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08 Jul 2025 06:02

Speaking recently to the New York Times at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Secretary-General Mark Rutte gave an ominous warning about the potential of a future conflict with China and Russia: “There’s an increasing realization, and let’s not be naïve about this: If Xi Jinping would attack Taiwan, he would first make sure that he makes a call to his very junior partner in all of this, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, residing in Moscow, and telling him, “Hey, I’m going to do this, and I need you to to keep them busy in Europe by attacking NATO territory.” That is most likely the way this will progress. And to deter them, we need to do two things. One is that NATO, collectively, being so strong that the Russians will never do this. And second, working together with the Indo-Pacific — something President Trump is very much promoting. Because we have this close interconnectedness, working together on defense industry, innovation between NATO and the Indo-Pacific.”

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08 Jul 2025 05:39

The Israel Defense Force has announced the death of five soldiers and the injury of at least 14 others in a roadside bomb attack last night near Beit Hanoun in the Northern Gaza Strip. According to reports, soldiers with the 97th Netzah Yehuda Battalion of the 900th “Kfir” Brigade were on a foot patrol Monday night around 10:00PM when an improvised-explosive device (IED) detonated near them, resulting in several casualties, with reinforcements coming under heavy fire as they attempted to extract the dead and injured from the site of the attack. Two of the soldiers killed have been identified as: Staff Sgt. Meir Shimon Amar, aged 20, and Sgt. Moshe Nissim Frech, aged 20, both from Jerusalem.

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08 Jul 2025 04:24

According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. President Donald J. Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a call last Friday that he was not responsible for the halt in weapons shipments to Kyiv, adding that he had directed a review of munitions stockpiles after the U.S. struck Iran’s nuclear sites last month but didn’t order the department to freeze the arms deliveries, suggesting that the move was made independently by Defense Secretary Hegseth and/or the Pentagon without the permission of the President.

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08 Jul 2025 02:28

Footage released earlier by the Israeli Air Force from last night’s operation against the Port of Al-Hudaydah in Western Yemen shows several strikes last night by fighter jets against the M/V Galaxy Leader, a Bahamian-flagged and Japanese-owned roll-on/roll-off vehicle carrier that was attacked and hijacked by the Iranian-backed Houthis in November 2023, with the crew being taken hostage and ship turned into a “mothership” for attacks against other commercial ships. According to the Israel Defense Force, the Houthis had recently installed a maritime radar on the ship that they were using for attacks in the Red Sea.

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08 Jul 2025 01:48

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells U.S. President Donald J. Trump during tonight’s dinner at the White House that he will be nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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07 Jul 2025 23:33

The Iranian-backed Houthis have now claimed responsibility for the attack on and announced the sinking of the M/V Magic Seas, a Liberian-flagged and Greek-owned bulk cargo ship which was attacked yesterday off the coast of Al-Hudaydah in Western Yemen. The attack, conducted using several small boats equipped with machine guns and rocket propelled-grenades, one-way aerial and maritime attack drones, as well as anti-ship ballistic and cruise missiles, caused significant damage to the ship, with the entirety of the crew being evacuated by a passing UAE-flagged merchant vessels in coordination with E.U. Naval Forces in the Red Sea under Operation Aspides. This marks the third maritime vessel to have been sunk by the Houthis since the war in Israel began in 2023, and first ship to have been attacked by the Houthis since the ceasefire with the U.S. in May.

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07 Jul 2025 07:06

Full footage: https://www.justice.gov/video-files/video1.mp4

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07 Jul 2025 06:51

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just landed at Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington, D.C. aboard Wing of Zion, prior to his meeting and dinner tomorrow at the White House with U.S. President Donald J. Trump.

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07 Jul 2025 05:44

Earlier tonight, approximately 20 fighter jets with the Israeli Air Force, using over 50 precision-guided munitions, carried out extensive strikes against infrastructure sites belonging to the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist group in Western Yemen, targeting the Ports of Al-Hudaydah, Ras Isa, Salif, and the Ras Kanatib Power Plant. These strikes follow an attack earlier today on a commercial shipping vessel in the Red Sea, as well as continued ballistic missile and drone launches against Israel by the Houthis.

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07 Jul 2025 03:29

U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s Department of Justice as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have concluded that there is no evidence convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed any powerful figures, kept a “client list” or was murdered in prison, adding that no one else besides Ghislaine Maxwell will be charged in the Epstein Case, according to a memo circulating amongst the DOJ and FBI detailing the findings and obtained recently by Axios.

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07 Jul 2025 02:46

The Israel Defense Force has identified the launch of a ballistic missile by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen towards Central Israel.

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06 Jul 2025 09:04

A Ukrainian Lynx Pro Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) filled with crates, likely containing munitions, spotted on the move near the frontline in Eastern Ukraine.

