The Iranian regime — reeling from mass protests that could be the most severe threat to the tyranny of the ayatollahs since the 1979 Islamic revolution — denounced President Donald Trump’s arrest of Venezuelan narco-terrorist dictator Nicolas Maduro in the harshest terms, and demanded United Nations intervention on Maduro’s behalf.
President Donald Trump’s warning that the United States would intervene if Iran’s regime violently suppresses protesters drew swift backing from Republican senators, former U.S. officials, and security voices — with supporters invoking “actions and consequences,” praising Trump’s long-absent moral clarity, and drawing pointed contrasts with Barack Obama’s refusal to back Iranian protesters during the regime’s violent 2009 crackdown.
Saudi warplanes on Friday bombed positions held by the Southern Transitional Council (STC), the Yemeni separatist group backed by Saudi Arabia’s nominal allies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Iran is using Venezuela as a launching point in the Western Hemisphere to embed its drone pipeline closer to U.S. territory, the Center for a Secure Free Society (SFS) warned this week.
President Donald Trump announced in a message on his website, Truth Social, on Friday that the United States is ready to intervene to “rescue” anti-regime protesters in Iran should the government attempt to brutalize them.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told evangelical Christian leaders in Florida that Israel is waging a new front against Islamist persecution of Christians worldwide, praising Christian Zionist support for the Jewish state while framing the effort as a “common Judeo-Christian battle.”
European Court of Human Rights has re-opened the case of Shamima Begum, the “ISIS bride” who was stripped of British citizenship.
Iran’s government officials ordered a shutdown this week amid rioting and protests over the country’s dire economic and political situation.
On the day after Christmas, Israel became the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia.
Iran’s clerical regime closed out 2025 with what an Iranian opposition coalition described as an unprecedented surge of state killings.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday designated the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) as a “terrorist organization,” a nakedly political move intended as retaliation for Canada designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization last year.
The government of Turkey confirmed that it had arrested 357 people on Tuesday in nationwide operations against Islamic State terrorists suspected of plotting attacks on New Year’s Eve – following a multi-hour operation on Monday that killed three police officers.
The Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas released a statement on Monday confirming that five of its senior leaders were killed during the Gaza war, including “masked spokesman” Abu Obeida and Mohammed al-Sinwar, the brother of former top leader Yahya al-Sinwar.
Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa rolled out the country’s new currency at a ceremony in Damascus on Monday.
With a little more than a day remaining in 2025, Americans are gearing up for an especially heated midterm season – but elsewhere around the world, voters are anticipating epic presidential elections, game-changing parliamentary races, and possible political contests that stand to change the course of their nation’s histories.
Huge protests spread through several Iranian cities on Tuesday after the national currency, the rial, collapsed to a record low.
As anti-government protests in Iran enter a third consecutive day, journalists, activists, and commentators are questioning why the pro-Gaza protest movement that dominated Western streets and campuses has remained largely silent as Iranians confront an Islamist dictatorship at home.
The Islamist government of Syria and independent human rights groups reported on Monday that three people were killed and dozens injured at an Alawite-led protest calling for Damascus to implement a less centrally controlled, federalist system.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) stated that she’s bothered that “Mr. Trump doesn’t seem to focus on who’s the aggressor” in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and she also hopes “that he holds Mr. Netanyahu
Radical blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah has issued something of an apology after his arrival in the United Kingdom sparked major controversy.
President Donald Trump renewed his call to secure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a pardon, with Israeli President Isaac Herzog quickly denying Trump’s claim that a pardon was already “on its way.”
President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, December 29.
Hamas instructed its spokesmen to conceal the group’s true ideology from Western audiences, according to an intelligence analysis based on internal Arabic-only documents recovered during the Gaza war.
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told Al Arabiya News on Monday that “we trust Trump” to deliver peace in Gaza and stabilize the Middle East.
Families of the victims of Australia’s Bondi Beach massacre have been told there will be no national inquiry into antisemitism and possible failures in policing, intelligence and policy that preceded the deadly attack.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will sit down with President Donald Trump in Florida on Monday, as the next stage of the fragile Gaza truce plan readies to unfold and Iran issued a dire warning to the U.S., Israel and Europe of war.
Israel has begun field deployment of its “game-changing” Iron Beam laser air defense system, according to the country’s Defense Ministry, which confirmed the technology is now operating as part of the country’s layered missile defense network, with its combat performance expected to inform U.S. missile defense planning.
Starmer hailed achieving “top priority” with arrival of El-Fattah from Egypt, with critics highlighting activist’s writings against Britain.
Italian authorities arrested nine people linked to three charitable organizations on suspicion of raising millions of euros in funds for the Hamas, anti-terrorism prosecutors said in a statement Saturday.
Israel formally recognized Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state on Friday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling the move “historic” and saying it reflects a shared commitment to stability, peace, and regional cooperation “in the spirit of the Abraham Accords.”
The Yemeni separatist group STC accuses Saudi Arabia of launching airstrikes against their forces in the province of Hadramout.
Both Syria and Nigeria were struck by deadly mosque bombings this week, killing and injuring dozens of people. Both attacks were timed to coincide with prayer services to inflict maximum carnage.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday that Israel will invest roughly $110 billion over the next decade to build an independent domestic arms industry, declaring that the Jewish state must “reduce the dependency on any party, including allies,” after repeated weapons restrictions imposed during wartime.
Turkey detained over a hundred suspected members of an ISIS group allegedly planning attacks against Christmas and New Year’s celebrations.
Three men were convicted this week for over a planned Islamist mass shooting terror attack against Manchester’s Jewish community in an act of supposed revenge over the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Palestine.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a Christmas Eve message from Jerusalem stressing that Israel is “the only country in the Middle East where the Christian community is thriving” and pledged that the Jewish state “will always stand” with Christians worldwide.
After two years of subdued Christmas celebrations due to war in Gaza, thousands of people have flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve.
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), now under the control of Islamist President Ahmed al-Sharaa, has published weeks of content showing throngs of jubilant Christians in the country enjoying Christmas tree lightings, holiday markets, and other celebrations – a nod to the White House that Sharaa will respect religious tolerance.
The growing initiative by the administration of President Donald Trump to curb Venezuelan profits from its illicit oil and drug industries is alarming socialists in Caracas – and their patrons and partners in crime on the other side of the world.
Fighting broke out in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday between Kurdish fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and security troops loyal to President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
