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Palestine Action was proscribed on 5 July, putting the direct action group in the same legal category as groups such as al-Qaida and Islamic State. Since then, around 200 people have been arrested for supporting the group.To read Jon's interview with Deborah Hinton click HERE.Writer: Jon Ungoed-ThomasProducer: Poppy BullardHost: Tomini BabsEpisode photography: Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:    First—Russia's summer offensive against Ukraine intensifies, as Moscow's forces attempt to take full control of the eastern Donetsk region. The advances come as a Russian drone and missile bombardment killed more than a dozen civilians and wounded hundreds more in Kyiv on Thursday, leaving little hope that Vladimir Putin will capitulate to President Donald Trump's August 8 ceasefire deadline. Later in the show—declassified documents allege Hillary Clinton plotted with members of the DNC, George Soros' Open Society Foundation, and the highest levels of government to create and elevate the Trump–Russia collusion narrative. Plus—an alarming new report warns that the mullahs of Iran are stepping up efforts to carry out attacks against Jewish targets across Europe, while intensifying their persecution of religious minorities inside the Islamic regime. In our 'Back of the Brief—we turn to Syria, where U.S. military forces recently took out a senior leader of the Islamic State and two other ISIS militants in a daring ground raid. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President's Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief.   YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief TriTails Premium Beef: Visit https://trybeef.com/pdb & get 2 Free Flat Iron steaks Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will Anthony Richardson be the Colts starting QB? Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that had killed at least 43 worshippers during a night mass at a church in eastern Congo. US and Chinese officials agreed to seek an extension of their 90-day tariff truce. Kevin O'Leary: Use any excess capital to reduce the national debt. That is the most important thing. US GDP increasing at a 3% annualized rate, largely due to trade swingsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tsunami hits Hawaii (no damage reported). White House Considers 'Pocket Rescissions' To Sidestep Congress: What To Know. Why is the Senate slow rolling judicial confirmations? Place your bets: Rates will probably hold. Katy Perry & Justin Trudeau out on a date. Of course, Gov. Hochul uses the NYC attack to push for gun control. Cincinnati Racial attack is not being covered by the MSM because it was racial. IMPD Officer Shot, Three Suspects Arrested, One is At Large. CHUCK SCHUMER FUMES: "If you don't think they wanna revert to Jim Crow, just look what they did in the SAVE Act! Skull refrigerator for sale on the Marketplace. The Democratic party already have a pre-October 7th mindset. New York Times stunningly rolls back claims about viral photo of starving Gaza boy. Megyn Kelly wants Israel to "wrap it up". Will Anthony Richardson be the Colts starting QB? Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that had killed at least 43 worshippers during a night mass at a church in eastern Congo. US and Chinese officials agreed to seek an extension of their 90-day tariff truce. Kevin O'Leary: Use any excess capital to reduce the national debt. That is the most important thing. US GDP increasing at a 3% annualized rate, largely due to trade swingsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, militants attached to Islamic State attacked a church in Komanda, killing at least 43 people. Why is the jihadist group keen to establish itself in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's episode: Russian glide bombs and ballistic missiles have struck a Ukrainian prison and a medical facility; 'Worst-case scenario of famine' is happening in Gaza, food crisis experts say; four are killed in a New York City shooting; Union Pacific wants to buy Norfolk Southern; and Ciara is among the first descendants of enslaved people granted citizenship by Benin. Attorneys 'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees held without charges, barred from legal access. Trump says he ended friendship with Epstein because he 'stole people that worked for me.' Trump says he wants Netanyahu to 'make sure they get the food' in Gaza amid humanitarian crisis. Project 2025 author Paul Dans will challenge Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina. Senate Democrats want the Justice Department to release new Epstein case details. Judge blocks Trump administration's efforts to defund Planned Parenthood. President Trump is praising King Charles despite their differences over the environment. Authorities seek to file terrorism and assault charges against suspect in Walmart knife attack. 2 kids killed at Miami sailing camp after barge collides with their boat, authorities say. It’s moo-ving day for dairy cattle at Michigan State University. Ex-officer who mistook a Black man's keys and phone for a gun gets 15 years to life for murder. Police-involved shooting with multiple injuries reported at Reno casino with a suspect in custody. 1 dead, 10 taken to a hospital after an Atlanta shooting, police say. Wall Street kicks off a week full of potential flashpoints with a whisper. A Hall of Fame infielder dies after battling cancer, a three-time All-Star relief pitcher is being investigated for sports gambling, a heated exchange between MLB's commissioner and one of the game’s top stars, a prominent college football coach says he had cancer surgery and an NFL quarterback is on the mend after an injury scare.  Texas man pleads guilty to stalking WNBA star Caitlin Clark and gets 2.5 years in prison. Islamic State-backed rebels attack a Catholic church in eastern Congo, killing at least 34. Two Israeli rights groups say their country is committing genocide in Gaza. —The Associated Press About this program Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate. Theme music The News Tonight, used under license from Soundstripe. YouTube clearance: ZR2MOTROGI4XAHRX

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports Islamic State-backed rebels have attacked a Catholic church in eastern Congo and the neighboring area, killing dozens of people.

One-day sentences for aiding and abetting the Islamic State terror group, a few short years for murder, but possibly more if you're an anti-vaccine trucker: these stories and loads of others from recent Canadian court cases seem to be undermining the public's faith in our justice system. Brian chats with Postmedia columnists Jamie Sarkonak and Brian Lilley about how things went so wrong and what to do about it. They also discuss the recent acquittal of the five hockey players for sexual assault, and how the judge's exceptional handling of the case shows that all is not lost if we want to fix the system — if anyone in government is ever willing to try. (Recorded July 25, 2025) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Israel Condemns France Over Plans To Recognize Palestinian Statehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-condemns-france-over-plans-to-recognize-palestinian-state/25/07/2025/#Issues #France #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN ©July 25th, 2025 ®July 25, 2025 1:34 am Ahead of the United Nations, UN General Assembly slated for September 2025, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Thursday issued a statement and said that France will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN coming meeting of Heads of States as a way to put an end to the war in Gaza so that the civilian populations in the Palestinian city can be rescued, also describing the move as France historical commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, this, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu within an hour issued a counter press statement and said that the State of Israel condemned the decision of France President to recognize the State of Palestine, stressing that, such move by France rewards terror and risks creating another Iran Proxy that will be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. #OsazuwaAkonedoClearwater Police Confirms Hulk Hogan Dies After Cardiac Arresthttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/clearwater-police-confirms-hulk-hogan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest/24/07/2025/#Breaking News #Hogan #Hulk ©July 24th, 2025 ®July 24, 2025 10:08 pm Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States has confirmed that world wrestling champion, Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning around 11:17am after the personnel of the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an emergency medical report at about 9:51am and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital where he was pronounced dead. #OsazuwaAkonedoBuhari's Family Issues Thank You Message, Apparently Ignore OBJ, GEJ, IBBhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/buharis-family-issues-thank-you-message-apparently-ignore-obj-gej-ibb/23/07/2025/#Life #Buhari #GEJ #IBB #OBJ ©July 23rd, 2025 ®July 23, 2025 4:48 pm Family of the late Nigeria former President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday issued and released a letter of appreciation to people who sent in condolence messages after the former Nigeria President died on Sunday July 13, 2025 at a London hospital, but, the Buhari family mentioned several names they considered as notable people among those who sent in condolences which some of them did not attend the burial ceremony and apparently ignored three former Presidents of Nigeria that were major rivals to the late Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency despite the fact that former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, and Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ were among the notable personalities in the society to send condolences early enough to the family and the nation at large exactly same day Buhari died, while OBJ personally issued video press release to mourn the death of Muhammadu Buhari, GEJ after issuing condolence message, visited the family of late Buhari in London the next day to console with the bereaved family, and also, IBB after morning the demise of late President Muhammadu Buhari, sent his children led by Mohammed Babangida to Katsina state to pay the family and the people  condolence visit over the death of the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari that was ousted out of power as then Nigeria Military Head of State on August 27, 1985 by IBB in a bloodless coup that led to the arrest and detention of Buhari at a prison facility in Benin City for almost three years.#OsazuwaAkonedo19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoTinubu Confirms Nigeria Ex President Muhammadu Buhari Dies In Londonhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/tinubu-confirms-nigeria-ex-president-muhammadu-buhari-dies-in-london/13/07/2025/#Breaking News #Buhari #London #Muhammadu ©July 13th, 2025 ®July 13, 2025 8:23 pm President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confirmed and announced the death of the Nigeria immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari at a London Hospital at about 4:30pm on Sunday, after years of rumours and speculations by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu that the person that ruled Nigeria for the last eight years died few years after he took over office on May 29, 2015. #OsazuwaAkonedo3 Dead As Police Repel Mass Shooting In Oko, Ekwulobia, Biafra Group Denieshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/3-dead-as-police-repel-mass-shooting-in-oko-ekwulobia-biafra-group-denies/10/07/2025/#Breaking News #Aguata #Anambra #Biafra #Ekwulobia #Oko #Orumba #Police ©July 10th, 2025 ®July 10, 2025 8:54 pm Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has repelled the simultaneous sporadic heavy gun shooting in Oko and Ekwulobia, when two separate groups of unknown gunmen engaged men of the Oko Divisional Police Headquarters in the Orumba North local government area in an early morning gun battle and another group took over the Ekwulobia flyover bridge in the Aguata local government area of the state on Wednesday, resulting in the death of two members of the public and set ablaze the patrol vehicle of Agunaechemba, the state special vigilante group, which, police said one of the attackers was killed during the deadly gun battle and on Thursday, the Police issued new updates, stating that an additional Ak-47 riffle has been recovered from one of the fleeing assailants, while Biafra armed group, the Biafra Defense Forces in a tweBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

