Poland aims to host 15,000 US soldiers on its territory, minister says 
Poland is seeking to host 15,000 US troops on its territory, its deputy defence minister said Monday, as Russia’s war in neighbouring Ukraine enters a fifth winter. “We are speaking about a target number of 15,000 soldiers,” minister Stanislaw Wziatek told broadcaster RMF FM. He said this would include about 10,000 soldiers deployed on a rotational basis, as well as “3,500 to 5,000” stationed permanently. US President Donald Trump on Thursday touted “major progress” on establishing a permanent US military base in Poland, even as his administration launched a formal review of its military presence in Europe.

Germany takes delivery of first F-35A fighter jet in Texas 
Germany unveiled its first F-35A fighter jet on Friday, marking what Defence Minister Boris Pistorius called the start of a new era for the German Air Force. The aircraft was unveiled at the historic US Air Force Plant 4 in Fort Worth, where combat aircraft have been built since 1943, after the German delegation toured Lockheed Martin’s production line for the fifth-generation fighter. In Texas, there is a clear sense that the F-35 is not merely the world’s most advanced stealth aircraft, but also, in the current geopolitical environment, a contribution to the defence of the free world,

Looksmaxing trend among young men linked to steroids, self-harm and manosphere culture
One aspect of looksmaxing, bonesmashing, as the name suggests, involves breaking parts of your own face so that it will “heal” in a more optimal, aesthetically pleasing way. More technically, …beating yourself up. In extreme cases, with a hammer. A person who maximises, for example, their jawline, according to the logic of looksmaxing, has a better-looking face and thus higher status.

Hundreds of Flights Grounded Across the Eastern Seaboard as Government Rolls Out AI Air Traffic Control System
Hundreds of flights across New Jersey, Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston were delayed Monday afternoon after the US Federal Aviation Administration issued a massive ground stop impacting thousands of travelers — right as the government starts testing an AI air traffic control system, though there’s no current indication that the two incidents are connected. According to early reporting by Reuters, over 600 flights were delayed across Newark and Philadelphia alone, in addition to hundreds more across four other east coast airports.

Saudi Arabia quits China-led cross-border currency platform
There is a new story out from the Financial Times. It is being treated as fresh news, but ultimately it is not anything surprising. Saudi Arabia has withdrawn from the now famous, or infamous, mBridge project. It is characterized as the “China-led central bank digital currency platform” designed to make cross-border payments faster, cheaper, and less reliant on the dollar.

Massachusetts School District Investigated Over Alleged Secret ‘Gender Transition’
The Department of Education has announced that it is investigating a Massachusetts school district over allegedly enabling a minor girl student’s “gender transition” without the knowledge of parents or securing their consent. The girl was enrolled at Algonquin Regional High School, where school personnel allegedly facilitated the student’s “social transition to a boy” while keeping her parents in the dark. “The parents claim that their daughter participated in counseling sessions after school to support the transition while they were under the impression she was receiving academic assistance for her math class,” a school counselor is accused of reporting the parents to the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) for countering the school’s actions. In December 2024, DCF removed the child from her family home. The parents are still engaged in custody litigation over their daughter.

Putin Plans To Skip Miami G20, Prioritizing China Trip: Officials
Both the Kremlin and the White House had recently signaled mutual openness to the idea of President Putin actually attending the G20 Miami Summit which is set for December 14-15. Some reports have recently expressed optimism that some kind of grand Ukraine peace deal could emerge from such an engagement. However, Bloomberg has poured cold water on this, reporting Monday that “Vladimir Putin is set to travel to China for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit hosted by President Xi Jinping but is likely to skip the Group of 20 in the U.S. with Donald Trump.”

The Mecca Pact: Is Saudi Arabia turning away from Israel? 
When Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a joint defense agreement in Mecca on Aug. 7, the news barely registered in American media. In Israel, it landed with a jolt. The Saudi Kingdom, widely seen as the next great partner in the Abraham Accords, had bound itself to a nuclear power that once harbored Osama bin Laden and to a Turkish government openly hostile to the Jewish state. “That was the initial feeling here in Israel, like, whoa, I thought the Saudis were heading towards us,”

China and the US are competing for AI dominance but have shared concerns over safety
President Donald Trump is preparing for a high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, with artificial intelligence expected to be one of the most important issues on the table. The meeting comes as the United States and China compete for global leadership in artificial intelligence — a race President Trump has repeatedly described in clear terms: Whoever wins AI, wins. But even as Washington and Beijing compete for technological and economic advantage, both sides face a shared concern: the possibility that advanced artificial intelligence could be used to launch cyberattacks, disrupt critical infrastructure, spread biological threats, or operate beyond meaningful human control.

