articles 16 dec.

 
WORLD  - NATIONAL 1

Polish premier says US vowed military action for 1st time if Russia violates ceasefire
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/polish-premier-says-us-vowed-military-action-for-1st-time-if-russia-violates-ceasefire/3772875

Trump expands US travel ban and restrictions to include another 20 countries
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336687/trump-expands-us-travel-ban-and-restrictions-include-another-20-countries?module=top_story&pgtype=homepage

The end of Pax Americana could lead to the start of World War III 
https://en.topcor.ru/66930-konec-pax-americana-mozhet-privesti-k-nachalu-tretej-mirovoj.html

THIS is what happens when you disarm your citizenry
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/sara-gonzales-unfiltered/this-is-what-happens-when-you-disarm-your-citizenry

Bloody Diamonds: How Your Engagement Ring Helps Fund a Genocide in Gaza 
https://scheerpost.com/2025/12/16/bloody-diamonds-how-your-engagement-ring-helps-fund-a-genocide-in-gaza/

Türkiye's parliament speaker warns global institutions are 'dysfunctional'
https://en.yenisafak.com/turkiye/turkiyes-parliament-speaker-warns-global-institutions-are-dysfunctional-3711953

The Peace Preventers from Europe (may require proxy server to view, e.g. free server here: https://www.croxyproxy.com/ )
https://anti-spiegel.ru/2025/die-friedensverhinderer-aus-europa/



ISRAEL  - US - ME 1

Video. Gaza's displaced struggle with rain and cold in fragile tents | Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/video/2025/12/16/gazas-displaced-struggle-with-heavy-rain-and-cold-weather-in-fragile-tents

Palestinian shot dead by illegal Israeli settler in occupied West Bank
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/palestinian-shot-dead-by-illegal-israeli-settler-in-occupied-west-bank/3773019

1 killed as heavy rains flood Gaza hospital, sweep away thousands of displaced Palestinians' tents in extreme cold
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/1-killed-as-heavy-rains-flood-gaza-hospital-sweep-away-thousands-of-displaced-palestinians-tents-in-extreme-cold/3772278

Qatar, UAE condemn Israel’s approval of 19 illegal settlement outposts in occupied West Bank
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/qatar-uae-condemn-israel-s-approval-of-19-illegal-settlement-outposts-in-occupied-west-bank/3772413

Israel blocks Canadian delegation, including MPs, from entering West Bank
https://ground.news/article/canadian-delegation-of-mps-denied-entry-into-israel_09ec10

The Israeli army is creating a ‘new security reality’ in the northern West Bank to advance colonization 
https://scheerpost.com/2025/12/16/the-israeli-army-is-creating-a-new-security-reality-in-the-northern-west-bank-to-advance-colonization/

The Lobby Is Milking the Bondi Beach Attack To Silence Critics of Israel’s Genocide 
https://scheerpost.com/2025/12/16/the-lobby-is-milking-the-bondi-beach-attack-to-silence-critics-of-israels-genocide/

Chris Hedges: Rebranding Genocide 
https://scheerpost.com/2025/12/16/chris-hedges-rebranding-genocide/

The Zionist Billionaire Circle Hiding in Plain Sight
https://israelpalestinenews.org/the-zionist-billionaire-circle-hiding-in-plain-sight/

Palestinian infant freezes to death in Gaza as Israel keeps blocking aid
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/16/palestinian-infant-freezes-to-death-in-gaza-as-israel-keeps-blocking-aid

Hamas warns of dangerous escalation after Knesset approves bill targeting UNRWA services
https://english.palinfo.com/news/2025/12/16/353833/

IOF uproots hundreds of olive trees west of Ramallah amid surge in settler attacks
https://english.palinfo.com/news/2025/12/16/353830/



UKRAINE  - US WAR ON RUSSIA

Analyst: NATO-like guarantees for Ukraine are worse for Russia than the alliance itself 
https://en.topcor.ru/66983-analitik-garantii-ukraine-analogichnye-nato-dlja-rf-huzhe-samogo-aljansa.html

Ukrainians missed the Varshavyanka in the port of Novorossiysk. 
https://en.topcor.ru/66978-ukraincy-promazali-po-varshavjanke-v-portu-novorossijska.html

SBU Colonel: Russian troops won't stop until they enter Odessa
https://en.topcor.ru/66985-polkovnik-sbu-rossijskie-vojska-ne-ostanovjatsja-poka-ne-zajdut-v-odessu.html