Israel Condemns France Over Plans To Recognize Palestinian Statehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-condemns-france-over-plans-to-recognize-palestinian-state/25/07/2025/#Issues #France #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN ©July 25th, 2025 ®July 25, 2025 1:34 am Ahead of the United Nations, UN General Assembly slated for September 2025, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Thursday issued a statement and said that France will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN coming meeting of Heads of States as a way to put an end to the war in Gaza so that the civilian populations in the Palestinian city can be rescued, also describing the move as France historical commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, this, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu within an hour issued a counter press statement and said that the State of Israel condemned the decision of France President to recognize the State of Palestine, stressing that, such move by France rewards terror and risks creating another Iran Proxy that will be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. #OsazuwaAkonedoClearwater Police Confirms Hulk Hogan Dies After Cardiac Arresthttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/clearwater-police-confirms-hulk-hogan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest/24/07/2025/#Breaking News #Hogan #Hulk ©July 24th, 2025 ®July 24, 2025 10:08 pm Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States has confirmed that world wrestling champion, Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning around 11:17am after the personnel of the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an emergency medical report at about 9:51am and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital where he was pronounced dead. #OsazuwaAkonedoBuhari's Family Issues Thank You Message, Apparently Ignore OBJ, GEJ, IBBhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/buharis-family-issues-thank-you-message-apparently-ignore-obj-gej-ibb/23/07/2025/#Life #Buhari #GEJ #IBB #OBJ ©July 23rd, 2025 ®July 23, 2025 4:48 pm Family of the late Nigeria former President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday issued and released a letter of appreciation to people who sent in condolence messages after the former Nigeria President died on Sunday July 13, 2025 at a London hospital, but, the Buhari family mentioned several names they considered as notable people among those who sent in condolences which some of them did not attend the burial ceremony and apparently ignored three former Presidents of Nigeria that were major rivals to the late Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency despite the fact that former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, and Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ were among the notable personalities in the society to send condolences early enough to the family and the nation at large exactly same day Buhari died, while OBJ personally issued video press release to mourn the death of Muhammadu Buhari, GEJ after issuing condolence message, visited the family of late Buhari in London the next day to console with the bereaved family, and also, IBB after morning the demise of late President Muhammadu Buhari, sent his children led by Mohammed Babangida to Katsina state to pay the family and the people  condolence visit over the death of the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari that was ousted out of power as then Nigeria Military Head of State on August 27, 1985 by IBB in a bloodless coup that led to the arrest and detention of Buhari at a prison facility in Benin City for almost three years.#OsazuwaAkonedo19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoTinubu Confirms Nigeria Ex President Muhammadu Buhari Dies In Londonhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/tinubu-confirms-nigeria-ex-president-muhammadu-buhari-dies-in-london/13/07/2025/#Breaking News #Buhari #London #Muhammadu ©July 13th, 2025 ®July 13, 2025 8:23 pm President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confirmed and announced the death of the Nigeria immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari at a London Hospital at about 4:30pm on Sunday, after years of rumours and speculations by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu that the person that ruled Nigeria for the last eight years died few years after he took over office on May 29, 2015. #OsazuwaAkonedo3 Dead As Police Repel Mass Shooting In Oko, Ekwulobia, Biafra Group Denieshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/3-dead-as-police-repel-mass-shooting-in-oko-ekwulobia-biafra-group-denies/10/07/2025/#Breaking News #Aguata #Anambra #Biafra #Ekwulobia #Oko #Orumba #Police ©July 10th, 2025 ®July 10, 2025 8:54 pm Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has repelled the simultaneous sporadic heavy gun shooting in Oko and Ekwulobia, when two separate groups of unknown gunmen engaged men of the Oko Divisional Police Headquarters in the Orumba North local government area in an early morning gun battle and another group took over the Ekwulobia flyover bridge in the Aguata local government area of the state on Wednesday, resulting in the death of two members of the public and set ablaze the patrol vehicle of Agunaechemba, the state special vigilante group, which, police said one of the attackers was killed during the deadly gun battle and on Thursday, the Police issued new updates, stating that an additional Ak-47 riffle has been recovered from one of the fleeing assailants, while Biafra armed group, the Biafra Defense Forces in a tweBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

Israel Condemns France Over Plans To Recognize Palestinian Statehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-condemns-france-over-plans-to-recognize-palestinian-state/25/07/2025/#Issues #France #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN ©July 25th, 2025 ®July 25, 2025 1:34 am Ahead of the United Nations, UN General Assembly slated for September 2025, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Thursday issued a statement and said that France will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN coming meeting of Heads of States as a way to put an end to the war in Gaza so that the civilian populations in the Palestinian city can be rescued, also describing the move as France historical commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, this, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu within an hour issued a counter press statement and said that the State of Israel condemned the decision of France President to recognize the State of Palestine, stressing that, such move by France rewards terror and risks creating another Iran Proxy that will be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. #OsazuwaAkonedoClearwater Police Confirms Hulk Hogan Dies After Cardiac Arresthttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/clearwater-police-confirms-hulk-hogan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest/24/07/2025/#Breaking News #Hogan #Hulk ©July 24th, 2025 ®July 24, 2025 10:08 pm Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States has confirmed that world wrestling champion, Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning around 11:17am after the personnel of the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an emergency medical report at about 9:51am and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital where he was pronounced dead. #OsazuwaAkonedoBuhari's Family Issues Thank You Message, Apparently Ignore OBJ, GEJ, IBBhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/buharis-family-issues-thank-you-message-apparently-ignore-obj-gej-ibb/23/07/2025/#Life #Buhari #GEJ #IBB #OBJ ©July 23rd, 2025 ®July 23, 2025 4:48 pm Family of the late Nigeria former President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday issued and released a letter of appreciation to people who sent in condolence messages after the former Nigeria President died on Sunday July 13, 2025 at a London hospital, but, the Buhari family mentioned several names they considered as notable people among those who sent in condolences which some of them did not attend the burial ceremony and apparently ignored three former Presidents of Nigeria that were major rivals to the late Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency despite the fact that former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, and Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ were among the notable personalities in the society to send condolences early enough to the family and the nation at large exactly same day Buhari died, while OBJ personally issued video press release to mourn the death of Muhammadu Buhari, GEJ after issuing condolence message, visited the family of late Buhari in London the next day to console with the bereaved family, and also, IBB after morning the demise of late President Muhammadu Buhari, sent his children led by Mohammed Babangida to Katsina state to pay the family and the people  condolence visit over the death of the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari that was ousted out of power as then Nigeria Military Head of State on August 27, 1985 by IBB in a bloodless coup that led to the arrest and detention of Buhari at a prison facility in Benin City for almost three years.#OsazuwaAkonedo19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoTinubu Confirms Nigeria Ex President Muhammadu Buhari Dies In Londonhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/tinubu-confirms-nigeria-ex-president-muhammadu-buhari-dies-in-london/13/07/2025/#Breaking News #Buhari #London #Muhammadu ©July 13th, 2025 ®July 13, 2025 8:23 pm President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confirmed and announced the death of the Nigeria immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari at a London Hospital at about 4:30pm on Sunday, after years of rumours and speculations by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu that the person that ruled Nigeria for the last eight years died few years after he took over office on May 29, 2015. #OsazuwaAkonedo3 Dead As Police Repel Mass Shooting In Oko, Ekwulobia, Biafra Group Denieshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/3-dead-as-police-repel-mass-shooting-in-oko-ekwulobia-biafra-group-denies/10/07/2025/#Breaking News #Aguata #Anambra #Biafra #Ekwulobia #Oko #Orumba #Police ©July 10th, 2025 ®July 10, 2025 8:54 pm Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has repelled the simultaneous sporadic heavy gun shooting in Oko and Ekwulobia, when two separate groups of unknown gunmen engaged men of the Oko Divisional Police Headquarters in the Orumba North local government area in an early morning gun battle and another group took over the Ekwulobia flyover bridge in the Aguata local government area of the state on Wednesday, resulting in the death of two members of the public and set ablaze the patrol vehicle of Agunaechemba, the state special vigilante group, which, police said one of the attackers was killed during the deadly gun battle and on Thursday, the Police issued new updates, stating that an additional Ak-47 riffle has been recovered from one of the fleeing assailants, while Biafra armed group, the Biafra Defense Forces in a tweBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

