March 18th, 2025

• ​PM: IDF launching strikes throughout Gaza after Hamas refused repeated hostage deal offers
• Hamas: Israel unilaterally ending Gaza truce, exposing hostages to unknown fate
• Death toll from renewed Israeli strikes reportedly climbs to 59, as 150 wounded
• Report: Trump gave Israel green light for new Hamas campaign
• Israeli military orders people to evacuate eastern Gaza after wave of strikes
• IDF says it's prepared to expand surprise Gaza op beyond airstrikes, as US offers backing
• IDF says it's prepared to widen Gaza assualt beyond air raids after targeting Hamas commanders, politburo members and infrastructure
• Head of Hamas's interior ministry said among senior officials killed in Gaza strikes
• Israeli leaders call urgent meeting over fears of imminent 'Hamas ground invasion'
• Opposition MKs say Gaza terror groups have 30,000 gunmen, war failing to achieve goals
• IDF may adopt cautious tactics in Gaza as massive invasion loses momentum - Israel faces a critical choice in Gaza: To launch a full invasion, opt for gradual strikes, or pursue another ceasefire deal
• Smotrich: Renewed Fighting in Gaza Will be 'Completely Different' - 'Very aggressive'
• Amid renewed strikes, Katz says 'gates of hell will open in Gaza' if hostages not released
• Less Than Half of the 59 Hostages in Gaza Are Believed to Be Alive
• 'Made us kneel like dogs and beat us' - Former Israeli hostage Tal Shoham describes Hamas captivity
• Lammy says Israel breaking international law with blockade of Gaza aid
• Hamas an 'existential risk to the existence of Palestinians' Gazan activist warns
• 'I will spend my life rebuilding': Gaza's heritage sites destroyed by war
• Trump approves Egypt's Gaza reconstruction plan - under two conditions - Sky News Arabia reports that the Trump administration has linked Egypt's reconstruction plan to Hamas's removal from Gaza and the disarmament of the Strip
• US, Israel see Syria as possible home for relocated Gazans, says report - Sources tell CBS that new government in Damascus has been approached as part of Trump's Gaza plan, alongside Sudan and Somalia
• US Jews think Oct. 7 'could happen here': 10 quotes from Chuck Schumer's NYT interview
• Justice Department, FBI form task force probing Hamas and US-based supporters - Prosecutors, FBI officials to take up symbolic case against Sinwar and other Hamas leaders for Oct. 7 atrocities, will investigate support for terror group on American soil
• Backed by CIA, defense startup emerges with tech platform for modern battlefield - In response to October 7, Kela raises $39 million to develop a platform for the integration of commercial technologies, such as AI models or sensors, into military systems
• In clash over PM's right to fire Shin Bet chief, a deeper question about responsibility for Oct. 7 - AG and Supreme Court will likely want to know why Netanyahu is firing Ronen Bar now - 17 months after the failure to thwart Hamas's massacre but exactly when the Shin Bet is investigating the PM's aides
• Taking on the 'deep state' or paving the way to autocracy? Why PM Netanyahu wants to fire Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar - Latest clash threatens to tear open deep-lying political rifts
• 'I'll stay' - Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar rejects dismissal by PM Netanyahu, opposition leaders call for mass protests
• Netanyahu says AG 'abusing' her authority by opposing Shin Bet chief's firing - PM denies dismissal meant to thwart probe into aides' Qatar links
• Opposition's Golan accuses 'dangerous'Netanyahu of resuming Gaza fighting to preserve his rule
• Netanyahu's court testimony today canceled; PM to hold urgent security consultation at 11 a.m.
