End Times Headline News. January 25 2024
Houthis claim clash with US Navy. Shipping giant abandons Red Sea route. Hamas rejects hostage deal.Greg Abbott accused Biden of being a 'lawless president'. Harari: ‘Human Rights Are Fiction.
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Houthis order American and British nationals out of Yemen
Iran-backed Yemeni rebels demand US, UK citizens leave within a month, following both countries’ airstrikes on Red Sea obstructers
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) — Yemen’s Houthi authorities have ordered United States and British staff of the United Nations and Sanaa-based humanitarian organizations to leave the country within a month, a document and a Houthi official said on Wednesday. The decision follows the US and Britain, with support from other nations, striking military targets of the Iran-aligned group, which has been launching attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea that is says are linked to Israel.
Houthis claim clash with US Navy
The Yemeni group said it had scored a “direct hit” on an American warship
At least one of the missiles fired from Yemen on Wednesday afternoon struck an American warship and forced two US-owned commercial vessels to retreat, a spokesman for the Houthis has said. The US Central Command claimed that all the incoming missiles had been shot down, however. The Shia group that controls the western part of Yemen – including the capital, Sanaa – has been harassing vessels linked to Israel since late October, in support of the Palestinians in Gaza.
Washington pressing China for help curbing Houthi Red Sea attacks — report
Top officials imploring counterparts in Beijing to intercede with Iran in order to restrain Houthis, but seeing no progress, according to Financial Times
The United States has asked China to urge Tehran to rein in the Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea but has seen little sign of help from Beijing, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing US officials. The US has repeatedly raised the matter with top Chinese officials in the past three months, the report said. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and his deputy, Jon Finer, discussed the issue in meetings this month in Washington with Liu Jianchao, head of the International Liaison Department of China’s Communist Party, the newspaper said.
Qatar warns gas exports impacted by Houthi assaults as US-flagged vessels attacked
QatarEnergy says shipments using ‘alternative routes,’ suggesting longer trips around Africa; US naval ships escorting Maersk vessels intercept projectiles off Yemen’s coast
Qatar, one of the world’s top exporters of liquified natural gas, warned Wednesday that its deliveries were affected by ongoing attacks from Yemen’s Houthi rebels on shipping over Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The statement by QatarEnergy came as an explosion struck near two US-flagged ships carrying cargo for the American government Wednesday in a crucial strait near Yemen, though no damage or injuries were reported. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion immediately fell on the Houthis.
Shipping giant abandons Red Sea route amid Houthi crisis
Maersk has suspended operations in the region after militants fired at two of its vessels
The US branch of Danish shipping giant Moller-Maersk has said it will follow its parent company and stop sending merchant vessels through the Suez Canal and Red Sea due to attacks by the Yemen-based Houthis. The Houthis – a Shia Islamist group that controls a large part of Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa – have been striking and hijacking ships crossing the vital waterway in solidarity with Palestinians amid the Israel-Hamas war.
Hamas rejects hostage deal, Gallant blames its leadership abroad - report
Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters on Monday the organization was open to discussing ideas but that no deal was yet in place.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant blamed Hamas’s leadership abroad for thwarting a hostage deal by taking a hardline stance, as KAN News reported that the terror group had rejected the latest Israeli initiative. “I am now hearing the beginning of all kinds of announcements on behalf of all kinds of Hamas officials, who are talking about hostage deals, as a result of their contacts in Egypt and Qatar,” Gallant told soldiers during a visit down south.
Major South African banks provide platform to fund Hamas
The Jerusalem Post research uncovered what appears to be a network of several South African organizations deeply involved in Hamas funding.
Research conducted by The Jerusalem Post staff and several sources uncovered what appears to be a network of several South African organizations and straw man companies deeply involved with funding Hamas activities through the Al-Quds Foundation, an international group sanctioned by the US and outlawed by Israel, using accounts registered in major local South African banks: Standard Bank, Nedbank, and Absa.
China: we have never provided any weapons or equipment to groups in Gaza
China has never provided any weapons or equipment for the conflict in Gaza, a Chinese defence ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. "China has always adopted a prudent and responsible attitude in arms exports," said ministry spokesperson Wu Qian during a monthly press briefing in Beijing.
Wu was asked to comment on reports that Israel Defence Forces had found that Hamas militants used large amounts of Chinese-made weaponry in the Gaza Strip.
