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November 13, 2025
IDF Arrests 50 Hamas Members in West Bank Planning Imminent Attacks Against Israel
Latest Developments Hamas Cells Busted Across West Bank: Israel announced on November 13 that it dismantled a Hamas terrorist network in the Bethlehem area. During 15 separate West Bank operations...
November 13, 2025
Normalizing Ties Between Saudi Arabia and Israel Should Be Trump’s North Star When MBS Visits White House
November is shaping up to be an historic month at the White House. After welcoming Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to the Oval Office on November 10, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) will...
November 13, 2025
Ukraine Conducts Strikes on Russian Targets Using Domestically Produced Missiles and Drones
Strikes on Several Dozen Targets: Ukraine’s General Staff announced that Ukrainian forces had used the domestically produced Flamingo missile, along with other missiles and drones, in a series of long-range strikes in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine and Russia on November 13. According to the statement, the strikes used a combination of Flamingo and Bars missiles and Liutyi drones to strike “several dozen” targets to reduce Russia’s “military-economic and offensive potential.” The Flamingo ground-launched subsonic cruise missile, which was unveiled in August, has a claimed range of 1,862 miles. The Bars cruise missile, introduced in April, has a reported range of approximately 500 miles.
November 13, 2025
With voting in Iraq complete, government formation begins
Now that voters have cast their ballots in Iraq’s 2025 parliamentary elections, the country is entering the government formation phase, which culminates in the selection of the prime minister...
November 13, 2025
Georgian PM’s Visit to China Highlights Beijing’s Growing Footprint in South Caucasus
China is a “role model for modernization” and a “champion of peace,” Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze declared during a visit to Shanghai in early November, where the two countries signed...
November 13, 2025
Fifth Terror Suspect Arrested in Germany in Connection With Wider Hamas Europe Plot
Suspect Arrested: A fifth suspect was arrested upon entering Germany on November 12 in connection with a Hamas cell that was allegedly planning attacks against Jewish targets in...
November 13, 2025
Using Shutdown as Cover, Suspected Chinese Hackers Target the Congressional Budget Office
While President Donald Trump raved about his meeting with Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping in South Korea on October 30, it was business as usual for Beijing, targeting Washington’s secrets and security...
November 13, 2025
Israel and India Strengthen Defense Ties
United by “shared challenges of terrorism,” Israel and India are moving to deepen their already robust security cooperation. The two governments signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on November...
November 13, 2025
Palestinian terrorists broke Gaza ceasefire 6 times from November 7 to 12, IDF says
Palestinian terrorists in Gaza have violated the stipulations of phase one of the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel on at least six occasions between November 7 and November 12, according to...
November 12, 2025
Russian Bank CEO Informs Putin of “Shrinking Portfolios” As War Against Ukraine Continues
Lending Declines: The head of Russia’s largest bank told Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on November 10 that some of its portfolios are shrinking as a result...
November 12, 2025
Previewing the Trump-MBS Meeting
November 12, 2025
Hezbollah Attempting To Smuggle Weapons Through Syria, Rebuild in South Lebanon, IDF Says
Hezbollah in Breach of Ceasefire, IDF Asserts: The IDF accused the Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah of attempting to rebuild its armed capabilities south of...
November 12, 2025
Iraq votes in parliamentary elections amid US security talks and concerns about Iranian influence
Iraqis voted in a parliamentary election on November 11, the country’s sixth since the toppling of former President Saddam Hussein in 2003. The election, held as security forces were deployed...
November 12, 2025
China Pauses Some Rare Earth Export Curbs While Retaining Levers of Control
While China may have officially halted some hostile trade actions, Beijing isn’t laying down its most potent weapons. On November 9, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced a one-year delay...
November 12, 2025
Terror attacks intensify in Pakistan as the TTP continues to operate from Afghanistan
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan (TTP) launched two suicide attacks in Pakistan between November 10–11, including a suicide bombing at a courthouse in the capital of Islamabad that killed 12 people....
November 12, 2025
North Korea’s Cybercrime Threat Is Growing in Both Size and Sophistication
North Korean hackers have stolen more than $3 billion in the past three years, the U.S. Treasury Department announced on November 4. The department issued sanctions on two North Korean individuals based...
