Ayatollah Killed After Strikes On Iran, Israel Claims

WHO Issues Update On Russian Plague Lab Worker's Death Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The World Health Organization (WHO) on Oct. 10 said it still doesn't know what caused the pneumonia that killed a Russian anti-plague researcher earlier this month, but it noted that no case of plague has been registered. An infectious diseases hospital in the town of Shelekhov, where an employee of the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute died on Oct. 2, in the Irkutsk region, on Oct. 7, 2026. Tatyana Makeyeva/AFP via Getty ImagesMeanwhile, the U.N.-backed health...

Trump Floats Making Venezuela The 51st State First Canada, then Greenland… and now Venezuela? President Donald Trump said Monday he is seriously considering annexing the South American nation as the 51st U.S. state, citing the country’s vast oil reserves and what he described as strong local support for his leadership. In a telephone interview with Fox News anchor John Roberts, Trump mused that he is weighing the move for a nation that holds an estimated $40 trillion in oil resources. NEW: President Trump tells @FoxNews colleague @johnrobertsFox in a phone call just now...

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan Sign Islamic NATO-Style Defense Pact Amid Iran War On Friday Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a major defense agreement as leaders gathered in the city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia. It seeks to strengthen joint deterrence and expanding defense cooperation, the Saudi Press Agency reported. It is essentially a NATO-style agreement for the 'Muslim world' - given that it stipulates and formalizes that an armed attack on any of the countries will be treated as an attack against all of them. Formally called the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement, it "reflects...