Israel welcomed home four young women on Saturday who endured 477 days as captives of the jihadist terror organization Hamas, part of a ceasefire deal that included an exchange of 33 Israeli hostages for nearly 2,000 Palestinians imprisoned for crimes in Israel.
Danish shipping giant Maersk posted an update on the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden situation on Friday that said the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Bab-el-Mandeb strait are still too dangerous for commercial vessels, despite promises by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen to discontinue their attacks.
Yuval Raphael, a singer who survived the Hamas attack on the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, won Israel’s annual selection competition to represent the country at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest.
The jihadi insurgents who overthrew Syrian dictator Bashar Assad in December are using Islamic sharia law to train new police recruits – a troubling development for minorities who doubt the new regime’s promises to protect religious freedom.
President Donald Trump’s decision to issue an executive order to redesignate the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization is a bold move to protect Americans and global stability, according to Republican Congressman Abe Hamadeh of Arizona, who commended the returning president while slamming the Biden administration’s earlier decision to reverse the designation as a “disastrous mistake.”
Hundreds of Palestinians are reportedly making pilgrimages to the neighborhood in Rafah where Hamas terrorist leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in October, turning the ruined building where he died into an impromptu shrine.
The Yemeni terrorist organization Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthis, dismissed its return to the official American list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) by claiming they never wanted an alliance with Washington – dismissing the severe economic consequences resulting from the designation.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed up Elon Musk amid left-wing smears falsely claiming he did a “Nazi salute” at an event during President Donald Trump’s inauguration. “Elon Musk is being falsely smeared,” Netanyahu said, adding that the SpaceX CEO “is a great friend of Israel.”
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman told President Donald Trump in a phone call that his country hoped to invest at least $600 billion in American ventures in the next four years, the Saudi Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday.
The United States’ new top diplomat Marco Rubio reaffirmed the country’s “unwavering support” for Israel during a call Wednesday night to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
President Donald Trump re-designated the Houthi rebels in Yemen as a Foreign Terrorist Organization on his third day in office Wednesday, restoring a status that former President Joe Biden had reversed upon taking office in 2021.
Outrage is intensifying after Israeli hostages recently freed from Gaza revealed they were held in U.N. facilities during their captivity, with critics calling UNRWA a “front for Hamas” that must be “disbanded” immediately.
Former Israeli U.S. Ambassador Michael Oren spoke with PragerU CEO Marissa Streit about the newly reached ceasefire deal and the”moral strategic dilemmas” Israel is facing to bring home hostages still held captive by Hamas terrorists.
The jihadi regime ruling Syria after overthrowing the Assad dynasty in December dispatched its foreign minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday to seek foreign investment for their war-torn and terrorist-haunted land.
The leader of the jihadist de facto government of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, published a statement congratulating President Donald Trump on his inauguration on Monday and stating he was “confident” that Trump could “bring peace to the Middle East.”
A fire raged through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday during a school holiday.
A bold, proactive U.S. foreign policy is essential to protect American interests and national security, according to conservative commentator Mark Levin.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi resigned Tuesday over the military’s failures to anticipate the Hamas terror attack of October 7, 2023. Major General Yaron Finkelman, who leads the IDF Southern Command, announced his intention to resign
President Donald Trump signed several pro-Israel executive orders on his first day in office, among a stack of dozens of others. This author had specifically recommended that Trump take over 200 actions — including executive orders — in his first
The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen said on Sunday they will begin limiting their wanton attacks on civilian ships in the Red Sea to Israeli vessels, but added they could resume attacking ships from other countries if the Gaza ceasefire agreement does not hold.
International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan visited Damascus, Syria, this weekend to meet with jihadi warlord Ahmed al-Sharaa, the de factor leader of the country after the fall of the Assad family regime.
United Nations refugee commissioner Filippo Grandi reported on Saturday that almost 200,000 refugees have returned to Syria since Iran- and Russia-backed dictator Bashar Assad was overthrown by a jihadi insurgency in early December.
The IDF released the first photos of the three female hostages who were released Sunday as part of a hostage deal with Hamas.
Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher. These are the names of the first three hostages to be freed on Sunday by Hamas after a ceasefire deal with Israel nearly fell through when Hamas failed to provide the list as agreed.
The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has been delayed, as Hamas failed to provide a list of the hostages to be released, as stipulated in the deal.
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) has re-hired Maher Bitar, a former White House staffer who spent his student years as a pro-Palestinian radical in Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), and played a major role in the Biden administration.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.,” Mike Huckabee, President-Elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Israel, stated that the responsibility of rebuilding Gaza is “the responsibility of the people who messed this up,
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that pressure from President-Elect Donald Trump was what “really sealed” the ceasefire and hostage release deal “because Israel had to swallow a lot for this deal. They’re trading away
Israel will release major terrorists, including those who have murdered dozens of civilians, in exchange for the 33 hostages who will be freed by Hamas from captivity in Gaza, where they have been held illegally for 470 days of war.
A team of Israeli firefighters arrived Thursday in Southern California to assist local firefighters in fighting the Palisades Fire.
Israel’s Security Cabinet on Friday voted to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal despite misgivings from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved the hostage deal with Hamas to be voted on by the security cabinet on Friday, the final hurdle to agreement.
During an interview with MSNBC aired on Thursday’s broadcast of “The Last Word,” President Joe Biden stated that he first started trying to tell Israel to restrain its campaign against Hamas to lessen civilian casualties when he went to Israel
During an interview with MSNBC aired on Thursday’s broadcast of “The Last Word,” President Joe Biden said that the first time he raised the prospect of a ceasefire to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “was probably when he moved really
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the national carrier of Pakistan, is taking heavy criticism for an advertisement that shows a jetliner flying at the Eiffel Tower – imagery that many viewers found uncomfortably reminiscent of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is expected to visit Moscow on Friday for talks with strongman Vladimir Putin, which both governments confirmed would include the signing of a new “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty.”
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) on Thursday spewed harsh criticisms against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding a ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip.
The Islamic Republic of Iran “will turn the White House into a Shi’ite Islamic center,” Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s representative and cleric in the Fars Province, Lotfollah Dezhkam, pledged in recent remarks.
Thursday, during an appearance on Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Company,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) credited President-elect Donald Trump for Hamas’ willingness to broker a peace agreement with the Israeli government.
Many pro-Palestinian or anti-Israel progressives, who have been highly critical of the Biden-Harris administration’s failure to reach a ceasefire, weighed in to either further bash the outgoing administration or laud Trump for already bringing peace on the foreign policy front.
