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Russian drones struck Kyiv on September 2, 2026, during a seventh consecutive day of major attacks against the Ukrainian capital. Ukrainian authorities reported that at least 11 people were wounded and that residential and other infrastructure was damaged. ...

Russian forces attacked port and export infrastructure in Ukraine's Odesa region during the night leading into September 1, 2026, according to Ukrainian authorities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strikes damaged export infrastructure an...

A 68-year-old man from Saint-Simon, New Brunswick, has been charged with arson in connection with a fire that destroyed the community's church on August 24, 2026, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Firefighters responded to the church at about ...

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir published footage on August 18, 2026, showing construction of a facility intended to carry out executions by hanging. The footage showed Ben-Gvir standing near wooden and metal structures at a construction ...

Yemen's Houthi movement said on August 9, 2026, that it attacked an Aramco oil refinery in Jazan, Saudi Arabia, using a drone. Saudi authorities reported that a fire occurred at the facility and was extinguished without reported injuries. The Houthis sai...

CNN reported on an incident that occurred in Hebron in the West Bank in which a 7-month-old Palestinian child, Sam Fahd Abu Haikal, was shot during an encounter involving Israeli soldiers. According to the report, the family was traveling in a vehicle when ...

Claims circulating online allege involvement of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump in discussions or interest related to Sazan Island, a small island located off the coast of Albania. These claims have not been independently verified by major established news o...

Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she was “devastated” after reports alleged that her husband, Bryon Noem, engaged in online activity involving payments to fetish models and the sharing of personal images. The claims were fir...

A Palestinian child was reported killed and several others injured by Israeli gunfire in the Gaza Strip on March 24, 2026, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. The incident was reported in multiple locations across the territory during the day. WA...

A Lebanese Maronite Catholic priest was killed after Israeli tank fire struck a home in the southern Lebanese village of Al-Qlayaa near the border with Israel. Father Pierre al-Rai died from wounds sustained during the shelling, according to local officials...

The United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes against Iran on February 28, 2026. The operation targeted Iranian military facilities, missile capabilities, government leadership, and other strategic sites. The United States military iden...

On February 27, 2026, newly released U.S. Department of Justice documents revealed a 2014 email from European modeling scout Daniel Siad to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that stated, “In this busyness I feel like fisherman some time I cache quick, ...

Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett said at a February 2026 conference that global popular approval of Israel is unlikely, stating, “They’re not going to love us. The aspiration that the world will love Israel — it’s not going to happen.” He made ...

On February 12, 2026, Israeli military forces opened fire in parts of the Gaza Strip despite an existing ceasefire, resulting in new casualties among Palestinian civilians. Medical sources in Gaza reported that three Palestinians, including two children and...

On February 10, 2026, former cryptocurrency executive Sam Bankman‑Fried filed a legal motion seeking a new trial in his long‑running fraud case tied to the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The filing, entered in the U.S. District Court for the S...

ChatGPT Uneven Humor Rules on Religious Figures On February 8, 2026, a user interacting with ChatGPT asked the AI to tell a joke about Jesus. The AI provided a light, neutral joke involving wordplay without offensive content. When the same user requested a...

Germany faces hospital capacity strain amid physician shortages On February 19, 2026, German health authorities reported that hospitals across multiple federal states are experiencing capacity pressures due to a shortage of physicians. The shorta...

European Markets Decline After ECB Holds Interest Rates On February 5, 2026, European financial markets experienced a notable decline following the European Central Bank’s announcement that interest rates would be maintained at 2 percent. Investors reacted...

Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza Kill Dozens Amid Fragile Ceasefire On February 4, 2026, health officials in the Gaza Strip reported that Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes killed at least 24 Palestinians, including children, amid a fragile ceasefire...

Israeli aircraft disperse unidentified substances over southern Lebanon Israeli aircraft disperse unidentified substances over southern Lebanon Between 1 and 3 February 2026, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNI...

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Iran Announces Live‑Fire Naval Drills Near U.S. Warships in Strait of Hormuz Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced a two‑day live‑fire naval exercise in the Strait of Hormuz beginning January 31, 2026. The drills are planned i...

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee AIPAC and its affiliated political action committees are major contributors in US federal elections. They support candidates across both parties who align with a pro Israel policy agenda. Campaign finance analyse...

Board of Peace for Gaza Date: Ongoing as of January 2026 Description: The Board of Peace is a U.S.-led international body announced by President Donald Trump to oversee governance, reconstruction, and security in the Gaza Strip following the 2023–202...

On January 14, 2026, RJ May, (Robert John May III), a former South Carolina state representative for District 88, was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison after being convicted of distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Federal court records s...

International Criminal Court Arrest Warrants for Israeli Leaders On 21 November 2024, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The warran...

