June 9th, 2025

• ​Macron, in apparent U-turn, sets conditions for Palestinian statehood - Sources tell Asharq Al-Awsat that Ramallah must enact reforms and Gaza must disarm
• Report: France, UK, Canada set conditions for Palestinians for state recognition
• Abbas praises October 7 massacre ahead of pro-Palestinian summit
• IDF releases footage of Hamas tunnel network beneath European Hospital in Gaza Strip
• Israel Publishes Footage of Hamas Leader's Body Dragged from Beneath Hospital
• Under an EU-funded Gaza hospital, Hamas military head Sinwar met his end
• New Gaza Aid Head Defends Trump-Backed Humanitarian Breakthrough: 'They Should Be Lining Up to Support Us'
• Head of Gaza militia cited denying Israel support, demanding Hamas cede power
• Leader of Gaza militia denies receiving weapons from Israel, doesn't rule out cooperation with IDF - Abu Shabab says group working to 'prevent displacement' and protect Palestinians 'from Hamas terrorism'
• Lt.-Gen. Zamir denies 'baseless' Channel 14 claim MAG responsible for deaths of four soldiers
• WSJ: Israel Is Putting More Women on the Front Line to Help Fix Its Manpower Problem - Women now make up 21% of combat roles but still face challenges in gaining full equality
• Israel Intercepts Gaza-Bound Aid Ship With Greta Thunberg Aboard - Israel had vowed to prevent the vessel from reaching Gaza, saying its military would use "any means necessary" to stop it from breaching a naval blockade
• Gaza aid ship activists accuse Israel of 'forcibly intercepting' vessel as Israeli foreign ministry says ship heading to Israel
• Israeli troops detain Gaza-bound activists, tow boat to Ashdod after bid to bust blockade - Foreign Ministry says 'selfie yacht' was a provocation, passengers to be sent home
• Fontaines D.C. show "free Palestine" message at Primavera Sound and accuse Israel of genocide: "Use your voice" - The Dublin band have been outspoken in their support for the people of Palestine for years
• Security Threat Shutters Israel Summit: 'This is a Jihad-Like Attack on America'
• Outrage after arson attack on Jerusalem synagogue of top Shas party rabbi
• Government approves new method to fire AG, ignoring her warning that it's illegal - Attorney General's Office calls move to let ministerial panel approve her dismissal a 'tectonic shift' that will harm role's independence, 'remove oversight over governmental power'
• Shas vows to support dissolving Knesset in upcoming vote: 'We are disappointed with Netanyahu'
• West Bank family alleges soldier shot Palestinian man dead as he slept in his bed
• Israel, US agree to cease UNIFIL ops. in southern Lebanon
• United Nations Troops to Leave Lebanon After Ignoring Hezbollah for Years
• US said to mull dissolving UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon
• Israeli Military Says It Struck Hamas Member in Southern Syria
• Looted from Syria, sold on Facebook: antiquities smuggling surges after fall of Assad
• Syria to Give UN Watchdog Inspectors Access to Suspected Former Nuclear Sites as New Regime Seeks Sanctions Relief
• Iran threatens to soon reveal 'treasure trove' of secret Israeli nuclear files
• Iran carried out implosion tests for nuclear weapons development, IAEA reports - A new IAEA report reveals Iran carried out undeclared nuclear tests, prompting calls to refer the case to the UN Security Council
• Trump doubles down on opposing uranium enrichment, warns of potential strike on Iran
• IAEA's Grossi: Iran's Nuclear Facilities Buried Too Deep Underground to Be Hit by 'Surgical Strike'
• Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow closes 2 major airports
• Russian forces claim new advance deeper into Ukraine, amid dispute over dead soldiers
• Russia Accuses Ukraine of Delaying Exchange of Slain Soldiers
• Putin raises the stakes on 'ghost fleet' security, as NATO launches war games in the Baltic Sea
• Polish President-Elect Nawrocki Comes Out Against EU Membership for Ukraine
• Kyrgyzstan Removes Statue of Communist Dictator Vladimir Lenin from Second City
• Germany prepares to build thousands of shelters as war fears grow - Ralph Tiesler, head of the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, announced that his country will invest 10 billion Euros over the next decade in building bunkers and shelters
• Explosion at a US air base in southern Japan injures 4 Japanese soldiers
• Trump travel ban comes into effect, with citizens from 12 nations barred from US
• Elon Musk has PTSD & made a mistake by helping Trump, his dad claims as he reveals verdict on what caused explosive feud
