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Footage by a worker, showing the immediate aftermath of this morning’s explosion at the port of Bandar Abbas in Southern Iran.

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A massive cloud of smoke seen rising from the port of Bandar Abbas in Southern Iran, following this morning’s explosion which according to Iranian sources is believed to have been caused by an out-of-control fire coming in contact with a single and/or several chemicals being improperly stored by Iranian Port Authorities. The chemicals which the fire came in contact with are believed to have either been a high-explosive fertilizer like ammonium nitrate and/or a compound used in the production of solid rocket fuel such as sodium perchlorate, both of which are known to come through the port of Bandar Abbas via China.

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Despite claims earlier today by U.S. President Donald J. Trump that he has been in contact with Chinese President Xi Jinping regarding trade negotiations, and that active talks were ongoing between China and the United States; the Chinese Foreign Ministry denies that such talks have taken place, with Spokesman Guo Jiakun adding, “China and the U.S. have not held consultations or negotiations on the issue of tariffs. The United States should not confuse the public.”

What appears to be an unexploded GBU-53/B “StormBreaker” Air-Launched Precision-Guided Glide Bomb has been discovered in the Shabwah Governorate of Central Yemen. F/A-18E “Super Hornets” onboard the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) were seen equipped with the GBU-53/B for strikes against the Houthis back in March.

Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani attended the raising of the Free Syrian Flag today at the United Nations in New York City, with him later stating, “It wasn’t my hand alone that raised the flag; I was aided by 1 million martyrs and 15 million displaced persons and refugees who stood by me, and by the voices of the mothers of the martyrs and missing.”

A wild story today out of Russia and Ukraine, following reports that Michael Gloss, the 21-year-old son of Julianne Gallina Gloss, who currently serves as CIA Deputy Director for Digital Innovation, and Larry Gloss, a Retired U.S. Naval Officer who participated in the 1991 Gulf War, was killed near Bakhmut in Eastern Ukraine back on April 4, 2024 while serving a contract in the Russian Army. Gloss’s family held a private funeral for him in Fairfax, Virginia near Washington, D.C. in December.

Trump: Crimea will remain part of Russia

Trump yesterday: "I have my own deadline."

Trump today: "No deadline, I just want to get it done as fast as possible."

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Multiple sources are reporting significant military movements in both Pakistan and India, with convoys of trucks transporting armored vehicles and artillery pieces toward the Kashmir region.

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Major General Yaroslav Moskalik, the Deputy Head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, was eliminated this morning in the town of Balashikha to the east of Moscow, after a car bomb exploded as he walked past leaving his home. Adding him to the long list of high-ranking Russian military officials who have been assassinated since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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Bible sales increased by 87% between 2019 and 2024.

Sam Richardson, CEO of SPCK (a Christian publishing house), said that these numbers show “we are at the heart of a significant cultural shift regarding matters of faith and religion.”

He added that events like the COVID-19 pandemic and the mental health crisis have led people to “reflect deeply on their spirituality” and to want to “draw their own conclusions by reading Christian books in general, and the Bible in particular.”