May 12th, 2025

• Prospects of Saudi ties to Israel elusive as Trump seeks $1.3 trillion bonanza
• Trump's meeting with Saudi ruler said set to include leaders of PA, Lebanon, Syria
• Report: Trump to meet Mahmoud Abbas in Saudi Arabia - Arabic media reports that at the request of MBS, Trump will meet the PA chairman and Syrian president this week. MBS reportedly seeks US approval for a Palestinian state
• Commentary: A demilitarized Palestinian state is a dangerous illusion - The many-sided threat of Palestinian statehood is part of a much larger and more portentous enemy threat
• Israel on back burner for Trump's visit to Mid East, experts say - Washington is signalling that its "commitments towards Middle East allies have not vanished, contrary to common belief"
• Disagreements on Iran, Gaza straining Trump-Netanyahu relationship - Israel is "worried about any deal" Trump might strike with Iran, one source told NBC News
• Tehran says 4th round of nuclear talks difficult, while US 'encouraged'
• Witkoff said to tell hostage families Israel is pointlessly extending Gaza war, US is urging a deal
• Report: US and Hamas holding direct talks on ceasefire
• Hamas to Release American-Israeli Hostage Edan Alexander in Move Timed with Trump's High-Stakes Middle East Visit
• Israel Endorses US Humanitarian Aid Plan for Gaza
• The U.S. has a plan for getting food into Gaza. Top aid groups object to the idea
• Hamas said to be stepping up executions in Gaza
• Hamas executes 5 Gazans charged with murder, aiding Israel
• Commentary: Did the Red Heifers Start A War in Israel?
• After 43 Years, missing Israeli soldier's body found in 'heart of Syria'
• Israel Recovers Body of Fallen Soldier Tzvi Feldman, Missing Since 1982 Lebanon War
• Israel says body of soldier missing for 43 years recovered by Mossad from Syria
• Mind games? IDF orders evacuation of three Yemeni ports
• IAF reportedly strikes three Houthi-controlled ports following evacuation warning
• Iranian Accused of Plot on Israeli Embassy Entered UK Illegally, Was Living in Taxpayer-Funded House: Report
• Donald Trump Offers To Resolve India and Pakistan's Kashmir Dispute
• India's diplomatic ambitions tested as Trump pushes for deal on Kashmir
• North Korea's Kim Jong Un leads missile test, stresses nuclear force readiness, KCNA says
• 'Never Again War' - Pope Leo XIV Calls for Peace in Ukraine and Middle East in First Sunday Noon Blessing
• Ukraine, European Allies Push for 30-Day Ceasefire With Russia
• Zelensky Willing to 'Personally' Meet With Putin in Istanbul, But Demands Ceasefire Before Talks
• Zelensky challenges Putin to meet him after Trump demands Ukraine-Russia talks
• Putin bombards Ukraine with swarm of attack drones in huge aerial blitz just hours after proposing direct peace talks - Explosions rocked Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Donetsk and Mykolaiv in the early hours
• Russia and Ukraine Set To Start Peace Talks Thursday in Istanbul After Trump Pressures Zelensky To Accept Putin Proposal
• In The Shadows Inside Putin's shady new spy unit dubbed 'KGB 2.0' wreaking havoc on West despite Trump peace talks
• Trump officials say trade deal reached with China but details remain unclear
• This Obscure New York Court Is Set to Decide Fate of Trump's Tariffs - The Court of International Trade this week will consider the legality of president's 'Liberation Day' levies
• Elon Musk Reveals DOGE Discovered 100,000 Active Federal Employees Who Were Also Collecting Unemployment Insurance
• Van Hollen: Trump Attempting to Silence Congress, Suspend the Constitution
• Qatar Reportedly Offers Trump a New Plane Amid Boeing Delays to Replace Aging Air Force One - The $400 million plane, dubbed a 'flying palace,' would be the largest gift ever donated by a foreign nation
• Trump Turns to Private Defense Contractor to Overhaul Former Qatari Jet Amid Boeing's Stunning Failure to Deliver Air Force One Replacements
• Another issue disrupts Newark's airport as Trump's transportation secretary plans reducing flights
• Newark Airport Radar Fails Again - Five Controllers Already on Trauma Leave Over Prior Outage
• Loops in the sky: See the chaos caused by Newark's April radar shutdown
• User-Generated AI 'Therapists' on Instagram Claim False Credentials, Provide Unqualified Advice
• 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Port-Vila, Vanuatu
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Blangpidie, Indonesia
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Rikaze, China
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Pangai, Tonga
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Beringovskiy, Russia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Guiria, Venezuela
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 21,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 18,000ft
• Karymsky volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 12,000ft
• Poas volcano in Costa Rica erupts to 10,000ft
• Trump's firing of FEMA leader plunges disaster agency into uncertainty
• Toxic chlorine gas leak near Barcelona forces 160 000 residents into confinement
• Poland: Thousands Protest Against Migration Ahead of Presidential Elections
• Farage Calls for 'Halt' on Immigration, Making UK 'Less British Every Day'
• Farage's Reform Party Begins Legal Action Against Migrant Hotels in England
• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Epstein Files Likely Destroyed, Claims Israel and UK Still Hold Remaining Evidence - Believes 'He Didn't Kill Himself'
• California 'teacher of the year' gets 30 years in prison for sexual abuse of elementary school children
• Bill Maher: Democrats Went from 'Men Can Have Babies' to 'We Like the Terrorists'
• Actor Liev Schreiber Says 'Most Profound Moment' was His Son 'Asking Us to Change Her Pronouns'
• Flashback: Pope Leo XIV blasts Hollywood for anti-Christian normalizing of abortion, euthanasia, LGBTQ+
• Supreme Court rules birth parents of child born in IVF mix-up are legal parents
• President Trump Announces He Will Sign Executive Order to Reduce Pharmaceutical Prices by 30% to 80% Almost Immediately
• Secretary Brooke Rollins Announces Immediate Suspension of Cattle, Horse, and Bison Imports at Southern Border Over "New World Screwworm" Threat