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Syrian central bank governor Abdelkader Husriyeh said on Thursday the new government reached a milestone by performing its first international bank transfer using the SWIFT system.

President Donald Trump needs “wisdom and strength from God” in making decisions on global affairs, Christian evangelist Franklin Graham said on Friday, asking Americans to join him in prayer for the commander-in-chief.

An Iranian missile that hit Haifa, Israel, on Friday morning damaged a historic local mosque and injured the imams who were worshipping there.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi insisted in comments on Thursday his country had no interest in ceasing missile barrages against Israel, maintaining the Iranian military would “continue to pummel the criminals who target our people.”

Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine will need at least $40 billion per year from Western allies to ensure that it can keep up the fight against Russia and has called for additional pressure from the Trump administration on Moscow.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled unanimously Thursday that President Donald Trump can federalize the California National Guard, rejecting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s claims.

Iran has lost the war, and has turned itself from a regional power into a third-rate pushover in less than two years by launching fanatical attacks on Israel and then doubling down on an aggressive, failing strategy.

A mob of angry Haitian citizens stormed a hydroelectric plant in the town of Mirebalais on Wednesday, plunging the capital city of Port-au-Prince into darkness, in an attempt to protest the lack of government action against gang violence.

Brazilian automobile industry executives and labor leaders are growing uneasy about the flood of cheap electric vehicles (EVs) pouring in from China, because the Chinese onslaught is crushing Brazilian manufacturing.

The Foreign Ministry of North Korea issued an enraged statement on Thursday in defense of its allies in Iran, declaring Israel a “cancer-like entity… destroying global peace and security” for its recent military operation hindering illicit nuclear development in neighboring Iran.

Iran has asked the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israel for attacking it — after Iran attacked Israel first, both directly and indirectly, for years, and violated UN obligations on nuclear non-proliferation.

Russian and Chinese leaders Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping discussed on Thursday “frictions” among G7 leaders at the summit in Canada.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of the General Staff Eyal Zamir told military intelligence officers Thursday that Israel had turned Iran’s infamous “Ring of Fire” against it, and that Israel was closing in on the regime.

Federal and Texas law enforcement officials arrested 76 people and seized hundreds of guns and 22 kilos of drugs during a two month operation targeting violent crime in the Fort Worth area. Included in the arrest were identified as illegal aliens, including suspected Tren de Aragua gang members.

Far-leftist “squad” member Ilhan Omar (D-MN) believes the U.S. is becoming a “police state,” and she believes it is President Trump — not radical leftists rioting and breaking the law — demonstrating “hatred” for our values as a country.

Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío on Wednesday said that the communist regime has not ruled out expelling the head of the U.S. embassy in Havana, Mike Hammer, who they recently accused of being a “subversive agent.”

The pesident of Argentina, Javier Milei, signed a decree broadening gun rights by allowing civilians to possess semiautomatic weapons.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei on Thursday blasted the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its director, Rafael Grossi, for condemning Iran’s nuclear program.

The Emirati newspaper the National reported on Thursday, citing anonymous sources, that Hezbollah is not planning to aid Iran.

Border Patrol agents in San Diego found a sophisticated cross-border smuggling tunnel that connects California to Tijuana, Mexico. The tunnel reportedly extended more than 1,000 feet into the United States from Mexico.

China’s state propaganda outlet Global Times declared in a commentary on Thursday that “the U.S. bears responsibility for the Iranian nuclear issue,” exonerating its ally Iran entirely for developing an illicit nuclear program and escalating enrichment activities against United Nations standards.

Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) on Wednesday announced the introduction of the Prying into Chinese Tyrants’ Unreported Riches, Earnings, and Secrets (PICTURES) Act, a bill that instructs the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to uncover and document with visual evidence the secret fortunes and shadowy assets held by high-ranking Chinese Communist Party officials.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities at Arak, a reactor that used heavy water in its reactions and which was poised to produce weapons-grade plutonium for Iran’s nuclear program.

Israeli defense minister, Israel Katz, said Iran’s so-called “Supreme Leader,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is today’s version of “Hitler” and “should no longer continue to exist” after Iran hit a hospital with a missile Thursday.

A ballistic missile launched by Iran toward Israel early Thursday morning hit the Soroka Medical Center in the Negev desert city of Be’er Sheva in what Army Radio called a “direct hit,” with casualties yet unknown.

Israel killed “dozens” of Iran’s remaining military leaders, including wartime Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Ali Shademani, on Monday by bombing the mountain hideout to which they had retreated, the Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday.

Lee Jae-myung, the winner of South Korea’s June 3 election, made his first overseas trip this week to attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Alberta, Canada.

The Group of Seven (G7) nations on Tuesday rolled out an action plan to “de-risk” critical mineral supply chains.

Brazil’s Federal Police on Tuesday indicted Carlos Bolsonaro, son of conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro, and more than 30 others.

The communist regime in Cuba is reportedly processing a ten-year prison sentence for dissident Alexander Verdecia in response to messages he published on Facebook criticizing the regime this year, Martí Noticias reported on Tuesday.

Pope Leo XIV addressed the eruption of active hostilities between Iran and Israel for the first time on Wednesday, urging the world to facilitate peace and reject “scientific weapons of all kinds,” an apparent reference to Iran’s illicit nuclear program.

At least three transport planes from China reportedly flew to Iran in the three days after Israel began attacking Iran’s nuclear program and military command structure, their cargoes and missions unknown.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded a visit to Canada on Tuesday with a meeting with his host, Prime Minister Mark Carney.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told reporters that “nobody knows what I’m going to do” regarding a potential U.S. strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, and that he remains open to negotiations with Iran.

The “supreme leader” of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declared in comments on Wednesday that his Islamist regime would “resolutely” oppose peace with Israel, America, or any of Israel’s allies if Iran considers the terms of peace to be “imposed” from abroad.