• Protest groups plan huge Jerusalem rally against firing of Shin Bet leader
• UK Lib Dem peer leads push in Lords for immediate recognition of Palestinian state
• UK chief rabbi joins those exiting Israeli antisemitism confab over far-right invitees
• Elon Musk's Grok 3 backs Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution
• Why Israel Should Annex the West Bank
• Settler Attacks on West Bank Villages Intensify amid Israel's Military Operations
• Syrian Regime Thugs Attack Alawite Civilians, Chanting 'Ethnic Cleansing'
• "People Are Being Killed Every Day" in Syria as EU Showers Money on HTS Terror Regime
• IDF strikes terror targets in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, said to kill at least 9 - Military says it hit Hezbollah surveillance operatives, terror group's sites in Lebanon; weapons in Syria; Palestinian suspects trying to plant bomb near troops in Strip
• Report: Trump Urged Lebanon to Eliminate Hezbollah or Israel Would Do It
• The Islamist regime of Ahmad al-Shara'a in Damascus has declared war on Iran's proxy in Lebanon, the Hezbollah terrorist army, with skirmishes heating up along the border
• Lebanon says it will retaliate for gunfire from Syria amid deadly fighting on border
• Lebanon and Syria agree to ceasefire after 2 days of border clashes, Syrian defense ministry says
• 'Balance of power in Lebanon has shifted': Hezbollah fears normalization
• US customs officials expel Lebanese doctor over alleged Hezbollah sympathies
• DOJ Says Deported Brown University Doctor's Phone Contained 'Sympathetic Photos' of Hezbollah Leaders, Admitted to Atttending Terror Leader's Funeral
• Air Force on high alert for resumption of Houthi missile, drone attacks on Israel
• Trump says he'll hold Tehran responsible for Houthi attacks as group targets US ships
• Trump's sights set on Iran after US airstrikes decimate more than 30 Houthi targets
• Trump warns Iran over Houthi attacks, threatens 'dire consequences' - "Every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon, from this point forward, as being a shot fired from the weapons and leadership of Iran," US leader says
• Hegseth Says Campaign Against Houthis Will be 'Unrelenting' Until Hostilities Cease
• Iran says US has 'no authority' to dictate its foreign policy
• Oil prices up as US vows 'unrelenting' attack on Houthis and China pledges economic boost
• Israel, Azerbaijan Strengthen Strategic Alliance With Gas Exploration Deal Signing in Jerusalem
• M23 rebels withdraw from Congo peace talks, citing international sanctions
• Popular singer shot dead by hitmen in Peru, prompting state of emergency in capital over extortion killings
• Peru declares an emergency and deploys the army as violence surges in the capital
• Calls in Serbia for independent investigation into claims of a sonic device attack at peaceful rally
• Mass anti-corruption protests put strain on close European ally of Russia - Serbian police accused of using illegal hypersonic canons to dispel protests
• Russian spies were behind a bizarre mission to firebomb an IKEA store after bribing a teen with a BMW, according to Lithuanian authorities
• Lithuania blames Russia for IKEA arson, notes store logo matches Ukraine's colours
• Zelensky Replaces Ukraine's Chief of General Staff Again
• Dozens of Countries Willing to Send Peacekeeping Troops to Ukraine, U.K. Says
• Trump and Putin Will Talk Tomorrow To Try To 'Bring the Ukraine War to an End' - Territorial Concessions and Nuclear Power Plant Control in the Agenda
• Trump says Ukraine-Russia peace talks looking at 'dividing up certain assets'
• Trump weighs recognizing Crimea as Russian territory in bid to end war
• UK warns Russian economy will be 'crippled' without a peace deal with Ukraine
• Canada PM Mark Carney Promises Zelensky More Support for Ukraine
• Italy, Spain not ready to back EU plan to boost Ukraine military aid
• 'We won't be dragged into this' - Hungary opposes $22 billion EU aid package for Ukraine
• Globalist Establishment Cancelled Elections in Romania and Barred the Favorite Candidate, but Right Wingers Simion and Gavrila Are Leading the Polls in the Runup to May Vote
• French politician jokes US should return Statue of Liberty for siding with 'tyrants' - Raphael Glucksmann quips that US should give back 19th-century gift from France over Trump's approach to Ukraine
• French politician demands Statue of Liberty back, says US no longer deserves it - In a bold move, a French politician has called for the return of the Statue of Liberty, claiming America no longer embodies its ideals
• French MEP Throws Temper Tantrum: Wants Statue of Liberty Back Because America Supports Trump
• Commentary 2018: Is There An Ancient Secret Connection Between The Statue Of Liberty And The Anunnaki Goddess Inanna?