Samuel Bankman-Fried, founder and former CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and trading firm Alameda Research, was convicted in federal court in November 2023 on multiple counts of fraud and conspiracy related to the collapse of FTX. Prosecutors stated ...

Sam Bankman‑Fried, founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, became central to one of the largest financial collapses in the digital asset industry. In 2023, he was convicted of defrauding customers of approximately $8 billion and was sentenced to 25 year...

Henry Kissinger, former United States secretary of state and national security adviser, played a central role in shaping U.S. foreign policy during the Vietnam War and other Cold War conflicts. His tenure has remained the subject of extensive debate, with s...

The Mysteries of October 7. Hostage negotiations and armed group involvement On October 24, 2023, journalist Seymour Hersh published an article titled "The Mysteries of October 7." In the article, Hersh cited an unnamed American official de...

During the Israel–Hamas war that began in October 2023, allegations emerged regarding the use of white phosphorus munitions by Israeli forces in Gaza and southern Lebanon. Human rights organizations reported evidence that they said indicated the use of whit...

Cynthia Perkins, a former teacher in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, pleaded guilty in February 2022 to multiple charges related to child sexual abuse and tampering with food given to students, according to court records. Authorities stated that Perkins assis...

A French schoolgirl later admitted that she had falsely claimed that her teacher, Samuel Paty, was Islamophobic. She said she had not been present in the classroom during the lesson in question and had misrepresented what had occurred. The false claim alleg...

Samuel “Mouli” Cohen, an Israeli‑American businessman born in Jerusalem, was involved in multiple investment schemes targeting individual and institutional investors in the United States. Investigations revealed fraudulent misrepresentations, false promises...

Samuel Waldman is an individual who served as a rabbi and teacher at a girls’ seminary in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He was associated with religious educational roles within a community setting prior to his arrest. On November 2013, Waldman was arr...

Media coverage and public recognition of serial homicide have been examined by criminologists and researchers studying race, victim demographics, offender characteristics, and news reporting. Research has identified differences in how serial killers and the...

On February 4, 2004, the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) canceled its LifeLog research program, which had been launched in 2003. The program was designed to explore technologies capable of collecting and organizing large amou...

Michael Jackson calls Sony executive Tommy Mottola “a devil” in public speech On June 15, 2002, American singer Michael Jackson spoke to a crowd at an event in London during a fan gathering commemorating his music career. During his remarks, Jack...

Osama Bin Laden, the founder of al-Qaeda, did not formally claim responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. The attacks involved the hijacking of four commercial airplanes, which were used to target the World Trade Center towers...

Palestinian children are regularly arrested and detained by Israeli authorities, primarily for security-related offenses, but there is no separate prison exclusively for them. They are held in military detention centers or Israeli prisons, often alongside a...

Robert Maxwell and Mirror Group sue Seymour Hersh for libel In October 1991, media proprietor Robert Maxwell and his company Mirror Group Newspapers initiated libel proceedings in London against American journalist Seymour Hersh and publish...

Wayne Bertram Williams is an American convicted murderer whose 1982 convictions became a central part of the investigation into a series of killings known as the Atlanta Child Murders. Between 1979 and 1981, approximately 29 African-American children, teena...

The Watergate Affair: Timeline, Operatives, And Unresolved Questions On June 17, 1972, five men were arrested inside the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. The individuals were Bernard Barker, Virgilio G...

On November 24, 1963, Jack Ruby, a Jewish-American nightclub owner in Dallas, Texas, shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. The shooting occurred in the basement of the Dallas Police Headquarters while Osw...

The birth control pill was developed in the mid-20th century as a result of combined efforts by scientists, doctors, activists, and funders. The idea of an oral contraceptive was strongly promoted by Margaret Sanger, a birth control activist, who believed w...

Samuel Little, born Samuel McDowell on June 7, 1940, in Reynolds, Georgia, was an American serial killer who was convicted of multiple murders and later confessed to dozens of additional killings. The Federal Bureau of Investigation identified him in 2019 a...

Charlie Chaplin and actress Paulette Goddard were associated romantically and professionally during the 1930s and early 1940s. Their relationship became particularly well known through Goddard's leading role in Chaplin's 1936 film Modern Times. Paulette God...

Great Book Robbery of 1948 In 1948, during the Arab–Israeli War following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine, thousands of books and manuscripts were stolen from Palestinian homes and libraries in towns and cities where families had fled or been ...

The Khazarian Empire: History, Territory, and Conversion to Judaism The Khazar Empire was a Turkic polity that emerged in the mid-seventh century and became a major regional power between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. It developed following ...

Sogdian merchants played a crucial role in expanding trade routes across Central Asia during the early medieval period. Centered in the city of Samarkand, they facilitated the exchange of goods between East and West.The merchants established extensive netwo...

Jesus of Nazareth was executed by crucifixion under Roman governor Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem, during the period of Roman occupation of Judea. The event is documented in the canonical Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) and referenced in some historica...