September 13th, 2025

• UN overwhelmingly endorses non-binding call to establish Palestinian state without Hamas
• UN overwhelmingly approves Palestinian statehood resolution as Israel calls it 'theatre' - The proposal, initiated by France and Saudi Arabia, was approved as part of the New York conference held in July
• Speaking at UK event, Israeli President Herzog says unilateral recognition of Palestinian state undermines Middle East peace
• 'Gift to Hamas': Trump administration blasts UN Palestinian statehood vote - 'The United States will not participate in this insult to the victims of Oct. 7,' Morgan Ortagus told the General Assembly
• IDF storms terrorists' West Bank villages - IDF troops encircled multiple villages, surveyed the two residences of the perpetrators who executed the Jerusalem shooting, detained over 20 suspects accused of terror activities, searched over 700 objectives, and seized 38 combat items, including firearm components, ammunition clips, and ISIS banners
• Two wounded, one seriously, in terror stabbing at hotel west of Jerusalem
• How Israel Used Ballistic Missiles From the Red Sea to Carry Out Its Audacious Qatar Attack - Israel jet fighters fired the missiles into space over Saudi Arabia, giving the U.S. little time to object
• Mossad said to have refused to carry out ground op to kill Hamas leaders in Qatar - Reports emerge of widespread dissent among top security leaders ahead of op
• Israeli intelligence agency balked at Netanyahu's strike in Qatar - The Mossad director, David Barnea, opposed killing the Hamas officials in Qatar partly because such an action could rupture the relationship he and his agency had cultivated with the Qataris
• Egypt reportedly decides to reduce coordination with Israel after Qatar strike - Egypt is also planning to restructure its security communications with Israel following the attack
• UAE summons Israeli envoy over 'blatant and cowardly' Doha airstrike
• Qatar prepares new diplomatic avalanche against Israel after strike against Hamas - After Doha strike, Qatar threatened revenge against the Israeli 'enemy'
• Qatar leans on Trump to counter 'unhinged' Netanyahu
• Rubio to visit Israel in show of US support despite unease over Doha strike
• Trump claims 'a couple' of hostages could have been killed in recent days
• Satellite images reveal wide destruction in Gaza City as Israel steps up assault
• After the Battlefield: Suicide Becomes Leading Threat to Israeli Soldiers
• Huckabee: Hamas war is heaven vs. hell - good vs. evil
• Mamdani promises to direct NYPD to arrest Netanyahu if elected mayor in November - Mamdani, who has been highly critical of the war in Israel, claimed Netanyahu is a "war criminal" who is guilty of committing genocide in Gaza
• Spain summons Israeli charge d'affaires over 'slanderous' comments by Netanyahu - Spain says PM has no right to lecture anyone on genocide given 'the atrocities he is committing in Gaza,' as rift between Madrid and Jerusalem deepens
• Thousands join pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland, chant call for Israel's elimination
• UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in 'McCarthy era' move - Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for 'alleged antisemitic incidents'
• Pressure mounting to oust: Netherlands says it will boycott Eurovision if Israel participates - Pressure mounts on the European Broadcasting Union as the Netherlands becomes the third country to officially announce a boycott over Israel's planned Eurovision entry, following Ireland and Slovenia, ahead of a key December decision
• Paramount denounces film industry pledge to boycott Israel: 'Doesn't advance peace'
• Israelis withdraw from Spanish chess tournament after being barred from using national flag
• Lebanon says one killed in Israeli strike on southern town - No immediate IDF comment on strike, which comes as the Lebanese government pledges to disarm Hezbollah in areas near border with Israel
• Sharaa says Syria, Israel negotiating deal that would see pullback of Israeli forces
• 'Deliberate campaign of terror': Syrian Christians facing 'accelerated cultural erasure,' advocate warns
• Yemen : IDF downs Houthi missile targeting Tel Aviv area
• Houthis claim overnight missile had cluster bomb warhead, was targeting 'sensitive' Tel Aviv targets
• 'Heinous war crime': Israel killed dozens of Yemeni journalists in Sanaa strikes - Israel's latest attack on Yemen targeted several sites in the capital including the offices of two newspapers
• At least 193 killed in two separate boat accidents in northwestern DR Congo
• North Korea's leader to unveil new policy expanding nuclear arsenal and military - Expert says move reflects Kim Jong Un's view of limits of nuclear deterrent, and that Pyongyang seeks to improve 'war-fighting capability' by boosting conventional arsenal
• How Ukrainian Drones Are Crippling Russia's Oil Refineries
• Poland says Russian drone incursions could not have been a mistake, contradicting Trump
• NATO launches 'Eastern Sentry' operation in response to Russian drone incursions
• Trump Reportedly Tells G7 Countries To Punish China and India Amid Escalating Russia Tensions
• China's newest aircraft carrier sails through Taiwan Strait for the first time
• US urges G7 to impose up to 100% tariffs on China and India over Russian oil - Finance ministers discuss Washington's proposal aimed at pushing Moscow to agree Ukraine peace deal
• Fitch downgrades crisis-strained France
• Treasury Department to share Epstein financial records with House Oversight committee
• Democratic donors reluctant to give to Biden's presidential library: report
• Rubio vows US response following conviction of Brazil's Bolsonaro
• North Korea executing more people for watching foreign films and TV, UN finds
• Nepal gets first female PM after deadly unrest
• Nepal's Gen Z picks new leader on Discord, crypto community in shock - Nepal's Gen Z protestors used Discord to vote in former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as interim leader, marking what some are calling the world's first "internet-native revolution."
