May 28th, 2025

• BBC Arabic sorry after presenter denies verified 7 October atrocities on air - TV show host wrongly claimed there was 'no evidence' for families being burned during the Hamas mass-terror attack
• Germany threatens steps against Israel as tone shifts over Gaza
• Germany signals shift on Israel as arms policy faces scrutiny amid mounting Gaza civilian death toll
• Almost 180,000 Palestinians displaced by latest Israeli military offensive
• Gaza's youngest influencer aged 11 among children killed by Israeli strikes - Yaqeen Hammad offered tips for surviving in war zone and is one of dozens of minors who have died in recent attacks
• Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says his country is committing war crimes - Leader from 2006 to 2009 says Palestinian victims are at 'monstrous proportions' and Netanyahu heads a 'criminal gang'
• An Antiwar Movement Is Stirring in Israel
• Error at JFK Airport leads to one-hour detention of former Israeli hostage Liri Albag
• US envoys signals possible hostage deal as Israeli families approach 600 days of captivity for loved ones
• PM suggests hostage deal imminent, then walks back remark; families denounce 'abuse'
• Hostage families fume after Netanyahu appears to tease deal only to dash hopes - Brother of captive soldier decries 'psychological terror' after premier repeats comment his office walked back about hostage-related announcement 'today or tomorrow'
• Over 500,000 Israelis sought mental help since war's start, report reveals
• Netanyahu lauds new Gaza aid plan, says starvation policy allegations a 'lie'
• Noem: Gaza Aid Often Funds Hamas, Israelis Know How to Get Aid to Civilians
• Israel-backed Gaza aid group GHF begins aid distribution, slams Hamas for threatening Gazans who receive aid
• Chaos Mars Opening of Israeli-Backed Aid Distribution Site in Gaza - Starvation looming, desperate Palestinians surged toward an aid center that Israel says was designed to circumvent Hamas
• Israeli troops open fire as aid group loses control of distribution centre - Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, chosen by Israel, unprepared for thousands of hungry Palestinians, leading staff to abandon posts
• Footage apparently shows Gazans overrunning new aid center in Rafah
• Gazans overrun Strip's new aid center; operator says distribution has resumed
• Hamas executes four Gazans it accuses of looting aid as it tries to assert control
• COGAT accuses UN aid chief of 'libel' for claiming 10,000 aid trucks sat at Gaza border
• Israeli government approves emergency call-up of up to 450,000 IDF reservists - a record number
• Maher calls out liberals backing Hamas despite terror group's extremist views
• S&P warns Israel's credit rating at risk of downgrade amid judicial jitters, Gaza war
• Ireland's cabinet formally backs trade ban on West Bank settlements
• Norway's parliament said to reject blanket divestment from firms in West Bank, Gaza
• Security cabinet said to secretly approve plan to establish 22 new West Bank settlements
• Israel launches anti-terror raids on West Bank money changers - Raids reported in Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron, Tubas; Palestinians say 1 killed, 20 treated for tear gas inhalation, 3 for rubber bullet wounds, after clashes break out
• High Court presses IDF, police to enable displaced Palestinian villagers to return home - Court declines to order the demolition of illegal West Bank outpost, which led villagers to flee, and which was established by a radical settler
• Israeli Forces Said They Killed a 'Terrorist.' He Was 14 Years Old - The death of Amer Rabee, a Palestinian American in the West Bank, has spurred anger over soldiers' use of force and an apparent lack of accountability.
• World Health Organization to Fly Palestinian Authority Flag
• US official who spread antisemitic rhetoric online becomes Pentagon press secretary
• 68.4% of global antisemitic incidents rooted in far-leftist ideologies: report
• IDF announces deployment of new 'drone boats' - These unmanned marine vessels represent a significant reinforcement of defense capabilities in Israel's economic waters
• IDF kills elite Hezbollah terrorist 3 miles from northern border
• Iran says it could survive if US nuclear talks end without a deal
• Trump warns Netanyahu against taking steps that could harm US-Iran nuclear deal talks - Trump's message to Netanyahu was that "this is not the time to escalate the situation while he is trying to resolve the issues."
