May 9th, 2026

• ​US, Iranian naval forces clash as Washington awaits Tehran's response to latest proposal - CENTCOM strikes Iranian tankers while Iran seizes Chinese-owned vessel carrying crude, fires missiles and drones at UAE; Vance meets with Qatari PM in DC to discuss Iran talks
• Iran-US ceasefire still in place after Trump downplays Iranian strikes on US ships as 'trifles'
• Trump confirms Iran ceasefire holds, despite naval skirmish - The U.S. president says Tehran must quickly accept terms on uranium and Hormuz shipping after Iranian forces fires on American destroyers
• Trump says world will see 'one big glow' from Iran if deal not reached
• Analysis -Trump's Feuds, Tensions With Allies Likely to Outlast Iran War
• Fallout from the Iran war may include a NATO where the U.S. is no longer its leader
• Iran accuses US of 'reckless military adventure'
• IRGC Tightens Grip, Imperiling Iran Peace Talks
• Iran hawks erupt over terms of Trump's peace proposal
• Israel concerned Iran deal negotiated by US won't restrict Tehran's ability to threaten Jewish state - Iran claims negotiations are only about end of war, not nuclear issue, contradicting Trump
• Iran Attacks Pushing UAE Closer to US, Israel
• Hezbollah fires rockets at Haifa area; drones wound 2 troops in north Israel, 1 in Lebanon
• After Beirut Strike, Netanyahu Says 'No Immunity' for Terrorists
• The quiet frontier? With minefields cleared, Golan Heights readies for construction boom - Despite local volatility, residents brace for speedy growth and bolstered infrastructure as part of recently approved 5-year plan allocating NIS 1 billion to develop area by 2030
• IDF general warns of coalition support for unauthorized outposts in Judea & Samaria amid EU criticism
• Palestinian man and young son reportedly attacked by settlers in southern West Bank - Palestinian media reports two were attacked by several settlers wielding sharp instruments, wounded and taken to hospital for treatment
• Palestinian journalist recounts Israeli food rations after losing 130 pounds in jail
• Hundreds of pallets of medical supplies enter Gaza for Red Cross field hospital
• After Rubio meeting, Pope Leo gives speech asking God to inspire leaders to calm tensions - Pontiff says peace is 'endangered by international tensions and by an economy that prefers the arms trade to respect for human life,' praises initiatives to welcome Gazan refugees
• Hamas operatives are being trained in Turkey to launch attacks against Israel
• Poll: 42% of Likud voters weighing or have decided to back different party in fall - Plurality who voted for Netanyahu's party in 2022 but won't or may not this time say chief reason is failure to prevent Oct. 7, followed by efforts to exempt Haredim from army service
• 'Everyone hates me now,' Herzog reportedly wailed to Netanyahu confidant at secret meet - President said to have told Jacob Bardugo that he couldn't pardon Netanyahu because PM did not admit guilt when submitting request; right-wing journalist told Herzog to 'stop being a coward'
• Giving chilling testimony, Australian Jews unsure antisemitism inquiry can bring change - Royal commission launched after Bondi massacre hears accounts of harassment, threats and fear as Jewish community fears unprecedented post-Oct. 7 surge in hate could be here to stay
• Canadian intelligence links 7 alleged terror plots to Gaza war
• Man arrested for firing replica weapon in 2 drive-by attacks on Toronto Jews - Suspect, 18, detained after investigation by counter-terror police; allegedly fired at 3 people standing outside synagogue on Thursday, and at a group of Jewish people last week
• Antisemitic assaults surged 56% in Brooklyn last year - ADL report
• Denmark records third straight year of historically high antisemitism - Jewish community of some 6,000 reports 199 antisemitic incidents - prior to Oct. 7 there were around 7 per year
• UK Greens engulfed in antisemitism scandals as Jewish leader Polanski targets historic local election gains
• US judge rules DOGE's cuts to Jewish humanities grants were unconstitutional - Ruling accuses government of terming a grant 'because it sought to empower and amplify the voices of Jewish women who were victims of Nazi persecution'
• China Warns of 'Red Lines' After Israeli Lawmakers Visit Taiwan Amid Deepening Ties
• Why the EU sees Chinese solar tech as a major security risk - Europe's solar boom is powered by Chinese technology. But experts warn Chinese-made tech could threaten the continent's safety and even create blackouts. Now, Brussels is aiming to reduce its dependence.