• Albania puts AI-created 'minister' in charge of public procurement - Edi Rama, PM, says digital assistant Diella will make Albania 'a country where public tenders are 100% free of corruption'
• Albania's prime minister appoints an AI-generated 'minister' to tackle corruption - Officially named Diella - the female form of the word for sun in the Albanian language - the new AI minister is a virtual entity
• A.I.'s Prophet of Doom Wants to Shut It All Down - Eliezer Yudkowsky has spent the past 20 years warning A.I. insiders of danger. Now, he's making his case to the public.
• The AI Movie Factory Is Ramping Up - Having spent the last few years in a testing phase, the AI assembly line is finally allowing machines to create new movies and alter classic ones. But as TIFF showed, many directors are pushing back.
• Strong M7.4 earthquake hits near the coast of Kamchatka, Russia
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Ozernovskiy, Russia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Vilyuchinsk, Russia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Tristan da Cunha region
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Lata, Solomon Islands
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Lobuche, Nepal
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 22,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 20,000ft
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 17,000ft
• Feugo volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Tropical Storm Mario forms, heavy rainfall forecast for southern Mexico
• More than two million people evacuated from deadly floods in Pakistan
• Highs 90-100F to challenge heat records in Mississippi Valley into next week - A prolonged September heat wave will push temps near 100F across the Plains and Mississippi Valley, challenge records from the 1930s, worsen drought, and could strain Mississippi River barge transport
• US electric grids under pressure from energy-hungry data centers are changing strategy
• Man accused of trying to kill Trump is scolded by the judge during opening arguments in his trial - Ryan Wesley Routh, who is serving as his own attorney, came face-to-face with the Secret Service agent who is said to have found him hiding in the bushes of a Florida golf course
• 'We Got Him': Mugshot of Charlie Kirk suspect Tyler Robinson, 22, is revealed after dad turned him in and 'sick plot messages found'
• Tyler Robinson threatened suicide rather than have father turn him in over Charlie Kirk assassination: report
• Tyler Robinson to be charged with aggravated murder of Charlie Kirk, could face death penalty
• Charlie Kirk assassination suspect was far-left 'on everything', high school friend says - The friend added, "the rest of his family was very hard Republican."
• Suspect in Charlie Kirk's killing had a new interest in politics and a 'squeaky clean' reputation - Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said that a family member of the suspect's reached out to a family friend who contacted the Washington County Sheriff's Office
• Tyler Robinson, 22, raged about Charlie Kirk before assassination: 'Full of hate'
• Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin Tyler Robinson was seething over campus appearance, wrote 'Hey fascist! Catch!' on bullet
• Utah Gov. Cox warns against conspiracy theories, slams 'ugly' online reaction to Charlie Kirk assassination - Governor shares updates as authorities allege Robinson acted alone in campus shooting
• After Kirk Killing, Americans Agree on One Thing: Something Is Seriously Wrong - In interviews from across the country, people expressed fear and wariness, and said that the country seemed to be spinning out of control
• Choose your America: In the aftermath of the Kirk slaying, a snapshot of a fractured nation
• 'Why are yall sad?' Teachers, firefighters, officials on leave or fired over Charlie Kirk posts
• Idaho Trantifa drag queen teacher resigns after praising killing of Charlie Kirk - "Charlie Kirk preached hate on daily basis. With a large following of Nazis."
• DeSantis Administration Announces Statewide Investigation into Educators Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Murder: "Govern Yourselves Accordingly"
• Florida will target teachers for any 'vile behavior' related to Charlie Kirk assassination
• Top university administrator calls Charlie Kirk assassination 'fair' due to stance on guns: 'No prayers' - The university administrator's online bio uses the 'He/Him' pronouns
• Oxford Union Trust Secretary Resigns in Protest After President-Elect Glorifies Charlie Kirk Assassination
• USA Cycling responds after transgender Olympic alternate celebrates Charlie Kirk's assassination - Chelsea Wolfe shared 'We did it!' message and called Kirk a 'Nazi' on Instagram
• FEMA Official Caught on Undercover Video Laughing About Assassination of Charlie Kirk, Says He "Kind of Deserved It' - Update He's Fired!
