The Israel Defense Force (IDF) issued an unusual message on social media Tuesday and urged everyone around Yemen’s Sana’a International Airport to evacuate immediately. “We call upon you to evacuate the airport area – Sana’a International Airport – immediately and warn everyone in your vicinity of the need to evacuate …
Read More »Historic defeat for Friedrich Merz in German Chancellor vote despite coalition deal
Friedrich Merz, the conservative leader who was poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, failed to win enough votes to secure the country’s top position. This leaves German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in power even though he had already delivered a farewell address. Merz’s loss marks a historic moment, as it is …
Read More »Israeli minister says Gaza must be ‘entirely destroyed’
A right-wing Israeli minister says victory for Israel won’t come until Gaza is “entirely destroyed” and Palestinians are forced out into other countries. Israeli Finance Minister Bazalel Smotrich made the statement during a Tuesday appearance at a conference on Jewish settlements in the West Bank. While Smotrich is a senior …
Read More »Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir learns about US gun culture
Israel’s controversial National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir recently visited the U.S., where he met with Jewish groups, law enforcement officials and politicians, as well as facing several clashes with protesters. The shouting critics, however, did not appear to bother Ben-Gvir, who was a right-wing activist in his youth. Ben-Gvir spoke …
Read More »Trump’s Canada annexation remarks helped Liberals win election over Conservatives
OTTAWA-While President Donald Trump was widely viewed as the major factor in securing a fourth consecutive term in office for the Liberals in last Monday’s Canadian general election, the Conservative leader played a role in his party’s defeat at the polls, according to Canadian political analysts. “Trump set the stage” …
Read More »US strikes Yemen after Houthi missile attack on Israel’s Ben-Gurion airport
The U.S. has reportedly launched a new round of airstrikes in Yemen after the Iran-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile that landed near Israel’s main airport on Sunday. The Houthi-controlled state news agency in Yemen reported that “American aggression” was behind several strikes on the capital, Sanaa, on Monday. …
Read More »Jerusalem Cardinal Pizzaballa emerges as top papal candidate
JERUSALEM – The Franciscan Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who has served as the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem since 2020, has emerged as one of the top candidates to succeed the late Pope Francis. The conclave will select the new Pope in Rome for the world’s more than 1 billion Catholics on …
Read More »Israel signals Trump visit is last chance for hostage negotiations
A senior Israeli defense official on Monday said President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to the Middle East is the “window of opportunity” to secure a hostage deal, otherwise Israel will initiate a new military operation in the Gaza Strip. “If there is no hostage deal, Operation ‘Gideon Chariots’ will begin …
Read More »American tourist impaled on Rome’s Colosseum fence: report
Dozens of witnesses reportedly looked on in horror as a U.S. tourist visiting Rome screamed in pain after impaling himself on a metal fence at the Colosseum. The man — a 47-year-old American citizen living in Taiwan — was stabbed in the spine while attempting to climb over the historic …
Read More »Francis’ ‘pope-mobile’ converted into Gaza mobile children’s clinic
The Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis’ “pope-mobile” – a vehicle outfitted to protect the pontiff during his 2014 trip to the birthplace of Jesus Christ – is being converted into a mobile children’s clinic in Gaza according to the Holy Father’s dying wish. The Catholic non-profit organization Caritas Jerusalem made …
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