The European Union (EU) announced last week that it will indefinitely immobilize $246 billion in frozen Russian assets, a step in eventually deploying the funds to pay for Ukraine’s war effort against Russia.
Category: 16 December 2025
PALANTIR’S TECHNOLOGY WAS USED IN ISRAEL’S PAGER ATTACK ON LEBANON, BOOK SAYS
The Israeli military relied on technology from the American tech company Palantir to carry out its pager attack across Lebanon on 17 September 2025 that resulted in 42 deaths and thousands of injuries, according to a new book on the company’s mysterious CEO Alex Karp.
LEBANON EXPECTS MAJOR ATTACK BY ISRAEL AS TEL AVIV CONTINUES NEAR-DAILY BOMBINGS
Lebanon’s top diplomat told reporters last week that he has been informed by international officials that Israel is preparing a major attack on the country, claiming that Beirut has not done enough to stop the rearmament of Hezbollah.
ISRAEL BANS INTERNATIONAL REPORTS FROM ENTERING GAZA
Israel is still refusing to allow foreign journalists into Gaza to inspect with their own eyes the disaster area left behind after a two-year-long punishment campaign in response to the Hamas attack in October 2023.
ISRAEL CONTINUES TO STEAL WEST BANK LAND: 764 NEW HOUSES TO BE BUILT IN THREE ‘SETTLEMENTS’
Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli finance minister, announced last week that Israel will allow the construction of 764 new houses in three strategically important settlements inside the West Bank, which he said will ensure “continuity of life, security and growth.”




