U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned on Friday that Iran could produce fissile nuclear material in “one or two weeks” as the State Department renews a sanctions waiver for Iraq to buy Iranian energy. Critics were quick to blame the Biden administration for enabling Iran to pursue nuclear weapons by allowing the rogue nation...
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Israel strikes Iran-backed Houthis after Tehran proxy attacked Jewish state: 'Significance is clear'
JERUSALEM – Israel’s air force on Saturday launched surgical strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran-sponsored Houthi terrorist regime in Yemen. According to an Israel Defense Forces statement, “A short while ago, IDF fighter jets struck military targets of the Houthi terrorist regime in the area of the Al Hudaydah Port in Yemen in response...
11 dead and dozens missing after a highway bridge in China crumbles in flooding and heavy storms
Chinese authorities say at least 11 people have died and 30 are missing in the partial collapse of a highway bridge in the northwest of the country following heavy storms and flooding. A similar number are missing in the southwest after dozens of houses were destroyed by storms. The official Xinhua News Agency said five...
Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's top Communist Party leader, dead at 80
Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong died on Friday after holding the country’s most powerful position for 13 years. He was 80. He died in the early afternoon “due to old age and serious illness,” the Communist Party said in a statement on its website, without elaborating further on the nature of the...
Deadly explosion in Tel Aviv leaves one dead, more wounded
An explosion that rocked Tel Aviv overnight Thursday has left one person dead and several others wounded. Military officials say they believe the source of the explosion was a deadly drone attack, and Yemen’s Houthi rebels have already claimed responsibility for a drone strike in the area near the U.S. embassy, the Associated Press reported....
Russia sentences journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison on espionage charges
A Russian court has handed down its sentence for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich after over a year of proceedings. The court found Gershkovich, 32, guilty of “gathering secret information” while reporting on a trip to the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg. He has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. WALL STREET JOURNAL...
2 oil tankers catch fire off Singapore, navy rescues crews
Singapore’s navy said on Friday, July 19, it had rescued crew members from two large oil tankers that caught fire about 34 miles northeast of the Singaporean island of Pedra Branca, near the world’s biggest refueling port. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) earlier said it was alerted to a fire on Friday...
Israel defense minister says country will 'settle the score' after Houthi drone attack on Tel Aviv
Israel’s defense minister struck an ominous tone Friday after an Iranian-made drone fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen struck Tel Aviv, telling Israeli media that Jerusalem would “settle the score.” “I held an operational situation assessment this morning to review the steps required to strengthen our defense arrays in light of events overnight, as well...
Netanyahu, Israel blast UN court decision over illegal settlements ruling: 'Fundamentally wrong'
The United Nation’s top court has ruled Israel’s settlements in the Palestinian territories are illegal, and they must be removed immediately. “The State of Israel is under the obligation to bring an end to its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as rapidly as possible,” ICJ President Nawaf Salam said when he delivered the...
Large explosion rocks Tel Aviv in middle of the night
A large explosion rocked Tel Aviv overnight Thursday amid the war with Hamas. Fox News foreign correspondent Trey Yingst was at the scene and shared video on X of him standing on broken glass that had shattered off a storefront across the street. Yingst reported that emergency crews were checking a partially residential area to...