Israel Condemns France Over Plans To Recognize Palestinian Statehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-condemns-france-over-plans-to-recognize-palestinian-state/25/07/2025/#Issues #France #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN ©July 25th, 2025 ®July 25, 2025 1:34 am Ahead of the United Nations, UN General Assembly slated for September 2025, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Thursday issued a statement and said that France will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN coming meeting of Heads of States as a way to put an end to the war in Gaza so that the civilian populations in the Palestinian city can be rescued, also describing the move as France historical commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, this, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu within an hour issued a counter press statement and said that the State of Israel condemned the decision of France President to recognize the State of Palestine, stressing that, such move by France rewards terror and risks creating another Iran Proxy that will be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. #OsazuwaAkonedoClearwater Police Confirms Hulk Hogan Dies After Cardiac Arresthttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/clearwater-police-confirms-hulk-hogan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest/24/07/2025/#Breaking News #Hogan #Hulk ©July 24th, 2025 ®July 24, 2025 10:08 pm Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States has confirmed that world wrestling champion, Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning around 11:17am after the personnel of the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an emergency medical report at about 9:51am and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital where he was pronounced dead. #OsazuwaAkonedoBuhari's Family Issues Thank You Message, Apparently Ignore OBJ, GEJ, IBBhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/buharis-family-issues-thank-you-message-apparently-ignore-obj-gej-ibb/23/07/2025/#Life #Buhari #GEJ #IBB #OBJ ©July 23rd, 2025 ®July 23, 2025 4:48 pm Family of the late Nigeria former President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday issued and released a letter of appreciation to people who sent in condolence messages after the former Nigeria President died on Sunday July 13, 2025 at a London hospital, but, the Buhari family mentioned several names they considered as notable people among those who sent in condolences which some of them did not attend the burial ceremony and apparently ignored three former Presidents of Nigeria that were major rivals to the late Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency despite the fact that former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, and Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ were among the notable personalities in the society to send condolences early enough to the family and the nation at large exactly same day Buhari died, while OBJ personally issued video press release to mourn the death of Muhammadu Buhari, GEJ after issuing condolence message, visited the family of late Buhari in London the next day to console with the bereaved family, and also, IBB after morning the demise of late President Muhammadu Buhari, sent his children led by Mohammed Babangida to Katsina state to pay the family and the people  condolence visit over the death of the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari that was ousted out of power as then Nigeria Military Head of State on August 27, 1985 by IBB in a bloodless coup that led to the arrest and detention of Buhari at a prison facility in Benin City for almost three years.#OsazuwaAkonedo19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoTinubu Confirms Nigeria Ex President Muhammadu Buhari Dies In Londonhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/tinubu-confirms-nigeria-ex-president-muhammadu-buhari-dies-in-london/13/07/2025/#Breaking News #Buhari #London #Muhammadu ©July 13th, 2025 ®July 13, 2025 8:23 pm President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confirmed and announced the death of the Nigeria immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari at a London Hospital at about 4:30pm on Sunday, after years of rumours and speculations by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu that the person that ruled Nigeria for the last eight years died few years after he took over office on May 29, 2015. #OsazuwaAkonedo3 Dead As Police Repel Mass Shooting In Oko, Ekwulobia, Biafra Group Denieshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/3-dead-as-police-repel-mass-shooting-in-oko-ekwulobia-biafra-group-denies/10/07/2025/#Breaking News #Aguata #Anambra #Biafra #Ekwulobia #Oko #Orumba #Police ©July 10th, 2025 ®July 10, 2025 8:54 pm Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has repelled the simultaneous sporadic heavy gun shooting in Oko and Ekwulobia, when two separate groups of unknown gunmen engaged men of the Oko Divisional Police Headquarters in the Orumba North local government area in an early morning gun battle and another group took over the Ekwulobia flyover bridge in the Aguata local government area of the state on Wednesday, resulting in the death of two members of the public and set ablaze the patrol vehicle of Agunaechemba, the state special vigilante group, which, police said one of the attackers was killed during the deadly gun battle and on Thursday, the Police issued new updates, stating that an additional Ak-47 riffle has been recovered from one of the fleeing assailants, while Biafra armed group, the Biafra Defense Forces in a tweBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

Israel Condemns France Over Plans To Recognize Palestinian Statehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-condemns-france-over-plans-to-recognize-palestinian-state/25/07/2025/#Issues #France #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN ©July 25th, 2025 ®July 25, 2025 1:34 am Ahead of the United Nations, UN General Assembly slated for September 2025, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Thursday issued a statement and said that France will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN coming meeting of Heads of States as a way to put an end to the war in Gaza so that the civilian populations in the Palestinian city can be rescued, also describing the move as France historical commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, this, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu within an hour issued a counter press statement and said that the State of Israel condemned the decision of France President to recognize the State of Palestine, stressing that, such move by France rewards terror and risks creating another Iran Proxy that will be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. #OsazuwaAkonedoClearwater Police Confirms Hulk Hogan Dies After Cardiac Arresthttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/clearwater-police-confirms-hulk-hogan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest/24/07/2025/#Breaking News #Hogan #Hulk ©July 24th, 2025 ®July 24, 2025 10:08 pm Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States has confirmed that world wrestling champion, Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning around 11:17am after the personnel of the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an emergency medical report at about 9:51am and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital where he was pronounced dead. #OsazuwaAkonedoBuhari's Family Issues Thank You Message, Apparently Ignore OBJ, GEJ, IBBhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/buharis-family-issues-thank-you-message-apparently-ignore-obj-gej-ibb/23/07/2025/#Life #Buhari #GEJ #IBB #OBJ ©July 23rd, 2025 ®July 23, 2025 4:48 pm Family of the late Nigeria former President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday issued and released a letter of appreciation to people who sent in condolence messages after the former Nigeria President died on Sunday July 13, 2025 at a London hospital, but, the Buhari family mentioned several names they considered as notable people among those who sent in condolences which some of them did not attend the burial ceremony and apparently ignored three former Presidents of Nigeria that were major rivals to the late Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency despite the fact that former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, and Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ were among the notable personalities in the society to send condolences early enough to the family and the nation at large exactly same day Buhari died, while OBJ personally issued video press release to mourn the death of Muhammadu Buhari, GEJ after issuing condolence message, visited the family of late Buhari in London the next day to console with the bereaved family, and also, IBB after morning the demise of late President Muhammadu Buhari, sent his children led by Mohammed Babangida to Katsina state to pay the family and the people  condolence visit over the death of the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari that was ousted out of power as then Nigeria Military Head of State on August 27, 1985 by IBB in a bloodless coup that led to the arrest and detention of Buhari at a prison facility in Benin City for almost three years.#OsazuwaAkonedo19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoTinubu Confirms Nigeria Ex President Muhammadu Buhari Dies In Londonhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/tinubu-confirms-nigeria-ex-president-muhammadu-buhari-dies-in-london/13/07/2025/#Breaking News #Buhari #London #Muhammadu ©July 13th, 2025 ®July 13, 2025 8:23 pm President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confirmed and announced the death of the Nigeria immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari at a London Hospital at about 4:30pm on Sunday, after years of rumours and speculations by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu that the person that ruled Nigeria for the last eight years died few years after he took over office on May 29, 2015. #OsazuwaAkonedo3 Dead As Police Repel Mass Shooting In Oko, Ekwulobia, Biafra Group Denieshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/3-dead-as-police-repel-mass-shooting-in-oko-ekwulobia-biafra-group-denies/10/07/2025/#Breaking News #Aguata #Anambra #Biafra #Ekwulobia #Oko #Orumba #Police ©July 10th, 2025 ®July 10, 2025 8:54 pm Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has repelled the simultaneous sporadic heavy gun shooting in Oko and Ekwulobia, when two separate groups of unknown gunmen engaged men of the Oko Divisional Police Headquarters in the Orumba North local government area in an early morning gun battle and another group took over the Ekwulobia flyover bridge in the Aguata local government area of the state on Wednesday, resulting in the death of two members of the public and set ablaze the patrol vehicle of Agunaechemba, the state special vigilante group, which, police said one of the attackers was killed during the deadly gun battle and on Thursday, the Police issued new updates, stating that an additional Ak-47 riffle has been recovered from one of the fleeing assailants, while Biafra armed group, the Biafra Defense Forces in a tweBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

Israel Condemns France Over Plans To Recognize Palestinian Statehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-condemns-france-over-plans-to-recognize-palestinian-state/25/07/2025/#Issues #France #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN ©July 25th, 2025 ®July 25, 2025 1:34 am Ahead of the United Nations, UN General Assembly slated for September 2025, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Thursday issued a statement and said that France will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN coming meeting of Heads of States as a way to put an end to the war in Gaza so that the civilian populations in the Palestinian city can be rescued, also describing the move as France historical commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, this, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu within an hour issued a counter press statement and said that the State of Israel condemned the decision of France President to recognize the State of Palestine, stressing that, such move by France rewards terror and risks creating another Iran Proxy that will be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. #OsazuwaAkonedoClearwater Police Confirms Hulk Hogan Dies After Cardiac Arresthttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/clearwater-police-confirms-hulk-hogan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest/24/07/2025/#Breaking News #Hogan #Hulk ©July 24th, 2025 ®July 24, 2025 10:08 pm Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States has confirmed that world wrestling champion, Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning around 11:17am after the personnel of the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an emergency medical report at about 9:51am and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital where he was pronounced dead. #OsazuwaAkonedoBuhari's Family Issues Thank You Message, Apparently Ignore OBJ, GEJ, IBBhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/buharis-family-issues-thank-you-message-apparently-ignore-obj-gej-ibb/23/07/2025/#Life #Buhari #GEJ #IBB #OBJ ©July 23rd, 2025 ®July 23, 2025 4:48 pm Family of the late Nigeria former President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday issued and released a letter of appreciation to people who sent in condolence messages after the former Nigeria President died on Sunday July 13, 2025 at a London hospital, but, the Buhari family mentioned several names they considered as notable people among those who sent in condolences which some of them did not attend the burial ceremony and apparently ignored three former Presidents of Nigeria that were major rivals to the late Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency despite the fact that former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, and Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ were among the notable personalities in the society to send condolences early enough to the family and the nation at large exactly same day Buhari died, while OBJ personally issued video press release to mourn the death of Muhammadu Buhari, GEJ after issuing condolence message, visited the family of late Buhari in London the next day to console with the bereaved family, and also, IBB after morning the demise of late President Muhammadu Buhari, sent his children led by Mohammed Babangida to Katsina state to pay the family and the people  condolence visit over the death of the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari that was ousted out of power as then Nigeria Military Head of State on August 27, 1985 by IBB in a bloodless coup that led to the arrest and detention of Buhari at a prison facility in Benin City for almost three years.#OsazuwaAkonedo19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoTinubu Confirms Nigeria Ex President Muhammadu Buhari Dies In Londonhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/tinubu-confirms-nigeria-ex-president-muhammadu-buhari-dies-in-london/13/07/2025/#Breaking News #Buhari #London #Muhammadu ©July 13th, 2025 ®July 13, 2025 8:23 pm President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confirmed and announced the death of the Nigeria immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari at a London Hospital at about 4:30pm on Sunday, after years of rumours and speculations by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu that the person that ruled Nigeria for the last eight years died few years after he took over office on May 29, 2015. #OsazuwaAkonedo3 Dead As Police Repel Mass Shooting In Oko, Ekwulobia, Biafra Group Denieshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/3-dead-as-police-repel-mass-shooting-in-oko-ekwulobia-biafra-group-denies/10/07/2025/#Breaking News #Aguata #Anambra #Biafra #Ekwulobia #Oko #Orumba #Police ©July 10th, 2025 ®July 10, 2025 8:54 pm Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has repelled the simultaneous sporadic heavy gun shooting in Oko and Ekwulobia, when two separate groups of unknown gunmen engaged men of the Oko Divisional Police Headquarters in the Orumba North local government area in an early morning gun battle and another group took over the Ekwulobia flyover bridge in the Aguata local government area of the state on Wednesday, resulting in the death of two members of the public and set ablaze the patrol vehicle of Agunaechemba, the state special vigilante group, which, police said one of the attackers was killed during the deadly gun battle and on Thursday, the Police issued new updates, stating that an additional Ak-47 riffle has been recovered from one of the fleeing assailants, while Biafra armed group, the Biafra Defense Forces in a tweBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

