Israel seizes vast Iran terror axis arsenal with surprising foreign origins
ranging in manufacturers from the Islamic Republic of Iran to Russia, China to homegrown producers in Lebanon and Gaza and even a Nazi-era gun —were part of the war machinery used by Hamas and Hezbollah against Israeli civilians and the IDF since Hamas terrorists attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

Somali Piracy Surges Amid Hormuz Blockade
The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has forced hundreds of commercial ships onto longer routes around Africa, and Somali pirates are moving quickly to exploit the sudden increase in traffic off the continent’s eastern coast. Oil tankers MT Honour 25, MT Eureka and MT Asana were hijacked in the Gulf of Aden and off Puntland between April and July 2026, the largest attacks by Somali pirates in years.

11 charged in decade-long scheme allegedly selling green cards through fake marriages to Chinese nationals
The two-count indictment alleges that some foreign nationals paid as much as $100,000 to be in the sham marriages, according to the Justice Department. Federal prosecutors have charged 11 people with involvement in more than 1,000 fake marriages to gain legal status in the United States over the last decade.

FLASHBACK: Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Peggy Flanagan calls policing a “racist system” 
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Syria Eyes Iraq Oil Pipeline to the Mediterranean as Gulf Tensions Rise
Syria hopes to open an oil pipeline from Iraq to the Mediterranean and thereby establish itself as a force in the energy market. But the challenges are many.

Ukraine attacks Russian air base and rocket plant in Samara region
Ukraine ⁠struck industrial infrastructure ​in Russia’s ​Samara region on Saturday, local authorities said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the attack, saying a rocket plant and air base were hit.

Chinese Orbiter Smashes Starlink With a Tiny 2-Watt Laser Fired From 36,000 KM Above Earth
A 2-watt laser pulled off a satellite downlink from 36,000 km up, using a new signal trick that pushed performance far beyond earlier results. The result was a 1 gigabit-per-second downlink from a satellite in stationary orbit using a laser transmitter rated at just 2 watts. The South China Morning Post reported the experiment on June 17, 2025, describing the recorded data rate as five times faster than Starlink in its comparison.

Democratic Socialist Leaders Squirm When Asked About Cuba, Venezuela, And Nicaragua’s Dictatorships
Mexican journalist and Miami-based news anchor Jorge Gilberto Ramos Ávalos had one of the most revealing exchanges yet with the leadership of the Democratic Socialists of America.Ramos repeatedly pressed the socialists’ national DSA co-chairs on whether Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua should be classified as dictatorships. Neither of the far-left extremists could provide a direct answer. … help me understand the difference between the kind of democratic socialism that you support and what’s happening in Cuba and in Nicaragua, in Venezuela. Recently we heard Daniel Ortega saying that he doesn’t want to have elections in Nicaragua. Of course, Cuba hasn’t had multiparty elections since 1959

Lutnick Draws Red Line: “Great American Companies” Shouldn’t Use Chinese Memory Chips 
One week after The Wall Street Journal reported that Tim Cook’s Apple was testing memory chips from China’s CXMT, a company blacklisted by the Pentagon over alleged ties to the People’s Liberation Army, the outlet published a follow-up story with an interview with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who publicly urged Apple not to proceed. The Trump administration is not in favor of that,” Lutnick said

Hawaii Braces For Direct Tropical Storm Hit On Big Island 
Hawaii’s Big Island is under a hurricane warning as Tropical Storm Lala is expected to make landfall on Saturday local time, according to the National Hurricane Center. “This is a very serious storm,” Hawaii Gov. Josh Green told reporters late Friday night. “We have not had a hurricane make landfall in quite some time. So none of us really have experienced this really in, you know, the last couple of decades.”

Israel as the Middle East’s ‘mistress’: wanted behind closed doors, shunned in public
Security ties with Gulf states endure, but Saudi normalization now carries a higher political price, as the Palestinian issue, new regional alliances and years of war test whether Israel can still turn military strength into lasting regional integration

MASSIVE SHIPMENT: Thousands Of Tons Of Military Equipment Arrive In Israel From U.S.
Israel’s Defense Ministry announced Thursday that another cargo ship carrying thousands of tons of military equipment and weaponry purchased in the United States has arrived in Israel and been unloaded at Haifa Port. The shipment is part of an ongoing effort to bolster the IDF’s readiness for a range of potential scenarios and ensure the continued operational capabilities of Israel’s ground forces.

2 powerful earthquakes hit Indonesia in one day; one killing at least 47
A 7.7 earthquake that struck eastern Indonesia on Saturday killed at least 47 people. A second, 6.4 quake struck the country’s western Sumatra island later. Authorities said dozens more residents were injured and warned that the death toll would almost certainly rise.