November 12, 2025
The war against Christians
“Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria,” President Trump asserted on X last week. “The United States cannot stand by while such atrocities are happening there, and in...
November 11, 2025
Terrorism Turns (Back) Toward the Jews?
Excerpt errorism follows the zeitgeist. Left-wing European terrorism in the 1970s—the Red Army Faction and the Revolutionary Cells—rose as the Marxist critique of Western capitalism and “American...
November 11, 2025
The (Calculable) Costs of Israel’s Wars
By its nature, war imposes incalculable costs. There is no way to put a price on the tragic loss of a son, a daughter, a parent, or a spouse. Nor is there any good way to measure the psychological costs...
November 11, 2025
The Flood that Sunk the Palestinian State
When the world needed Palestinian grownups to help solve the problems in Gaza, it found none. The PLO was too corrupt and Hamas too irrational. The Palestinian state is now history, owing to Hamas’s...
November 11, 2025
To Combat Iran’s Assassination Attempts, the US Must Project Strength
“It is highly relevant that this was a cross-border crime,” declared US Federal judge Colleen McMahon, regarding an Iranian assassination attempt on US soil. She added, “It is...
November 11, 2025
Houthis Threaten Further Attacks on Israel if Gaza Ceasefire Doesn’t Hold
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen threatened to resume missile and drone attacks against Israel in the event that the Gaza ceasefire collapses.
November 11, 2025
Syrian President Commits to Defeating ISIS, Sidesteps Peace with Israel During White House Meeting
Syria Joins Coalition Against ISIS: Following the historic meeting of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa with President Donald Trump at the White House on November 10, the Syrian...
November 11, 2025
Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: November 3–9, 2025
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between November 3 and November 9, 2025. Israeli activities this week were concentrated almost exclusively...
November 10, 2025
Erhurman’s election a step towards peace, but beware of Ankara’s appetite
The election of the new Turkish-Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman in the recent presidential election is a blow to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ambitions on the island, but his cadre is far from...
November 10, 2025
Palestinians Highlight Hamas Torture Chamber at Gaza’s Al-Nasser Hospital
Gazans Held in Cages: Hamas is using the al-Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis to detain and torture Gazans, according to a Palestinian-American humanitarian advocate. Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib...
November 10, 2025
Russian PM’s Visit to China Highlights Need for Firm U.S. Sanctions Enforcement
Beijing and Moscow have made a “strategic choice” to advance their partnership despite the “turbulent external environment,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping declared as he hosted Russian Prime Minister...
November 10, 2025
Houthis arrest alleged members of Saudi-American-Israeli spy ring
On November 8, the Houthi Ministry of the Interior announced the discovery and arrest of an alleged spy network in Yemen that it claims involved the Saudi, American, and Israeli intelligence...
November 10, 2025
Remains of IDF Officer Held Captive by Hamas for More Than a Decade Finally Released
Returned After 11 Years: Israeli authorities confirmed on November 9 that Hamas had released the body of slain IDF officer Lt. Hadar Goldin. Goldin was killed in August 2014, and...
November 10, 2025
Hamas returns body of IDF soldier held since 2014 amid Rafah tensions
Hamas returned the body of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Lieutenant Hadar Goldin on November 9. Goldin was killed in 2014 during fighting with Hamas, and his body was recovered from a tunnel in...
November 10, 2025
The Moroccan plan is a path to peace with Algeria
Drafted by the United States, the resolution called on all parties to negotiate on the basis of Morocco’s autonomy plan, first put forward in 2007. Western Sahara’s status has been disputed since Spain’s...
November 10, 2025
Tehran’s Crisis is Iran’s Reckoning
The city of Tehran is collapsing under the weight of multiple environmental crises. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned in October that moving Iran’s capital out of Tehran is “not...
November 10, 2025
Signaling Confidence in Its Domestic Industry, China Bans Foreign AI Chips in State-Funded Data Centers
China is pulling away from the United States to complete its own artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem. Following a ceasefire with the United States over export controls, China is signaling its intention...
November 10, 2025
Fifty Years of Gaslighting Israel at the U.N.
