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  • News Summary-Intelligence Report 5/1/2025*Newsdump Thursday*Israeli Air Attack In Damascus*US-Iran Talks Postponed Amid US Threats*Netanyahu Puts Military Victory Over Hostage Release*Court Rules Against South Korean Presidential Candidate*

    05/01/2025 8:31:32 PM PDT · by Nextrush · 2 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 5/1/2025 | Nextrush/Self
    A missile fired from Yemen intercepted before it could reach Israel... Russian air defenses confronting a major drone attack... Israeli Air Strike Near The Presidential Palace In Damascus Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz saying the attack is: "a clear message to the Syrian regime..."... White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller says an investigation is underway into racial quotas... The late night vote count in the UK underway...Reform UK Party with major gains... Tonight tensions among the Druze community in both Israel and Syria... Citing 'logistical and technical reasons' the fourth round of talks between...
  • "A clear message to Syria": Israel strikes near presidential palace in Damascus

    05/01/2025 6:54:35 PM PDT · by Nextrush · 9 replies
    israelnationalnews.com ^ | 5/1/2025 | Israel National News
    Prime Minister and Defense Minister announce Israel has struck a target close to the presidential palace in Damascus: "We will not permit any threat to the Druze community." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced early Friday morning that Israel had struck a target close to the presidential palace in Damascus. "This is a clear message to the Syrian regime. We will not permit Syrian troops to move south of Damascus or any threat to the Druze community," they said in a joint statement...
  • 1100-Year-Old Rare Sealed Amphora Discovered on Shipwreck off Türkiye Coast

    04/30/2025 9:51:11 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 32 replies
    Arkeonews ^ | April 27, 2025 | Oguz Buyukyildirim
    Underwater excavations near Kaş, Antalya, on Turkey's southwestern coast, have yielded fascinating insights into ancient Mediterranean seafaring and trade. A team led by Associate Professor Dr. Hakan Öniz from Akdeniz University has been exploring a shipwreck dating back 1,100 years, during the Abbasid rule in the 9th-10th centuries. The discoveries highlight the crucial role of olives for sailors and have unearthed a rare sealed amphora, sparking excitement among archaeologists...The shipwreck, located at a depth of 45-50 meters near Besmi Island, was found to be carrying a cargo of olive oil. According to historical accounts and the typology of amphorae discovered,...
  • Treasure Hunter Claims to Find First Council of Nicaea's Location, Demands $50 Million for Discovery

    04/30/2025 8:15:09 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 25 replies
    Arkeonews ^ | April 26, 2025 | Leman Altuntaş
    In a startling revelation, Mustafa Uysal, a treasure hunter from Bursa, has claimed to have unearthed an underground city in the Orhangazi district, which he asserts is the true location of the First Council of Nicaea, traditionally believed to have taken place in Iznik. Uysal, who has kept his discovery under wraps for years, is now demanding $50 million to disclose the exact location of this purported archaeological site.Uysal, who turned to treasure hunting after his retirement, stated that his excavations led him to a significant find: an underground city featuring a sarcophagus cemetery and intricate symbols adorning its long...
  • Lost WWII Gold Treasure Worth Hundreds of Thousands Discovered in Czech Republic

    04/30/2025 9:43:28 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 47 replies
    Greek Reporter ^ | April 30, 2025 | Abdul Moeed
    A casual hike on the slopes of Zvičina Hill in the Czech Republic led to a remarkable discovery when two hikers stumbled upon a lost gold treasure worth more than $340,000. The find, made in early February but only recently announced, includes 598 gold coins, jewelry, and other artifacts. The entire collection weighs about seven kilograms, with gold coins accounting for nearly 3.7 kilograms. While exploring the landscape near the Polish border, the hikers uncovered a tin container packed with nearly 600 gold coins. The coins were carefully stacked in eleven piles and wrapped in black cloth. Not far from...
  • Australia, New Zealand honour military in Anzac Day memorial services

    04/25/2025 12:22:42 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 13 replies
    Reuters ^ | April 24, 2025
    Thousands gathered across Australia and New Zealand on Friday for Anzac Day, a public holiday commemorating military service members who fought and died during wartime. Anzac Day originally marked the nations' role in an ultimately unsuccessful campaign to capture the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey during World War One, which resulted in 130,000 deaths on both sides of the conflict. In a key episode on April 25, 1915, thousands of troops from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) took part in an ill-fated amphibious invasion by British Empire forces on the area's narrow beaches. "It is now a century...
  • USAID funding cuts have 'massive' impact on Irish NGOs

    04/19/2025 3:20:19 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 46 replies
    RTÉ News ^ | Saturday, 19 Apr 2025 10:13 | Jackie Fox
    USAID funding cuts have had a devastating impact on Irish aid agencies working in developing countries, according to documents seen by RTÉ News. The documents also reveal the cloud of uncertainty that has overshadowed Irish non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the days and weeks following US President Donald Trump’s executive order to freeze and terminate foreign aid funding. […] Hundreds of redundancies have been reported across the Irish aid agency sector and development projects in countries such as Sierra Leone, Somalia and Syria have been significantly affected. GOAL and Concern were the largest recipients of US government funding, with annual income...
  • If NY Times is right and Trump refused Israel's request to attack Iran, he deserves a ton of credit for that.