An Inversion of God’s Design: New Study Says Human Population Needs to Be Cut in Half
Today’s environmentalism says humans are a blight, a disease, on this planet and we need to start removing ourselves for the betterment of everything else. Consider this quote from a new study that claims we need to halve the world population, taking it from 8 billion to less than 4 billion, by 2200.

Communist Democratic Socialists of America Commemorates ‘100 Years of Fidel’ While Accusing Marco Rubio of Cuban Genocide
The Democratic Socialists of America celebrated “100 Years of Fidel” this week, praising communism and Castro’s monstrous dictatorship that has imprisoned, tortured, and murdered many, many Cubans. They accused Marco Rubio of genocide and demanded reparations as well.

The Religious Discrimination Continues: Gov. Abbott Scraps ‘Illegal’ DFW Airport Muslim Foot-Washing Stations, but Don’t Be Fooled… They Are Already There
“The Dallas-Fort Worth Airport suddenly scrapped its plans for additional Wudu foot-washing stations in Terminal D restrooms after Governor Abbott brought the hammer down and called for an investigation over religious discrimination. Wudu stations are already in the interfaith chapel at the airport – they shouldn’t be.”

Britain’s Elite Speech Monitoring Squad Has Flagged 106 Posts
They called it elite. An elite squad of detectives, drawn from forces across England and Wales and convened at the National Police Coordination Centre for a mission of national weight, spying on people’s social media posts.

Antisemitic Attack in Mamdani’s New York: Man Assaults Congregant and Security Guard at Synagogue
On Friday night, Shabbat, an unhinged man entered a Manhattan synagogue and launched an antisemitic attack on congregants. According to police, Larry Montes, 46, allegedly punched a congregant before headbutting a security guard and spitting on him.

Abdul El-Sayed to Appear with Jew-Hating Pakistani Cleric Tariq Masood Who was Denounced for ‘Pedophilic Rhetoric’
El-Sayed is going to headline an event with a Jew-hating Pakistani cleric, Tariq Masood, for the Islamic Society of North America. He will talk on “Cultivating God Awareness in a Turmoiled America. Masood has been hammered for “pedophilic rhetoric” after marrying off his 13-year-old niece to an older Muslim man under Islamic law.

Health workers in Congo struggle to keep up as Ebola outpaces contact tracing
The outbreak has killed over 2,200 people out of over 4,700 cases. The death toll has been reached almost 3 times faster than 2014-16’s outbreak. Workers search for those exposed and suspected/confirmed cases. But surveillance is failing to keep pace with the virus. 60% to 70% of new cases are detected among people not already monitored.

There Likely Won’t Be ‘Meaningful’ Iran Talks Until Their Leadership Changes
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) said, “The real change has to be a change in how Iran treats the rest of the world, and particularly, its neighbors, both Arab and Jew…. Iran doesn’t have an off-ramp because they don’t want one. They are exactly what they’ve been for nearly half a century, a terrorist expansion-based ideological country.”

US Readies Economic Isolation Of Iran “Like The World Has Never Seen Before” 
the Trump administration will announce unprecedented economic measures against Iran next week, signaling that a sharp escalation in economic warfare is just ahead as negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remain stalled. The warning comes as Tehran-linked Houthi rebel forces resume attacks on Saudi Aramco energy infrastructure, raising concerns that the conflict is spreading geographically and pushing Brent crude futures higher.

Ukraine’s new Tu-95 killer is a $48,000 copy of a drone China refused to sell
Ukraine went to China to buy the drone. China refused. Two years later, the MICH 2000 costs $2,000 less than the original—and just took out a Russian bomber. one-way attack drones from the Ukrainian state security service—the vaunted SBU—motored 800 km to strike Engels-2 air base in western Russia. At the time, there were reportedly five bombers on the ground at the base: four Tupolev Tu-22Ms and a single Tupolev Tu-95. The drones struck the four-engine, propeller-driven Tu-95. “According to preliminary data, the plane suffered critical damage,” the SBU claimed. “It completely tore off the tail part.” That particular aircraft, the SBU added, had been used systematically to launch massed missile strikes on Ukraine. Satellite imagery later confirmed the bomber’s destruction.

Donald Trump posts AI alien image ‘at Area 51’ amid bombshell UFO briefing claims
US President Donald Trump has sent conspiracy theorists into overdrive after sharing a picture of himself alongside an “alien”. The apparent AI-generated image uploaded to Truth Social depicts him strolling across a military airfield next to a handcuffed silver-skinned extraterrestrial. The backdrop featuring Trump and the alien bears striking similarities to accounts of the US military’s classified facility at Groom Lake, Nevada – the infamous “Area 51.”