Mystery blasts rock Syrian military sites
Three blasts hit weapons depots and military sites in less than two weeks, killing Syrian soldiers and prompting an investigation into possible Israeli involvement.

Netanyahu changes New York plans over Mamdani, teases UN ‘surprises’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will depart Wednesday for a brief visit to the United States to address the annual session of the UN General Assembly. Netanyahu will arrive in the United States only on Thursday morning, with his speech scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. New York time. Netanyahu’s speech will focus on the Iranian threat, and officials close to the prime minister say it is expected to include “surprises.”

Pre-‘Green-Card’ Immigrants using food stamps or Medicaid are costing America $13 billion a year. Trump is ending it this week 
Immigrants applying to live permanently in the United States can be rejected if they receive public benefits, beginning this week. Use of Medicaid, food stamps, tuition assistance and free school lunch programs, among other government assistance, could all be grounds for denying a green-card application.

An ‘AI Apocalypse’ Is Not Biblical… But That Doesn’t Mean Serious Danger Does Loom
Earlier this month, a 27-year-old Anthropic and OpenAI researcher abruptly announced his resignation, insisting that these AI companies are “gambling with our lives.” “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,” he wrote in his public resignation. “This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible – but I hear the same people express fear privately. No other human activity poses this level of danger.”

SECRET MEETING: Zelensky Holds Undisclosed Meeting With CIA Director In Ireland
Volodymyr Zelensky held an undisclosed meeting with CIA Director John Ratcliffe at Shannon Airport in Ireland on Monday, according to two sources familiar with the matter. One source said the meeting took place at the airport, while another said Zelensky and Ratcliffe spoke informally as their respective planes were being refueled. Both sources requested anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the meeting and declined to disclose what was discussed. The meeting took place as Zelensky was traveling to New York to participate in the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations.

YOM KIPPUR TERROR: 23 Bullets Fired at Canadian Shul During Tefillos
A gunman opened fire outside a shul in Ontario, Canada, during Yom Kippur, with at least 23 bullets striking the building’s windows … The shooting occurred outside Bnei Yaakov Shul in Belleville, Ontario. According to reports, the 29-year-old gunman fired repeatedly toward the shul. B’chasdei Hashem, none … inside were injured.

Saudi Aramco ramps up Gulf oil exports after pipeline attack, data shows 
Saudi Aramco loaded about 14 million barrels of crude oil on seven supertankers inside the Mideast Gulf on Sunday, data from TankerTrackers.com showed, as the Kingdom increased loadings from Gulf export terminals after an attack disrupted shipments via its East-West Oipeline to the Red Sea. The loadings add to signs of a partial recovery in Saudi shipments, with expectations of higher volumes weighing on oil prices on Monday and helping push the Brent benchmark below $100 a barrel for the first time since September 9.

Church of England slammed again for hosting Islamic fashion show in London
A woke church in London faced backlash for organizing a fashion show celebrating Islamic clothing. St. John’s Church in Hyde Park hosted a “modest fashion week” catwalk featuring “parades of hijab- and niqab-wearing women,” according to watchdog Subversive Force. It noted, “No mosque in Britain would ever host the equivalent event.”

Islamic prayer chanted at Catholic university Mass attended by archbishop
An Islamic passage from the Quran was chanted in Arabic at the opening Mass of a university in Belgium. A young man chanted a passage from Surah Ash-Shu’ara (The Poets), which reads, “And relate to them the story of Abraham, when he asked his father and his people, ‘What do you worship?’” as shown in a video posted to Facebook.

Austria’s Freedom Party Embraces Jewish State
“Israel is moving toward a historic rapprochement with Austria’s Freedom Party after its leader, Herbert Kickl, apologized for Austria’s role in the Holocaust, strongly condemned the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, and pledged to move Austria’s Embassy to Jerusalem if his party takes power.”

Muslim Terrorists Hack Los Angeles Freeway Sign Targeting Enemies of Iran’s Islamic Regime, Displaying Website Link to Dissident Kill List
“Iranian thugs are advertising a website on LA’s 405 Freeway that publishes a hit list of dissidents standing against the evil Islamic regime. The IRGC is operating on U.S. soil and hunting these dissidents, and no one is stopping them so far, especially in California.”

10 Biblical warning signs a nation is under judgment
God is not intimidated by superpowers, global systems, and cultural movements. He weighs nations in the balance (Isaiah 40:15). In every generation, He is looking for a people who will stand in the gap, model righteousness, and build nations according to heavenly patterns and precepts (Ezk. 22:30; Micah 6:8,9; Exodus 20).