• Sudan war evolving into a proxy conflict fueled by gold
• Satellite imagery reveals how Sudan's war scorched its 'breadbasket'
• Sudan was already at war and hungry. Now its farmers are hit by another conflict
• Sudan's Civil War Destroyed Hospitals and Churches
• After 20 rounds of sanctions, the EU finally sees cracks in the Russian economy
• Peacemaker: Trump Announces Three Day Ceasefire Between Russia and Ukraine To Celebrate 'Victory Day'
• Russia and Ukraine agree to 3-day ceasefire, prisoner swap brokered by US - Trump hopes truce can be the 'beginning of the end'; ahead of WWII Victory Day parade in Moscow, Zelensky says 'Red Square matters less to us than the lives of Ukrainian prisoners'
• Trump hopes for 'big extension' on Russia-Ukraine ceasefire
• Robot wars - what an operation in Ukraine tells us about the battlefield of the near future
• Ukraine calls in 25,000 robots to be front-line 'cavalry' - Battlefield experts say Kyiv's use of unmanned ground vehicles will change how modern warfare is fought
• North Korea says it will deploy new artillery guns targeting Seoul
• US Strike on Suspected Drug Boat Kills 2 in Pacific
• Four Convicted in Assassination of Haitian President
• DOJ: International Takedown of Cryptocurrency Scam Centers Nets 276 Arrests
• Sen. Marsha Blackburn Demands Massive Secret Service Audit After "Scandals, Personnel Issues, and Security Failures" - Warns Agency Must "Root Out the Rot"
• Report: Kash Patel forced polygraph tests on more than a dozen staff
• Trump Links Hakeem Jeffries to WHCA Assassination Attempt, Demands Criminal Charges
• Trump demands Hakeem Jeffries be charged with inciting violence over 'maximum warfare' comment - "This lunatic, Hakeem 'Low IQ' Jeffries, should be charged with INCITING VIOLENCE! The Radical Left Democrats actually want to Destroy our Country."
• Judge Schedules Criminal Trial For Comey in Trump Assassination Post Case
• Dispute erupts over California bill nicknamed 'Stop Nick Shirley Act' - The legislation aims to protect workers of immigrant service organizations, not silence journalists
• ABC accuses Trump administration of violating free speech rights - The network accused the federal government of creating a "chilling effect on First Amendment-protected free speech" with a regulatory action focused on "The View."
• ABC Says FCC Violating Its Free Speech Rights as Agency Moves to End Disney-Owned Network's Partisan Promotion
• Soviet Style Trial in Michigan for Criticizing a Politician - A Horrifying True Story
• Kamala Harris Claims Virginia Supreme Court 'Ignored the Will of the People' by Killing Democrat Gerrymander Plan
• Radical Leftist Adored by Democrats Pushes 'Violent Revolution' Following Court Decision Against Virginia Gerrymander
• Utah Supreme Court Justice Who Had Romantic Relationship with Leftist Redistricting Lawyer Involved in Helping Democrats Steal Congressional Seat Resigns
• Starmer's Labour suffers huge losses as hard-right Reform gains in U.K. elections
• Starmer says he won't quit after local elections deliver losses for Labour and wins for Reform UK
• Department Of War Releases Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Files In Historic Transparency Effort
• Trump admin declassifies UFO files on 'unresolved cases' - Photos from the initial release include objects captured on film during the Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 space missions
• As first batch of UFO files is released, Trump urges public to draw its own conclusions - Several include military videos that show small ambiguous dots moving above the landscapes of Iraq, Syria, UAE; US president: 'Have Fun and Enjoy!'