France approves assisted dying for adults with incurable conditions
France’s Constitutional Council has approved legislation that gives adults suffering from an incurable condition the right to assisted dying. At the same time, the court ruled that certain provisions need clarification. France thus joins the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada, which have already legalized assisted dying.

American missionary Kevin Rideout released in Niger after nine months in captivity
50-year-old Kevin Rideout “is doing well and is being cared for by American representatives,” says the Christian missionary organisation Sim International, for which he worked. Rideout was kidnapped in October last year, outside his home in the capital, Niamey.

Drone shot down over eastern Latvia by NATO fighter jets, defense ministry says
A foreign drone was shot down in the airspace over eastern Latvia by fighter jets on a NATO mission, the Latvian Ministry of Defense said on X. The drone entered Latvian territory “as a result of Russian electronic warfare,” the Defence Ministry added. Finland temporarily closed areas to air and sea traffic in the Gulf of Finland as a security measure against drones, the country’s military said on X.

China’s latest maglev train reaches 800 km/h in 5.3 seconds
From zero to 800 kilometers per hour (497 Mph) in 5.3 seconds. And then quickly back down to zero. The new record has been set by a Chinese train on a test track in Hubei province. The trains are of the maglev type, meaning carriages that lack wheels and are kept suspended by magnets. Propulsion is also provided by magnets along the sides, which “pull” the train.

Astronomers Discover an Entirely New Type of Object: a “Black Hole Star”
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a new type of cosmic monstrosity: a “black hole star.” The glowing red object, dubbed MoM-BH*-1, is 100,000 times more massive than our Sun and is trapped in a shell of gas so thick that it looks like a star the size of the entire solar system. But unlike an actual star, it’s not fusion powering its center, but a black hole constantly devouring matter. The object, astronomers say, is utterly peerless.

Swamp Pharma Hookers Scream Bloody Murder Over Trump Vaccine Shift
you’re likely familiar with COVID Warlord Anthony Fauci’s infamous crowning of himself as the divine physical manifestation of The Science™, dispatched from above the clouds to liaise with the lesser beings of Earth, to direct and guide their behavior so as to liberate them from the shackles of their ignorance.

America Enters FAFO-Land: Election Sabotage & Blue-State Mutiny As Communist Jihad Escalates
And so, all of a sudden, having failed to subvert or assassinate the president they abhor, and foil his attempt to repair our country, the combined forces of the Democratic Party, the seditious news media, and a traitorous government bureaucracy resort to communist jihad in their crusade to wreck the USA.
Cue the communist jihadis to stage street-actions (a.k.a. “riots”) this fall in their captive cities and states. Since they can’t win elections without massive fraud, they will opt to do whatever is necessary to make the election impossible, and chaos is their go-to tactic in this contest of wills. The catch is, the communist jihadis are still a very small demographic.

Panama Canal Fees Hit Record As El Nino, Hormuz Crisis Choke Global Shipping
Panama Canal transit auction prices have surged to record highs this summer as an intensifying El Niño and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz upend global shipping routes. A Bloomberg report Friday morning said a supertanker paid a record $4.6 million at auction to bypass the growing queue and secure an earlier transit slot next week. The spike in canal fees and vessel wait times threatens to further raise freight costs, reinforcing growing concerns about inflationary pressures across global supply chains.

“We Do Bad Things To Bad People”: Hegseth Unveils New Motto For Counter Cartel Coalition
“The new motto of the ACCC is ‘we do bad things to bad people.’ That’s the mentality I want to have inside this room,” he said on Wednesday. “Ultimately, we’re dealing with bad people that have done a lot of bad things to a lot of good people for a very long time. And they’re about to meet a new sheriff in town in the ACCC.”

Iraq: Conflict between Baghdad gov’t and Iranian-backed terror militias comes to a head 
Flying somewhat under the radar, the Iraqi government is pursuing a project with a similar goal to that of the Beirut government in Lebanon and the Board of Peace in Gaza: shaking off the malign influence of the Iranian regime by disarming its proxy terror groups that are controlling large parts of its territory.

‘Hamas terrorists operate freely’: IDF Gaza surveillance troops say warnings go unheeded like before Oct 7 
Trump envoy Kushner, Board of Peace envoys Mladenov and Tony Blair to arrive in Israel on Sunday
After nearly one week without Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, which was reportedly due to pressure from the United States to give the Gaza peace plan a chance, the Israel Defense Forces renewed its strikes in recent days, amid outrage that Hamas was being allowed to recover. One of the most drastic warnings came from IDF surveillance troops this week. Channel 12 News reported on Thursday that female combat observers in two different sectors along the border warned that, like before the Oct. 7 invasion, their desperate warnings are going unheard again.