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are receiving British Ultra drones, which can be controlled from anywhere in the world. 
https://en.topwar.ru/275144-sbrosy-na-dalnih-distancijah-vsu-poluchajut-britanskie-bespilotniki-ultra.html

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow refuses to give up land after Trump claims peace deal ‘closer than ever’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-putin-trump-zelensky-peace-deal-latest-news-b2885155.html

EU Parliament backs fast-track procedure for Ukraine reparations loan
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/eu-parliament-backs-fast-track-procedure-for-ukraine-reparations-loan/3773021

Aftermath Of Ukraine’s Underwater Drone Attack On Russian Submarine Seen In Satellite Imagery
Ukraine's submersible drone navigated into a protected harbor and detonated very close to the targeted submarine.
https://www.twz.com/news-features/aftermath-of-ukraines-underwater-drone-attack-on-russian-submarine-seen-in-satellite-imagery

Top British General Warns That UK Families Must Be Ready To Lose Sons and Daughters in a War Against Russia
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/top-british-general-warns-that-uk-families-must/

Zaluzhny warned Ukraine of the risk of civil war
https://www.trud.ru/article/16-12-2025/1767721_zaluzhnyj_predupredil_ukrainu_o_riske_grazhdanskoj_vojny.html

Britain will send £600 million to Ukraine to strengthen its air defenses.
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/8293381?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

The Russian army struck the Ukrainian Armed Forces' drone assembly plants.
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/8293356?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Russian air defense forces shot down 28 drones in four hours.
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/8293072?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp



NATIONAL  2

1,000 US pastors travel to train as 'ambassadors' for Israel 
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-christians-gaza/

Hammer Drops On Clintons: Appear For Epstein Depositions Or Face Contempt Of Congress
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/hammer-drops-clintons-appear-epstein-depositions-or-face-contempt-congress

Maryland to consider slavery reparations after Gov. Wes Moore’s veto is overridden 
https://ground.news/article/maryland-will-consider-slavery-reparations-after-gov-wes-moores-veto-is-overridden

Poll: Younger Republicans Break with GOP Orthodoxy on Israel
https://israelpalestinenews.org/poll-younger-republicans-break-with-gop-orthodoxy-on-israel/

Congress quietly moves US closer to military draft 
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/draft-selective-service/



COVID BIOWEAPONS  - HEALTH

Taking the fentanyl challenge: Whacked-out American junkies now big in Japan 
https://www.theblaze.com/align/japan-american-culture-fenty-lean

What’s being called a Superflu is sweeping US as cases skyrocket in major cities forcing school closures and mask mandates to return
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/12/whats-being-called-a-superflu-is-sweeping-us-as-cases-skyrocket-in-major-cities-forcing-school-closures-and-mask-mandates-to-return/

Five Years Too Late: NIH-Funded Stanford Scientists Finally Admit mRNA COVID Vaccines Can Cause Myocarditis
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/five-years-too-late-nih-funded-stanford-scientists/

Fauci said what in a published paper (CELL)? that COVID gene injection vaccine & similar respiratory vaccines were problematic to begin & likely DO NOT WORK & CANNOT work, NOT as is; What? AMNESTY? I need to take up very heavy drinking to keep up with the absurdity & duplicity of this guy; Fauci is likely the most inept & destructive health official in America's history, he causes DEATH!
https://palexander.substack.com/p/fauci-said-what-in-a-published-paper

Mysterious Surge of Severe COVID-19 Infections in Three Californian Counties in the Sierra Nevada Foothills Sparks Concern - Thailand Medical News
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/mysterious-surge-of-severe-covid-19-infections-in-three-californian-counties-in-the-sierra-nevada-foothills-sparks-concern

Latest Randomized Clinical Trial in China Validates That NAC Helps COVID-19 Patients Recover Faster and Helps in Long COVID - Thailand Medical News
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/latest-randomized-clinical-trial-in-china-validates-that-nac-helps-covid-19-patients-recover-faster-and-helps-in-long-covid

French Study Finds That Ultra-Processed Plant Foods Increases Risk of Heart Disease by 46 Percent! - Thailand Medical News
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/french-study-finds-that-ultra-processed-plant-foods-increases-risk-of-heart-disease-by-46-percent



AI - BIG TECH - INTERNET - MEDIA

Video: Snail-inspired swarm robots cooperate to build structures on demand
https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/snail-inspired-swarm-robots

