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SummaryThe Druze community in southern Syria is facing severe persecution under the ISIS/Taliban regime, prompting Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar to call for international intervention to protect minorities. However, the author criticizes this appeal as ineffective and argues that Israel, as a regional power, must take responsibility for safeguarding the Druze by securing southern Syria to prevent further violence. The piece emphasizes the moral obligation Israel has to act decisively, as failure to do so...

President Trump announced plans to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the infamous former prison near San Francisco, directing various federal agencies to facilitate this initiative. In a post on Truth Social, he emphasized the need to incarcerate dangerous criminals, stating that the reopening would symbolize law and order in America. While the Bureau of Prisons confirmed compliance with presidential orders, questions remain about the feasibility of such a project, given the National Park Service's control over...

Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge reported that a sheriff’s deputy was killed by Rodney Hinton Jr., 38, who allegedly ran him over while managing traffic at a University of Cincinnati graduation ceremony. This incident followed the shooting death of Hinton's 18-year-old son, Ryan, by police during a stolen vehicle investigation just a day earlier. Theetge urged the community to remain calm as investigations proceed, while local law enforcement expressed outrage, with calls for the death...

A cross-party group of MPs has warned that proposed reforms to England's failing social care system will fail without a solid financial justification, following a review by Baroness Louise Casey. The House of Commons health committee highlighted the lack of data on current system costs, urging the government to assess the financial impacts of inaction, including the costs of delayed hospital discharges. The report emphasized the urgent need for meaningful reforms, as the existing system...

President Trump expressed uncertainty about whether all individuals in the U.S. are entitled to due process, as outlined in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, during an interview with NBC's Kristen Welker. His comments arose in the context of the deportation case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvadoran who was mistakenly deported; despite a Supreme Court order for his return, he remains in detention as the Trump administration and Attorney General Pam Bondi dispute the...

British police arrested eight individuals, including seven Iranian nationals, on suspicion of "terrorism offences" amid rising concerns regarding Iranian activities in the UK. Interior Minister Yvette Cooper described these arrests as significant operations, with five men detained in London and other areas for a suspected terrorist plot targeting a specific location, while three others were arrested under the National Security Act in a separate operation. The investigations are ongoing, and Cooper emphasized the necessity of...