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Mass Protests Shake Iran After Exiled Crown Prince Calls for UprisingThousands of Iranians poured into the streets and shouted from rooftops across Tehran and other cities Thursday night following a call for mass demonstrations by exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi, marking a significant escalation in nationwide unrest gripping the Islamic Republic. Witnesses reported widespread chanting and street rallies as authorities abruptly shut down internet access and disrupted phone lines shortly after protests began.
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Rubio to Meet Danish Officials as Trump Presses Greenland Acquisition for U.S. SecurityU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to meet with Danish officials next week amid renewed insistence from President Donald Trump that the United States must acquire Greenland to protect American national security interests in the Arctic.
U.S. Senate Moves to Curb Trump’s Military Authority After Venezuela OperationU.S. President Donald J. Trump faced an unprecedented rebuke from the Republican-controlled Senate late Thursday after lawmakers advanced a war powers resolution aimed at limiting his authority to conduct military operations in or against Venezuela without congressional approval.
Ukraine Seeks Clear Security Guarantees As Russia Pounds Power GridUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday he has yet to receive a “clear, unequivocal answer” from European allies on whether they would militarily defend Ukraine if Russia launched new attacks after a future peace deal, as Moscow unleashed fresh deadly strikes across the war-torn country.
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Trump Pushes Gaza Phase Two Without Preconditions as Israel Presses Hamas on Hostage, DisarmamentThe administration of Donald Trump has informed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that it remains committed to securing the return of the final deceased Israeli hostage and to disarming Hamas, but will not make either a precondition for launching phase two of its Gaza peace plan, according to a Times of Israel exclusive.
Pro-Palestinian Protesters Block Tel Aviv Flight At Milan Airport, Raising Security QuestionsQuestions have been raised about Italian security arrangements after pro-Palestinian protesters physically blocked passengers from boarding a flight to Tel Aviv at Milan’s main airport, forming a human barrier at the gate and delaying the departure for more than two hours.
Israel, Syria, U.S. Announce Joint Security Mechanism in Rare Step Toward De-EscalationIsrael, Syria and the United States have agreed to establish a new “joint fusion mechanism” aimed at enhancing security coordination, intelligence sharing and military de-escalation, marking the most significant formal cooperation between Jerusalem and Damascus in decades.
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Trump Calls for $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget, Says ‘Dream Military’ Needed for Dangerous TimesPresident Donald Trump on Jan. 7 proposed raising U.S. military spending to $1.5 trillion in 2027, a dramatic increase he said is necessary to secure the nation amid what he described as “very troubled and dangerous times.”
U.S. House Votes To Extend ACA Subsidies, Heads To SenateThe U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for another three years.
Trump Orders $200 Billion Mortgage Bond Buy To Lower RatesPresident Donald Trump said Thursday afternoon that the federal government will buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds to bring down interest rates and monthly payments.
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Syria’s Christians Suffer As Thousands Flee Clashes; Several KilledThere was mounting concern Thursday about the plight of Christians still staying in war-torn Syria after fighting escalated in the northern city of Aleppo, killing several people and prompting tens of thousands to flee their homes.
Pakistan Christians Face Deadly New Year As Church Vandalized And Father Of Three KilledNew Year celebrations for Pakistan’s Christian minority have been overshadowed by the killing of a Christian father of three, the vandalism of a church, and renewed fears that strict Islamic blasphemy laws could fuel further violence against religious minorities.
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Small Town Reports Sudden Weight Gain After Dunkin’ Factory Fills Air With 1 Million Donuts’ Worth of Smell Per DayResidents of this once-sleepy town say they didn’t eat anything differently, yet somehow gained between 8 and 22 pounds after a new donut factory began pumping out one million donuts per day—and apparently routing the calories directly into the atmosphere.
Pretty Penny: Last U.S. Cent Sells for Price of Small Foreign Luxury Car NavyIn what economists are calling “the most successful retirement plan in American history,” the final remaining U.S. pennies were sold at auction this week for a combined $16.76 million, officially becoming worth far more the moment they stopped being money.
Black Bear Wanders Into Tennessee Christmas Parade, Instantly Becomes Town’s Mascot (Video)Residents at Saturday’s Christmas parade experienced what many described as “a festive miracle” and others described as “deeply concerning wildlife management policy” when a full-grown black bear casually wandered into the procession and proceeded to outshine every float, marching band, and child dressed as a gingerbread cookie.