OpenAI launches GPT-Image 1.5 with faster edits to rival Gemini’s Nano Banana Pro
https://interestingengineering.com/culture/gpt-image-1-5-released-by-openai

Ford scraps EV dreams for gas generator hybrids in major truck plan overhaul
https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/ford-pulls-back-on-ev-push



SPACE - UFOs - SCIENCE - PARANORMAL - HISTORY

20,000-year-old fossils reveal ancient bees found ‘perfect home’ in owl prey bones
https://interestingengineering.com/science/ancient-bees-nested-in-owl-prey-bones

New plant-based plastic decomposes in seawater without forming microplastics
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/cellulose-based-sustainable-plastic-material

Solar storm could cripple Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites, causing orbital chaos
https://interestingengineering.com/space/solar-storm-could-cripple-satellites

Laser light and the quantum nature of gravity: Proposed experiment could measure graviton energy exchange
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-laser-quantum-nature-gravity-graviton.html

Pahon Cave provides a look into 5,000 years of surprisingly stable Stone Age tool use
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-pahon-cave-years-stable-stone.html

Not everyone reads the room the same: Some brains perform a complicated assessment—while others take a shortcut
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-room-brains-complicated-shortcut.html

Video. Thousands of dinosaur footprints discovered on rock faces in northern Italy | Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/video/2025/12/16/thousands-of-dinosaur-footprints-discovered-on-rock-faces-in-northern-italy

3I/ATLAS' Closest Earth Approach: Catch the Rare Chance to See It! When and How to View the Comet
Here are the details to see 3I/ATLAS as it passes closer to Earth on 19 December
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/3i-atlas-closest-earth-approach-catch-rare-chance-see-it-when-how-view-comet-1763530



MILITARY - AVIATION

US Business Jet Avoids Collision with Big Mysterious Plane
https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2025/12/17/us-business-jet-avoids-collision-with-mysterious-plane/

Children among ten killed as plane crashes trying to make emergency landing in football field
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mexico-plane-crash-san-mateo-b2885466.html

U.S Reveals Dark Eagle Hypersonic Weapon Can Reach China, Russia and Iran
https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/US-Reveals-Dark-Eagle-Hypersonic-Weapon-Can-Reach-China-Russia-and-Iran/

The hypersonic Dark Eagle can hit Moscow from London and Tehran from Qatar. 
https://en.topwar.ru/275227-giperzvukovoj-dark-eagle-mozhet-porazit-moskvu-iz-londona-i-tegeran-iz-katara.html

New U.S. Patriot Air Defence System is Finally Getting the Russian S-300’s Vital ‘Backwards Shot’ Capability 
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/new-us-patriot-s300-backwards-shot

China’s Top Five ‘Carrier Killer’ Weapons: Ballistic Missiles Designed to Destroy U.S. Navy Strike Groups
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/china-top-five-carrier-killer-ballistic-missiles

China’s New Y-30 Military Transport Makes First Flight: A Higher Lift Rival to the American C-130 
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/china-new-y30-military-transport-first-flight

Trump approves U.S. Navy Golden Fleet plan as Chinese Navy grows stronger.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2025/trump-approves-u-s-navy-golden-fleet-plan-as-chinese-navy-grows-stronger

Russia Moves to Equip Armored Trains With AI Vision to Counter Ukrainian Drone Attacks.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2025/russia-moves-to-equip-armored-trains-with-ai-vision-to-counter-ukrainian-drone-attacks

US Navy receives 26th Virginia-class submarine USS Idaho from GD Electric Boat.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2025/us-navy-receives-26th-virginia-class-submarine-uss-idaho-from-gd-electric-boat

Germany Prepares 3,000 Eagle V Armored Vehicle Order to Modernize Army Mobility.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2025/germany-prepares-3-000-eagle-v-armored-vehicle-order-to-modernize-army-mobility

China and Pakistan just rehearsed a drone-led war and it could redefine counterterrorism for the entire region
https://www.prototypingchina.com/2025/12/16/china-and-pakistan-just-rehearsed-a-drone-led-war-and-it-could-redefine-counterterrorism-for-the-entire-region/



ENVIRONMENT - WEATHER - FOOD

Potential ‘small stones’ in frozen dessert prompt nationwide recall: FDA
https://ground.news/article/fda-recall-danone-us-recalls-frozen-dessert-pints-the-sun-times-news

Razor blades found shoved into loaves of bread at Walmart in Mississippi
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/12/razor-blades-found-shoved-into-loaves-of-bread-at-walmart-in-mississippi/

