May 5th, 2026

• ​Iran says it hit US Navy destroyer with missiles, but CENTCOM denies claim
• Trump draws red line, says Iranian forces will be 'blown off the face of the Earth' if they target US ships
• Iran restarts attacks on UAE as US fights to restore traffic in Strait of Hormuz
• U.S. sinks 7 small Iranian boats as Iran launches attacks on UAE and ships in Strait of Hormuz
• UAE's Fujairah says fire breaks out at petroleum complex after Iranian drone attack
• 'Dangerous escalation': World condemns Iran after attacks on UAE - Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan denounce missile and drone strikes, as Germany, UK and Canada call for Iran to return to talks
• Global oil prices top $114 and settle at 4-year high after Iranian attacks on U.A.E. revive worries of further supply disruptions
• Israel on high alert as Iranian regime opens fire on UAE after US navy guides ships thru Hormuz Strait - Israeli missile defense reportedly helps UAE intercept Iranian missiles & drones
• Iran FM says no military solution in Hormuz, warns US and UAE against 'quagmire'
• South Korean shipping firm says fire on its vessel in Strait of Hormuz has been put out
• Iran deal hinges on nuclear concessions, not Hormuz
• Iran no further to nuclear weapon than it was before war, US intel agencies assess
• Trump Warns US Will Cut 'Much Further' Than 5,000 Troops in Germany, as Chancellor Merz Tries To Walk Back His Criticism of Iran Military Operations
• Trump: Iranian People Need Guns, 'I Think They're Getting Some' and Will 'Fight as Good as Anybody' When They Do
• 'I Love the Idea of a Second Amendment Solution for the Iranian People: Graham Calls on Trump to Arm Anti-Iran Regime Forces
• 'Killing off the country': Iran executes dozens, arrests 4,000-plus in war crackdown - Dissident journalist says 'they're completely killing off the country' as regime faces mounting scrutiny
• 'This is a turning point': Iranian Christians using time of war to share the Gospel
• Up to 700,000 daily cyberattacks from Iran-linked hackers, UAE warns - Officials said artificial intelligence is being used for reconnaissance, data collection, identifying system vulnerabilities, and generating sophisticated phishing emails
• IDF's cutting-edge Iron Beam laser not deployed in Iran war due to battery shortage - IDF sent Iron Beam & Dome as well as other systems to UAE during war
• Finland rejects bid to end arms trade with Israel; cites security, defense concerns
• AI boosted Israeli Air Force capabilities during Iran war
• Hunted by drones it should have seen coming, Israel now sees its Lebanon strategy at risk - Years after drone warfare transformed other battlefields, the IDF seems caught off guard by Hezbollah's effective use of first-person and fiber-optic UAVs, leaving troops in southern Lebanon exposed yet again
• PM Netanyahu reveals: IDF works on 'special project' to counter Hezbollah's deadly FPV drones - Special munitions and sights, tactical radars, net-carrying drones: IDF scrambles to find solutions
• Hezbollah confirms its fighters clashed with Israeli troops in south Lebanon
• Lebanon's Hezbollah-allied parliament speaker: No talks with Israel until war ends
• Hezbollah chief rejects direct talks with Israel, says move would 'serve Netanyahu and Trump' - In a lengthy statement, Qassem accused Israel of systematically violating the ceasefire, claiming it had breached the agreement "more than ten thousand times."
• Israel Admits to Attacking Convent in Lebanon, Claims Hezbollah Was Using It
• EU, PA announce program to support Palestinians facing settler violence in West Bank
• Top IDF officer admits unequal enforcement against Israeli, Palestinian stone-throwers - Central Command chief says using live fire on settlers would have 'severe sociological consequences'; IDF revokes permit for Palestinians to plow their land after settler disruption
• Smotrich: Formation of government with Arab party 'a thousand times' worse than Oct. 7 failures
• Fearing it would cause hostility, Sydney cancels controversial 'Globalize the intifada' forum - Event organized by anti-Israel group Stop the War on Palestine, condemned by political and Jewish leaders, cancelled by mayor; was set to challenge legal efforts to ban public use of the phrase
• Australia launches Bondi terror attack inquiry; Jewish community describes surge in antisemitism
• NYC Jews targeted in 60% of hate crimes last month; swastika sprayed on synagogue
• Anti-Israel students surround car of Cornell president, claim he tried to run them over
• UK Government Raises National Terrorism Threat Level to "SEVERE" - In the threat level notice, MI5, the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, referenced the recent stabbing of two Jewish men in North London
• Report: Somali Pirates Team Up with Houthi Terrorists to Attack Key Oil Trade Route
• US Army tests fresh drones, 3D printers at 'Balikatan' drill in the Philippines
• Paranoid Putin's Hiding Place Revealed as He Vanishes for Weeks - Russian President Vladimir Putin is retreating into bunkers amid fears of assassination
• Russia to hold a Victory Day parade without military equipment for the 1st time in nearly 2 decades
• Putin will host a scaled-back parade in Red Square this year, amid mounting pressures and threats
• Putin Announces Truce for Victory Day on May 8 and 9, Warns Ukraine: If It Disrupts Celebrations, Russian Forces Will Strike Kiev's Center
• Zelenskyy hints Ukrainian drones could menace Putin's Victory Day parade
• IAEA says Russian-held nuclear plant's meteorological monitoring equipment damaged in drone attack
• Poisonous black rain falls in Russia as Ukraine strikes oil facilities
• 'Oil is literally falling from the sky': Russian town fears environmental disaster after Ukrainian drone strikes on refinery
• Trump Expands Sanctions on Cuba's Government as U.S. Fuel Blockade Roils Cuban Economy
• UN Running Out of Cash, Trump Unmoved