• FEMA employee placed on leave for saying flags shouldn't be at half-staff for 'racist homophobe' Charlie Kirk - 'This employee's words are revolting and unconscionable,' FEMA spox told Fox News Digital
• Pentagon 'tracking' employees who celebrate Charlie Kirk's assassination
• USSS Director Issues Zero-Tolerance Order Following Agent's Social Media Post on Charlie Kirk Murder
• U.S. Secret Service puts agent on leave who wrote negative Facebook post about Charlie Kirk, officials say
• NY Times corrects claim Charlie Kirk made antisemitic statement in story about political views
• Ilhan Omar, Mehdi Hasan lie about Charlie Kirk's message favoring 'civil debate,' call it 'rewriting of history' - Ilhan Omar also shared a video from an account that labeled Kirk a "stochastic terrorist."
• Ted Cruz Attacks Stephen King Over Charlie Kirk Post: 'Horrible, Evil' after he claimed Kirk - who was fatally shot on Wednesday - "advocated stoning gays to death."
• Stephen King Apologizes for Claiming Charlie Kirk 'Advocated Stoning Gays': 'This Is What I Get for Reading' X Without 'Fact-Checking'
• Panic Mode: Stephen King Scrambles to Apologize After Realizing His Defamatory Smear Justifying Charlie Kirk's Assassination Could Cost Him Millions in Court
• Uproar Ensues As EU Parliament Refuses To Say Prayer For Charlie Kirk
• President Trump Announces Investigation into Soros on Possible RICO Charges Following Charlie Kirk's Assassination
• Evil Pelosi Defends Democrats' Violent Rhetoric After Assassin Murders Charlie Kirk
• Leftist pundits, Dem lawmakers blame Trump's 'rhetoric' after Charlie Kirk's killing - Jen Psaki accused President Trump's plea to end leftist political violence of being an "escalation."
• Fired MSNBC analyst defends remarks about Charlie Kirk, says network caved to 'mob' - In a Substack post, Matthew Dowd insists his colleagues 'knew my words were being misconstrued'
• Former NFL player Chris Kluwe mocks Charlie Kirk, condemns GOP after assassination - Ex-Minnesota Vikings player suggested Kirk created 'the kind of society' he lived in
• Sen. Tuberville warns universities will likely cancel public events following the Kirk assassination
• Charlie Kirk widow calls him 'martyr,' vows to continue campus tours
• In Powerful First Public Address, Erika Kirk Fires Off Chilling Warning to "Evildoers Responsible for my Husband's Assassination" - "You Have No Idea the Fire That You Have Ignited"
• Erika Kirk vows to continue Charlie Kirk's mission - 'The cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battlecry' - "To everyone listening tonight across America, the movement my husband built will not die." America Fest and the college tour will go on.
• Rev. Graham: 'Devil Overplayed His Hand' With Kirk's Death
• 'It will take all of us to stop hate': NFL holds moment of silence for Charlie Kirk before Green Bay Packers game
• Prayer vigils pop up around the globe in honor of Charlie Kirk - Vigils were seen as far away as Europe and Sydney, Australia
• Office Depot Supervisor and Manager Refuse To Print Posters For Charlie Kirk Vigil - Tell 3 Teenagers Who PAID in Advance: "We don't print propaganda here!"
• Graphic video of Charlie Kirk's death spreads fast, showing traditional media's fading grip
• 'Civil War' Mentions Surge Online After Kirk Assassination - The term has increasingly been invoked on social media after major political moments, highlighting divisions among Americans
• Cox: 'Social media is a cancer on our society right now'
• Twitter Files: The Muzzling of Charlie Kirk - At a crucial juncture in the 2020 presidential election, the Washington Post used a tried-and-true method to pressure Twitter to remove Kirk
• Apparent AI-generated books on Charlie Kirk's assassination flood Amazon
• Colorado school shooting suspect expressed neo-Nazi views, says ADL
• Hoaxes Target Black Colleges, Shutting Classes as Anxiety Mounts in U.S.
• Ireland's Prime Minister Declares 'Ireland For The Irish' an Incitement to Violence
• Trump says he's sending the National Guard into Memphis to 'fix' crime like D.C.
• Memphis rep torches 'Trump Show 2.0' with National Guard, says DC isn't safer after last crackdown - Rep. Steve Cohen said he wants to see crime go down in Memphis but that Trump is out for himself
• Memphis pastor pushes back on 'murder capital' label, sees a safer future for his city - Pastor Keith Norman of First Baptist Church Broad says negative labels hurt morale and economy, while police report declining crime rates
• Illegal immigrant shot, killed after driving car into Chicago ICE team, injuring officer
• South Korea's president says Georgia ICE raid could have 'considerable impact' on direct US investment from his country
• U.S. Drugmakers Warn White House of Chaos as Trump Weighs Curbs on China
• 'Don't even bother dealing with them,' Trump says of Democrats' shutdown demands - The president weighed in after top Democratic leaders sketched out ultimatums on health care
• FDA officials set to claim a link between COVID vaccines and at least 25 child deaths
• Pfizer, Moderna shares fall on report that Trump officials will link child deaths to Covid shots