5+ min ago (267+ words) It is Ursula von der Leyen's personal flagship project: the surveillance of private chats. All signs suggest that as early as Wednesday, the EU will make a renewed attempt to establish a dedicated spying authority. Wednesday could mark a turning point in the history of the European Union. As MCC Brussels and MEP Martin Sonneborn warned on Monday, a decisive vote on the EU's proposed "chat control" is scheduled for November 26. Both the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers are expected to discuss newly formulated proposals to create an EU agency that would force messaging services like WhatsApp or Signal to scan messages before they are sent and report possible child-pornographic content. They won't say it outright -- but everyone understands the real purpose: political dragnet surveillance. Brussels is mobilizing heaven and earth to suppress opposition voices and dismantle their…...

10+ min ago (534+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 781 A Palestinian terrorist who killed an Israeli security guard at a West Bank industrial park last year was killed by troops in a firefight on Tuesday morning, according to the Israel Defense Forces. On August 18, 2024, the assailant, Sultan al-Ghani, fatally wounded security guard Gidon Peri, 38, at the Bar-On industrial park near Kedumim by attacking him with a hammer, before snatching his handgun and fleeing the scene. The military said Tuesday that IDF troops and Shin Bet officers operated in an area south of Jenin overnight, during which the forces nabbed five suspected accomplices of al-Ghani. Then Tuesday morning, soldiers of the Duvdevan commando unit encircled a building where al-Ghani was holed up and he was killed in an exchange of fire, the IDF said. The military said that during scans in the building afterward, the soldiers…...

11+ min ago (245+ words) MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) " A man who set fire to a Melbourne synagogue while worshippers were inside was motivated by mental illness rather than antisemitism, an Australian magistrate said on Monday. Angelo Loras, 35, had pleaded guilty to arson and recklessly placing people at risk of death on July 4 when he doused the front door of the East Melbourne Synagogue with flammable liquid and ignited it. Around 20 worshippers were inside sharing a Shabbat meal, but no one was injured. Reports of antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents have risen sharply across Australia since the war between Israel and Hamas began... Angelo Loras, 35, had pleaded guilty to arson and recklessly placing people at risk of death on July 4 when he doused the front door of the East Melbourne Synagogue with flammable liquid and ignited it. Around 20 worshippers were inside sharing a Shabbat meal, but no…...

11+ min ago (100+ words) Director General Rafael Grossi said Tuesday that the International Atomic Energy Agency wants to fully reengage with Iran in order to restore inspection activities in the country. Tuesday, 25 November 2025 07:01 AM EST The International Atomic Energy Agency wants to fully reengage with Iran in order to restore inspection activities in the country, Director General Rafael Grossi said Tuesday. His comments in Manila follow a resolution by the U.N. nuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors on Thursday saying Iran must inform it "without delay" of the status of its enriched uranium stock and bombed atomic sites....

12+ min ago (698+ words) Mary's hospital might close. Mary is a mother in rural Alabama who faced a difficult pregnancy and gave birth prematurely to a fragile baby. Her local hospital, the only one with an obstetrics ward in her county, was where her child received lifesaving care. For Mary, that hospital isn't just a building; it's the reason her baby survived. Across Alabama, more than 1.6 million people live in rural counties where hospitals and clinics face financial and staffing pressures that threaten access to essential services. For families like Mary's, rural health reform doesn't succeed when it is announced; it only succeeds when it endures. In earlier columns, I explored transparency, which helps communities see clearly the challenges they face, and accountability, which ensures commitments turn into results. Now comes the test of sustainability: the capacity to make progress last. Together, transparency, accountability,…...

12+ min ago (923+ words) A man whose son died during a 2017 fraternity hazing ritual at Penn State University warned students and parents of the ills of the practice in an interview with Fox News Digital, saying anyone could become a victim." The family of a Texas college freshman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from allegations that fraternity hazing drove him into a mental health crisis that led him to take his own life. Sawyer Updike, an 18-year-old from Pearland, accepted a bid to pledge the Sigma Chi fraternity through the University of Texas at Austin's Alpha Nu Chapter in August 2023, according to FOX 7." Throughout his time as a member of the chapter's pledge class, Updike was allegedly subjected to months of "horrific hazing" that ultimately drove him to suicide, the lawsuit states." "This was just an outstanding young man," Ted Lyon, an…...

12+ min ago (607+ words) President Donald Trump discusses his White House renovation plans and the prospect of Heaven on 'The Ingraham Angle.' Democrats are seeking to put limits on private donations to foot the bill for President Donald Trump's new White House ballroom amid what they say are bribery concerns." Trump announced in October that construction had started on the ballroom " leading to the demolition of the White House's historic East Wing " and would be privately funded at an estimated cost of $300 million. That was up from the $200 million estimate first provided in July when the project was unveiled. But Democrats are concerned the donors " including individuals and other organizations " are footing the bill for the project because they are seeking something in return from the Trump administration, and recently introduced legislation to try to curb it." Although the White House released a list…...

12+ min ago (999+ words) Fox News medical contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier discusses former "Bachelorette" star Katie Thurston promoting breast cancer awareness, how to lower the risk and Amazon"s telehealth model on "Fox & Friends Weekend." Days after Tatiana Schlossberg announced that she has terminal cancer, the spotlight is on the warning signs of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). John F. Kennedy"s granddaughter, 35, shared the details of her diagnosis in an essay published in The New Yorker on Nov. 22. Schlossberg, who is the daughter of Kennedy"s daughter, Caroline Kennedy, and Edwin Schlossberg, learned of her disease in May 2024." She wrote that one doctor predicted she would live for about a year. AML is a type of leukemia that begins in the bone marrow, the soft, inner tissue of certain bones where new blood cells are produced, according to the American Cancer Society. This type of…...

12+ min ago (1670+ words) WHAT HAPPENED: A Sri Lankan national, suspected of involvement in the country's Easter Sunday bombings in 2019, is in the United Kingdom seeking asylum. "WHO WAS INVOLVED: The asylum seeker, Sri Lankan authorities, and the British government. "WHEN & WHERE: The bombings occurred in April 2019 in Sri Lanka, while the asylum case is ongoing in Britain as of November 2025. "IMPACT: The case will return to a first-tier tribunal for a full reassessment of the evidence, with no facts from the previous decision preserved. A Sri Lankan man, granted anonymity for legal reasons, is seeking asylum in Britain after being accused of involvement in the Easter Sunday bombings in his country in 2019, which killed 269 people, including eight British citizens. The coordinated suicide attacks targeted three churches and three luxury hotels in Colombo, leaving hundreds dead and injured. Sri Lankan authorities arrested him in…...

13+ min ago (743+ words) Duffy wants to bring back civility and style ahead of the Thanksgiving rush, when the TSA is expecting to screen nearly 18 million fliers. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy ruffled feathers among the professionally offended last week by noting that "traveling has become more uncivilized." Duffy cited Federal Aviation Administration data indicating a 400% increase of in-flight outbursts, including physical violence since 2019; 13,800 reported unruly passenger incidents since 2021; and a doubling last year of unruly passenger events compared with 2019. 'Did people start kind of acting more like animals because they were treated more like animals?' As part of the Department of Transportation's broader effort to usher in a "Golden Age of Travel for the American people" " which dovetails with an initiative to beautify and restore key transportation infrastructure " Duffy kicked off a campaign on Wednesday aimed at jump-starting "a nationwide conversation around how…...