Survivors Slam Kristi Noem Over FEMA’s Response to Deadly Disasters
https://scheerpost.com/2025/12/16/survivors-slam-kristi-noem-over-femas-response-to-deadly-disasters/



ECONOMY

Sweden unveils Europe’s first car park constructed using recycled turbine blades
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/wind-turbine-blades-car-park

Federal government slashed 172,000 jobs in 3 months, Private Sector gained 225,000, the most since May.
https://wolfstreet.com/2025/12/16/the-fed-should-look-at-private-sector-jobs-growth-and-not-get-distracted-by-the-massive-federal-government-job-cuts/

Trump Reduces Federal Workforce to Lowest Level in a Decade 
https://www.conservativenewsdaily.net/breaking-news/trump-reduces-federal-workforce-to-lowest-level-in-a-decade/

The European Great Hunt for Money 22% Tax if you Pay With Cash? 
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/taxes/the-european-great-hunt-for-money-22-tax-if-you-pay-with-cash/

Why Thailand wants to join the BRICS quickly  (may require proxy server to view, e.g. free server here: https://www.croxyproxy.com/ )
https://anti-spiegel.ru/2025/warum-thailand-einen-schnellen-beitritt-zu-den-brics-will/



EU - UK - CANADA

More South Korean K9 Artillery to Face Russia in Europe as Sweden Plans New Procurements 
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/more-skorean-k9-artillery-face-russia-sweden

Stop The Hate UK: The Shadowy Israel-Aligned Group Targeting MintPress staff & anti-genocide organizers
https://israelpalestinenews.org/stop-the-hate-uk-the-shadowy-israel-aligned-group-targeting-mintpress-staff-anti-genocide-organizers/



MEXICO - LATIN AMERICA - CARIBBEAN

If they are not human, we do not have to follow the law
New book points out that the narco boat 'second strike' story is a familiar one. The US has always determined who is morally disqualified from the rules.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/narco-boats-military/?mc_cid=b3caaa23b9

USS Gerald Ford and Strike Group Repositions to Within Rapid Strike Range of Venezuela 
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/gerald-ford-group-repositions-strike-venezuela

Trump calls for ‘total and complete blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers from Venezuela in escalation of tensions
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-venezuela-oil-truth-social-post-b2885914.html

Millions facing acute food insecurity in Afghanistan as winter looms, UN warns
https://www.euronews.com/2025/12/16/millions-facing-acute-food-insecurity-in-afghanistan-as-winter-looms-un-warns

Pentagon chief says won't release 'full' footage of Venezuela boat strike
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/pentagon-chief-says-wont-release-full-footage-of-venezuela-boat-strike/3773086

The US labels another Latin American cartel a terrorist group as the anti-drug war escalates 
https://ground.news/article/clan-del-golfo-us-designates-colombia-cocaine-gang-a-terrorist-group

US military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people 
https://ground.news/article/us-military-says-strikes-on-3-boats-in-the-eastern-pacific-ocean-kill-8-people_b89629

More KC-135 Tankers Deploy To The Caribbean
https://www.twz.com/air/more-kc-135-tankers-deploy-to-the-caribbean

House To Vote This Week on Bill To Block Trump From Launching a War With Venezuela 
https://scheerpost.com/2025/12/16/house-to-vote-this-week-on-bill-to-block-trump-from-launching-a-war-with-venezuela-2/

Over 100 U.S. Military Aircraft in the Caribbean (VIDEO). Trump announced Blockade of All Venezuelan Oil Tankers. Is ready to a Devastating War for Florida too?
https://gospanews.net/en/2025/12/16/video-over-100-u-s-military-aircraft-have-arrived-in-the-caribbean-trump-really-ready-on-a-devastating-war-for-florida-too/

Trump recognized the Venezuelan authorities as a foreign terrorist organization
https://www.m24.ru/news/politika/17122025/856655

Trump: Venezuela's grouping will grow until the United States regains oil
https://www.vesti.ru/article/4832289



AFRICA - HAITI - DR   

Trapped, starving and afraid in besieged Sudan city
https://www.newarab.com/news/trapped-starving-and-afraid-besieged-sudan-city

Suicide bomber kills five soldiers in northeast Nigeria
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/239896/Suicide-bomber-kills-five-soldiers-in-northeast-Nigeria

Congo: Shipwreck on the Kwango River Leaves 38 Dead
https://www.telesurenglish.net/congo-shipwreck-on-the-kwango-river-leaves-38-dead/