According to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. officials have “reason to believe” that Chinese researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology caught the novel coronavirus months before it developed into a pandemic. “The United States government has reason to believe that several researchers inside the WIV became sick in autumn 2019, before the first identified case of the outbreak, with … Read More

The 6.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the western coast of Sulawesi island in Indonesia has now killed at least 42 people, destroying houses, flattening a hospital and setting off landslides, disaster officials said. Rescuers were searching for people trapped in the rubble. More than 600 people were reported to have been injured in the quake, which struck inland between the coastal … Read More

The 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island is now reported to have killed at least seven people and injuring hundreds while damaging many buildings, the country’s disaster agency said. As panicking residents are fleeing to safer areas, additional information from the country’s disaster agency now shows 637 other people were injured in Majene. They say thousands are fleeing their homes … Read More

Indonesia has suffered a powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake as the latest in a series of quakes to hit the country. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said the earthquake hit at around 2.28am local time and had a depth of 10km (6.21 miles). As with this tremor, shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the … Read More

The Pentagon has now deployed 20,000 National Guard troops to the US Capitol in preparation for the inauguration. And the troops preparing for more demonstrations in the nation’s capital will be armed and permitted to use lethal force, according to their commanders at headquarters. Which marks an escalation in the way authorities are preparing there for any repeat violence after … Read More

The Israel Defense Forces are drawing up plans for an attack on Iran’s nuclear program according to Israeli news media. They said that IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi has asked for three alternate proposals to derail Tehran’s nuclear program including military strikes. Iran has resumed enriching uranium to 20 percent, well in excess of the threshold set out in … Read More

Its reported that members of law enforcement agencies and the military appear to have participated in last week’s chaos in the Capitol riot in Washington DC. Investigations by law enforcement agencies and news organizations, along with a series of arrests, have exposed a widening issue of domestic divisions among the ranks of the police and military. Even the U.S. Capitol … Read More

The Pentagon has authorized up to 15,000 National Guardsmen from across the country to deploy to the nation’s capital to support law enforcement before and during the inauguration, defense officials announced. About 6,200 Guardsmen have already deployed to D.C. following the riot at the U.S. Capitol. That number will grow to 10,000 by Saturday, and another 5,000 have been authorized, … Read More

An FBI bulletin states they have received information indicating “armed protests” are being planned at all 50 state capitols and the US Capitol in Washington, DC, in the days leading up to the inauguration. The FBI bulletin states: “Armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capitols from 16 January through at least 20 January, and at the US … Read More