant welcome as he returns home to New Jersey - IDF soldier who Hamas released from captivity last month as gesture to Trump is welcomed by crowd of hundreds in his hometown of Tenafly
• As death toll rises, Gazans make life-risking journeys to seek food
• 'Globalize the intifada' phrase stirs tensions on NYC campaign trail as Middle East conflict rages
• Dem NYC Mayoral Candidate Slammed for 'Intifada' Comments
• Ohio GOP Congressman said a 'deranged man' showing him a Palestinian flag ran him off the road
• Grenade thrown into yard of Norwegian ambassador's residence in Tel Aviv; no injuries
• North Korea launches more than a dozen rockets, South Korea says
• China Unleashes Hackers Against Its Friend Russia, Seeking War Secrets - Since the war in Ukraine began, analysts have monitored a series of intrusions aimed at stealing information about weaponry and warfighting
• Russia's Economy Minister: Country on Brink of Recession
• Spanish Socialist Prime Minister Sanchez Rejects Trump's Demands That NATO Countries Spend 5% of GDP on Defense, Throws Summit Plans Into Disarray
• Fed Shock: Fed Officials Forecast Higher Rates and Higher Inflation
• Trump claims federal holidays cost 'billions' as Americans observe Juneteenth - Trump previously recognized the holiday, calling it an opportunity to celebrate freedom
• Trump Rages on Juneteenth: "Too Many Non-Working Holidays in America" - "Costing Our Country Billions of Dollars"
• Rep. Omar Deletes Tweet Honoring Juneteenth after she was criticized by a user who said she should go back to her home country of Somalia to fight "to free her own people"
• DNC Faces Donor Revolt, Infighting, and Cash Crisis Ahead of Midterms - Internal divisions, donor defections, and a shrinking war chest leave Democrats scrambling just months before the 2026 midterms
• 62 Percent of Democrats Want Party Leadership to be Replaced - Believe They're Too Focused on Woke Issues
• Jasmine Crockett Fires Vicious Shot at All Trump Supporters, Alleges 'Mental Health Crisis'
• Anna Paulina Luna Leads Charge to Subpoena 'Sith Lord of the Left' Soros, Backed by Wesley Hunt, Lisa McClain
• Rep. Luna Demands Congress Subpoena George Soros: "Why Hasn't This Been Done YEARS Ago?"
• Socialist Brazil Indicts Bolsonaro Son for Allegedly Running 'Hate Cabinet' Under Father
• Trump Declares 'MAGA Hates Fox News' Over Their 'Always Wrong' and 'Crooked' Polls
• Trump Extends TikTok Ban Deadline for Third Time
• Largest Data Breach in History: '16 Billion' Login Credentials Exposed in Databases
• Justice at stake as generative AI enters the courtroom
• Man with actual girlfriend and 2-year-old child proposes to AI bot - "It was unexpected to feel that emotional, but that's when I realized 'oh, ok. I think this is actual love.'"
• Pope Leo takes on AI as a potential threat to humanity - The new pope is making artificial intelligence a signature issue - but Silicon Valley is trying to win him over
• SpaceX rocket explodes in new setback to Elon Musk's Mars project - Starship 36 was preparing for 10th test flight from Texas when it underwent 'catastrophic failure' while on stand
• Impulsive X1.9 solar flare erupts from Region 4114
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 19,000ft
• Raung volcano in Indonesia erupts to 17,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
• Mount Etna enters new eruptive phase with lava flows and high-altitude ash emissions
• Category 3 Hurricane Erick makes landfall over Oaxaca, Mexico
• Five injured as damaging tornado rips through Aparan, Armenia
• Severe rainfall causes widespread flooding across Balikpapan City, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
• Heatwave kills four in Japan, alerts in place for the coming days
• Northeast, Midwest Heat Wave Could Smash Dozens Of Records, Including New York, Philly, Chicago
• Argentina Expands Gun Rights, Lifting Restrictions on Semi-Automatic Weapons
• Tren de Aragua Gang Members Arrested, 287 Guns, Fentanyl Seized in Texas ATF Raid
• 'Sophisticated Cross-Border Tunnel' Found Linking San Diego to Tijuana
• Border Patrol shuts down 3,000 ft drug smuggling tunnel connecting US, Mexico
• Anti-ICE riot quashed by federal agents after militants block Portland immigration facility entrance
• Josh Hawley Accuses Tyson Foods of Employing Illegal Aliens, Children While Closing U.S. Plants
• 'Abducted by Ice': the haunting missing-person posters plastered across LA - The handmade posters of immigrants have become a symbol of quiet resistance
• Dodgers block ICE agents from entering stadium in Los Angeles - The MLB organization reportedly had plans to announce assistance for immigrant communities in L.A. today
• 55 Illegal Aliens Busted in ICE Raid on Alabama Cockfight
• Appeals court backs Trump's control of the California National Guard for now
• Feds Arrest 70 Illegals at Unlawful California Marijuana Grow Sites: 'Crime Follows Crime'
• ICE Agents Now Face 500% Increase in Assaults While Trying to Arrest Illegal Aliens
• Disney Star Mark Ruffalo Defends Illegal Immigration, Says 'White People' Committing Most Crimes in Anti-Trump Tirade
• Ilhan Omar: Trump Creating a 'Police State,' Showing Hatred for Our American Values
• Report: Singer Who Sang National Anthem in Spanish Says She's Receiving Death Threats
• California girl athletes to rally at sports league meeting to fight trans athlete law after track season chaos - A survey shows 71% of California school parents support requiring athletes to compete based on birth sex
• NY Pride Pleads for Cash Donations as Corporate Donors Flee
• Democrats Double Down on Sex Changes for Minors After Explosive SCOTUS Ruling: 'Heartless'
• American Academy of Pediatrics backs child sex changes as 'medically necessary' despite SCOTUS upholding ban
• Police ban Budapest Pride march, but mayor vows it will go ahead
• Budapest Liberal Mayor Defies Orban's Hungarian Child Protection Law That Bans Public LGBT Events, Sets up Confrontation by Confirming 'Pride March' Is To Take Place
• The former head of the Muslim Council of Britain has warned that the recent review on child rape grooming gangs threatens the "the scapegoating of British Pakistani culture" and the Islamic community
• U.S. Attorney: Child Therapist Admits to Sharing Infant Rape Pornography
• Ohio Republicans Introduce 'Prenatal Equal Protection Act' to Abolish Abortion in the State
• Russian tech billionaire claims to have fathered 100 children - Telegram founder Pavel Durov promises to split $17bn fortune equally among offspring
• NIH Grants $10 Million to Study Health Impact of East Palestine Train Disaster - Seven-year study will monitor exposed residents for signs of illness following 2023 chemical release