• Trump says he hasn't given 'any thought' to canceling Elon Musk's federal contracts as feud dies down
• NASA, Pentagon push for SpaceX alternatives amid Trump's feud with Musk
• White House Security Staff Warned Musk's Starlink is a Security Risk
• WSJ: DOGE Staffers Fear Getting DOGE'd Themselves - As top Musk allies depart, the government cost-cutting effort is in question, staffers say
• Musk's DOGE Goons Surreptitiously Transmitted Reams of White House Data - all of it undetected - using a Starlink Wi-Fi terminal they installed on top of the White House
• In emergency appeal, Trump asks Supreme Court to let him gut Education Department
• Treasury Sec'y Quotes Breitbart, Accuses Gavin Newsom of Encouraging 'Criminal Tax Evasion' - His plan: defraud the American taxpayer and leave California residents on the hook for unpaid federal taxes
• Biden 2.0 here we go: Internet mocks Trump after stumble on Air Force One steps - President Trump stumbled while climbing Air Force One steps, sparking jokes online comparing him to Joe Biden - Both Trump and Marco Rubio had trouble boarding the plane
• Commentary: Trump nearly face plants on Air Force One stairs: 'We want a cognitive test right now'
• NYT: Once Champions of Fringe Causes, Now in a 'Trap of Their Own Making' - Top leaders at the Justice Department and the F.B.I. are struggling to fulfill Trump campaign promises often rooted in misinformation and conspiracy theories.
• Mike Johnson: If Dems Win House Control They Will Try to Impeach Trump the First Week
• Orwell's 1984 now comes with 'trigger warning' - Author has been convicted of 'thought crimes' he warned about in novel, critic complains
• Godfather of AI Alarmed as Advanced Systems Quickly Learning to Lie, Deceive, Blackmail and Hack - "I'm deeply concerned by the behaviors that unrestrained agentic AI systems are already beginning to exhibit."
• "The AI Told Him To Kill Himself And He Did": 10 Nightmare Things AI And Robots Have Done To Humans - "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
• A Billionaire Is Buying Entire Businesses and Converting Them to Run With AI
• Chinese solar tech poses 'chilling' threat to US electric grid, lawmakers warn
• Strong and shallow M6.3 earthquake hits Colombia, damaging homes and structures
• Shallow M6.2 earthquake hits western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
• 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits the western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits the western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Asan-Maina Village, Guam
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits north of Franz Josef Land
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits the western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 21,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 20,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,500ft
• Raung volcano in Indonesia erupts to 13,000ft
• Experts are certain, the next major volcanic eruption will cause climate chaos
• Tropical storm Barbara off south-west Mexico coast could become hurricane - US and other nations in the region are expecting active season for potentially ruinous storms in 2025
• Tropical Storm Cosme forms in the Pacific; severe thunderstorms spawn weekend tornadoes
• Tornado damages over 50 structures in De Soto, Missouri
• Islamic 'Blasphemy Code' Upheld in UK, Man Convicted of Burning Quran
• Colombia presidential hopeful shot in head at rally
• Protests after Colombian senator and would-be presidential candidate shot and wounded - Uribe Turbay was shot and wounded at a campaign rally in Bogota on Saturday, authorities said
• An attempted assassination of senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe shakes Colombia and revives the ghosts of political violence
• The Netherlands Will Hold Snap Elections in Late October, After Geert Wilders' PVV Left Coalition Over Immigration Policies
• Texas Republican says LA is 'tip of the iceberg' as deportations nationwide 'about to go way up'
• Trump's Deputies: Los Angeles Riots Prove Migrant 'Invasion'
• How LA erupted over rumours of immigration raid at a hardware store
• Anti-ICE Rioters Smash Windows of LAPD Headquarters, Loot Businesses, Set Fires
• President Trump Orders Federal Agencies to "Take Any Action Necessary" to "Liberate Los Angeles" from Illegal Alien Invaders as Thousands of Rioters Take Over Freeway
• Donald Trump warns 'we are going to have troops everywhere' after ICE protests - "We are going to have troops everywhere," Trump said, "We are not going to let this happen to our country."
