13 Apr 2025

Over 100 Feared Dead in Sudan Attacks on Refugee Camps and City
Over 100 people are feared to have been killed by the paramilitary RSF in Sudan … The attacks targeted the Zamzam and Abu Shouk refugee camps and the city of al-Fashir in the state of North Darfur. The RSF, together with allied militias, attacked the camps and the city from multiple directions on the ground and with artillery and drones.

Military Mission for Sealing the Southern Border of the United States and Repelling Invasions
Our southern border is under attack from a variety of threats. The complexity of the current situation requires that our military take a more direct role in securing our southern border than in the recent past. Through Executive Order 14167 of January 20, 2025 (Clarifying the Military’s Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States), I assigned the Armed Forces of the United States the military missions of repelling the invasion and sealing the United States southern border from unlawful entry to maintain the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and security of the United States.

A Tale Of Two Sanctuary Cities: Chicago Hits Back At Trump, L.A. Stays Quiet
Trump, who has repeatedly promised to conduct the largest mass deportation of illegal immigrants in U.S. history, on Thursday pledged to put an end to these states’ and localities’ “sanctuary policies.”
“Harboring aliens is a federal crime. Trump’s Justice Department has already asked a federal judge to strike down sanctuary policies in Chicago. California leaders reacted to Trump’s latest shot across the bow with silence.

Israel occupies Rafah – “Implementing Trump’s plan”
Israel claims to have completed the takeover of the so-called Morag corridor in southern Gaza. Rafah is now part of Israel’s “security zone”, claims the country’s Defense Minister Israel Katz. According to him, Israel is working to realize Donald Trump’s criticized Gaza plan.

White House Press Secretary prays before addressing media
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt prayed that God would give her strength and ‘the ability to articulate our words’ before she went into the press briefing room Friday.

IDF uncovers terror tunnel inside Rafah kindergarten
IDF forces operating in Rafah uncovered and destroyed a Hamas tunnel hidden beneath a former kindergarten and near a school, exposing how Hamas embeds its infrastructure in civilian areas.

Trump’s tariff tantrums: US excludes chips, phones, computers from reciprocal tariffs
The Trump administration has granted tariff exclusions for smartphones, computers and other electronics imports supplied largely by China, sparing them from much of President Donald Trump’s steep 125% duties.

Are China Road Traffic Indicators Set To Collapse As Tariff War Cancels Factory Orders
Beijing has remained very quiet this week regarding the economic fallout from President Trump’s deepening trade war. In contrast, U.S. media outlets have reported that U.S. companies have canceled or reduced orders for heavily tariffed goods from China—signaling a pullback in shipments likely to translate into economic pain for Chinese suppliers.

US Judge Declines To Block Immigration Raids At Churches
A federal judge on April 11 declined to prevent Department of Homeland Security agents from conducting immigration raids at churches.

Dershowitz: Central Park Five Will Regret Filing Suit Against Trump
Dershowitz said that the Central Park Five men were not completely innocent and that new scrutiny could expose details they’d rather keep buried. “This is going to be a very hard case for the plaintiffs to win. They were not innocent people. They were doing things in the park that certainly were not commendable, at least some of them were,” Dershowitz said.

House Passes SAVE Act: Requires Proof of Citizenship to Vote in Federal Elections
The House of Representatives passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act on Thursday, which would require documentary proof of US citizenship when registering to vote for federal elections. The final vote was 220-208, with one Democrat absent due to medical issues. Four Democrats voted with all the Republicans in support of the bill.

End of the line for Hong Kong’s Democratic Party
Lau is the former chair of the Democratic Party, once the city’s stalwart opposition force but now seatless and preparing to dissolve as some of its veterans languish in jail. The party and its campaign for freer elections have withered under Beijing’s years-long national security crackdown. After 2019 protests paralysed the financial hub, Beijing moved to further restrict elections and imprison democracy campaigners.

Over one million impacted as laboratory service declares serious data breach
Laboratory Services Cooperative (LSC), a nonprofit that provides centralized laboratory services, including to select Planned Parenthood centers, disclosed a breach exposing the sensitive information of 1.6 million individuals. An investigation revealed that an unauthorized third party gained access to portions of LSC’s network and accessed/removed certain files belonging to LSC.

IDF issues evacuation order for southern Khan Younis after rocket fire at Israel
The Israeli military on Saturday issued an immediate evacuation warning to the residents of the southern neighborhoods of Khan Younis, after three rockets were launched from the area at Israeli territory. “Hamas bears full responsibility for the displacement and suffering of civilians,” the IDF said.
“This is the final moment to remove Hamas and release the hostages

The UN decries ongoing combat in Myanmar as earthquake relief faces big challenges
Human rights experts for the United Nations are expressing urgent concern about ongoing military operations in Myanmar’s civil war, despite ceasefires called by major parties to facilitate relief efforts after the country’s devastating March 28 earthquake.

Severe dust storms hit Delhi, leaving 2 dead and 5 injured, India
At least two people died while five others were injured in Delhi on Friday, April 11, 2025, as severe dust storms hit the region, downing trees and power lines, reducing visibility, creating dangerous travel conditions on roads, and disrupting hundreds of flights.

High winds and sandstorms prompt Beijing to cancel hundreds of flights and close parks
High winds and the threat of sandstorms Saturday prompted Beijing to cancel hundreds of flights and close public parks, as massive gales felled hundreds of trees, crushing cars and damaging older homes across China’s capital.

Minority Report: UK Government Developing ‘Murder Prediction’ Program
The UK government is in the process of developing a system to predict whether people will commit homicide in the future. What could possibly go wrong with that?

Israeli Military Admits Hamas Still Has 75% of Tunnels Intact & 40,000 Fighters
Israeli military sources speaking to the press revealed the lack of progress Tel Aviv has made toward one of its core goals in Gaza: eliminating Hamas. The armed wing of the Palestinian group reportedly retains 75% of its tunnel network, 40,000 fighters and the ability to produce its own weapons.

FDA Fast Tracks “Self-Amplifying mRNA Vaccine Candidate” For Bird Flu
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted fast track designation for a “self-amplifying mRNA vaccine candidate” against bird flu.

“Exercise Polaris” – WHO Conducts Two-Day Pandemic Simulation 
The World Health Organization (WHO) convened more than 15 countries and 20 regional health agencies to conduct a two-day simulation of a “fictional virus spreading across the world.”

Lucy Connolly’s case demonstrates that two-tier injustice is politically motivated “from the top”
West Northamptonshire childminder Lucy Connolly was jailed for 31 months after posting a tweet.  Not only was the charge against her spurious and an attack on free speech, but the sentencing and the subsequent denial of bail have been politically motivated, “from the top,” by Keir Starmer himself. As Nigel Bennett tweeted, “Nothing illustrates the scandal of British two-tier injustice more vividly than this case. The English legal system was once the template for the world; now, it’s a disgrace.”

United Nations Pushes Agenda To Replace Airline Boarding Passes With Facial Recognition Technology
The agenda to enforce biometrics for air travel is gaining steam as the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates global airline policy, wants to enforce digital surveillance on passengers.

Netanyahu slams Canadian PM for appearing to back protester’s Gaza ‘genocide’ claim
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday condemned Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for appearing to support a protester’s claim that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza during its ongoing war against the Hamas terror group.

UN committee agrees to impose taxes on shipping, it’s a leap forward for One World Governance
The UN approved the first global carbon tax yesterday, which would require all ships worldwide to use a less carbon-intensive fuel mix or else pay for excess emissions from 2028. It is the start of the UN raising its own funds through taxes rather than being reliant on contributions from national governments.