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Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant released a video Wednesday in which he revealed some of the documents recovered by soldiers in Gaza, including a photo of the children of Hamas’s leader celebrating the 9/11 terror attacks.

Ali Akbar Ahmadian, secretary-general of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) of Iran, on Wednesday called for the China-dominated BRICS economic group to create “a new security structure in the international arena to help the order and security of the future world.”

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he was “outraged” by the death of activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi at a riot by Palestinians in the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) last week.

ABC News’ moderators for Tuesday night’s debate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, failed to ask a single question about China, one of the most important challenges facing the United States, both economically and militarily.

During the presidential debate, Kamala Harris claimed Donald Trump exchanged “love letters” with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.

Former President Donald Trump asserted that President Joe Biden “approved” the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

CLAIM: Vice President Kamala Harris accused former President Donald Trump of having “sold us out” to the Chinese government with policies that “ended up selling American chips to China.”

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a video Tuesday that showed the interior of the tunnel in Gaza underneath which Hamas murdered six hostages in cold blood last month, including American-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin.

Israel revealed a new offer Tuesday in the elusive search for a hostage deal: it will allow Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to leave Gaza safely if he agrees to release all of the remaining Israeli hostages.

A group of U.S. representatives issued a letter on Monday demanding U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken provide information explaining to Congress how Manuel Menéndez Castellanos, a former high-ranking member of the Cuban Communist Party, was granted a U.S. immigrant visa.

Two high-ranking Cuban diplomats reportedly participated in encounters with leftist activists and union leaders in Atlanta in August.

Ukraine launched a major drone attack against Moscow and several other Russian cities in one of the largest Ukrainian strikes of the war.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told reporters on Monday that the rogue government of Iran had effectively stopped the agency from “complementary access” to its nuclear facilities as required by the 2015 nuclear deal “three and a half years ago.”

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un vowed to “exponentially” increase North Korea’s nuclear arsenal to meet “threats” posed by the United States.

Palestinian civilians are beginning to stand up to Hamas in the Gaza Strip, refusing to be “human shields” for the terror organization — a sign that the group may be losing its sway over the population as the war nears the year mark.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that military units had arrived in Vladivostok, Russia, to participate in joint military exercises with Moscow, part of a greater plan to for China to also host the Russian military in exercises in the Sea of Japan.

Sen. Steve Daines speaks at the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony for the 13 U.S. servicemembers killed in the Abbey Gate bombing during the disastrous Biden-Harris withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Former Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, who disappeared in June 2023 with no clear explanation and has not been seen in public since, is reportedly working a “low-level job” in Beijing and has no future career prospects, the Washington Post reported this week.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed Tuesday that a Turkish American pro-Palestinian activist who died Friday in the West Bank was “killed at the hands of the IDF,” despite an Israeli report that her death was inadvertent.

Chinese dictator Xi Jinping sent a message to North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un on Monday congratulating his country on its anniversary, a note international observers described as relatively cold and a potential sign of discord between the two countries.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Tuesday that it rejected claims by Hamas that an attack Monday on a terrorist command center hidden inside a humanitarian area in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza had killed scores of civilians.

Vice President Kamala Harris published a policy page on her official website Sunday promising she is “ready to be Commander in Chief on day one,” but she cited one of her most notorious foreign policy gaffes — claiming the United States has a “strong alliance” with North Korea — as evidence.

White House national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters in a press briefing Monday that “Hamas is the main obstacle” to a hostage deal that would lead to a ceasefire — despite the administration’s pressure on Israel.

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen claimed on Sunday to have shot down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone.

A “smoke screen” caused by the out-of-control fires in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil hit southern neighbors Argentina and Uruguay this week, local Argentine and Uruguayan media reported.

Reports published in the past week indicate that Ukraine is struggling to conscript enough soldiers to replace its staggering battlefield losses against Russia. The Russians have taken horrific casualties as well, but their vastly larger population could be the key to eventually winning a war of attrition.

Two leaders of a white supremacist group have been arrested on charges of seeking to spark a “race war” and attacks on Jews, immigrants and members of the LGBTQ community using an online forum known as “Terrorgram,” US officials said Monday.

Beijing’s three-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) concluded on Friday with more pledges of funding for Africa, even though China’s sputtering economy may be hard-pressed to meet those commitments.

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González, who claims to have defeated dictator Nicolás Maduro in a sham presidential election in July, left Venezuela and arrived in Spain on Sunday, seeking political asylum.

Tulsi Gabbard said, “A vote for Kamala Harris is a vote for Dick Cheney,” at an event with conservative journalist Tucker Carlson.

Algerian election officials on Sunday declared incumbent President Abulmadjid Tebboune the winner of a dubious election with 95 percent of the vote.

The Chinese government newspaper Global Times highlighted a growing trend in the country on Sunday of refurbishing kindergarten facilities into nursing homes, or adding amenities for seniors to children’s play and education sectors, as a way to participate in the “flourishing silver economy.”

Tens of thousands of conservatives joined a rally in Sao Paulo on Saturday – Brazilian Independence Day – in support of former President Jair Bolsonaro and denouncing the recent Supreme Court ban on the social media outlet Twitter (X), among other issues.

U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk on Monday urged voters to be wary of “strongman” politicians and personalities, especially those who “scapegoat migrants, refugees and minorities.”

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) compiled a comprehensive report entitled Invading America — How the Biden-Harris Border Crisis is Fundamentally Transforming the United States. Roy told Breitbart Texas the report details broad aspects of the border crisis and illustrates how the policies of the Biden-Harris administration is destroying American sovereignty and endangering both American citizens and migrants.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the “great majority of Israel’s citizens” are not falling for the psychological warfare tactics of Hamas, which aim at dividing the country, and were revealed in the past week.