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Syrian State television reports an Israeli attack on a strategic area in southern Syria where Western intelligence sources previously said Iranian-backed militias as Hezbollah are known to be based. Also, according to Israeli news website Ynet, explosions began around 12:40 a.m. near the Golan Heights. Then again at 1:00 a.m. two more explosions were heard. One in the Quneitra area … Read More

Warplanes from four countries faced off today in a chaotic, dangerous, and unprecedented confrontation, above an island off the coast of South Korea. As Moscow and Beijing, in their first ever joint air patrol using long-range aircraft in the Asia-Pacific region, invaded South Korea’s airspace. Both South Korea and Japan scrambled fighters to respond to the Russian and Chinese military … Read More

Wildfires broke out throughout Israel this week during a searing heatwave that caused Israelis to flee as fires damaged homes and forced evacuations. Strong winds had helped the fires to spread quickly, reaching a breakneck speed of four meters per second in some places, or roughly nine miles per hour. The winds also grounded firefighting planes and helicopters. The fires … Read More

California was shaking again today as it was shaken by six earthquakes with a magnitude of 3.5 and greater. A magnitude 4.3 earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay area at 1:11 p.m. Tuesday. Then four minutes later, a magnitude 4.5 quake hit near Ridgecrest, which, earlier this month, was rattled by a pair of massive temblors, including the most powerful shaker (a … Read More

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake reportedly shook the San Francisco area less than two weeks after the two large earthquakes hit Southern California. The quake struck with a depth of 7.46 miles and an epicenter in the East Bay, about 7.5 miles east of Blackhawk and 17 miles southeast of Concord, according to the United States Geological Survey. “I felt it,” … Read More

Thousands of people were evacuated from parts of central Maui after a large fire broke out over parched land which scorched 10,000 acres. The fire fed on large swaths of fields and dry brush Hawaii officials said, and still yet the fire is burning on the island, according to Maui County Mayor Michael Victorino. “This fire is still an active threat … Read More

California residents felt another earthquake this Friday morning, with a 4.9-magnitude quake registering near Ridgecrest according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In what appears to be the latest aftershock, Friday morning’s quake in Ridgecrest comes just days after a 6.4-magnitude quake and 7.1-magnitude quake unfurled on July 4 and 5, respectively. But that wasn’t the only unusual seismic activity that happened on the … Read More

One person died and dozens of others threw themselves into the sea so to escape when a volcano on the Sicilian island of Stromboli violently exploded. Massimo Imbesi, a 35-year-old from Milazzo in Sicily was killed in the eruption and a Brazilian friend who was with him was badly injured, Italian news agency ANSA reported. The volcano is known to be … Read More

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who also serves as the country’s defense minister, has warned Iran that their country is within the range of Israeli air strikes from Israel’s F-35 warplanes and weapon systems. Netanyahu said this as a warning to Iran after a senior Iranian official was quoted by the Iranian Mehr news agency as saying that if the … Read More

Armed Iranian boats tried to seize a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf according to US officials with direct knowledge of the incident. The British Heritage tanker was sailing out of the Persian Gulf and was crossing into the Strait of Hormuz when it was approached by boats from the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The Iranians ordered the tanker to … Read More