• Report: US officials concerned Israel could carry out strikes on Iran without much warning
• Report: Israel, Syria hold secret meetings to prevent conflict
• Israel and Syria holding face-to-face meetings at border to calm tensions - Syrians represented by border governor Ahmad al-Dalati, Israel by unnamed security officials; talks are on 'absence of war,' not normalization, for now
• Syria Opens Direct Talks With Israel as Germany Breaks With Longstanding Support
• Suspected Islamic State member pleads guilty to deadly stabbing at German festival
• Plagued by Endless Scandals, France's Macron Tries To Downplay the Danger of Muslim Brotherhood Infiltration Revealed by His Own Government's Report
• Man charged over killing of Jordanian pilot burned alive by IS
• Ex-aide to Georgia's de facto leader at risk of torture, lawyers say - Giorgi Bachiashvili, who fell out with billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, arrested and deported from UAE to Tbilisi
• Turkey's Erdogan appoints team to draft new constitution, drawing fear of power grab
• India and Pakistan's drone battles mark new arms race
• Trump's 'Golden Dome' Riles Nuclear-Armed Foes - China, Russia and North Korea - harboring weapons that could reach U.S. - assail missile-shield plan as a blow to global stability
• North Korea says US 'Golden Dome' risks 'space nuclear war'
• Report: North Korea Has Enough Fuel for 90 Nuclear Warheads
• As Ukrainian POWs die in Russian prisons, autopsies point to a system of brutality
• Russia seizes Ukrainian border villages as its bombing campaign slows
• Russia is unleashing aerial terror against Ukrainian civilians to make it seem like it is winning, experts say
• The U.S. Reinforces Europe's Northern Front, Fearing War With Russia - In quest to make NATO more lethal, the Pentagon turns to the high north and the Baltics
• Trump warns 'really bad things' will happen to Putin as invasion ramps up
• Trump Accuses Putin of 'Playing With Fire' as He Mulls Sanctions
• Russia Dismisses Trump Calling Putin 'CRAZY' as an 'Emotional Reaction'
• Russia bends to Trump after 'crazy' Putin comments in latest sign peace is on the horizon
• Russia announces Trump and Putin agree to prisoner exchange
• Trump says Canada will need to pay $61 billion for 'Golden Dome' system unless it becomes '51st State'
• King Charles III says Canada faces unprecedented dangers as Trump threatens annexation
• Commentary: The Boomers Built the Bond Bull Market and Now They're Killing It
• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: GAO (Government Accountability Agency) Part of 'Deep State Resistance' Trying to Stop Trump
• Judge Suggests USAID Fight May Be Moot, Denies Discovery in Case Against DOGE
• Federal Appeals Court (For Now) Sides with Biden Judge Who Blocked Trump From Dismantling Department of Education
• Trump team pauses new student visa interviews as it weighs expanding social media vetting - It's the latest salvo against universities, many of whom rely heavily on foreign students for funds
• Harvard's Kennedy School Could Lose 60% of Students Under International Ban
• Trump to cancel all remaining federal contracts with Harvard - worth $100 million
• Star Harvard business professor stripped of tenure, fired for manipulating data in studies on dishonesty
• Melania Trump denies rumors president is targeting Harvard because son Barron did not get in
• Trump Pardon Attorney Ed Martin Looking at Derek Chauvin Pardon: 'That Was Not a Fair Trial'
• NPR sues Trump over executive order cutting federal funding
• Trump to Pardon Reality-Show Moguls Convicted of $36 Million Fraud
• Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner - Paul Walczak's pardon application cited his mother's support for the president, including raising millions of dollars and a connection to a plot to publicize a Biden family diary
• Broadway Performer Declares Trump's Kennedy Center 'Should Get Blown Up,' Calls for NY to Secede From the United States
• New Info on Trump Shooter: Thomas Crooks Was Ordering Bomb Material That Could Take Down Entire Building, According to Estimate
• Obama's female Secret Service agents suspended for brawling outside his DC mansion
• Death Of Third House Democrat In 3 Months Weakens Party's Power In Fight With GOP
• Biden aides did 'undemocratic things' claiming Trump was 'existential threat to democracy': report
• Liberal Outlet Politico Urges Democrats to Create a 'Shadow Cabinet' to Counter Trump - Suggestions Include John Fetterman's Wife
• President Trump Goes There, Says Whoever Used Biden's Autopen "Usurped the Power of the Presidency"
• President Trump: "God Did That... Made Me Lose in 2020" - "I missed that four years, and now look what I have... I have everything. Amazing the way things work out."