• Macron Calls on EU to Ditch American Weapons as Europe's Boycott US Movement Grows
• 'Stagflation' risk puts Federal Reserve in tricky spot as it meets this week
• Trump says JFK files will be released Tuesday without redactions - "It's approximately 80,000 pages," President Donald Trump said
• Trump Ends Taxpayer-Funded Secret Service Detail for Hunter Biden, Ashley Biden
• AP: Presidents have used autopens for decades. Now Trump objects to Biden's use of one
• White House: Trump is Raising Question - Was Autopen Used Without Joe Biden's 'Consent or Knowledge?'
• Dershowitz says challenges to Biden's autopen for bills, pardons 'will end up in court' - "An autopen would raise a real problem if he signed it by autopen, which is not a real signature"
• Trump says Biden's autopen pardons are 'void, vacant and of no further force or effect,' vows probe of Jan. 6 House select committee
• Kinzinger on Trump Declaring J6 Pardons Void: I'll 'Crush You in Court'
• How U.S. Postal Worker Stole $1.6 Million in Tax Return Checks to Fund Trips to Strip Clubs, Luxury Travel to Bali Resort
• Conservative Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman on Waste Uncovered by DOGE at Education Department: 'Money Laundering at its Absolute Best'
• DOGE Cuts Reach Key Nuclear Scientists, Bomb Engineers and Safety Experts
• Climate, energy agencies hire back probationary employees
• Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support
• Social Security Employees Warn of Damage From DOGE
• Social Security 'Clawback' Change Could Bankrupt Seniors
• The Trump administration axed Voice of America, and China's state media are delighted
• Appeals court denies Trump's bid to immediately reverse fired federal workers' reinstatement
• Cotton Predicts SCOTUS Will Deliver 'Rebuke' to Liberal Judges Interfering with Core Presidential Responsibilities
• Fani Willis ordered to pay $54,000 for 'intentional' violations in Trump case
• MSNBC Host Dramatically Quits the Democratic Party On-Air: 'They Blew It'
• Courtney Love Is the Latest Celeb to Flee Trump's America
• Gavin Newsom's favorability plummets after Cali. Gov. accused of 'pandering' to MAGA - California Gov. Gavin Newsom started a new podcast, where he interviews conservative guests in an effort to reach across the aisle and find common ground
• Schumer postpones book tour due to 'security concerns' amid anger from Democrats over government funding fight
• Congress probing two alleged security episodes during Trump visits to Capitol, one involving a gun
• AI 'digital twins' are warping political reality, leaving deepfake victims with few options for legal action
• A neuroscientist makes the case that AI can think
• NASA astronauts stranded in orbit set for long-awaited return after nine months on ISS
• March 29 solar eclipse: Where and when to see the rare sunrise solar eclipse from North America
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Masohi, Indonesia
• Strong and shallow M5.5 earthquake hits near Dofen volcano, Ethiopia's Afar region
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Sibolga, Indonesia
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits south of the Fiji Islands
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Santa Maria, Philippines
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Pante Makasar, Timor Leste
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Kainantu, Papua New Guinea
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the South Georgia Island region
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 21,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador eruptsto 20,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 12,000ft
• Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
• Multiple EF-4 tornadoes touch down in Arkansas for the first time in 28 years
• Severe weather disaster: 42 dead after destructive tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms, sweep across US
• Trump Deploys National Guard After Severe Weather Outbreak Kills Dozens
• Oklahoma wildfires kill 4, injure 142, and destroy hundreds of homes
• Bad News for Mosquito Haters: Climate Change Is Ruining Natural Repellents
• German 'Conservatives' Kowtow to Far-Left Greens, to Enshrine 'Climate Neutrality' in Constitution
• State of emergency in Ecuador after major oil spill
• Bible Sales Soar in the U.K. and U.S. Signaling a Global Spiritual Awakening
• Church of England Claims Christian Faith Spread with 'Racist European Ideologies'
• 'The Face of Evil': Suspect Arrested After Satanic Attack on St. Patrick Church
• Sharia Law Enshrined in Syria, What Will Be the Fate of Christians Now That 'Islamic Jurisprudence' Is the Law There?