    04/17/2025 5:45:16 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 33 replies
    Cenk Uygur on X ^ | April 17, 2025 | Cenk Uygur
    Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur If @nytimes is right and Trump refused Israel's request to attack Iran, he deserves a ton of credit for that. Times reporting @TulsiGabbard made the argument against the strike - huge credit for that. @JDVance also spoke against. Not a lot of good news lately, but this is great. 4:24 PM · Apr 17, 2025
  • Regtechtimes 16.4K Followers Aggressive Tariffs Fuel BRICS’ Strategic Push Toward Dollar-Free Trade

    04/11/2025 4:08:31 AM PDT · by RomanSoldier19 · 15 replies
    The BRICS group of nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—has long aimed to challenge Western-controlled financial systems and reduce the world’s reliance on the US dollar. Now, that mission is getting an unexpected push, thanks to new tariff policies introduced by US President Donald Trump. BRICS Bloc Gains Momentum Amid US Trade Setbacks Trump has declared what he calls “Liberation Day,” a move that marks one of the biggest protectionist trade shifts since the 1930s. These new tariffs target both enemies and allies, and are expected to slow trade, increase prices in the US, and put brakes on global...
  • On This Day in 1930, Constantinople Was Renamed Istanbul, Both Greek Words

    03/31/2025 11:55:00 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 16 replies
    The Greek Reporter ^ | Tasos Kokkinidis March 28, 2025 | Tasos Kokkinidis March 28, 2025
    Built as Byzantium around 657 BC and then renamed Constantinople in the 4th century CE after Constantine the Great made the city his capital, the city of Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930. Surprisingly, the capital of the Byzantine Empire was not renamed after the Ottomans captured it in 1453. Variations of “Constantinople” continued to be used by the Turkish-speaking conquerors long after they took control of the city. “It’s a fact that the Ottomans called Istanbul ‘Kostantiniyye,’ among other names, in thousands of their official documents,” said Christoph Herzog, chair of Turkish studies at...
  • Mass. judge demands answers after Tufts student detained by federal agents is rushed to Louisiana [the same liberal Indira Talwani blocked ICE in 2019]

    03/27/2025 10:59:45 AM PDT · by Freeleesy · 27 replies
    Boston25news (and more) ^ | March 27, 2025
    In a statement, a DHS spokesperson said agents detained Ozturk because she “engaged in activities in support of Hamas.” “Rumeysa Ozturk is a Turkish national and Tufts University graduate student who was granted the privilege to be in this country on a visa. DHS and ICE investigations found Ozturk engaged in activities in support of [[Hamas]], a foreign [[terrorism|terrorist]] organization that relishes the killing of Americans,” the statement read. “A visa is a privilege, not a right. Glorifying and supporting terrorists who kill Americans is grounds for visa issuance to be terminated. This is commonsense security.”... However, Ozturk was already...
  • Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her

    03/26/2025 5:19:01 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 28 replies
    AP News ^ | March 26, 2025 | JAKE OFFENHARTZ, KATHY McCORMACK and MICHAEL CASEY
    A Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation, her lawyer said Wednesday. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, had just left her home in Somerville on Tuesday night when she was stopped, lawyer Mahsa Khanbabai said in a petition filed in Boston federal court. Video obtained by The Associated Press appears to show six people, their faces covered, taking away Ozturk’s phone as she yells and is handcuffed. “We’re the police,” members of the group are heard saying in the video. A man is heard asking, “Why are you hiding...
  • GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY: A NATIONAL DAY OF CELEBRATION OF GREEK AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, 2025

    03/25/2025 7:57:33 PM PDT · by Morgana · 7 replies
    White House.gov ^ | March 24, 2025 | The White House
    BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION On March 25, 1821, fueled by the rallying cry, “Freedom or Death,” Greek revolutionaries began a war for independence against the Ottoman Empire. The hard-fought victory established a sovereign Greek state and a national homeland for Greece. On the 204th anniversary of Greek Independence Day, we honor this heroic fight for freedom, and the enduring democratic ideals that continue to inspire the world. America is inextricably tied to both ancient and modern Greece. We are tethered by history and tradition, the struggle for self-governance, emancipation, and rebirth. Our Founding...
  • GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY: A NATIONAL DAY OF CELEBRATION OF GREEK AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, 2025

