
12 Shocking Proofs That Disaster Strikes America When It Mistreats Israel
For  the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it  shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.  Obadiah 1:15  
Iran says Obama lacks will to combat terrorism in Iraq
US  President Barack Obama lacks "serious will" to combat terrorism, a top  Iranian official said Friday after an Iraqi appeal for American  airstrikes went unanswered.  
India nuke enrichment plant expansion operational in 2015: IHS
India  is expanding a covert uranium enrichment plant that could potentially  support the development of thermonuclear weapons...raising the stakes in  an arms race with China and Pakistan.  The revelation highlights a lack of nuclear safeguards on India under  new Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while sanctions-bound Iran faces  minute scrutiny in talks with world powers over its own nuclear  programme.  
Iraq crisis: head of Saddam Hussein's tribe denounces ex-Ba'athists
The  head of Saddam Hussein's tribe has denounced ex-Ba'athists for joining  Iraq's jihadist-led uprising, saying the country's late dictator would  not have approved.   ..."The people taking part in this fight are not true to the beliefs of  Saddam or his Ba'ath party, which was a movement with principles and  ideology," he said. "We have nothing to do with al-Qaeda."  
Health experts: Diseases at border becoming 'crisis'
Health  professionals are warning of a “humanitarian crisis” festering in Texas  and Arizona...  Cramped conditions and the spread of difficult-to-treat diseases has  doctors worried in the wake of a massive influx of children coming  across the Mexican-U.S. border...Outbreaks of scabies, lice, dengue  fever, tuberculosis and other diseases...are already being documented  among the children and in some border agents...  
Mysterious Lights In The Sky Spotted Above OC, Camp Pendleton
...KCAL9  Street Team mobilized Wednesday night after receiving several reports  of orange lights appearing various parts of southern Orange County.  Viewer “Marilyn” sent KCAL9 video footage that apparently showed two  round and apparently parallel objects pulsing and hovering near Trabuco  Canyon around 10:15 p.m.  Several viewers reported spotting similar objects over Camp Pendleton.  
Ukraine crisis: Details of Poroshenko's peace plan emerge
Details have emerged of a 14-point peace plan to be unveiled by Ukraine's President Poroshenko later.  The document, which is aimed at ending fighting in eastern Ukraine, appeared in Ukrainian media overnight.  It comes after Mr Poroshenko held his second phone conversation this week with Russia's President Vladimir Putin.  
Support ballooning in Congress for harsher financial sanctions on Hezbollah
Support  is widening in the US Congress for a bipartisan bill to block  Hezbollah’s financing and to limit the group’s access to logistical  support.  ...US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the Hezbollah  International Financing Prevention Act of 2014...The bill has quickly  attained 280 co-sponsors...in the House of Representatives and 36 in the  Senate.  
Israel Air Force strikes Gaza overnight in retaliation for rockets
The  Israel Air Force struck five terror sites in Gaza overnight between  Thursday and Friday for the second time in 24-hours in retaliation for  rockets fired earlier in the evening by Palestinian terrorists in the  Strip.   ...The IDF Spokesperson's Office confirmed direct hits on the Gaza  terror sites.  
75 CDC staff possibly exposed to anthrax, agency says
About  75 Atlanta-based workers for the Centers for Disease Control and  Prevention may have been unintentionally exposed to anthrax, the agency  said Thursday. They are being monitored or provided antibiotics.  
Ukraine rebels speak of heavy losses in battle against government troops
Ukrainian  troops and pro-Russian separatists were locked in fierce fighting in  the east of Ukraine on Thursday and a rebel commander acknowledged big  losses among separatists heavily outgunned by government forces.  
Gun battle flares as Israeli soldiers seek missing teens
Israeli  forces traded gunfire with Palestinians on Thursday, the military said,  in the fiercest street battles in the occupied West Bank since a search  began for three Israeli teenagers missing for a week.  
Iraq crisis: US to send 'military advisers'
President  Barack Obama says the US will send 300 military advisers to Iraq to  help fight Islamist-led insurgents.  Mr Obama said the US was prepared for "targeted and precise military  action, if and when... the situation on the ground requires it", but  added that US troops would not fight in Iraq.  
Iraq: al-Maliki's rivals jockey to replace him
With  the country in turmoil, rivals of Iraq's Shiite prime minister are  mounting a campaign to force him out of office, with some angling for  support from Western backers and regional heavyweights.  
Bulgaria floods: At least 10 killed in port city of Varna
At least 10 people have died and several are missing after torrential rain and heavy floods hit eastern Bulgaria, officials say.  Floodwaters in the Black Sea port city of Varna surged up to 1m (3.2ft).  Many residents had to be rescued as cars were swept away. Hundreds have been left without electricity or food.