• Report: 500 active-duty Marines prepared to deploy to LA - Pete Hegseth said that if it should be necessary he was prepared to deploy Marines
• National Guard troops arrive in Los Angeles as immigration protests turn violent
• Trump deploys National Guard in L.A. amid protests over immigration raids - L.A. Mayor Karen Bass criticized the the move as "completely unnecessary" and risked escalating tensions
• Commentary: The legal issues raised by Trump sending the National Guard to L.A.
• Trump Is Calling Up National Guard Troops Under a Rarely Used Law - President Trump bypassed the authority of Gov. Gavin Newsom to call up 2,000 National Guard troops to quell immigration protests
• Gavin Newsom calls Trump's National Guard deployment 'unlawful,' demands troops be pulled back - The letter also claimed that local law enforcement in Los Angeles had effectively managed the situation and warned that deploying troops without proper training or integration into local plans could worsen tensions
• Gavin Newsom Slams "Dictator" Trump; Demands President Rescind "Unlawful" Order Federalizing California National Guard
• Governor accuses Trump of trying to create 'chaos' as National Guard take up positions across city
• Border Czar Tom Homan Warns California Officials They Will Be Arrested and Prosecuted if They Interfere with ICE Operations
• Trump Border Czar Threatens to Arrest Newsom and LA Mayor - Tom Homan also warned that if violent "rhetoric against ICE" continues, "someone's going to lose their life"
• "Arrest Me, Let's Go!" A Panicked Governor Newsom Taunts Border Czar Tom Homan Amid Anti-ICE Riots
• Trump Advisers Once Opposed Using Active-Duty Troops at Protests. Not Anymore - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he was prepared to send active-duty Marines to the Los Angeles area to respond to demonstrations
• ABC News Reporter Heckled and Harassed Live On Air by Anti-ICE Rioters as She Reports on "Peaceful Protests" in Downtown Los Angeles
• California Rep. Barragan Claims LA Riots are 'Peaceful' Protests on CNN as Footage of Burning Car Plays Next to Her
• Sen. Cory Booker calls Los Angeles riots 'peaceful,' slams Trump for deploying National Guard
• Kamala Harris Sides with the Violent Mob, Condones Riots as Thugs Burn Cars, Block Freeway in Downtown Los Angeles
• Noem says Trump admin won't let 'a repeat of 2020 happen' as National Guard responds to LA immigration riots
• Adam Schiff Defends 'Insurrection' in L.A. Against Federalized National Guard
• Sen. Cory Booker: Trump Sends National Guard For "Peaceful" LA Protests, But Not On January 6
• Booker: Trump Is Trying to 'Incite' Violence at 'Peaceful Protests'
• Klobuchar: Trump 'Hell Bent on Inflaming the Situation' in Los Angeles
• Democrat L.A. Council Member Urges Leftists to Escalate Attacks on ICE Agents
• Mexican flag-waving masked protester becomes the symbol of LA anti-ICE riots: 'Perfect propaganda for Trump'
• Trump bans masks at LA protests, causing uproar on social media
• Anti-ICE Protest in San Antonio Hosted by Socialist Party Involved in Los Angeles Riots
• Stephen Miller Unleashes on Sen. Rand Paul for Opposing ICE Funding While Backing Trillions in Open Border Spending
• Report: Evidence Suggests LA "Riots" Over ICE Raids Could Be Government‑Funded
• Jared Leto denies allegations of 'sexual impropriety' by multiple women, some who say they were underage
• Southern Baptists to Vote on Effort to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage - Motivated by their success in reversing Roe v. Wade, conservative Christian activists have a new target in Obergefell v. Hodges
• 'World Pride' Celebration at DC's Dupont Circle Marred by Shooting and Stabbings After Safety Concerns Overridden to Open Park
• White House dismisses Pride Month as WorldPride gathers in Washington
• 'Pride' Group Reveals Just How Many Hundreds of Millions Trump Has Cost Them
• Miley Cyrus: 'A Month Is Too Short' for Pride Month, 'It's a Lifetime'
• Nearly 2 million egg cartons recalled after salmonella outbreak sickens 79 people in multiple states
• One of the nation's largest egg producers has lost 95% of its chickens to bird flu. It could spell price hikes
• COVID cover-up probes focus on early military intel that virus was man-made, escaped Wuhan lab - The FBI and intelligence watchdogs are interviewing whistleblowers after explosive revelations emerge
• Scientists Uncover Hundreds New Giant Viruses That May Be Quietly Threatening Ocean Life