Israeli forces have surrounded the Gaza home of the alleged architect of the October 7 attacks in which Hamas fighters killed about 1,200 people and took 240 others hostage, several sources confirmed Thursday.
U.S. private-sector employers added 103,000 new hires in November versus 106,000 workers in October, according to Nov.’s ADP® National Employment Report, a collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab.
Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R–Bakersfield, announced he would not be running for re-election and would be stepping down at the end of the year. With his pending resignation past the candidate filing deadline, California governor Gavin Newsom can either opt to call for a special election or allow the seat to remain vacant, potentially cutting into Republicans’ narrow eight-seat majority in the House of Representatives.
Tensions were rising in Jerusalem, where several Jewish activist groups planned to march Thursday to demand that the entire ancient city – including the Temple Mount/Al-Aqsa complex – be placed under Jewish control.
The Philippines, already reeling from deadly earthquakes, saw more suffering Wednesday as 17 people died when a passenger bus careered off a road and plunged down a central mountain, officials said.
As he continues to prosecute Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated emphatically Tuesday that the coastal enclave must undergo demilitarization after the current fighting has ended, and that only the Israel Defense Forces can be trusted to oversee that process, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.
In an apparent effort to shore up support in the Middle East, Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to make a rare one-day trip to both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and to host Iran’s president in Moscow this week, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.
The Biden administration announced Monday it is launching a new strike force to fight the international trafficking of fentanyl into the U.S., a powerful opioid at the center of a devastating addiction crisis in the United States, the Washington Times reports.
Australia’s central government has unveiled a digital identity document (ID) scheme that it hopes will be rolled out nationwide by July next year.
Following weeks of silence by the United Nations concerning evidence that Hamas weaponized rape against Israeli women on Oct. 7, a special meeting was convened at the UN on Monday to raise awareness of the issue, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports. Monday’s meeting was organized by Israel’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, the World Zionist Organization, and the National Council of Jewish Women.
The Philippines experienced aftershocks Wednesday of powerful earthquakes that impacted the capital, Manila, and other areas of the Asian nation, killing at least three people.
A senior church leader in Algeria has seen his original prison sentence for holding an “unauthorized” church service reduced on appeal, well-informed Christians told Worthy News Wednesday.
Christians urged prayers after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a bomb blast at a church service in the southern Philippines that killed at least four people and injured dozens.
Muslims in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, are blocking a Christian school from being built in their neighborhood despite the school having been granted the requisite building permit by the authorities, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
Thousands of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) infantry and engineering troops, accompanied by armored forces, are currently engaged in combat against Hamas militants in Jabaliya, Shijaiyah, and Khan Younis. The IDF characterizes this as “the most significant and intense combat period since the beginning of the war.”
On Tuesday, during his testimony before a Congressional Committee, FBI Director Christopher Wray stated that the United States has been confronting unprecedented terrorist threats since the start of the Israel–Hamas conflict in October.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La) sent a letter today, reiterating to the Biden Administration that funding for the Ukraine war would not be authorized unless the Biden Administration takes action to address issues at the nation’s border.
On Sunday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) announced his intention to sign a new Lone Star State Law that would allow law enforcement officers the ability to arrest individuals who have entered Texas illegally.
The United States is one of more than 20 countries which issued a declaration of their aim to triple nuclear energy production to achieve net-zero carbon emissions and limit climate change by 2050, CNBC reports.
Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated Monday that IDF forces will stay and keep fighting in the Gaza Strip until Israel’s dual goals of the destruction of Hamas and the return of the Israeli hostages have been achieved, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.