Israel’s warning to Trump, and the Mordechai precedent
“I go by Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go in a different flight, different plane,” he told reporters. “I just have to do what they say.” He argued the plane he was originally seen boarding had actually been the more exposed target: “I think actually the plane that I flew on was at greater risk, because that would be the plane I think that they would be more likely to go for.” He also reaffirmed his distrust of Tehran directly: “Are you saying I trust Iran?! I’m the last person to trust Iran. They’ve lied to me constantly.” The shape of what happened last month, a loyal figure uncovering a palace assassination plot and quietly ensuring the king’s safety, is not a new story in Jewish history. It is, almost exactly, the plot of a chapter near the beginning of the Book of Esther.

US military launches multi-country, kamikaze drone force
U.S. Central Command announced on Thursday that it is expanding the scope of its one-way attack drone force to include other countries and new types of drones that operate at sea and underwater. The new “Task Force Falcon Strike” is the “first-ever multi-domain, multinational attack drone task force,” the Pentagon stated.

Israel, Syria reach secret deal on nuclear material
The US has brokered a secret agreement to remove nuclear material from a clandestine Syrian facility after Israeli intelligence detected suspicious activity around the site, defusing a crisis that officials feared could trigger a new Israeli strike and potentially draw Turkey into the confrontation. The International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to remove the material from the facility, known as “Site 99,” under an agreement reached with the government of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa about three weeks ago,

Hamas support falls as Marwan Barghouti leads Palestinian opinion poll
The poll further found that 83% of respondents believe there is corruption within Palestinian Authority institutions, while 65% described the PA as “a burden” rather than an achievement.

IDF strikes Khan Yunis, eliminates senior Hamas commander
IDF eliminates Hamas commander Hudhaifa Qawari, who was involved in training, arms transport, and planning imminent attacks, in a southern Gaza strike. Recently, said the IDF, the terrorist advanced terror attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians and was subsequently eliminated in order to remove the threat he posed.

Trump says he will declare Strait of Hormuz a ‘territory of the United States’ after defeating Iran
US President Donald Trump said Friday that he would soon declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory, following a Truth Social post on Wednesday in which he said of the waterway, “I think we will keep it.” “Pretty soon I’ll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States,” Trump told a crowd at a Garden City, New York, event honoring police. Trump said the declaration would come “after we [the US] finish defeating Iran,” which he described as being “very badly defeated.”

New ‘Muslim NATO’ ‘Aimed at Israel,’ Official Warns, but Experts Say Pact Is Largely Declarative
The new Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani defense pact, dubbed a “Muslim NATO,” has triggered warnings in Jerusalem, with a senior official saying the alliance is “aimed at Israel,” while Israeli experts told The Algemeiner that, while troubling, the pact is largely declarative in nature and unlikely to amount to a meaningful military alliance. “The agreement worries us. This is an alliance aimed against Israel,” a senior Israeli official told the Ynet news site. Signed in Mecca last week, the agreement says an armed attack on any one of the three countries will be considered an attack on all, while setting out plans for closer political and military coordination, joint exercises, and expanded defense cooperation.

Celebrating Evil: Today’s Abortion Industry Would Make Even The Ancient Child Sacrifice Of Moloch Blush
Sometimes evil lurks in the shadows. Other times, it operates openly for everyone to see. That was the case earlier this week in Massachusetts when Democrat Governor Maura Healey signed legislation legalizing abortion up until the moment of birth. This means that little babies, fully formed, can now be literally ripped apart and murdered just moments before they’re supposed to come out of their mother’s womb. It’s almost too horrifying to comprehend the pain these babies will go through as their lives are snuffed out. It was what I call an Isaiah 5:20 moment.

North Korea Rages At Upcoming US Drills: “Rehearsal For Aggressive War”
North Korea has issued a severe warning over the upcoming joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea, characterizing it as a rehearsal for an aggressive war and that it is is ready to respond. North Korea’s Foreign Ministry described Friday that these planned drills look different, and will be more dangerous, compared to all prior ones of the past-half decade, in that they appear offensive in nature as the exercise will focus on modern warfare tactics.

It Was Destroyed In Just Days…
In a matter of days, once-pristine beaches in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta have been reduced to open-air dumps and disease-ridden camps occupied by thousands of illegal migrants who refused to leave after the mass invasion from Morocco.