Israel Condemns France Over Plans To Recognize Palestinian Statehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-condemns-france-over-plans-to-recognize-palestinian-state/25/07/2025/#Issues #France #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN ©July 25th, 2025 ®July 25, 2025 1:34 am Ahead of the United Nations, UN General Assembly slated for September 2025, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Thursday issued a statement and said that France will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN coming meeting of Heads of States as a way to put an end to the war in Gaza so that the civilian populations in the Palestinian city can be rescued, also describing the move as France historical commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, this, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu within an hour issued a counter press statement and said that the State of Israel condemned the decision of France President to recognize the State of Palestine, stressing that, such move by France rewards terror and risks creating another Iran Proxy that will be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. #OsazuwaAkonedoClearwater Police Confirms Hulk Hogan Dies After Cardiac Arresthttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/clearwater-police-confirms-hulk-hogan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest/24/07/2025/#Breaking News #Hogan #Hulk ©July 24th, 2025 ®July 24, 2025 10:08 pm Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States has confirmed that world wrestling champion, Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning around 11:17am after the personnel of the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an emergency medical report at about 9:51am and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital where he was pronounced dead. #OsazuwaAkonedoBuhari's Family Issues Thank You Message, Apparently Ignore OBJ, GEJ, IBBhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/buharis-family-issues-thank-you-message-apparently-ignore-obj-gej-ibb/23/07/2025/#Life #Buhari #GEJ #IBB #OBJ ©July 23rd, 2025 ®July 23, 2025 4:48 pm Family of the late Nigeria former President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday issued and released a letter of appreciation to people who sent in condolence messages after the former Nigeria President died on Sunday July 13, 2025 at a London hospital, but, the Buhari family mentioned several names they considered as notable people among those who sent in condolences which some of them did not attend the burial ceremony and apparently ignored three former Presidents of Nigeria that were major rivals to the late Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency despite the fact that former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, and Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ were among the notable personalities in the society to send condolences early enough to the family and the nation at large exactly same day Buhari died, while OBJ personally issued video press release to mourn the death of Muhammadu Buhari, GEJ after issuing condolence message, visited the family of late Buhari in London the next day to console with the bereaved family, and also, IBB after morning the demise of late President Muhammadu Buhari, sent his children led by Mohammed Babangida to Katsina state to pay the family and the people  condolence visit over the death of the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari that was ousted out of power as then Nigeria Military Head of State on August 27, 1985 by IBB in a bloodless coup that led to the arrest and detention of Buhari at a prison facility in Benin City for almost three years.#OsazuwaAkonedo19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoTinubu Confirms Nigeria Ex President Muhammadu Buhari Dies In Londonhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/tinubu-confirms-nigeria-ex-president-muhammadu-buhari-dies-in-london/13/07/2025/#Breaking News #Buhari #London #Muhammadu ©July 13th, 2025 ®July 13, 2025 8:23 pm President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confirmed and announced the death of the Nigeria immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari at a London Hospital at about 4:30pm on Sunday, after years of rumours and speculations by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu that the person that ruled Nigeria for the last eight years died few years after he took over office on May 29, 2015. #OsazuwaAkonedo3 Dead As Police Repel Mass Shooting In Oko, Ekwulobia, Biafra Group Denieshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/3-dead-as-police-repel-mass-shooting-in-oko-ekwulobia-biafra-group-denies/10/07/2025/#Breaking News #Aguata #Anambra #Biafra #Ekwulobia #Oko #Orumba #Police ©July 10th, 2025 ®July 10, 2025 8:54 pm Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has repelled the simultaneous sporadic heavy gun shooting in Oko and Ekwulobia, when two separate groups of unknown gunmen engaged men of the Oko Divisional Police Headquarters in the Orumba North local government area in an early morning gun battle and another group took over the Ekwulobia flyover bridge in the Aguata local government area of the state on Wednesday, resulting in the death of two members of the public and set ablaze the patrol vehicle of Agunaechemba, the state special vigilante group, which, police said one of the attackers was killed during the deadly gun battle and on Thursday, the Police issued new updates, stating that an additional Ak-47 riffle has been recovered from one of the fleeing assailants, while Biafra armed group, the Biafra Defense Forces in a tweBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

Israel Condemns France Over Plans To Recognize Palestinian Statehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-condemns-france-over-plans-to-recognize-palestinian-state/25/07/2025/#Issues #France #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN ©July 25th, 2025 ®July 25, 2025 1:34 am Ahead of the United Nations, UN General Assembly slated for September 2025, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Thursday issued a statement and said that France will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN coming meeting of Heads of States as a way to put an end to the war in Gaza so that the civilian populations in the Palestinian city can be rescued, also describing the move as France historical commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, this, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu within an hour issued a counter press statement and said that the State of Israel condemned the decision of France President to recognize the State of Palestine, stressing that, such move by France rewards terror and risks creating another Iran Proxy that will be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. #OsazuwaAkonedoClearwater Police Confirms Hulk Hogan Dies After Cardiac Arresthttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/clearwater-police-confirms-hulk-hogan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest/24/07/2025/#Breaking News #Hogan #Hulk ©July 24th, 2025 ®July 24, 2025 10:08 pm Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States has confirmed that world wrestling champion, Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning around 11:17am after the personnel of the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an emergency medical report at about 9:51am and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital where he was pronounced dead. #OsazuwaAkonedoBuhari's Family Issues Thank You Message, Apparently Ignore OBJ, GEJ, IBBhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/buharis-family-issues-thank-you-message-apparently-ignore-obj-gej-ibb/23/07/2025/#Life #Buhari #GEJ #IBB #OBJ ©July 23rd, 2025 ®July 23, 2025 4:48 pm Family of the late Nigeria former President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday issued and released a letter of appreciation to people who sent in condolence messages after the former Nigeria President died on Sunday July 13, 2025 at a London hospital, but, the Buhari family mentioned several names they considered as notable people among those who sent in condolences which some of them did not attend the burial ceremony and apparently ignored three former Presidents of Nigeria that were major rivals to the late Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency despite the fact that former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, and Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ were among the notable personalities in the society to send condolences early enough to the family and the nation at large exactly same day Buhari died, while OBJ personally issued video press release to mourn the death of Muhammadu Buhari, GEJ after issuing condolence message, visited the family of late Buhari in London the next day to console with the bereaved family, and also, IBB after morning the demise of late President Muhammadu Buhari, sent his children led by Mohammed Babangida to Katsina state to pay the family and the people  condolence visit over the death of the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari that was ousted out of power as then Nigeria Military Head of State on August 27, 1985 by IBB in a bloodless coup that led to the arrest and detention of Buhari at a prison facility in Benin City for almost three years.#OsazuwaAkonedo19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

Israel Condemns France Over Plans To Recognize Palestinian Statehttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-condemns-france-over-plans-to-recognize-palestinian-state/25/07/2025/#Issues #France #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #UN ©July 25th, 2025 ®July 25, 2025 1:34 am Ahead of the United Nations, UN General Assembly slated for September 2025, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Thursday issued a statement and said that France will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN coming meeting of Heads of States as a way to put an end to the war in Gaza so that the civilian populations in the Palestinian city can be rescued, also describing the move as France historical commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, this, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu within an hour issued a counter press statement and said that the State of Israel condemned the decision of France President to recognize the State of Palestine, stressing that, such move by France rewards terror and risks creating another Iran Proxy that will be a launch pad to annihilate Israel. #OsazuwaAkonedoClearwater Police Confirms Hulk Hogan Dies After Cardiac Arresthttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/clearwater-police-confirms-hulk-hogan-dies-after-cardiac-arrest/24/07/2025/#Breaking News #Hogan #Hulk ©July 24th, 2025 ®July 24, 2025 10:08 pm Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States has confirmed that world wrestling champion, Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning around 11:17am after the personnel of the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an emergency medical report at about 9:51am and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital where he was pronounced dead. #OsazuwaAkonedoBuhari's Family Issues Thank You Message, Apparently Ignore OBJ, GEJ, IBBhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/buharis-family-issues-thank-you-message-apparently-ignore-obj-gej-ibb/23/07/2025/#Life #Buhari #GEJ #IBB #OBJ ©July 23rd, 2025 ®July 23, 2025 4:48 pm Family of the late Nigeria former President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday issued and released a letter of appreciation to people who sent in condolence messages after the former Nigeria President died on Sunday July 13, 2025 at a London hospital, but, the Buhari family mentioned several names they considered as notable people among those who sent in condolences which some of them did not attend the burial ceremony and apparently ignored three former Presidents of Nigeria that were major rivals to the late Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency despite the fact that former Presidents Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, and Olusegun Obasanjo, OBJ were among the notable personalities in the society to send condolences early enough to the family and the nation at large exactly same day Buhari died, while OBJ personally issued video press release to mourn the death of Muhammadu Buhari, GEJ after issuing condolence message, visited the family of late Buhari in London the next day to console with the bereaved family, and also, IBB after morning the demise of late President Muhammadu Buhari, sent his children led by Mohammed Babangida to Katsina state to pay the family and the people  condolence visit over the death of the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari that was ousted out of power as then Nigeria Military Head of State on August 27, 1985 by IBB in a bloodless coup that led to the arrest and detention of Buhari at a prison facility in Benin City for almost three years.#OsazuwaAkonedo19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

19 Dead, 100 Injured As Bangladesh Air Force Plane Crashes On Studentshttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/19-dead-100-injured-as-bangladesh-air-force-plane-crashes-on-students/21/07/2025/#Breaking News #Bangladesh #Dhaka #Milestone ©July 21st, 2025 ®July 21, 2025 4:40 pm It has been a sad Monday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh as one of the Bangladesh Air Force Training Planes crashed on students while they were taking test examinations and some of them attending regular classes at Milestone School and College, with 19 victims already confirmed dead by local authorities while over 100 persons mostly students are hospitalized, this, the Head of Interim Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus has assured the public that the government of Bangladesh will carry out  investigation to ascertain the cause of the military plane crash as some of the victims were seen walking out from the burning flames with almost completely burnt bodies. #OsazuwaAkonedoIsrael Orders US Jointly Built Arrow Missiles Interceptors In Large Numbershttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/israel-orders-us-jointly-built-arrow-missiles-interceptors-in-large-numbers/17/07/2025/#Issues #Israel ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 8:52 pm As multiple wars in the MiddleEast appear unabated, Israel, the main defender and attacker on multiple waterfronts in the city of Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen and now Syria, has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries, I.A.I to mass produce Arrow Missiles Interceptors in a very large numbers, with the Israel Ministry of Defense saying that the State of Israel has increased its Defense spending for 2025 and 2026 to 42 billion New Israeli Shekels which is approximately 12.5 billion dollars. #OsazuwaAkonedo300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedoBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/osazuwaakonedo--4980924/support.