Francesca Albanese is a fervent anti-Zionist. Not coincidentally, she’s also the U.N. special rapporteur dedicated to advancing false allegations against Israel. Albanese recently delivered a...
November 9, 2025
Ukrainian Power Outages Follow ‘Massive’ Russian Attack on Electric Grid
Ukrainian Power Outages Follow ‘Massive’ Russian Attack on Electric Grid Latest Developments ‘Zero’ Generating Capacity: Russia launched what was described as the “most massive strike”...
November 8, 2025
Iranian Plot to Assassinate Israeli Ambassador to Mexico Foiled
Murder of Ambassador Prevented: Mexico, with assistance from U.S. and Israeli intelligence, foiled an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Jerusalem’s ambassador to Mexico, according...
November 7, 2025
Australia Needs Help To Face China’s Threat in Space
Security here on Earth is reliant on the security of a nation’s assets in space. This is as true for Australia as it is for the United States.
November 7, 2025
China’s Newest Aircraft Carrier Enters Service as Japan Watches Warily
Third Carrier in Service: China’s newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, officially entered service after a commissioning ceremony earlier this week attended by Chinese President...
November 7, 2025
Tehran Jails Iranian-American Jewish Man for Visiting Israel Over a Decade Ago
American Citizen Jailed by Regime: Iran imprisoned Kamran Hekmati, an elderly Iranian-American Jewish man, for traveling to Israel 13 years ago for his son’s bar mitzvah, according...
November 7, 2025
Sharaa To Be First-Ever Syrian Leader To Visit White House
In a meeting no one could have predicted just a year ago, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa is scheduled to visit U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on November 10. It will be the first time a Syrian...
November 7, 2025
Israeli defense minister declares ‘war’ on drones smuggling weapons from Egypt
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to close the area along the Israel-Egypt border and adapt the rules of engagement, saying the move is aimed at stopping...
November 7, 2025
Iraq’s Election Plays Out in the Shadow of Influence From Washington and Tehran
Iraq’s parliamentary elections are scheduled for November 11, but voters aren’t holding their breath for change. Allegations of pervasive vote buying and reliance on patronage systems already taint...
November 7, 2025
Palestinian terror groups have violated Gaza ceasefire at least 18 times since implementation, IDF claims
On October 14, four days after Israel and Hamas agreed to phase one of US President Donald Trump’s 20-Point Ceasefire Plan for Gaza, Trump addressed the Israeli Knesset. “After so many years of unceasing...
November 7, 2025
US pushes for UN resolution on Gaza to support peace plan
The US is seeking a United Nations Security Council resolution on Gaza “aimed at bolstering President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, including by greenlighting an international security force,”...
November 6, 2025
Are Nuclear Tests Back?
America’s adversaries are carrying out low-level nuclear tests and gaining an advantage over the United States in modernizing their arsenals, according to President Donald Trump and CIA Director...
November 6, 2025
Israel banned UNRWA. A former IDF spokesman explains why
Ever since Hamas took power over the Gaza Strip in 2007, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) – the controversial UN aid agency responsible for the welfare of millions...
November 6, 2025
New Satellite Evidence Shows Mass Graves Following Paramilitary Massacre in Sudanese City
Graves Located Near 2 Hospitals: New satellite images from North Darfur suggest an ongoing massacre in the city of el-Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary organization....
November 6, 2025
Israel Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon as Terrorist Group Warns Against Direct Negotiations With Jerusalem
‘Wave of Strikes’ Against Hezbollah: The IDF announced on November 6 that it had launched “a wave of strikes” targeting the Iran-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah...
November 6, 2025
Hamas Official Floats Discussions for Decommissioning Group’s Long-Range Weapons
Hamas Official Says Partial Disarmament ‘Reasonable To Discuss’: Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk claimed on November 5 that the group may be willing to negotiate partial disarmament....
November 6, 2025
Hegseth Visits Vietnam Looking To Pull Hanoi Away From Russia and North Korea
Fifty years after the end of America’s war in Vietnam, Washington has returned with a long wish list for Hanoi. On November 3, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth concluded his two-day visit to Vietnam,...
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