Israel says eight hostages due to be freed in first phase are dead

Israel says eight of the remaining 26 hostages due to be released by Hamas during the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal are dead. Government spokesman David Mencer told reporters that Israel had received a list from the Palestinian … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – January 24, 2025

Greetings from Tyler, It’s happening too fast. You couldn’t keep up if you were trying. The orders coming out of the new Administration are in line with the promises made on the campaign trail. President Trump has been saying what … Read More

Exclusive: US deploys Typhon missile launchers to new location in Philippines

Jan 23 (Reuters) – The U.S. military has moved its Typhon launchers – which can fire multipurpose missiles up to thousands of kilometres – from Laoag airfield in the Philippines to another location on the island of Luzon, a senior … Read More

Donald Trump Signs Order Declassifying JFK Files: What We Know

President Donald Trump signed an order declassifying government files related to the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy Jr., civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Why It Matters Trump’s decision to declassify the … Read More

Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4 billion in settlement of lawsuits over the toll of OxyContin

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller, the attorneys general from several … Read More

China’s ‘artificial sun’ sets nuclear fusion record, runs 1,006 seconds at 180 million°F

Nuclear fusion, which is the source of the energy released from the Sun is considered the ultimate energy source even on Earth. The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) – also called ‘artificial sun’ – has achieved the milestone of 1,006 … Read More

Prince Harry accepts payout in excess of £10m and a full apology from Sun publisher after six-year legal battle over claims of unlawful information gathering

Prince Harry today accepted a ‘substantial’ payout from The Sun’s publisher which said sorry to him and his mother Princess Diana for intruding into their private lives. News Group Newspapers (NGN) offered an ‘unreserved apology’ to the Duke of Sussex … Read More

Trump threatens Russia sanctions if Putin won’t make a ‘deal’ to end Ukraine war

Jan. 22 (UPI) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Moscow with sanctions and called on President Vladimir Putin to make a deal to end Russia’s war with Ukrainefor the sake of his economy. Trump, who promised on the campaign … Read More

Pentagon to send up to 1,500 active duty troops to help secure US-Mexico border, officials say

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days, U.S. officials said Wednesday, putting in motion plans President Donald Trump laid out in executive … Read More

Davos Takes a Deep Breath as Trump Holds Off Starting Trade Wars

The global elite in Davos woke up Tuesday breathing a sigh of relief after President Donald Trump concluded his first day in office only talking about trade wars rather than starting any. Bloomberg) — The global elite in Davos woke … Read More

How Hamas rebuilt its numbers and made a show of force for the hostage swap — despite Israel killing 17,000 terrorists

Despite losing more than 17,000 fighters in a relentless 15-month-long war campaign, Hamas rallied dozens of armed and masked terrorists to present an intimidating front for TV cameras during Sunday’s release of three Israeli hostages. The men — wearing green … Read More

Dozens killed as fire engulfs Turkish ski hotel

At least 76 people have been killed in a fire that engulfed a popular Turkish ski resort hotel, leaving some to jump out of windows. The fire broke out at the wooden-clad 12-storey Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu at 03:27 … Read More

Donald Trump’s Call for Sweeping Change Puts Washington on Notice

President Donald J. Trump began his second term with a dramatic pledge to sweep away the liberal gains made by Democrats under Joe Biden, saying in his inaugural address Monday that he planned to sign a historic number of executive … Read More

WATCH: Joe Biden promised not to do preemptive pardons

“You’re not gonna see in our administration that kind of approach to pardons” Joe Biden, when he took office on President Donald Trump’s departure in 2021, said he wouldn’t use pardons like Trump. Trump did, in fact, pardon a couple … Read More

Hamas says next hostages will be released on Saturday as scheduled

CAIRO/TEL AVIV, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Hamas said on Monday it would next release hostages held in Gaza on Saturday, after an official with the Palestinian militant group had said they would be released a day later than expected. Hamas … Read More

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