In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain, speaks with the world-renowned Islamic scholar, thinker and writer, Dr. Tareq al-Suwaidan. Topics of discussion include: Misconceptions about the geopolitical importance of pre-Islamic Arabia and the status of the Arabs. Was the establishment of a state a means or the end objective for the Prophet Muhammad (saw)? At what point in the Seerah did the mission to establish a state go from “strategic thinking” to “strategic planning”? Can there be a civilisation without a state or a polity? What makes a state “Islamic” - is its constitution, its laws and courts, the societal culture and values? Dr. al-Suwaidan's thoughts on Wael Hallaq's argument that it's impossible for the modern nation state to be Islamic? What is the caliphate, and can such a polity exist in the modern day? FOLLOW 5PILLARS ON:   Website: https://5pillarsuk.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@5Pillars Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5pillarsuk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5pillarsnews Twitter: https://x.com/5Pillarsuk Telegram: https://t.me/s/news5Pillars TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@5pillarsnews

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On today's Midrats, we have returning guest Craig Whiteside and his co-author Ian C. Rice joining us to discuss one of the nightmares we all have in the new book coming out this month. He co-authored it with Ian Rice, Non-state Special Operations: Capabilities and Effects.From the abstract:Building on previous research on Islamic State special operations, the book develops a theoretical framework surrounding a typology of VNSA (militants, proxies, criminal/cults, and mercenaries) to explore variations of non-state special operations, with multiple cases for each category of actor. Understanding when and why VNSA use special operations provides insights into the inner workings of such groups and how they campaign, and also has implications for the proliferation of special operation forces around the globe and its influence on non-state behaviour. This volume contributes to research on the recent trend of non-state actors surprising, and in some cases humiliating, their state opponents.Craig is Professor of National Security Affairs at the US Naval War College resident program at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. He is the co-author of The ISIS Reader: Milestone Texts of the Islamic State Movement (2020). He has a PhD in Political Science from Washington State University and is a former U.S. Army infantry officer.His coauthor Ian is an adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Department of Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School, adjunct faculty member with the College of Distance Education, USMC University, and a guest lecturer with the Royal Danish Defence College. He is a retired U.S. Army officer who served with special operations forces.Show LinksNon-state Special Operations: Capabilities and Effects, by Craig Whiteside and Ian Rice.Operation ChariotDefeat Into Victory: Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942-1945, Field-Marshal Viscount William SlimSummaryIn this episode of Midrats, hosts discuss the complexities of non-state special operations with authors Craig Whiteside and Ian Rice. They delve into the historical context, defining characteristics, and implications of special operations conducted by non-state actors. The conversation highlights the importance of understanding the motivations and strategies of these actors, as well as the challenges they pose to state actors. The authors share insights from their new book, exploring the evolution of non-state operations and the need for a nuanced approach to countering them.TakeawaysSpecial operations are defined as tactical actions designed to achieve outsized effects.Historical examples illustrate the long-standing use of special operations by non-state actors.Understanding the typology of non-state actors is crucial for effective analysis and response.Prison breakouts are a common tactic used by non-state actors to regain manpower.Cults and criminal groups can also engage in special operations, often driven by self-interest.Not all terrorist acts qualify as special operations; criteria must be applied to distinguish them.The opportunity cost of special operations can be significant for both state and non-state actors.Mercenaries have a unique role in conducting special operations, particularly in coups.Chapters00:00: Introduction to Non-State Special Operations02:15: Genesis of the Book and Collaboration05:49: Defining Special Operations08:43: Historical Context of Non-State Actors11:36: Analyzing Non-State Actors18:13: Understanding the Typology of Non-State Actors23:42: Criteria for Special Operations28:45: Prison Breakouts as a Tactic32:13: Cults and Criminal Groups in Special Operations36:53: Distinguishing Terrorism from Special Operations43:26: The Cost of Special Operations49:13: Mercenaries and Coups52:08: Mindset of Special Operations58:47: Implications for Future Operations

In this episode of CloseUp, Carl Gierstorfer sits down with Syria specialist Charles Lister to discuss the past, present, and future of Syria following the fall of Assad. What's the story behind Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and his links to jihadist groups? And could the Islamic State make a comeback in Syria?

In this episode of CloseUp, Carl Gierstorfer sits down with Syria specialist Charles Lister to discuss the past, present, and future of Syria following the fall of Assad. What's the story behind Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and his links to jihadist groups? And could the Islamic State make a comeback in Syria?

In this episode of CloseUp, Carl Gierstorfer sits down with Syria specialist Charles Lister to discuss the past, present, and future of Syria following the fall of Assad. What's the story behind Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and his links to jihadist groups? And could the Islamic State make a comeback in Syria?

South of the Syrian capital Damascus, Yarmouk refugee camp was the scene of violent clashes between Bashar al-Assad's regime and rebel militias, and later the Islamic State group, during the almost 14-year-long Syrian war. Ahmed and Jihane Tameem were among those who fled the bombs at the end of 2012. Three years later, they left Syria and found refuge in Sweden with their two children. Now, after the fall of Assad, they have returned home to reunite with their loved ones. FRANCE 24's Claire Billet and Olivier Jobard report.

300 Dead As War In MiddleEast Shifts To Syria, Israel Bombs Military Hqhttps://osazuwaakonedo.news/300-dead-as-war-in-middleeast-shifts-to-syria-israel-bombs-military-hq/17/07/2025/#Issues #AsSuwayda #Israel #Sweida #Syria ©July 17th, 2025 ®July 17, 2025 11:08 am Shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the United States, US on Sunday where he had paid an official visit to the US President, Donald Trump, Lawmakers and other US Government officials, the misunderstanding between Bedouin and Druze tribes in the Sweida region of Syria that started last Friday took a new twist, evolving into a deadly conflicts after a Druze man was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by gunmen suspected to be natives of Bedouin tribe, this, Druze residents in Sweida shortly on Friday mobilized, went after the people of Bedouin, arrested and detained alot of natives from the Bedouin tribe, forcing the people of Bedouin to retaliate and the conflicts led to mass killings; unabated and on Tuesday, the Syria interim government soldiers entered Sweida reportedly to restore law and order, but, Israel based media reported that the Syria interim government soldiers mostly members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS assisted and joined the Bedouin militias to kill the people of Druze, and in a swift response, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel in a press statement on Tuesday, said, the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel Minister of Defense, Israel Katz have authorized the Israel Defense Forces, IDF to attack Syria interim regime forces led by Syria interim President, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa who Israel Policy Forum in a publication published in December 2024, stated that the new Syria presents fresh challenges for Israel, stating that the Turkey backed Sunni jihadist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, was an al-Qaida's former Syrian branch, and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Golani) (also known as Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa), who is the current interim President of Syria was a member of an early version of the Islamic State, saying, Jolani's chosen last name also foreshadows conflict over territory; that, his family hails from the Golan Heights, which Israel partly occupied after the 1973 War and annexed in 1981, although President al-Sharaa in nationwide broadcast on Thursday after ceasefire began around 9pm on Wednesday night said that the protection of Druze people is a top priority in his interim government but he's not afraid of Israel that bombed the Syria Military Headquarters and the military base near Syria Presidential Palace in Damascus on Wednesday that led to the death of five persons in addition to more than 300 people killed less than a week the new conflict ensued. #OsazuwaAkonedo