• Bright lights and hot orbs: UFO files shed light on sightings but leave interpretation to the public
• Mysterious football-shaped UFO pictured in first drop of classified docs - The Trump administration released several files containing pilots' encounters with UAPs, or Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena
• Lunar Encounters: Newly Released Documents Reveal Apollo Astronauts Saw UFOs From the Moon Surface
• Apollo mission pics in UFO files show orbs over the moon - astronauts say lights looked like 'Fourth of July' fireworks
• Mysterious UFO spotted in NASA image taken from the moon's surface - The Department of Defense released an image showing 'three lights visible above the lunar terrain' as part of its release of classified UFO documents on Friday
• Mysterious 'eight-point star' footage released by Pentagon in declassified UFO files
• FBI UFO files bombshell claim of '4ft aliens in space suits and helmets' - The witness account describes "three and a half to 4 feet tall" aliens wearing "space suits and helmets"
• 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits the southeast Indian Ridge
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Adak, Alaska
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
• 3 hikers killed as Indonesia volcano spews ash 6 miles high - Mount Dukono erupted while about 20 climbers were on the slopes of the remote volcano, despite warnings to stay out of a restricted zone
• At least 3 hikers killed by volcano eruption on Indonesian island - The bodies have not yet been recovered because continued eruptions and dangerous conditions prevented rescue teams from reaching the location
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 24,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 21,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 19,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 17,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 16,000ft
• Sakurajima volcano on Japan erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Repeated lava-collapse pyroclastic flows continue at Mayon volcano, Philippines
• Tropical Storm Hagupit moves through Yap State, expected to enter PAR as Caloy
• NWS confirms two long-track EF3 tornadoes in Mississippi outbreak
• Mississippi church members sang 'Amazing Grace' as tornado tore through building
• Frontier Airlines Plane Suffers Engine Fire, Reportedly Hits Pedestrian in Denver
• South Korea names first humanoid robot monk as it accepted the faith's vows - A humanoid robot named Gabi joined the Buddhist faith in South Korea on Wednesday, as the country strives to create co-existence between robots and society
• Donald Trump's Approval Rating Plunges With White Evangelical Christians
• Christians petition for protection of pastors in Colombia following murders
• Nigeria Exclusive: Christians Killed Faster Than News Can Report-Antonio Graceffo
• Crazed Samurai Sword-Wielding Man Living in 'Low-Income Housing' Complex in Venice Hacks Man's Arm in Grisly Scene
• Illegal Alien Self-Deportations Have Surged 700 Percent Since Trump Took Office
• Illegal alien charged with multiple, serial rapes over decade in Indiana
• False Framing of Federal Raid on Disney Ship: Child Pornography, Not Anti-Immigrant Sentiment
• Disney Cruise Ship Staffers Among 28 Predators Arrested in Massive Child Porn Sting
• Antifa activist who celebrated Charlie Kirk murder arrested on child sex crime charges in New York
• Rep. Max Miller accused of shocking physical abuse by ex-wife - but congressman claims allegations are made up
• Maryland Gov Wes Moore virtue signals that he would let his non-trans 14-year-old son get a sex change
• Trump plans to fire FDA chief amid abortion pill backlash
• These Popular National Parks Are Teeming With Brain-Eating Amoebas
• The CDC Fired All Its Cruise Ship Inspectors Before the Hantavirus Outbreak
• Authorities scramble to limit hantavirus outbreak, trace contacts around globe
• Four States Are Now Monitoring Potential Hantavirus Cases
• US moving to evacuate American passengers aboard hantavirus cruise ship, quarantine in Nebraska
• Argentina's hot spot for Antarctic cruises insists it didn't cause the hantavirus outbreak
• NIH Whistleblower Exposes 'Full Coverup Mode' Over Fauci's Bat Virus Mad Scientist Vincent Munster's Monkey Bite Horror and Illegal African Pathogen Smuggling, FBI Criminal Probe Underway