September nor’easter may form on East Coast. Here’s where it’s headed
It could occur thru the weekend with gusty winds, rain, high surf, & potential coastal flooding from Mid‑Atlantic to New England. It could affect North Carolina with enhanced rain Thurs., Mid‑Atlantic with coastal flooding & erosion, New York & New Jersey with strong winds & high surf, & New England with heavier rain & increasing wind Fri. & Sat.

Trump administration set to announce sanctions against entire ICC, sources say
President Trump’s administration has prepared sanctions against the entire International Criminal Court and plans to announce them soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, a move that would step up its attack on the global tribunal that prosecutes war crimes and genocide worldwide.

US denies visas to members of Iranian president’s UN delegation as Trump threatens ‘wiping Iran out’
Trump told Fox News on Sunday that the only options on the table were “wiping Iran out,” or letting its economy “rot,” unless the two sides reach a deal. The US has refused to issue visas for members of Pezeshkian’s delegation, including his communications team, ahead of this week’s trip to the UN General Assembly, Iranian media reported.

France’s debt climbs to highest since 1978
France’s debt mountain is growing and will be at its highest level since 1978 this year because of a soaring deficit, the country’s finance ministry said on Saturday. A ministry source told reporters the public debt would reach 119.3% of GDP in 2026 and 121.7% in 2027 – more than double the 60% of GDP reference limit EU member countries are required to aim for.

Macron and Carney meet on symbolic French islands off Canada as tensions with US grow
The French archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, just off the coast of Canada, became a symbolic place when French President Emmanuel Macron received Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. “In a world of crises, our friendship means strength,” Macron writes on X and shows a recording of him welcoming Carney to one of the tiny islands. The meeting takes place against the backdrop of the two countries’ strained relationship with the power in the United States, while at the same time having great symbolic value as the archipelago of three islands is France’s last territory off the coast of North America.

Ukraine fires over 1,000 drones at Russia, including ‘largest ever’ attack on Moscow
Ukrainian forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including hundreds that were launched toward Moscow, officials said Sunday, as the Kremlin was wrapping up the third and last day of its parliamentary elections. Moscow’s mayor described the wave of drones as the “largest ever” drone attack on the Russian capital and said there had been damage to the Moscow Oil Refinery, which is among several sites that supply the Russian capital, and a residential building.

Løkke says Greenland security agreement respects Denmark’s red lines, sovereignty
It is an agreement that respects the red lines we have set and that respects Greenland’s sovereignty, Løkke says before leaving for Danish TV2. Denmark and the United States are expected to sign the security agreement on Greenland that the countries agreed on during the meeting in New York. Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen says he is also on his way to New York.

Settler killed in West Bank attack, Netanyahu vows retaliation
A hospital confirms that a man in his 30s has been killed, while an organization representing Israeli settlers in the West Bank says the man was one of the settlers. “Our forces will hunt down the terrorist who carried out the deadly attack,” Netanyahu said.

China Sent Four Different Rockets to Orbit in Just 45 Hours
China sent four different rockets into orbit within a span of only 45 hours, an unusually concentrated series of missions that highlights the growing tempo and diversity of the country’s launch activity. The rapid sequence, reported by Space.com, was not a single multi-launch operation but a succession of separate orbital flights conducted over less than two days.

Escalation on the way? US issues Middle East travel warning, as Trump returns to White House early 
Concerns for a possible escalation have increased in Israel after the U.S. State Department issued a fresh set of travel warnings for the Middle East on Saturday. In a warning issued to the Jerusalem and Amman embassy websites, the State Department warned, “Due to tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation. Americans currently in the Middle East should exercise heightened vigilance and be aware of potential flight cancellations, airspace closures, and travel disruptions.”

The US is watching the Mideast Conflict closely
The conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthi forces has sharply escalated after a missile attack targeted Riyadh and Saudi oil infrastructure. Although Saudi Arabia said the missile was intercepted, explosions and a fire were reported near Riyadh’s airport, while the Houthis claimed responsibility for attacks on sensitive sites in Riyadh and Aramco facilities in Yanbu. The United States warned that the fighting could “escalate rapidly”

Qatar planned Hamas leaders’ evacuations in case of Israeli strikes
A Qatari security official revealed that Qatar had preplanned evacuation measures to safely escort Hamas leaders away from the site of an Israeli attack, highlighting the strong connection between the Gulf state and the terror group.