• A Navy warship is joining the effort to secure the U.S. southern border - an unusual move announced by the Pentagon over the weekend
• Pentagon Deploying Destroyer USS Gravely to the Gulf of America as Part of Mission to Secure the Border
• President Trump Thanks Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele for Taking Venezuelan Terrorists Captured in America that Crazed Obama Judge Boasberg Wants Back in the Country
• White House Asserts Presidential Authority in Deporting Terrorist Tren de Aragua Aliens - Denies Defying Court Order, Declares It Invalid
• DOJ Asks Appeals Court to Intervene and Remove Obama Judge Who Ordered Trump Admin to Turn Around Planes Deporting Venezuelan Aliens
• Soros-Linked Network Behind Lawsuit Attempting to Stop Trump from Deporting Illegal Alien Gang Members
• Venezuela's Brutal Socialist Regime Compares Deporting Violent Gangsters to the Holocaust - Denounces Trump's 'Crimes Against Humanity'
• Left Portrays Pro-Hamas Activist Mahmoud Khalil as Victim of Trump's Deportation Policy
• Commentary: He voted for Trump. Now his wife sits in an ICE detention center.
• 25% Of UK Sex Crimes Committed By Foreign Nationals
• South African Scientists Stranded in Antarctic Base Plead for Help as Mission Member Sexually Harasses and Threatens To Kill a Colleague
• Trump White House Slammed For Hosting Conor McGregor Months After He Paid $250,000 to Rape Accuser
• Don Lemon claims it is impossible to be a 'rational' black Trump supporter
• Johannesburg votes to name U.S. consulate street after terrorist as councilor chants 'we want Hitler' - Vote came a day before U.S. ejected South African ambassador who called Trump a white supremacist
• Nolte: Dwarf Actors Plan to Protest 'Snow White' for Not Hiring Dwarfs to Play Dwarfs
• West Virginia Governor Morrisey Signs Bill Defining 'Man' and 'Woman' Based on Biology
• Washington State bill advancing that would make gender expansive students a protected class - "These controversial bills are a large part as to why parents are withdrawing their children from public education," said Tanya Hickman of the Lynden School Board
• Kentucky GOP lawmakers vote to protect conversion therapy
• WNBA Star Cameron Brink 'Icked Out' by Practicing Against Males: 'Preferably They're Gay'
• 'School officials need to be prosecuted': Girls allegedly forced to disrobe in front of male
• Democrat Rep. Says Dems Are Too Terrified to Speak Out Against Men in Women's Sports Because the Woke Mob Rules the Party
• HHS' Civil Rights Office finds Maine in violation of Title IX for allowing biological males in women's sports
• White Coat Waste: Trump's NIH Cuts Grants for Transgender Experiments on Animals
• Texas midwife arrested and charged with performing illegal abortions - The arrest appears to be the first time a health care provider in Texas has been criminally charged under the state's abortion ban, which went into effect in 2022
• More eggs than fentanyl being seized in border crackdown
• First detection of deadly mosquito-borne Japanese Encephalitis Virus in Brisbane following Cyclone Alfred impact on southeast Queensland - Flooding in the region has boosted the risk of the virus
• Houston health officials confirm 3rd measles case; Unvaccinated infant's illness linked to travel
• CDC whistleblower on MMR vaccine-autism study gains new attention after Weldon nomination pulled - "Many people feel big Pharma actually feared me more than they feared Bobby because of my credibility and my knowledge of science," says former congressman Dave Weldon
• Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr's crosshairs; funding in question - "Kennedy's war on vaccines has started," one researcher said
• NIH cuts funding for vaccine-hesitancy research. mRNA research may be next
• Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants
• We Are Turning Too Many People Into Medical Patients - The swift rise in diagnoses for everything from autism to ADHD may be doing more harm than good
• Public was misled by the scientific community about COVID origins, NY Times columnist argues - Many on social media accused the Times of trying to conceal its own role in covering up COVID's origins