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06 Jul 2025 06:16

After a major disruption across the country which lasted for several hours on Saturday, internet connectivity in Iran appears to be back to normal levels, with the disruption strangely taking place right after Iranian Supreme-Leader Ali Khamenei’s first public appearance since the beginning of the war with Israel.

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06 Jul 2025 01:53

Sirens sounding now in the West Bank and Central/Southern Israel, following the launch of a ballistic missile by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen.

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06 Jul 2025 01:43

A U.S. Air Force KC-135R “Stratotanker” which had been flying this same route from Chania International Airport in Crete over the Eastern Mediterranean and Israel for over a week now, has just appeared heading west over Jordan.

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08 Jul 2025 05:48

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has called a meeting tomorrow at 11:00am with his Cabinet inside the Cabinet Room at the White House.

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08 Jul 2025 04:45

Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell has released a statement announcing the transfer of additional defensive weapons to Ukraine at the direction of U.S. President Donald J. Trump, adding, “Our framework for POTUS to evaluate military shipments across the globe remains in effect and is integral to our America First defense priorities.” This statement follows an announcement earlier tonight by President Trump that the U.S. would be sending more weapons to Ukraine, as well as reports that last week’s halt in munitions shipments was ordered unilaterally by the Pentagon without the permission of the President.

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08 Jul 2025 04:16

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun the process of phasing-out the requirement that travelers must remove their shoes when passing through security at airports across the United States, with the new measure having gone into effect immediately tonight at airports in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, New York City, Portland, and Philadelphia.

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08 Jul 2025 02:17

U.S. President Trump: “We are going to send some more weapons [to Ukraine], we have to, they have to be able to defend themselves — they are getting hit very hard now, they are getting hit very hard. We are going to have to send more weapons, defensive weapons — primarily, but they are getting hit very very hard.”

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08 Jul 2025 01:21

Reports over the last few hours are suggesting a major mass casualty incident tonight in the Gaza Strip, with multiple soldiers of the Israel Defense Force said to have been killed and many others injured in a combined bomb and rocket ambush by Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is said to have been briefing on the “incident” prior to his dinner tonight at the White House with U.S. President Trump.

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07 Jul 2025 22:19

The U.K. Office of Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) is reporting an attack by several small craft using rocket-propelled grenades against a commercial shipping vessel in the Red Sea, roughly 51NM off the coast of Al-Hudaydah in Western Yemen. This is the second attack off the coast of Yemen over the last 24 hours, with the Iranian-backed Houthis appearing to have resumed their campaign against commercial shipping in and around the Red Sea despite the ceasefire with the United States.

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07 Jul 2025 07:06

The U.S. Department of Justice has now released approximately 11 hours of security camera footage from outside the cell of convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on the night of his death, from 7:40PM on August 9, 2019 till 6:40AM on August 10, 2019. The footage appears to show no one entering or exiting the cell during the time when it is believed Epstein “committed suicide” by hanging himself from his top bunk, according to the DOJ and FBI.

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07 Jul 2025 05:51

Footage released by the Israeli Air Force, showing F-16I “Sufa” Multirole Fighter Jets with the 119th Squadron, taking-off from Ramon Airbase in Southern Israel earlier tonight for strikes against the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen.

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07 Jul 2025 04:37

The Israel Defense Force has now confirmed that two ballistic missiles were launched earlier tonight at Central Israel, in a rare multi-missile launch by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. Several attempts were made to intercept the missiles, with the results currently under review, though footage appears to show at least one impact somewhere in the vicinity of the West Bank.

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07 Jul 2025 02:47

Sirens now sounding in the West Bank and Central Israel.

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06 Jul 2025 16:54

For the first time in several months, the U.K. Office of Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) is reporting an attack on a commercial shipping vessel in the Red Sea, 51NM off the coast of Hodeidah in Houthi-controlled Western Yemen.

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06 Jul 2025 06:54

According to the Main Directorate of Intelligence for the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, Russia is currently attempting to draw Laos and other “partner nations” into their war against Ukraine, alongside North Korea who has already deployed up to 12,000 soldiers to Russia’s western border with Ukraine. As part of the ongoing effort, the Kremlin is said to be organizing the initial deployment of roughly 50 combat engineers with the Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF) to the Kursk Oblast of Western Russia, under the guise of a “humanitarian mission” in support of the Russian Armed Forces. Additionally, the Main Directorate of Intelligence reports that Laos is providing free assistance to Russia by conducting rehabilitation programs for wounded servicemen who participated in combat operations against Ukraine.

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06 Jul 2025 02:06

According to the Israeli Air Force, the ballistic missile launched by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen was intercepted prior to entering Israeli Airspace.

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06 Jul 2025 01:48

The Israel Defense Force has detected the launch of a ballistic missile from Yemen, with sirens expected to sound momentarily across Central Israel.

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06 Jul 2025 01:32

Airspace over the Middle East is currently empty of any and all military and/or government aircraft able to be publicly tracked via FlightRadar24. It is Saturday, but this is still quite unusual in my personal opinion.