US Launches Airstrikes In Somalia For First Time This Year
The US launched airstrikes in Somalia on January 21, US Africa Command announced on Tuesday, marking the first known US bombing of the country in 2024.
AFRICOM said in a press release that the strikes consisted of two separate engagements against al-Shabaab about 20 miles northeast of Kismaayo, a port city in southern Somalia. The command said the strikes were launched at the request of the US-backed Mogadishu-based government.
US to negotiate future of its troops in Iraq – media
Baghdad has pushed for an end to the American-led coalition and condemned recent strikes in the country
The US is set to hold talks on the future of its military presence in Iraq, officials told multiple news outlets, suggesting Washington and Baghdad will discuss a timeline to end the decade-long US deployment. In a message delivered to Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein on Wednesday, the US government said it was willing to negotiate the next phase of the military coalition in Iraq, according to unnamed officials cited by Reuters and CNN.
Attacks Against American Troops in Iraq, Syria Shows US’ Lost ‘Aura of Invincibility’
Last week while speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani reiterated his call for US troops to leave the country. “[T]he end of the US-led coalition mission is a necessity for the security and stability of Iraq,” he said. That call was backed up by Brigadier General Yahya Rasool, the spokesman for Iraq’s Joint Operations Command, on Sunday, a day after several rockets and missiles were fired at the al-Assad Airbase, which houses US troops, injuring some troops.
Top UK General Says Civilians Will Have To Be Conscripted Into a ‘Citizen’s Army’ To Fight Major War Against Russia
The war-mongering in Europe has gone into overdrive, with military chiefs sounding the alarm to ‘imaginary wars’, trying to drum up support for Ukraine and to hypercharge Russophobia as the patience of the citizens in general with this conflict narrative has greatly diminished. Now, the top UK general says they live in a ‘pre-war’ scenario, and insists that only ‘citizen armies’ will be able to defeat the coming Russian avalanche to disrupt the Western societies.
North Korea Carries Out First Test-Fire of 'New-Type Strategic Cruise Missile'
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The North Korean Missile Administration on Wednesday carried out the first test-fire of the still under-development "new-type strategic cruise missile Pulhwasal-3-31", the North's state-run news agency KCNA reported.
The launch of the cruise missile "had no impact on the security of neighboring countries and has nothing to do with the regional situation," the report said.
Iran Executed Its Farthest Ballistic Missile Strike Ever With New Weapon
Iran unleashed its Kheiber Shekan medium range ballistic missile on a target in Syria, demonstrating it can reach Israel.
Iran used its new Kheiber Shekan medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) for the first time Monday when it struck what it claimed was a "terrorist facility" in Syria’s Idlib province. The attack was one of three Iran carried out in three countries over the past two days. Iran also attacked what it claimed was an Israeli Mossad facility in Erbil on Monday and what it claimed were "terrorist" sites in an unprecedented attack in Pakistan on Tuesday. While they all seem to have had their own objectives, they clearly serve as a timely demonstration of Iran's ability to execute precision ballistic missile strikes close to and far beyond its borders.
WWIII Alert! Senior Israeli Official Says Iran ‘Legitimate Target’ For Air Strikes
Israel’s economy and industry minister and the leading candidate to replace Benjamin Netanyahu as leader of the ruling Likud Party, Nir Barkat, told the Telegraph this week Iran has become a “legitimate target” for Israeli missile strikes.
Barkat said to the outlet, “Iran is a legitimate target for Israel. They will not get away with it. The head of the snake is Tehran. My recommendation is to adopt the strategy that President Kennedy used in the Cuban missile crisis. What he basically said then was a missile from Cuba will be answered with a missile to Moscow.”
Why Is The West's Mainstream Media Ignoring Europe's Farmers' Revolt?
Although the global media used all its weapons of opinion to make the “peasant war” that shook Germany seem nonexistent, the world was still treated to dramatic images of the mass farmers’ demonstrations through the new era of social media.
“No fuel, no food, no future” — that is the slogan most often used by German farmers, obviously in English because it was the only way to get mass exposure of their current plight.
Greg Abbott throws down the gauntlet at Biden over the border war: Texas governor says state has right to defend it self from 'lawlessness' after White House demanded agents be allowed back on the banks of the Rio Grande
Governor Greg Abbott accused Biden of being a 'lawless president' and invoked Texas' right to defend itself against an 'invasion' on the southern border.