    03/25/2025 12:05:31 PM PDT · by lightman · 12 replies
    Ths White House ^ | 25 March A.D. 2025 | Donald J. Trump
    On March 25, 1821, fueled by the rallying cry, “Freedom or Death,” Greek revolutionaries began a war for independence against the Ottoman Empire. The hard-fought victory established a sovereign Greek state and a national homeland for Greece. On the 204th anniversary of Greek Independence Day, we honor this heroic fight for freedom, and the enduring democratic ideals that continue to inspire the world. America is inextricably tied to both ancient and modern Greece. We are tethered by history and tradition, the struggle for self-governance, emancipation, and rebirth. Our Founding Fathers drew inspiration from Greek philosophers and statesmen to form the...
  • Are Turkish President Recip Erdoğan's days numbered?

    03/24/2025 3:58:10 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 9 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 23 Mar, 2025 | Andrea Widburg
    The man who took Turkey from a secular nation to an Islamist one may finally have driven his people to take extreme measures against him. Last week, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s Islamist president, arrested a political rival. That sparked several days of protest, and, today, it’s seemingly culminated with protestors invading the presidential palace. The big question is whether this ends with a brutal response or the end of Erdoğan’s reign. Obviously, I have no answer to that question, but I can provide a little, very superficial background to help make some sense of what’s happening in Turkey today. Today’s...
  • Huge UPRISING In Turkey Against Erdogan's Islamists

    03/22/2025 3:15:53 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 48 replies
    Mahyar Tousi TV ^ | 20/3/25 | Mahyar Tousi
    Protests have erupted across Turkey against Erdogan’s oppressive Islamist government. Footage of massive protests, after Erdogan imprisoned his opposition candidate. EU is actually stepping in. Transcript linked below video.
  • Syria: Over 7,000 Christians and Alawites Massacred by New Jihadi Terrorist Regime.

    03/19/2025 4:53:18 PM PDT · by Freeleesy · 30 replies
    European Conservative ^ | Mar 17, 2025 | Uzay Bulut
    Since al-Qaeda-affiliated Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) conquered Damascus with the help of Turkey in December 2024, HTS fighters and Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) militants have committed massacres against religious minorities in the country. Social media posts show Alawite or Christian men, women, and children barbarically shot at close range. And the death toll is increasing. The Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch and all the East, John X, said during a sermon on March 9th: 'The bloody events taking place on the Syrian coast left many dead and wounded. … In many cities, towns, and villages, their...
  • What we know about Istanbul’s mayor and why he was arrested

    03/19/2025 8:41:06 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 7 replies
    AP News ^ | March 19, 2025 | SUZAN FRASER
    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and a popular figure, had basked in the glow of what he often jokingly dubbed his political miracle — the only person to have beaten Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party in not one, but three local elections. On Wednesday, dozens of police officers raided his residence around dawn and detained him for questioning as part of investigations into alleged corruption and terror links. Many see the arrest as part of a broader campaign to undermine the mayor and eliminate a key challenger to Erdogan before the next presidential elections. The...
  • Turkish lira, stock market crash after Istanbul mayor and Erdogan rival arrested

    03/19/2025 9:17:52 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 13 replies
    CNBC via MSN ^ | 03/19/25 | Natasha Turak
    Imamoglu, the popular 53-year-old mayor, was seen as the next opposition party candidate for the Turkish presidency and was expected to be nominated on Sunday. Charges for the arrest, which Imamoglu and his party reject, include terrorism and organized crime. In a statement, Imamoglu's Republican People's Party flatly rejected the charges against the Istanbul mayor, calling the move a coup. The Turkish lira fell to a record low against the dollar and the country's benchmark stock index dropped by as much as 7% following the surprise arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu — a rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip...
  • Türkiye reiterates it does not recognize de facto situation in Crimea

    03/17/2025 7:49:24 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 37 replies
    Yeni Safak ^ | 3/16/2025 | Staff
    On the 11th anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea via an "illegitimate referendum," Türkiye said it does not recognize the "de facto situation in Crimea," expressing its support to Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty. "We reiterate that Türkiye does not recognize the de facto situation in Crimea, which constitutes a violation of international law, and that we support the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. "We will continue to closely monitor developments in Crimea, particularly the situation of the Crimean Tatar Turks, the indigenous people of the peninsula, and we will...