• Polish Prime Minister Tusk Says NATO Alliance Faces 'Disintegration' Amid U.S. Troop Reductions from Europe
• Alberta separatist group says it has enough signatures to trigger referendum vote on leaving Canada
• Newsom: I Oppose Billionaire Tax, 'We've Already Seen Dozens and Dozens of People Leave'
• Tennessee state rep says Trump is a 'white supremacist domestic terrorist' over SCOTUS ruling against race-based voting maps
• Justice Alito Blasts Ketanji Brown Jackson as Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Louisiana's Redistricting Judgment Ahead of Midterm Elections
• Supreme Court Agrees to Fast-Track Louisiana Voting Map Decision
• Huge Election Integrity Victory: Gov. Whitmer-Appointed Judge Forces Michigan SOS Jocelyn Benson to Stop Hiding Critical Voting Data from the Public
• White House weighs AI model reviews: The Trump administration is considering an executive order to establish a formal review process for advanced AI models, following talks with tech leaders including Google CEO Sundar Pichai. The shift comes amid heightened concern over Anthropic's Claude Mythos, a powerful system capable of rapidly exploiting software vulnerabilities
• Motion Picture Academy Rules AI Actors & Writers Not Eligible for Oscars
• Eiffel Tower-sized asteroid Apophis to pass closer to Earth than many satellites in 2029, NASA says
• 5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Mexican state of Oaxaca, USGS says
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits the Banda Sea
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Miyako, Japan
• Mag. 4.8 earthquake - 86 km N of Nosratabad, Iran
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 23,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Kanlaon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 11,000ft
• Mayon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 10,000ft
• Ashfall from Mayon volcano forces evacuation of more than 300 families in Albay, Philippines
• Floods and landslides leave 18 dead, over 60 missing across Kenya
• The 'Gates to Hell' Are Dimming. That May Not Be a Good Thing.
• Blast at fireworks factory in China's Hunan kills 21, Xi calls for probe, state media says
• Nigeria pastor, wife, children burned alive along with 50 church members - Reports disclosed that over 100 people were killed by armed terrorists this past week, who went on a 12-village killing spree in Nigeria's Plateau state. Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has once again taken responsibility for the assaults.
• Gunfire Near White House Sends Complex Into Lockdown After Agent-Involved Shooting
• Officers shot man who opened fire near Washington Monument, Secret Service says
• A Juvenile Bystander Was Shot as Secret Service Exchanged Gunfire with Armed Man Near White House
• Judge Zia Faruqui Apologizes to would-be Trump assassin Cole Allen over his 'treatment' in jail
• Mass shooting at Oklahoma lake party injures 23 - the latest in a rash of shootings at youth parties
• Driver Plows Car Into a Market Crowd in the German City of Leipzig – At Least Two Dead and Several Injured
• Dem lawmaker calls to 'charge' Walgreens for 'crime' of shutting down Chicago store over rampant theft - "Walgreens should be charged with first-degree corporate abandonment."
• Two Stabbings by Muslim Migrant in Barcelona Leave a Young Woman Dead and a Man Fighting for His Life - As Spanish Socialists Are Legalizing Half a Million Invaders
• Migrant Charged with Killing Two New York Women in Separate Knife Attacks, Open Borders Blamed
• 200 anti-ICE protesters clash with NYPD outside Brooklyn hospital over detainment of Nigerian illegal alien arrested for assault, drugs
• Jim Jordan demands answers from Arlington cops over refusal to aid ICE, detain criminal illegal aliens
• Michigan Democrat Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed: 'I'm the Only One That Will Abolish ICE'
• ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Accused of Torturing Dogs at Las Vegas Animal Shelter
• Spain Gave $2bn to Illegal Migrants in 2025, But Spent Just $70m on Border Protection
• Taxpayer-Funded Texas Waterpark Announces "Muslims Only" Day - Will Require "Dress in Accordance with Islamic Values" and Serve Only Halal-Slaughtered Meat
• Illegal Alien Accused of Raping Underage Florida Girl After Plying Her with Alcohol
• Tampa Border Patrol Nabs 1,000 Child Sex Predators in Four Months
• Secret Service officer arrested for following woman, masturbating outside her Miami hotel room
• Nancy Mace names alleged former lawmakers accused of sexual harassment; payouts exceeded $300,000
• It Gets Worst: Disgraced Former Congressman Eric Swalwell Allegedly Sent Pervy Videos of Himself to Various Women Online
• Non-Binary 'Russian Doll' Actor Suing NYC Hotel for 'Forcibly Removing' Him from Women's Restroom
• Bill Maher and Guest Suggest the Left is Pushing People to Join the Right by Continuing to Embrace Trans Ideology for Kids
• Christian school coach says Vermont made example of girls team over trans athlete forfeit - The school was removed from all sports, spelling bees and academic competitions for over two years
• DOJ Launches Investigations Into 36 Illinois School Districts for Secretly Pushing Transgender Ideology and Gender Transitions on Kids Behind Parents' Backs
• Trans high school runner beats out his own sister for gold medal in California track and field championships
• Second 'Detransitioner' Wins Settlement for Life-Altering Double Mastectomy
• Supreme Court temporarily restores full access to abortion pill - The decision means mifepristone remains available nationwide without an in-person meeting required while litigation continues.
• 'You've Got to be Freaking Kidding Me': U.S. Military Spends Over $700 Million for Ozempic and Other GLP-1 Weight Loss Meds
• Massive fraud in taxpayer-funded Ohio home health aide industry - "We'll prosecute aggressively & put the money back in the pockets of law-abiding Ohioans. The dollar amount will be far greater than most people expect."