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Israel said it shot down a Syrian warplane and killed the pilot as it crossed into the Golan Heights, and Damascus said the jet was fired on as it took part in sorties against Syrian rebels. The incident added new fuel to increasing tensions over the Golan, a strategic plateau between the two old enemies and where Israel has been … Read More

The USGS reports the current eruption at the Kilauea Volcano is Hawaii is unprecedented in scope and size in the past 200 years, per the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory deputy scientist-in-charge Steve Brantley. “What we are observing now is unprecedented in the past 200 years in terms of size and scale” Brantley said. “This is also the largest sequence of collapse events that … Read More

Expanding cracks and fissures at Grand Teton National Park atop the Yellowstone Super Volcano have prompted officials to close certain areas to tourists. Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point are now closed to tourists due to safety hazards and park rangers are initiating a risk assessment, according to a statement from the National Park Service. Although it’s unclear how the cracks appeared, it … Read More

Israel has now passed a basic law declaring itself as the nation-state of the Jewish people. In essence, the law enshrines the Jewish people’s exclusive right to self-determination in Israel, a move that was hailed by supporters as “historic.” This law is one of more than a dozen basic laws that are difficult to overturn and that, together, serve as the country’s Constitution. (By … Read More

Israel’s Defense Ministry has called a major summit of emergency services and local municipalities to review the country’s readiness for dealing with a possible major earthquake wreaking havoc. The Defense Ministry called the major summit to review the country’s readiness for dealing with a possible major earthquake following a series of earthquakes in the north and center of the country over … Read More

The rivers of  Iraq and Syria, above all the Euphrates, are drying up with the Middle East becoming even more arid. Dams built on the river in Turkey and Syria since the 1970s have reduced the flow of water that flows down into Iraq by as much as half and the situation is about to get worse. This summer Turkey started … Read More

Iran has said that if the U.S. pressures countries to stop Iranian oil exports, then they will not allow any oil shipment to pass through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. Since the US pulled out of the nuclear deal with Iran, known officially as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Washington has been pushing allies to cut … Read More

For the second day a swarm of earthquakes have rattled northern Israel in a rare uptick in seismic activity that put renewed focus on Israel’s preparedness for potentially more devastating quakes in the future. Previously 3.0 magnitude quakes had sent tremors cross northern Israel’s Galilee region, and then another 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck four kilometers deep in the northern Sea of … Read More

Several earthquakes, including one measuring at least 4.1 on the Richter scale, jolted the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel on Wednesday morning. The earthquake rattled the Haifa region followed by several smaller tremors, authorities said. The Israeli Geophysical Institute reported an earthquake registering 4.1 on the Richter scale that was centered four kilometers deep in the northern Sea of Galilee. And … Read More

The British Geological Survey received reports saying that an earthquake hit England with it “felt all over Crawley, West Sussex, UK.” The tremor is the third quake to hit the area in three weeks and the seventh in three months, which is unusual. Reports said the earthquake was like two huge explosions with a large impact then with seconds of shaking. … Read More