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U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-KY, said on Monday he wouldn’t be voting for a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government, saying any debate or perceived fight over funding issues between Republicans and Democrats is “political theater.”

While still bombarding Gaza and fighting Hamas on the ground following that Islamic terror group’s October 7 massacre against Israel, the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] is now “very focused” on combatting the Hezbollah Islamic terror group in Lebanon, Algemeiner reports.

Israeli negotiators believe there is now “close to zero” chance of agreeing a phased hostage-ceasefire agreement with Hamas that would see the return of 101 captives who were kidnapped to Gaza by Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israel, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports. Similarly, having worked to secure a new hostage-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, the US Biden administration is understood to be “sad, upset and frustrated” at the stalling of talks.

The UK-based Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) non-profit advocacy organization has reported that Islamic extremist militants in northern Syria have seized control of 500 acres of farmland belonging to Christian farmers in the town of Ras Al-Ein.

Amid ongoing persecution against Christians in India by Hindu extremists, a pastor and several other believers were assaulted during a Hindu nationalist attack on a church service in Odisha state on Sunday, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

Mario Draghi has warned that the European Union needs a roughly 800 billion euros ($883 billion) annual spending boost combined with rapid decisions and coordinated industrial policies if it wants to keep pace economically with rivals the United States and China.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Tuesday that Hamas no longer exists as a military formation, shortly after Hamas-linked authorities said a massive Israeli strike killed dozens in southern Gaza.

Many in Vietnam were grieving Tuesday after a busy bridge in the north collapsed as it was being hit by Super Typhoon Yagi, which has killed more than 60 people since making landfall on Saturday.

Rescue workers searched for people beneath rubble, but hope was fastly evaporating in areas of Morocco and Algeria where floods from record torrential rains killed more than 20 people, officials said.

Germany’s government announced it would reintroduce tighter passport controls at all of its land borders shortly after Hungary threatened to send buses with “illegal migrants” to Brussels.