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Hollywood A-lister George Clooney called the White House last month to defend his wife’s work on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the Gaza war.

Yayha Sinwar, the Gaza-based leader of Hamas, has reportedly rejected any ceasefire that would require the terror group to disarm, according to the Wall Street Journal — making a new hostage deal almost impossible.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Wednesday passed a resolution condemning Iran for banning nuclear inspectors and calling on the Iranian government to cooperate more fully with the U.N. nuclear watchdog.

The State Department says the man accused of opening fire on the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, was wearing ISIS insignia.

CNN is reporting an Israeli strike on a Hamas headquarters inside a United National Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school compound in Gaza as an “Israel strike on UN school that left dozens dead.”

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed Thursday that it had found an entrance to a Hamas terror tunnel inside a child’s room during operations in Rafah.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) stated that President Joe Biden’s announcement on the parameters of a possible deal for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war last week was an “important” move by the

On Wednesday’s broadcast of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan responded to a question on President Joe Biden saying that “There is every reason for people” to believe Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is prolonging

Gunmen attacked the United States embassy building in Lebanon on Wednesday morning, according to a statement from the U.S. government.

Chanting “we will not be silent” and decrying the “betrayal” of the government of Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, leaders of the East Turkistan Government in Exile held a protest before the Turkish embassy in Washington, DC, on Tuesday to condemn Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s ongoing friendly visit to China.

The head of Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami, declared in remarks on Wednesday that Iran would take vengeance on Israel for an airstrike against an IRGC terrorist attributed to Jerusalem.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited troops and firefighters in the northern border town of Kiryat Shmona on Wednesday in a display of solidarity as Israel prepares for a likely war with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

President Joe Biden said he would help Africa “build back better” in a second term, if reelected, during an interview on Tuesday.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said Tuesday that Israel was reaching the “decision” point on whether to go to war in Lebanon against the Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah.

U.S. President Joe Biden backtracked Tuesday on criticism he made earlier about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, when he claimed in an interview that Netanyahu was prolonging the Gaza war for political reasons.

Jonny Greenwood, the legendary lead guitarist of the British rock group Radiohead, issued a statement Tuesday explaining why he continues to work with Israeli artists and criticizing anti-Israel boycotts of Israeli arts and culture.

U.N. Watch filed a legal complaint over alleged financial and ethical misconduct by Hamas-sympathizing U.N. rapporteur Francesca Albanese.

The Latin American branch of the Simon Wiesenthal Center denounced far-left Chilean President Gabriel Boric in a public letter on Monday.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan began a trip to China on Monday and is expected to travel to occupied East Turkistan on Tuesday, where the Communist Party has been engaging in a genocide of Uyghur and other indigenous Muslim communities since at least 2017.

Colombia’s far-left President Gustavo Petro accused the United States government on Monday of allegedly being run by “Nazis” who are purportedly conducting an “experiment” in Gaza comparable to the Holocaust.

The Palestinian Authority appeared to condemn Iranian “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for celebrating the Hamas atrocities in Israel on October 7, stating on Monday that Iran was “sacrificing the blood of the Palestinian people for its own interests.”

U.S. President Joe Biden suggested in an interview published in Time magazine on Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is prolonging the war in Gaza for “his own political self-preservation.”

The Biden administration is attempting to impose its “deal” for a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza through the United Nations Security Council, where it introduced a resolution on Monday supporting the proposal.

On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” Gen. Frank McKenzie, who served as CENTCOM Commander under Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden, responded to President Joe Biden’s claim that Hamas can’t launch another October 7-style attack against Israel by

Four Israeli hostages were confirmed dead Monday, as the Israeli military concluded that they had died months before in the city of Khan Yunis, site of intense fighting between Israel and Hamas during the winter months.

Fires started by Hezbollah rockets and drones ignited and spread throughout northern Israel early this week, posing a new challenge for the Israeli military and leading to public demands for action against the Iranian terror group.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denied reports claiming he will speak before a joint meeting of Congress on June 13.

The Iran-backed Palestinian Hamas terror organization released a video on Friday providing another indication that hostage Noa Argamani, a young Israeli woman abducted by Palestinians during the October 7 massacre, is still alive.

State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters Monday that the proposal President Joe Biden presented Friday was “virtually identical” to proposals that Hamas terrorists had presented in recent weeks.

OPEC+ announced it would extend existing overall limits on oil production through 2025, attempting to ensure prices do not fall too low.

Hollywood star Michael Douglas has condemned what he called the “brainwashing” that has led to anti-Israel campus protests in the U.S., saying the students participating in the demonstrations are acting out of ignorance.

The government of Greece said on Sunday it will deport nine Europeans who participated in disruptive anti-Israel protests at the University of Athens School of Law in May.

Leftist President Gabriel Boric of Chile announced Saturday that his country would join a controversial case led by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel, accusing the nation of “genocide” for its self-defense operations against Hamas.

Terror police “immobilised” a 34-year-old Syrian at the Israeli embassy in Romania after he is alleged to have tried to set himself alight. 

The South Asian island state of the Maldives announced Sunday it would ban individuals with Israeli passports from entering the country as a form of protest against Israel’s ongoing self-defense operations against the jihadist terror group Hamas in Gaza.

Israeli Police said Monday that they suspected arson was the cause of a fire in Jerusalem’s Valley of the Cross, which threatened the Israel Museum and other important sites nearby.