Trump, mission org. confirm release of kidnapped American missionary pilot
A Christian missionary pilot who has been imprisoned for nearly a year has been released, prompting gratitude for answered prayers as the United States citizen becomes the latest American detained abroad to come home in the past year and a half.

Two people killed after 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia
At least two people died following a 7.7 earthquake that struck Indonesia  Saturday morning. Video shows large chunks of concrete breaking off the terminal building onto passengers waiting to board an inter-island ferry. Some were thrown into the sea when the gangway to the ship collapsed.

House Committees Detail Harvard Ties With Chinese Entities In New Report
A report released by House committees on Aug. 13 alleged that Harvard University prioritized financial ties over American national security and received more than $600 million from China, the most of any U.S. university.

How the Australian government uses census forms to manipulate the public
Using the example of the Australian census form, Paul Collits demonstrates how gov’ts manipulate the perception of what’s considered normal. He uses the example of the questions relating to religion and sexuality, designed to manipulate answers people give so census results have the desired outcome to show Christian societies are changing.

Secularists Once Again Have Grown Tired of Christianity’s Influence In Australia
The dominant view in Australia is we should welcome a shifting cultural landscape diversifying into secularism, multicultural faiths, and pluralistic values. However, what’s not understood by the ruling class is Christianity isn’t simply another religion promoting personal & communal values. Christianity exalts the one true hope, Jesus Christ.

TEXAS: Islamic Enclave Rising Next to Active U.S. Army Training Base Outside San Antonio — Led by Imam Who Celebrated Hamas’ Oct 7 Massacre as a ‘Day of Remembrance’
In one of San Antonio’s most affluent suburbs, a short drive from U.S. Army’s Camp Bullis training base, a multi-million-dollar mosque & community center is under construction, led by an imam who celebrated the Oct 7 Hamas massacre as a “day of remembrance” for Muslims.

Erdoğan vows ‘resolute’ fight for Palestinian statehood
The Turkish leader spoke alongside P.A. chief Abbas, who was on a two-day official visit to Ankara. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday vowed to “resolutely” work toward a “sovereign and geographically contiguous” Palestinian state with eastern Jerusalem as its capital, Turkish state-run news channel TRT reported.

Muslim Police Chief Takes Stand with CAIR, Urges Residents to Stay Home as Jake Lang’s ‘Christian Crusader March’ Approaches
Dearborn Muslim Police Chief Shahin & CAIR-MI are urging residents to stay home Aug. 18, not attend a City Council meeting because Christian activist Jake Lang is coming. Shahin called those coming with him “outsiders” full of hate. He should ask Christians and Jews who are treated like second-class citizens what hate actually feels like.

Adam Hamilton, Christian Pastor & Democrat Senate Nominee, Says Muslims and Hindus Unknowingly Worship Jesus
Methodist Pastor Adam Hamilton, the Democrat candidate in Kansas’s Senate race, publicly denied the exclusivity of Jesus during a sermon, promoting inclusivism by asserting that people of other religions have a “different lens” that gives them a less clear picture of who God is but will not keep them from entering Heaven in the afterlife.

Flock Blinks: Surveillance Giant Slashes Data Retention After 50 Jurisdictions Walk, Cams Destroyed
Flock Safety, the startup that blanketed the US in automated license plate readers, is dialing back its expansive platform. The company is significantly shortening its data retention windows, requiring police to justify every search, and allowing cities to block neighboring jurisdictions from querying their cameras for immigration enforcement.

Iran, Russia Target Christians, Protestors as Conflicts Continue
Iran has returned to the ugliness of persecuting protestors and Christians. Russia never stopped. It seems the best way to escape high levels of government persecution or the death penalty in these two nations is to pledge support to their governments, keep quiet and find a large rock under which to hide.

Netanyahu calls UK an ‘Islamic republic,’ jokes it would be first one with nukes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Britain an “Islamic republic” in an interview with an Army Radio podcast released Thursday. Netanyahu, who has long touted his admiration for Winston Churchill, noted in the podcast that the son and grandson of the World War II-era British leader were journalists who produced pro-Israel reportage on the June 1967 Six Day War.

Russia Admits Renewed Petrol Shortages After Recently Claiming Situation Was Stabilized
Citizens in some impacted regions told to “refrain from using personal vehicles whenever possible”…

Forget Reminding Young People About ‘Boat People’: South America’s Rejection Of Socialism Is Happening In Real Time
“Ask a group of people who grew up in the 1970s or 1980s what ‘boat people’ means and most of them will be able to tell you it’s people who got…”