It's Monday, July 14th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Adam McManus American churches are being attacked A trend of American churches being attacked appears to be emerging, reports International Christian Concern. On April 24, a Texas woman, identified as Natasha Marie O'Dell, pleaded guilty to intentionally setting fire to Seattle Laestadian Lutheran Church in Snohomish County, Washington, on August 25, 2023.  The blaze destroyed much of the church, and damage to the property was placed at $3.2 million. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, O'Dell admitted to telling “various acquaintances that she was angry about churches and specifically with [that one].” An Arizona man, identified as Zimnako Salah, was found guilty of a hate crime on April 3, 2025, after he targeted Christian churches with bomb threats. Salah intentionally attempted to intimidate Christians because of their faith, according to a special finding from a federal jury.  After visiting four churches in Arizona, California, and Colorado, Salah left backpacks at two of them to cause fear among congregants. Although there were no bombs in the packs, improvised explosive device components were found in Salah's storage unit. The man had also consumed violent videos of the Islamic State group on social media. In John 15:18, Jesus said, “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated Me first.” FBI closes the case on Jeffrey Epstein The late Jeffrey Epstein was an American financier and child sex offender who assaulted 36 girls, some as young as 14, reported the Miami Herald.  For years, it's been rumored that Epstein did not act alone, but trafficked these girls to his prominent and wealthy male clients. Allegedly, Epstein used such a list to blackmail them. In an unsigned DOJ/FBI memo, which was released Sunday, July 6th, it says, “This systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list.' There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions.” The memo also said, “After a thorough investigation, FBI investigators concluded that Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on August 10, 2019. This conclusion is consistent with previous findings, including the August 19, 2019 autopsy. …  From the time Epstein was locked in his cell at around 10:40 pm on August 9, 2019, until around 6:30 am the next morning, nobody entered any of the tiers in the Special Housing Unit.” Homosexual abortionist gets slap on wrist for leaving "half" of baby inside woman An Illinois abortionist -- who left up to “half” of an aborted baby inside a woman and a coin-sized hole in her uterus  -- will be allowed to resume his practice after paying a $5,000 fine and undergoing extra medical education, reports LifeSiteNews.com. Back in March, LifeSiteNews covered the case of Equity Clinic founder and medical director Dr. Keith Reisinger-Kindle, once the subject of fawning media coverage for promoting so-called abortion “access” and people's “safety.” According to a lawsuit by an unidentified ex-client from Indiana, the abortionist had allegedly violated that commitment to patient safety in dramatic fashion. In April 2023, a pregnant mother went to abortionist Reisinger-Kindle for an abortion at approximately 22 weeks. After she called the next day to complain of cramping, she was told to take a painkiller. However, when she went to the Community Hospital South Emergency Room in Indianapolis,  physicians subsequently found fetal remains in her right pelvis, which had to be surgically removed, as well as a uterine hole roughly the size of a quarter or half-dollar. The woman's lawsuit says, “The patient was found to have half of a deceased pre-born human being, in the right pelvis of the patient, with evidence of severe and intentional trauma. The skull was crushed and no brain was present.” Isaiah 59:7 describes abortionist Keith Reisinger-Kindle and his ilk well. “Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways.” Leftist argues Dems should become “pro-porn” party to win back men And finally, a left-wing writer who is emphatically pro-abortion and pro-homosexual, recently actually argued that the Democrats should style themselves as the “pro-porn” party to win back ground on the “free speech” platform and entice young men away from the Republicans, reports Elizabeth Johnston, the Activist Mommy. In a bizarre commentary for The Nation, that's on par with a satire piece, writer Elie Mystal states that the Democrats should strategically embrace pornography, saying there's “an opportunity here for the Left to pick up the banner of free speech. An opportunity to become the ‘porn party.'” Responding to the Supreme Court's decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, which upheld Texas's requirement for age-verification on porn sites, Mystal cited the tired old cliché of Republican hypocrisy to make the case for embracing porn as a political strategy. In Proverbs 7:10, 21-26, King Solomon warns his son of the seductive ways of an immoral woman. In many ways, his warnings are equally applicable to the lure of pornography.  It says, “Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent. ... With persuasive words she led him astray;  she seduced him with her smooth talk. All at once, he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare,  little knowing it will cost him his life. “Now then, my sons, listen to me;  pay attention to what I say. Do not let your heart turn to her ways  or stray into her paths. Many are the victims she has brought down;  her slain are a mighty throng.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Monday, July 14th, in the year of our Lord 2025. Follow us on X or subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

The Independent Electoral Commission has rejected the Islamic State of Africa's bid to register as a political party. Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo outlined three reasons for the decision: over 200 objections were lodged, citing the party's Sharia-based policies as incompatible with South Africa's secular values; the group failed to provide 300 valid signatures from registered voters and their public notice appeared in a newspaper with limited reach. The Islamic State of Africa has 30 days to appeal. Elvis Presslin discussed this further with KwaZulu-Natal businessman Farhad Hoomer

Prize-winning Iranian American author Dina Nayeri joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss the complicated reality of survival on the ground during Israel's recent bombing of Iran. Nayeri talks about the destruction leveled on Ardestoon, where her father's family lives; her memories of running for bomb shelters during the Iran-Iraq war; and the current situation for her family in Iran. Nayeri explains how desperately Iranians on the ground want the Islamic State overthrown and the complexities involved in who would take charge should the regime topple.  Nayeri considers the gap between the mainstream media narrative of Iran as a devout Muslim nation and recent surveys indicating rising secularism in the country. She reflects on forty-plus years of the Islamic State in power—a small slice of Iran's history, but a phase that has irreparably disrupted both the lives of those who left and those who stayed behind.   To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video versions of our interviews on the Fiction/Non/Fiction Instagram account, the Fiction/Non/Fiction YouTube Channel, and our show website: https://www.fnfpodcast.net/. This podcast is produced by V.V. Ganeshananthan, Whitney Terrell, Hunter Murray, and Janet Reed. Selected Readings: Dina Nayeri Who Gets Believed?: When the Truth Isn't Enough The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You Refuge A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea "Why Is Iran's Secular Shift So Hard to Believe?" New York Magazine  "The True Nature of Iranian Values:  Rethinking a Country The West Thought It Understood" - The Globe and Mail Others Fiction/Non/Fiction Season 6, Episode 27: Manufacturing Lies: Dina Nayeri on How Our Cultural and Bureaucratic Norms Often Betray the Truth Fiction/Non/Fiction, Season 6, Episode 4: Women Resisting Terror in Iran: Porochista Khakpour on the Historic Protests Fiction/Non/Fiction, Season 1, Episode 23: Jasmin Darznik and Dina Nayeri on the 40th Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution “Opinion | Between Bombs and the Regime, Iranians Face a Moral Paralysis,”  The New York Times  The Daily Show - Iran: Weeks away from having nuclear weapons since 1995 "Visualizing 12 Days of the Israel-Iran Conflict" Al-Jazeera “Iran Crackdown Deepens with Speedy Executions and Arrests,” ABC News "Iran's 'Crown Prince' Calls for Supreme Leader to 'Face Justice,'" - USA Today "Mapping the Israel-Iran Conflict," - The New York Times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

British director Gareth Edwards talks to Samira Ahmed about how his love of the films of Steven Spielberg inspired his new film Jurassic Park Rebirth, the latest chapter in the blockbuster dinosaur film franchise. He also talks about the making of his film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which is gaining even more acclaim after the huge success of the hit prequel series Andor.The EU has brought in new anti-terror laws aimed at stopping groups like so-called Islamic State from profiting from the trade of antiquities. But art dealers are worried the new red tape will hit their legitimate trade too. Art world analyst Ivan Macquisten and investigative journalist Riah Pryor discuss the situation. Lena Dunham's latest series Too Much is a Rom-Com, inspired by her own life, moving to London and unexpectedly finding love with an indie musician, Luis Felber. The Oscar-winning film and TV composer Lalo Schifrin died recently. He wrote hundreds of theme tunes and scores including Bullit, Enter The Dragon, THX 1138 and Dirty Harry. Also on TV: Starsky and Hutch, Planet of the Apes. His most famous work came in 1966 with the theme tune for Mission: Impossible. Neil Brand pays tributePresenter Samira Ahmed Producer Harry Graham

Civil organisations in Mozambique say at least 120 children have been kidnapped by insurgents in the north of the country. The Human Rights Watch group warn of a rise in abductions in the country's troubled nothern province of Cabo Delgado. The children are reportedly being used by Al-Shabab, an insurgent group linked to the so-called Islamic State, to transport looted goods, cheap labour and in some cases as child soldiers. We'll hear from someone closely monitoring the kidnappings.Also, are there increased US bombings against targets in Somalia since Donald Trump became president?And we meet Cathy Dreyer, the first female ranger to head up the team at the Kruger National Park in South Africa!Presenter: Audrey Brown Producers: Alfonso Daniels and Nyasha Michelle Technical Producer: Jack Graysmark Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard

Officials say the Islamic State group was behind the deadly attack on the Mar Elias Greek Orthodox Church. Meanwhile, in the NYC mayoral primary, Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani has taken a decisive lead. And, Trump returns to Washington, D.C., following a “highly productive” NATO Summit.

A candlelight vigil to honor the late DFL House Leader Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark is planned for Wednesday night at Minnesota's state Capitol. Organizers are asking attendees not to bring signs of any kind. The Hortmans were the target of a political assassination early Saturday morning at their home in Brooklyn Park. The Capitol building will be closed to the public during the vigil that begins at 8 p.m.Federal authorities have revealed that the man suspected in the shootings had an alleged target list that included leaders of Planned Parenthood.A Twin Cities man who joined the Islamic State terror group a decade ago is out of federal prison after providing extensive help to investigators in other terrorism cases.The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa recently celebrated the completion of a new heating facility.

 Israel Expands Bombing Campaign Across Iran As Middle East Braces For Islamic State To Retaliate! Now The Regime Has Responded To Trump's Warning By Pledging To Continue To Build The Bomb

A London-bound Air India plane with more than 200 on board has crashed in Ahmedabad. The U.S. is pulling personnel out of the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran. Middle Eastern leaders and Western allies warn that Islamic State could exploit the fall of the Assad regime to stage a comeback in Syria and Iraq. An immigration raid at a meat production plant in Omaha fuels fears among undocumented workers. And the Marines will join the National Guard on the streets of Los Angeles within two days, with the authority to detain civilians.  Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter here. Listen to the Reuters Econ World podcast here. Find the Recommended Read here. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Loyd and the legendary photographer Don McCullin have been to Syria to chronicle the destruction of Palmyra by Islamic State and to see what is changing under the new Syrian regime. Manveen sat down with them at Don's house in Somerset to reflect on war, loss, friendship — and a remarkable career. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestoryGuests: Anthony Loyd, Special Correspondent, The Times.Don McCullin, photographer.Host: Manveen Rana.Producers: Kizzy Bray and Edward Drummond.Further reading: Don McCullin, 89, returns to Palmyra: ‘This time will be my last'Clips: Reuters, NY Times.Photo: Anthony Loyd/The Times.Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2017, the US dropped the “mother of all bombs” in a remote village in Afghanistan’s Achin district. Al Jazeera made the journey to see what’s left: homes destroyed, health problems mounting, and no accountability in sight. In this episode: Osama Bin Javaid (@osamabinjavaid), Al Jazeera Correspondent Episode credits: This episode was produced by Sarí el-Khalili, Sonia Bhagat, and Chloe K Li, with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Mariana Navarrete, Remas Alhawari, Kisaa Zehra, Kingwell Ma, Khaled Soltan, and our guest host, Natasha del Toro. It was edited by Noor Wazwaz. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad Al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is the Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on Instagram, X, Facebook, Threads and YouTube

