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Katie Zacharia, a former Department of Homeland Security spokesperson and Fox News commentator, has been selected as Trump's next White House press secretary, replacing Karoline Leavitt, The New York Times reports.

Katie Zacharia has received an offer for the press secretary role, a White House official has informed Fox.

Planes are being diverted from Panama after the M7.6 earthquake that struck Southern Panama

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake has struck southern Panama. The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center has issued an alert for a potential tsunami threat affecting Panama, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Mexico.

JD Vance says he won’t watch the livestream of the Fort Hood shooter’s execution

UAE prosecutors say the Omani co-pilot behind the September 30 attempted hijacking of flydubai Flight FZ1073 planned to crash the aircraft into a passenger terminal at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport in a suicide attack inspired by 9/11. Investigators say he conducted reconnaissance on two earlier flights to Israel and began developing extremist views while studying in Melbourne in 2017. The suspect claims he acted alone, but authorities are investigating possible accomplices or terrorist links.

Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) also criticized the livestreaming of the execution. He is asking Hegseth to reconsider. https://x.com/FaytuksNetwork/status/2108602693564412362/photo/1

Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA) criticizes the livestreamed executive of Nidal Hasan, saying "live-streaming executions is what jihadists do." https://x.com/FaytuksNetwork/status/2108592599984406934/photo/1

The two men arrested yesterday within the base perimeter of RAF Molesworth have been released on police bail with strict conditions. The two men are both Latvian nationals, resident in the UK. It's a base hosting US forces, home to the Joint Intelligence Operations Center Europe Analytic Center. Motivation is unclear but is unlikely to be linked to the earlier Fairford incident.

Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA) criticizes the livestreamed executive of Nidal Hasan, saying "live-streaming executions is what jihadists do." https://x.com/FaytuksNetwork/status/2108592599984406934/photo/1

Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) BREAKING: The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed

The US has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the US "​will ban transactions with this rogue court, cutting off their resources and crippling its ability to operate," Reuters reports. This comes after the US has criticised the court over the issuing of arrest warrants against Israeli officials including PM Netanyahu under the charges of using starvation as a method of warfare and intentionally directing an attack against the civilian population.

Russia is demanding U.S. sanctions relief in exchange for an energy ceasefire, per U.S. and Ukrainian officials speaking to the Kyiv Independent. It remains unclear which specific sanctions Moscow wants lifted.

Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are meeting with Ukrainian and European leaders today in Miami to pitch new proposals for ending the war. According to reporting from Axios, the plan outlines a targeted ceasefire on energy infrastructure and grain shipments. However, Russia has shown zero interest in this proposal.

House Dems, including Hakeem Jeffries, are reluctant to pursue impeaching President Trump if they take the majority to avoid internal division and looking overzealous. However, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth isn't off the hook, per Semafor. Hegseth has faced bipartisan criticism over the war in Iran and military strikes in the Caribbean.

The IRGC also announced that it had hit and caused a fire on the Vietnamese flagged LPG tanker NV SUNSHINE outside of the Strait of Hormuz. The tanker has continued onto Ras Laffan anchorage in Qatar. https://x.com/FaytuksNetwork/status/2108547529126347145/photo/1

Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) Gambian flagged Bunkering Tanker AROLIA was visibly leaking fuel just outside an anchorage off Fujairah. This comes as the IRGC announced "Any vessels committing violations outside the Strait of Hormuz will also be punished."

Gambian flagged Bunkering Tanker AROLIA was visibly leaking fuel just outside an anchorage off Fujairah. This comes as the IRGC announced "Any vessels committing violations outside the Strait of Hormuz will also be punished."

Indian news outlets CNBC Awaaz and NDTV are now reporting that internet connectivity will be shut down in Central Delhi for 24 hours from 10pm tonight.

Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) In New Delhi, ahead of mass protests tomorrow by Gen Z group Cockroach Janta Party and various civil society, student and farmer organisations the Indian government has imposed heavy restrictions. 57 Delhi Metro stations, some as far as 25km from the protest site, are scheduled to be shut from 9pm today onwards until further notice. Mail and express trains to Delhi from 4am-2pm tomorrow are being cancelled. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has also ordered all social media companies to prioritise government orders to take down content regarding the protests. Deployment of paramilitaries and police have gone ahead as planned as well.

Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir warned that resuming major combat operations against Iran within the next three weeks could lead to the postponement of Israeli elections, as it expects Iran to retaliate with missile strikes against Israel, according to sources cited by Axios.

Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are meeting with Ukrainian and European leaders today in Miami to pitch new proposals for ending the war. According to reporting from Axios, the plan outlines a targeted ceasefire on energy infrastructure and grain shipments. However, Russia has shown zero interest in this proposal.

In Poland police have detained 15 teenagers following online threats to carry out school knife attacks. This comes after two stabbings this week that have left one dead and others injured. PM Tusk and police are urging calm and warning the public not to spread unverified claims.

Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of an “all-out invasion” and says it has no choice but to defend itself, alleging Eritrean forces advanced up to 60 km into the Tigray region, according to Reuters. Eritrea denies the reported incursion, accusing Ethiopia of seeking a pretext for war.

Pillay was chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, created after the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, until November 2025.