• Macron team in chaos over Brigitte 'shove' - Elysee spin doctors struggling to control communication about alleged argument between French president and his wife
• Even the French think Macron is becoming a laughing stock - With approval ratings languishing in the mid-twenties, the last thing the French leader needed was another blow to his image
• Another Suspect Is Arrested in Bitcoin Kidnapping and Torture Case
• The CIA Secretly Ran a Star Wars Fan Site to Communicate with Spies
• China stages first robot kickboxing match - State media boasts AI-enabled robots equipped with only domestically produced technologies
• Why AI May Be Listening In on Your Next Doctor's Appointment - New systems for documenting outpatient visits are adding features and moving into hospitals; 'we are just scratching the surface'
• TIME: The Orb Will See You Now
• The sun is killing off SpaceX's Starlink satellites
• Over 200 structures damaged after M6.0 earthquake hits Sumatra, Indonesia
• 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Revilla Gigedo Islands region
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Revilla Gigedo Islands region
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Moirang, India
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits south of the Fiji Islands
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Changuillo, Peru
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 23,000ft
• Klyuchevskoy volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 20,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 14,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Earliest monsoon in 75 years breaks 107-year-old May rainfall record in Mumbai
• More than 800 homes uninhabitable after '1-in-500-year' flood in New South Wales, Australia
• Severe dust storm impacts air quality across Greater Sydney, Australia
• High temps, other factors triggered widespread outages in New Orleans area, grid operator says
• Iceland's historic May heatwave sets new temperature records
• At least 5 are dead and 19 injured after a chemical plant explodes in China, authorities say
• FBI opens investigation into targeted violence against Christians in Seattle
• At least five people injured in mass shooting at Connecticut mall
• Gunman remains at large after shooting five people at Connecticut mall
• Dems Push "Africa Day" On Memorial Day Weekend While Denying White Farmer Genocide
• Black Activist Torches Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for Focusing on "Africa Day" Rather Than Honoring America's Heroes on Memorial Day - "Whose man is this? Who sent you?"
• Soros-Funded Group Behind Lawsuit Blocking Trump from Deporting Violent Illegal Aliens to South Sudan
• ICE Nabs Migrant Gun, Drug, and Child Sex Crimes Offenders for Memorial Day
• NY Times Admits: Anchor Babies Benefit Hugely from Taxpayer-Funded Welfare
• Mexican Singer with Suspected Drug Cartel Ties Cancels on 50,000 Fans as U.S. Visa Revoked
• Commentary: So what really happened at the cartel training site dubbed 'Mexican Auschwitz'?
• Fentanyl War: One Cartel Leader Down, Thousands to Go
• Hell on Earth: Welcome to Crackland - the stinking junkie town where crowds of zombified addicts light up as brutal clampdown launched
• Ex-flight attendant caught smuggling 100 lbs. of deadly new drug made of human bones faces decades in prison - the insatiable desire for the substance has even led to ghoulish grave robbers raiding cemeteries in Sierra Leone
• Pop Star Usher and Barack Obama Named in Diddy's Sex Trafficking Trial
• Zuckerberg, Grooming, and IG: Explosive Docs Surface in Court, Expose Damning Emails on Sick Grooming Situation
• Rep. Dan Crenshaw and Chloe Cole: The Big Beautiful Bill Protects Children and Taxpayers from Radical Gender Ideology
• Ohio bill to establish 'Natural Family Month' faces backlash from LGBTQ parents - Bill sponsors argue traditional family structure necessary to combat record-low birth rates and marriage decline
• Trump warns Newsom after California transgender athlete qualifies for state championship
• Trump Blasts Newsom over Trans Athletes in Women's Sports, Considers Withholding Funding to California
• Supreme Court Declines to Review Free Speech Case of Middle Schooler Who Wore 'Only Two Genders' Shirt
• Supreme Court lets punishment stand after kid wore 'only 2 genders' shirt to school
• Thomas, Alito Fire Back After SCOTUS Rejects Critical 'Two Genders' Case
• Hungary bans pro-LGBTQ march for first time under crackdown law
• 17 EU countries sound alarm over Hungarian LGBTQ+ laws
• Transgender TikTok Star Says He 'No Longer Feels Safe' At Disney World After Server Called Him 'Sir'
• Sierra Leone reports more than 3,000 mpox cases, 14 deaths
• Global pandemic warning: Aspergillus deadly fungus mirrors HBO's 'The Last of Us'
• Dr. Oz, billionaire John Catsimatidis offer to take B.C. ostriches ordered killed due to avian flu
• Highly infectious new COVID strain from China that led to massive spike in hospitalizations has spread to the US - including NYC
• Senate panel probes whether federal scientist destroyed COVID records sought by Congress - Senate panel is trying to determine why the feds delayed telling doctors for months about heart-inflammation risks from COVID vaccines
• Feds pull COVID vaccine from recommendations for 'healthy children and healthy pregnant women'
• As new Covid strain from China hits the US... some experts are calling for face masks to return
• U.S. and Argentina Announce Withdrawal From WHO, Pledge New Global Health Framework