When ISIS was at its height, its ranks included several hundred Americans. They were often young men radicalized online by savvy marketing that promised free housing and the chance to meet a wife. When the Islamic State collapsed, some of them ended up in huge detention camps in Syria, and the U.S. has been trying to bring them home. NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer reports on one American family coping with the aftermath of the child they lost, and the children they found.What happened to the families of the Americans who joined ISIS? Not just the families they left behind in the U.S., but the ones they formed overseas? For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Turkey and the United States are stepping up their cooperation in Syria, strengthening a partnership that has grown despite tensions with Israel. The two countries say they are working more closely on security and stability in the region, reflecting a broader reset in their relationship. The pledge was made during a meeting of the US-Turkey Working Group in Washington, where diplomats committed to “increasing cooperation and coordination on the security and stability of Syria”.Ozgur Unluhisarcikli, who heads the German Marshall Fund office in Ankara, said this signals progress.“I think it shows us that Turkey and the US can get on the same page when it comes to Syria,” he said. “Disagreements in Syria were part of the problem between Turkey and the United States. There are other issues, but this one was one of the core issues.”Unluhisarcikli believes the good chemistry between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Donald Trump is playing a role.“I think it's significant President Erdogan is one of the leaders that President Trump likes working with and trusts. But of course, this is the case until it's not,” he said.Macron urges Syrian leader to protect minorities after deadly clashesIsraeli pushbackThe move comes despite a warning from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who told Trump during his February visit to Washington that Turkey was a security threat in Syria.Both countries have troops in Syria and see each other as rivals.Trump appeared to dismiss Netanyahu's concerns, speaking to the international media from the Oval Office with the Israeli leader at his side.“I told the Prime Minister: Bibi, if you have a problem with Turkey, I really think I can be able to work it out,” Trump said. “I have a really great relationship with Turkey and its leader.”Erdogan, along with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is credited with helping persuade Trump to lift sanctions on Syria. Israeli foreign policy analyst Gallia Lindenstrauss said the decision went against Israel's position.She explained that Israel wanted any easing of sanctions to be linked to concessions by Damascus.“I think the fact the US ambassador to Turkey has been appointed as the envoy to Syria also means the Turkish position will get more attention from the US side,” Lindenstrauss said.“That in itself makes some concern in Israel. Because here Israel has its priorities with regards to Syria, it wants someone pushing Turkey to be more flexible and not, of course, to build bases throughout Syria. That would be a very threatening scenario regarding Israel.”Turkey's rivalry with Iran shifts as US threats create unlikely common groundTurkish airbasesIsraeli warplanes recently destroyed a Syrian airbase that Turkish forces were preparing to take over. Turkey says its growing military presence, including control of airbases, is aimed at helping Syria's new rulers fight insurgent groups like the Islamic State.“For Turkey, Syria's security and stability are of the utmost importance, and Turkey is devoting resources to keep Syria stable because Syria's stability is so important for Turkey's security, and that's what Israel should understand,” Unluhisarcikli said.But Turkish airbases equipped with missile defences would restrict Israel's freedom to operate in Syrian airspace.“Israel has just found an opportunity, an air corridor towards Iran (via Syrian airspace), which it can use without asking for permission from any third party,” Unluhisarcikli said. “If Turkey takes over the bases, then Israel would need to get permission from Turkey, which it doesn't want to, and I think that's understandable.”Azerbaijan has been mediating talks between Israel and Turkey to reduce tensions. The two sides have reportedly set up deconfliction systems, including a hotline.“There has been progress between Israel and Turkey over Syria. There have been at least three announced talks in Azerbaijan which is positive,” Lindenstrauss said.PKK ends 40-year fight but doubts remain about the next stepsIran and the F-35sIran's nuclear programme is another source of friction between Israel and Turkey.Unluhisarcikli said Trump seems to be leaning more towards Erdogan's view than Netanyahu's.“For Turkey, military conflict with Iran is a very bad scenario. I am not entirely sure that's how Trump feels, but for him, any conflict should be just a second choice because conflict is not good for business," Unluhisarcikli said."It seems Israel has made the judgment that it is time for military action, the time for talking is over. There should be military action. Trump disagrees. He thinks he does have a chance of negotiating.”US and Iranian negotiators met in Rome on Friday for the fifth round of talks. Erdogan supports the talks and has also claimed that Trump is open to lifting the US embargo on selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey. That would remove Israel's technical advantage in the air.Trump's increasingly close relationship with Erdogan comes amid reports that he is uneasy about Israel's war in Gaza. But Lindenstrauss warned that Israel is counting on Trump's unpredictability.“We know that Trump has a basic favourable view towards Erdogan. This was already in his first term, and it is continuing now. But we also know that Trump can be tough towards Turkey, and he did implement sanctions against Turkey in his first term," she said."So this good relationship depends on whether Turkey is in line with US interests. But of course, Israel is watching.”However, with Israel's war in Gaza showing little signs of ending, threatening further diplomatic isolation, Erdogan for now appears to have Trump's ear, with the two leaders sharing similar agendas.

It's Wednesday, May 21st, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Jonathan Clark and Adam McManus British national Muslim fighters committed war crimes A recent report from the U.K. parliament found that hundreds of Islamic fighters have returned to England without facing prosecution. British nationals joined the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria between 2014 and 2019. The group targeted religious minorities and committed many war crimes. Since then, over 400 Islamic State fighters have returned to the U.K. However, the country's government has not prosecuted any of them for international crimes. Christians have faced high levels of persecution from Islamic fighters in Iraq and Syria. Both countries are ranked on the Open Doors' World Watch List of nations where it is most dangerous to be a Christian.  Ecclesiastes 8:11-12 says, “Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.” Trump to Putin: “When are we going to end this bloodbath?” U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine on Monday. Trump said Russia and Ukraine would immediately start negotiations toward a ceasefire. He noted that the new Roman Catholic pope, Leo XIV, has offered to host the talks at the Vatican. President Trump warned that the United States would back out of the situation if both sides can't reach an agreement. Listen. TRUMP: “I said, ‘When are we going to end this Vladimir?' I've known him for a long time now. I said, ‘When are we going to end this blood bath?' It's a blood bath. I think it'd be great to have it at the Vatican. There's tremendous bitterness, anger, and I think maybe that could help some of that anger.” Trump dropped $37 million fine against Christian University The Trump administration dropped a $37 million fine against the largest Christian university in America Initially, Biden's Department of Education leveled the fine against Grand Canyon University. Brian Mueller, the president of the university, said, “The facts clearly support our contention that we were wrongly accused of misleading our Doctoral students and we appreciate the recognition that those accusations were without merit.” Ellen Keast, an Education Department spokeswoman, noted, “Unlike the previous administration, we will not persecute and prosecute colleges and universities based on their religious affiliation.” FDA discouraging young, healthy Americans from getting COVID shot On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced new rules for its approval of COVID-19 shots. The FDA said it will require more research before approving yearly COVID-19 boosters for young, healthy Americans.  The shots will still be approved for adults over 65 and for people with health problems that put them at higher risk. FDA officials noted, “The FDA will approve vaccines for high-risk persons and, at the same time, demand robust, gold-standard data on persons at low risk.” Man kills self, injured 4 outside in vitro clinic On Saturday, a car bomb was detonated outside an in vitro fertilization clinic called the American Reproductive Center in Los Angeles.  The blast killed 25-year-old suspect Guy Edward Bartkus and injured four other people. The in vitro fertilization facility was damaged, but the embryos stored inside were saved. Bartkus reportedly left behind a manifesto on a website. In it, he said he wanted to start “a war against pro-lifers” and “begin the process of sterilizing this planet of the disease of life.” Urge 19 Republican Congressmen to DEFUND Planned Parenthood Today, the House Rules Committee will have a hearing and vote on President Trump's “big, beautiful bill” to determine what budget items go to the House floor. If even a single amendment is added, the momentum we've built to stop funding Planned Parenthood and Big Abortion could vanish, reports Liberty Counsel Action. This is the last vote before the bill is placed on the House floor. Two conservative Republicans who voted “present” on Sunday night are also on the Rules Committee. The full House could vote on this bill as early as later today. Remember, there are 220 Republicans and 213 Democrats. Because the GOP majority is so slim, we need every one of them. Three moderate House Republicans are carrying the water for Planned Parenthood and pushing House leaders to continue funding the Murder Giant. Those three pro-abortion Republican Representatives include Mike Lawler (R-NY), Jen Kiggans (R-VA), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA). These members are exerting significant pressure on House leadership to give up defunding Planned Parenthood and Big Abortion. We are on the cusp of victory, and we cannot allow this effort to fail. There are 19 key Republicans in leadership who need to hear from us. I've listed them in our transcript today along with a 3-sentence message you could read when you call today at www.TheWorldview.com.  Do not hesitate to leave a voicemail. Call as many of them as you can as early as you can! Email me at Adam@TheWorldview.com to let me know how many Congressmen you and your family members called. SAMPLE CALL: “I am calling to urge Representative _______ to defund Planned Parenthood. Nearly 60 percent of Americans oppose tax-funded abortion.  If a majority oppose it, then Congress should not fund it. Thank you!”    Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) – (202) 225-2190    Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) – (202) 225-2523    Rep. Vince Fong (R-CA) – (202) 225-2915    Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) – (202) 225-4111    Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA) – (202) 225-5476    Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) – (202) 225-4601    Rep. John James (R-MI) – (202) 225-4961    Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) – (202) 225-4155    Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) – (202) 225-5361    Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) – (202) 225-7896    Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) – (202) 225-3371    Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) – (202) 225-6506    Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) – (202) 225-3826    Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) – (202) 225-4276    Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) – (202) 225-3176    Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) – (202) 225-6831    Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA) – (202) 225-4215    Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) – (202) 225-2542    Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-TX) – (202) 225-2531 Kay Arthur, who showed how to study the Bible, died at 91 And finally, Kay Arthur, the beloved co-founder of Precept Ministries International and a pioneering advocate for inductive Bible study, died yesterday in Chattanooga, Tennessee, according to the Roys Report. She was 91. In an announcement on the Precept website, her ministry said,  Kay “will be remembered for her love for the Lord, His Word, and His people.” A prolific author, Arthur wrote more than 100 books and Bible studies over her lifetime including her bestseller, Lord, Teach Me to Study the Bible in 28 Days.  ARTHUR: “People need to discover truth for themselves because God promises in His word that He has given us everything that pertains, not only to life, but also to godliness, so that we might be fitted for every good work, so that nothing can come our way and throw us. “God is doing a work in their lives because the only text that they are looking at is the Bible, which is alive and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword. It's a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. It is a light unto our path. It's the very Word by which we live. It's the Sword by which we stand against the enemy." She often said, “When you know what God says, what He means, and how to put His truths into practice, you will be equipped for every circumstance of life.” Through Precept's inductive Bible study method—teaching believers to observe, interpret, and apply Scripture—Arthur equipped millions around the world to study the Bible for themselves.  Indeed, the ministry was heard in 150 countries in 70 different languages. Close And that's The Worldview on this Wednesday, May 21st, in the year of our Lord 2025. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