IAF slays Oct. 7 terrorist who was working to rehabilitate Hamas
The Israeli Air Force on Thursday killed Muhammad Suleiman Byouk, a commander in Hamas’s “military” wing, in a strike in the Khan Yunis area of southern Gaza, the military said on Saturday night. The terrorist infiltrated Israeli territory during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, and throughout the ensuing war he planted explosive devices across the Strip to harm IDF troops, according to the statement. He also advanced terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians while working to rehabilitate Hamas in systematic violation of the ceasefire.

Trump administration preparing sweeping sanctions against ICC
The Trump administration is preparing a new round of sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court (ICC) that could significantly limit the tribunal’s ability to operate within the international financial system, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. Under the reported measures, most transactions involving the ICC would be prohibited following a six- to seven-month grace period. The restrictions could also prevent the court from carrying out transactions in US dollars. A decision could reportedly be announced as early as this week, coinciding with the United Nations General Assembly.

Michigan Mayor Sued Over Alleged Discrimination Against Jews, Christians
Abdullah Hammoud, the mayor of Dearborn, Michigan is facing a federal civil-rights lawsuit accusing his administration of using taxpayer-funded city resources to promote Islam while refusing comparable recognition to Christian and Jewish holidays and retaliating against a journalist who challenged the disparity.

Erdogan’s quiet squeeze: Turkey just closed a key Iranian financial channel
On September 18, 2026, Turkey’s Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) quietly revoked the operating license for the Istanbul main branch of Bank Mellat. The administrative decision, officially published in the government’s Official Gazette the following morning, formally terminated the licensed banking operations of one of Iran’s largest state-linked financial institutions on Turkish soil.

6.4 earthquake rattles Papua New Guinea in latest Pacific Ring of Fire activity
A 6.4 quake has once again rattled the Pacific Ring of Fire — this time in Papua New Guinea. The quake struck at 9:17 a.m. UTC, on Sept 20 and was felt across the island country. The deep quake struck about 30 miles from Kainantu. The population in this area resides in a mix of vulnerable and earthquake-resistant construction.

CIA Accused of Using 23andMe and Ancestry to Hunt For ‘Alien’ DNA Bloodlines
A newly resurfaced report makes an extraordinary allegation about the CIA, consumer DNA databases, and search for bloodlines that may not be entirely human. The claim is that the agency allegedly has a backdoor into services such as 23andMe and Ancestry and uses it to hunt for a rare genetic marker tied to so-called “Nordic” extraterrestrials.

UK Lords Bill Would Require Social Media Platforms to Get Licenses from Speech Regulator
Britain’s free-speech environment is already under intense pressure. Now a proposal would make social media itself a licensed activity, with Ofcom deciding who gets to operate. The penalty for operating without a license would be imprisonment of up to 2 years and/or a fine.

The Specter of Nuclear War with Russia Rises
The possibility that a nuclear conflict could break out and destroy much of human civilization isn’t something most like to think about. Most Westerners have become numb to the endless war between Russia and Ukraine. Western leaders are making foolish decisions that are pushing us to the brink of a nuclear showdown with Russia.

The Alert Level for the Iranian Military Has Been Raised to the Highest Possible Level as a Massive Escalation Appears to Be Imminent
It appears another round of fighting could be about to erupt in the Middle East. Within the past 24 hours, there’ve been a lot of rumors that the alert level for Iran’s military has been raised to the highest level. According to a major Iranian news agency, these rumors are accurate.

America’s Islamification: Third-Largest City in Michigan Morphing into the Next Dearbornistan – Flipped in Less Than a Decade into a Muslim Enclave
Warren, Michigan, the third-largest city in Michigan, has fallen to Islam and is now becoming the next Dearborn. City officials and police have actively aided them in conquering the city. Christian churches are being turned into mosques and the city has turned into a third-world Muslim enclave.

Meta’s ‘Muse’ AI: Convenience for You, Surveillance for Zuck
Zuckerberg’s new AI agent will run your errands, but the real product its harvesting is your private data. Meta is rolling out ‘Muse,’ a personal AI agent designed to handle your daily logistics, from selling your car to booking flights, but the true function is harvesting your data. While Zuckerberg plays benefactor, the real product is you.

One dead, multiple injured after driver, 93, crashes into brunch diners on Jersey Shore
One person was killed and seven were injured when a 93-year-old crashed her SUV into a patio teeming with brunch diners on the Jersey Shore over the weekend. The driver was reportedly trying to park but hit the gas instead of the brake, sending her vehicle speeding into a group of diners.