On Wednesday afternoon, Abbott released an excoriating statement that claimed 'President Biden has violated his oath to faithfully execute immigration laws enacted by Congress'. He added that he would use the 'right of self-defense' to protect Texas from what he termed an 'invasion' of migrants on the southern border.
Coming Soon to a 15-Minute City Near You: China’s Algorithms of Repression
2019 open letter condemning WEF-UN strategic partnership
In a recent article, Dr. Jacob Nordangård highlighted a 2019 letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres from over 400 civil society organisations which condemned the World Economic Forum-United Nations (“WEF-UN”) partnership.
As Dr. Nordangård pointed out, all is not as it seems.
The open letter called for Guterres to terminate the then-recently signed United Nations-World Economic Forum strategic partnership agreement. However, the letter was concerned that the partnership posed a threat to the UN’s reputation.
22% of households who took the shots have a COVID vaccine injury
The CDC's unstated goal is to get 100% of households having a COVID vaccine injury.
Denis Rancourt: My response to Tracy Beth Hoeg’s criticisms of our “17M vaccine deaths” calculation
Tracy believes that her points invalidate our study. They do not.
Deepfake Voice Attacks are Here to Put Detection to the Real-world Test
It’s put up or shut up time for biometric software companies and public researchers claiming they can detect deepfake voices.
Someone sent robocalls as part of disinformation tactic in the United States purporting to be President Joe Biden. It sounded like Biden telling people not to vote in a primary election, but it could have been AI. No one, not even vendors selling deepfake detection software, can agree.
Professional photographers may soon be replaced by Artificial Intelligence
The rapid advance of artificial intelligence technology has raised concerns about eliminating jobs held by humans. Professional photography is now coming into focus as one such potential casualty.
“The rapid advancements in AI and image processing are transforming photography from a skill-based art to one that is increasingly technology-driven. This evolution is making high-quality photography accessible to a broader audience, challenging the traditional notion of professional photography as a skill,” according to a report published Tuesday by Medium.
Major eruption of Merapi volcano covers villages in ash – Other Indonesian volcanoes force evacuations of thousands – Panic is growing
Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted Sunday, spreading searing gas clouds and avalanches of lava down its slopes as other active volcanoes flared up across the country, forcing the evacuation of thousands. On the densely populated island of Java, Merapi unleashed clouds of hot ash and a mixture of rock, and lava that traveled up to 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) down its slopes, said Agus Budi Santoso, the head of Indonesia’s Geological Disaster Technology Research and Development Center.
Experts Confirm Genesis 19, Biblical City Destroyed by Explosion 1,000 Times Larger Than Atomic Bomb
Archaeologists and theologians are working together to analyze recent discoveries and explain what happened to the ancient city of Sodom found in the Bible's Old Testament book of Genesis.
Dr. John Bergsma, a professor of theology at Steubenville, Ohio's Franciscan University, thinks the evidence uncovered at Tall el-Hammam located in the southern Jordan Valley may have been caused by a very large exploding space rock, according to The Daily Star. Tall el-Hammam's sudden disappearance about 3,600 years ago has been a mystery to archaeologists for years. In the city's ruins, there are no signs of an extended military siege or conflict. However, other signs point to a different catastrophic cause, the outlet reported.
Fleeing Canada to Save Their Lives
Should hard-working, taxpaying Canadians who fall ill be forced to flee the country to save their lives? Should others, who languish without treatment for months on end, be forced to consider MAID? Or is it time, as a country, to demand better from our government and senior politicians?
We have encountered Canadians in various doctors' offices for years, perhaps the last 20 years at least, who were here in the U.S. accessing medical care, much of it what we (used to) consider routine treatment, because they simply could not get the same treatment in Canada, at least not in a reasonable period of time. This has been going on for decades; I'm sure it's much worse now.
I do not think that Iran does anything on their own, their surrogates obey them and Iran has become a surrogate for Russia and China. All of their actions are choreographed. This is all a play and we need to know the actors and their roles. Watch their actions and inactions to see who is who and who they serve, along with who stands to profit. None of what is going on is accidental, the sooner we realize that, the better off we will all be.
If you weave the stories posted here, you can get a good picture of who they are and what their roles are. We are all being manipulated on a daily basis.