On August 15, 2016, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivered perhaps the most clear-eyed speech ever given by such a political figure about the grave threat posed by, and the necessity of countering, “Radical Islamic Terrorism.” He condemned its animating ideology rooted in “Sharia law,” which he promised to use “ideological warfare” to defeat. Mr. Trump pledged “a new approach, which must be shared by both parties in America, by our allies overseas, and by our friends in the Middle East…to halt the spread of Radical Islam.” That approach is especially needed now, following his trip to Qatar – the nation whose enormous wealth is relentlessly weaponized to spread Radical Islam and the Sharia-supremacism at its core. Ditto his sanctions-ending meeting with a Syrian president who was – until recently – a leader of al Qaeda and the Islamic State. Paging Candidate Trump. This is Frank Gaffney.

In May 2015, when the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria was about to fall to jihadist fighters, a group of men risked their lives to load centuries-old artefacts from the city's museum onto trucks and drive them to safety. Before their advance to Palmyra, members of the group that called itself Islamic State had already been filmed for social media smashing statues that dated back to religious life in the Middle East before the Prophet Muhammad. Khalil Hariri, an archaeology expert who worked at Palmyra's museum, tells Josephine McDermott about his passion for its history and the personal price he has paid for the daring rescue.Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic' and the invention of air fryers, to Public Enemy's Fight The Power, subway art and the political crisis in Georgia. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia; Michael Jordan and his bespoke Nike trainers; Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal; and Görel Hanser, manager of legendary Swedish pop band Abba on the influence they've had on the music industry. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the time an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest of America's occupation of Iraq; the creation of the Hollywood commercial that changed advertising forever; and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP.(Photo: The damaged site of Palmyra in 2016. The graffiti reads ‘We remain'. Credit: Reuters)

Late last year, Syrian opposition forces captured Damascus and put an end to the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian dictator, whose family had ruled the country for more than 50 years, fled to Moscow. Across the country, Syrians celebrated. Assad's fall exposed the brutality of his regime, including gruesome discoveries in government prisons, tens of thousands of disappeared people, and mass displacement. But the group that replaced it also has a record of violence—and a former affiliation with al Qaeda and the Islamic State. Welcome to Counterpoint. Each week, we look at one pressing question facing world leaders—from two opposing points of view. Today, we're tackling the question: Is Syria on a path to realizing the hopes of the revolution? With us to make the case for viewing Syria's new government with skepticism is David Adesnik, the vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Arguing that Syrians are capable of securing a democratic future for themselves is Alia Malek, a journalist, former civil rights lawyer, and the author of The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria. Counterpoint is hosted by Sasha Polakow-Suransky, a deputy editor at Foreign Policy. The show is a production of Foreign Policy, in partnership with the Doha Forum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trevor Aaronson - How a Landlord and a Florida PR Firm Helped Trump Kick Off the Tren de Aragua Gang PanicTrump's “Operation Aurora” swept up only one suspected gang member — but set the stage for a radical expansion of government power.Trevor Aaronson is an American journalist. He is a contributing writer at The Intercept and author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism. He was a 2020 ASU Future Security Fellow at New America and a 2015 TED Fellow.Aaronson is the creator and host of the documentary podcasts American ISIS, which tells the story of Russell Dennison, an American who joined the Islamic State as a fighter in Syria; and Chameleon: High Rollers, which investigates an FBI undercover operation in Las Vegas.In January 2023, Aaronson launched a podcast series called Alphabet Boys about "secret investigations of the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, and other alphabet agencies". The first season, "Trojan Hearse", focuses on the summer 2020 COINTELPRO-like infiltration of antifa / Black Lives Matter protesters and activists in Denver, Colorado, following the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota in May 2020. The second season, "Up in Arms," tells the story of a DEA narcoterrorism sting that targeted a former FBI informant who claimed to work for the CIA.Aaronson has won the Molly National Journalism Prize, the Data Journalism Award, and the John Jay College/Harry Frank Guggenheim Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Award.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Trevor Aaronson - How a Landlord and a Florida PR Firm Helped Trump Kick Off the Tren de Aragua Gang PanicTrump's “Operation Aurora” swept up only one suspected gang member — but set the stage for a radical expansion of government power.Trevor Aaronson is an American journalist. He is a contributing writer at The Intercept and author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism. He was a 2020 ASU Future Security Fellow at New America and a 2015 TED Fellow.Aaronson is the creator and host of the documentary podcasts American ISIS, which tells the story of Russell Dennison, an American who joined the Islamic State as a fighter in Syria; and Chameleon: High Rollers, which investigates an FBI undercover operation in Las Vegas.In January 2023, Aaronson launched a podcast series called Alphabet Boys about "secret investigations of the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, and other alphabet agencies". The first season, "Trojan Hearse", focuses on the summer 2020 COINTELPRO-like infiltration of antifa / Black Lives Matter protesters and activists in Denver, Colorado, following the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota in May 2020. The second season, "Up in Arms," tells the story of a DEA narcoterrorism sting that targeted a former FBI informant who claimed to work for the CIA.Aaronson has won the Molly National Journalism Prize, the Data Journalism Award, and the John Jay College/Harry Frank Guggenheim Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Award.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Bill and Caleb discuss updates from "the Sunni side of the aisle," including Washington's policy pivot on the Haqqani Network, the U.S. military's airstrike strategy in Somalia, the Turkestan Islamic Party's rebranding attempt, the recent death of a key Islamic State leader, and Shabaab's current operations.

  On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, Razib talks to Graeme Wood. Wood is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he usually covers geopolitics and international affairs. His work ranges from a profile of Richard Spencer, the American white nationalist public figure with whom he went to high school with, to the Islamic State. He is the author of The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State. Wood grew up in Dallas, Texas, and graduated from Harvard College. He also studied at the American University in Cairo, Indiana University and Deep Springs College. Today Razib talks to Wood about his piece in The Atlantic, Germany's Anti-Extremist Firewall Is Collapsing. Wood addresses the economic malaise of contemporary Germany, in particular, the former East Germany, and how that is impacting the national cultural climate. More concretely, they consider why the right-wing Alternative For Deutschland (AFD) party is so popular, and its transformation from an anti-EU party to an anti-migrant party. Wood emphasizes that Germany has become a highly polarized society when it comes to ethnicities, with very cosmopolitan cities, but small towns in rural eastern provinces where he recalls feeling like possibly the only non-white face at the local beer hall (his father is a white American while his mother is ethnically Chinese). Razib muses whether German multiculturalism as an ideology has allowed for more, not less racism, while Wood reflects on his multi-decade experience visiting the nation as an outsider.

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:   • The U.S. launched major airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen after the group vowed to resume attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea. We break down the targets hit, the impact of the strikes, and how the Houthis are responding.   • A joint U.S.-Iraq operation took out a senior Islamic State leader responsible for funding and planning global terror operations.   • After seven months, Ukraine's bold push into Russia's Kursk region appears to be over—what this means for the battlefield.   • In today's Back of the Brief, negotiations to secure American hostages in Gaza have stalled as Hamas refuses to release a captive and four bodies unless Israel agrees to its ceasefire terms.   To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President's Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com.   Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief.   YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JVN sits down with journalist and author James Longman to explore one of the most fascinating questions in mental health: can you inherit trauma? Drawing from his deeply personal journey and his new book The Inherited Mind, James unpacks the science behind genetic predisposition, epigenetics, and the interplay between nature and nurture. Together, they explore how trauma shapes our brains, why mental illness remains so stigmatized, and whether healing can be passed down just as much as hardship. James shares his own family's history, the groundbreaking research that's reshaping our understanding of mental illness, and the hopeful innovations that might change how we address treatment in the future. James Longman has been a foreign correspondent for ABC news since 2017. Based in London, his work takes him all over the world -- to date, more than 45 countries and counting. He has covered some of the most important international events of our time. He was in Moscow when Vladimir Putin declared war on Ukraine and spent a month reporting from the Russian capital with the situation deteriorating by the day. He then spent more than 12 weeks in Ukraine and was one of the first reporters to see firsthand the horrors in Bucha. From the fight against the Islamic State group on the Syrian front line, confronting Chechen authorities about abuses against LGBTQ+ people, terror attacks across Europe and further abroad to tagging humpback whales in the Antarctic, Longman has one of the most varied briefs in American network news. His new book, The Inherited Mind, is out now! You can find James Longman on Instagram @jameslongman Follow us on Instagram @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Find books from Getting Curious guests at bookshop.org/shop/curiouswithjvn. Our senior producer is Chris McClure. Our editor & engineer is Nathanael McClure. Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall. Our theme music is “Freak” by QUIÑ; for more, head to TheQuinCat.com. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices