North Dakota State Representative Liz Conmy Dies in Small Plane Crash Near Minneapolis

On Saturday, April 25, 2026, Liz Conmy, a 67-year-old North Dakota House Representative from Fargo and a member of the Democratic-NPL Party representing the 11th district, died when the single-engine Beechcraft F33A plane she was traveling in crashed and caught fire in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, shortly after taking off from Crystal Airport at around 11:51 a.m.

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that Conmy and the pilot were the only two people aboard and that both died at the scene, with no injuries reported on the ground. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash. The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party publicly confirmed her death. Tributes described her as someone who focused on bipartisan work.

Israeli Occupation Intensifies Child Abductions in Brutal West Bank Campaign, Targeting Defenseless Palestinian Minors

Israeli occupation forces have intensified their campaign across the West Bank, conducting systematic raids and dragging Palestinian minors from their homes into military jeeps without charges or legal representation. These abductions are not isolated incidents but rather a deliberate tactic to terrorize families.

Children as young as twelve are blindfolded, beaten, and interrogated for throwing stones or simply being present during protests. Human rights monitors have documented a sharp rise in detentions in recent months. They note that military courts treat these defenseless minors as security threats, deny parents access, and subject the children to prolonged isolation. The brutality is the point: to break a generation through fear, trauma, and imprisonment and thereby cement control over occupied land.

Moscow Sets April 27 Record With 12 cm (4.7 Inches) of Snow as Baltic Cyclone Triggers Orange Alert

Record-breaking snowfall hit Moscow overnight into Monday, with city authorities confirming snow cover reached 12 centimeters, setting a new April 27 record for the capital. The blast was driven by a deep Baltic cyclone and prompted the Hydrometeorological Center to issue an orange-level weather warning for sleet, wet snow, ice and wind gusts of 23 to 25 meters per second, with heavy accumulations expected on power lines and trees and dangerously slippery roads across the city.

More than 200 snow-laden trees fell, damaging cars and power lines, while traffic was significantly disrupted as more than 50 flights were delayed or canceled and several trains were affected. The orange warning stayed in effect in Moscow until 9 p.m. Monday and in the wider region until 3 a.m. on April 28, with forecasters warning the storm could dump a full month's worth of precipitation in just three days.

Russian Drones Carried Out a Large-scale Attack on Enterprises in the Chernihiv Region: There is Destruction and Injuries

Early on April 27, Russian forces launched 18 drones at Koryukivka, Ukraine, in a 40-minute sustained strike that hit three locations, including two industrial enterprises and a critical energy infrastructure facility. According to the head of the Koryukiv District State Administration, the energy site and several industrial plants were destroyed. Fires burned at the impact zones and nearby residential buildings were damaged.

Two civilians were confirmed injured: a 42-year-old employee of a local enterprise and an 81-year-old man. Their conditions are still being assessed. This attack was not aimed at frontline military positions, but rather at economic and energy infrastructure deep within northern Ukraine.

The Hypocrisy of the Elite When It Comes to CO2 Emissions

The hypocrisy is on full display again. King Charles III arrived in the United States on April 27 for a four-day state visit, timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary celebrations. He is traveling around Washington, New York, and Virginia in a massive convoy of powerful vehicles, most of which do not appear to be electric.

While ordinary people are told to trade their cars for bikes, accept carbon taxes, and give up cheap flights, these restrictions will apply to us but not to them. This same elite makes small gestures like taking private jets to climate conferences to tell everyone how bad things are or pretending to plant a tree in a park with an army of photographers to immortalize the feat. In short, the public is asked to sacrifice, while the elite continue to burn fossil fuels.

Ukraine's Third Drone Wave in 12 Days Wrecks 52% of Rosneft's Tuapse Tank Farm, Shutting Black Sea Export Hub Amid Toxic Smoke

The Tuapse refinery, owned by Rosneft and located on Russia's Black Sea coast, is burning at multiple points after being hit by Ukraine for the third time in twelve days. The latest drone attack occurred overnight on April 28. Earlier attacks on April 16 forced a full shutdown, and on April 20, fires spread across eleven locations. The strike destroyed more than half of the tank farm.

Satellite imagery confirmed that 24 storage tanks (52 percent of the facility) were damaged, and fuel tanks were ablaze across the grounds. This triggered secondary fires at pump stations, rail loading facilities, and the marine terminal. Firefighters have been battling at least three separate clusters of blazes for days. A persistent fire has created a black coating over the town, and toxic smoke is pushing pollutants to three times the legal limit. The 12-million-ton-per-year export hub is still offline.

Ukraine Warns of Crisis with Israel Over Ship Carrying Stolen Grain

Ukraine is warning of a diplomatic crisis if Israel allows the Panormitis to dock in Haifa because Kyiv claims the ship is carrying grain that Russia seized from occupied Ukrainian territory. Despite Ukraine's prior protests and what Ukrainian diplomats describe as Israeli assurances of an appropriate response, Israeli authorities already permitted a similar vessel to unload more than 43,000 tons of wheat in Haifa between April 12 and 14.

Kyiv frames the trade as Israel profiting from stolen goods that fund Russia's war through a shadow fleet. Ukraine is explicitly invoking its goodwill toward Israel to demand that the cargo be turned away. Ukrainian officials say they reserve the right to use all diplomatic and international legal measures if the Panormitis is not blocked. However, the Israeli foreign minister said the ship had already departed, making detention impossible.

Massive demolitions by Israeli forces reported in Adchit al Qusayr and Al-Qantara in southern Lebanon in yet another ceasefire violation

On April 28, 2026, Israeli forces carried out massive demolitions in Adchit al Qusayr and Al-Qantara, the latest step in a deliberate campaign to raze southern Lebanese villages one by one until their residents are forced out. This is not temporary security, it is population clearance designed to prepare the ground for permanent occupation, the same model already entrenched in the West Bank where Palestinian communities are systematically replaced.

That policy of dispossession is a core reason Hezbollah grew in the first place, because every demolished home creates the grievance the militia recruits from. Annexing southern Lebanon will not end the conflict, it will deepen it and hand Hezbollah even greater legitimacy as the only force willing to defend the land.

Massive Fire Breaks Out at Recycled Oil Storage Facility in Dong Anh, Hanoi, Vietnam

On April 25, 2026, a massive fire broke out at a waste oil storage facility in the Dong Anh district of Hanoi, Vietnam. Giant flames shot high into the sky, and thick black smoke blanketed the area. Footage of the incident was widely shared on social media. This incident at the recycled oil depot was not an isolated event; it was one of nine major explosions of energy infrastructure globally in April 2026, ranging from Texas to India to Vietnam.

This points to a suspicious pattern of fires occurring at the same time that the war in Iran continues to put pressure on oil supplies worldwide. Emergency crews faced loud blasts and heavy smoke while working to contain the highly flammable waste oil.

Several Vehicles Were Damaged After Biblical Baseball-Sized Hail Struck Springfield, Missouri, US on April 28, 2026

On Tuesday afternoon, April 28, 2026, two rounds of severe thunderstorms hit Springfield and western Greene County, bringing hail that emergency managers described as brutal, ranging from pea- to baseball-sized. National Weather Service meteorologists at Springfield-Branson National Airport measured hailstones up to four inches in diameter.

The hail pummeled cars from northwest Republic through north Springfield, shattering windshields and damaging roofs and siding. The hail left the airport parking lot littered with dented vehicles, which crews hurriedly covered with tarps. The Missouri State Highway Patrol posted photos of its own Troop D cruisers with broken glass and body damage. Shortly after the first wave, City Utilities reported that more than 10,100 customers were without power, and downed poles and hail-damaged gas meters added to the hazard.

Brussels Finds Its Principles on Russian Grain, Not on Gaza, Settlements, Lebanon or Syria

The European Union's hypocrisy is now on full display. Brussels is finally ready to punish Israel, but not for the daily killing of civilians in Gaza over the past two years, decades of illegal settlement building in the West Bank, preemptive bombing of sovereign states, or ongoing occupation of land in Lebanon and Syria.

Instead, the EU is punishing Israel for the lesser sin of buying grain shipped from Russia. The EU, an institution that never tires of lecturing the world about its so-called values, has looked away from every war crime and territorial theft. Yet, it suddenly finds its moral backbone only when Moscow is involved. The message is clear: Palestinian lives, Lebanese sovereignty, and Syrian territory do not trigger European principles—Russian wheat does.

Ecclesiastes 1:9

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done, is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.

Trump's Second Term Contradicts His Small-Government, Anti-War Promises

Donald Trump ran as the so-called conservative who would cut government spending, avoid war, and make America great again, yet from the start of his second term he has done the opposite. On day one he stood with SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle to announce Stargate, a $500 billion private-sector plan to build massive AI data centers across the US, a project that hands industrial scale favors to his billionaire tech allies and looks less like free enterprise than state-directed capitalism. Instead of restraint, his administration has ordered strikes in seven countries, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Nigeria and Venezuela, and has turned much of the world against him, including NATO allies who refused support for the Iran war and were then threatened with punishment by the Pentagon.

He now talks openly about finishing the Iran fight militarily and pursuing a long-term conflict that no one gains from except China, which continues to buy the bulk of Iranian oil, often settled in yuan, and is framing itself as a more stable partner than the United States. The icing on the cake came when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed to Congress that the Pentagon is requesting a record $1.5 trillion budget.

The Power of Branding

Footage Capturing the Secondary Detonations Following the Hezbollah Drone Strike on the Artillery Position in Shomera

Footage from April 30, 2026, shows a Hezbollah drone striking an IDF artillery position in Shomera, Israel, igniting an armored vehicle and setting off a chain of large secondary explosions consistent with artillery shells detonating. The Israeli military stated that 12 soldiers were injured when a drone launched from Lebanon hit the position, setting an armored vehicle on fire and causing secondary explosions.

They are investigating whether the drone used fiber-optic guidance. Hezbollah-affiliated outlets claimed responsibility, stating that their fighters had targeted the "Shomera" barracks with a swarm of suicide drones. The burning vehicle matches the M548 Alfa, the IDF's designation for the American-built, M113-based tracked cargo and ammunition carrier used to transport shells to forward gun positions.

We Still Remember It

Yet Another Fire on a Major Oil Site in April

Footage from the Perm oil pipeline pumping station in Russia on April 30 shows the Transneft hub engulfed in flames, with smoke billowing over the Urals, 1,500 km from Ukraine. Ukraine's SBU openly claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that its long-range drones hit the strategically important pumping station overnight, triggering a large-scale fire that engulfed nearly all of the oil storage tanks. Meanwhile, Perm's governor admitted only that an unspecified industrial facility was hit.

This is not a mysterious industrial accident; it is wartime economic targeting, part of Kyiv's stated campaign to cut off Moscow's oil revenue funding its invasion, no matter how loudly the Kremlin frames energy sites as civilian. The Perm inferno follows a Ukrainian drone attack that set the Tuapse refinery in the Black Sea ablaze for the third time in under two weeks. It caps an unusual and alarming April in which fires have hit refineries, depots, and pumping stations in rapid succession from Australia to India to Russia and all over the Gulf region.

48-Year-Old French Catholic Nun Attacked at King David's Tomb in Jerusalem; 36-Year-Old Israeli Suspect Arrested for Suspected Racially Motivated Assault

On April 28, 2026, a 48-year-old French Catholic nun who works as a researcher at Jerusalem's École Biblique et Archéologique Française was walking near the Cenacle on Mount Zion, the site revered by Christians and recognized by Jews as King David's Tomb, when she was ambushed from behind. The attacker shoved her with such force that she struck a rock and suffered a significant bruise to her head, then kicked her repeatedly while she was on the ground, leaving her with visible facial bruising and head injuries that required medical treatment.

Israeli police arrested a 36-year-old man the next day, April 29, and said they are questioning him on suspicion of a racially motivated assault, a designation authorities use for sectarian attacks. Catholic media described the suspect as an Israeli settler, and both France's embassy and Israel's Foreign Ministry condemned the beating, while Hebrew University and church monitoring groups said it fits a documented pattern of rising hostility toward Christians in Jerusalem.

Jonathan Greenblatt Calls Himself a Proud Jew and Zionist — A Biblical Check Using Proverbs, Corinthians, Psalms, Romans, and Revelation

Trump's War Is Beginning to Have Serious Consequences for Employment in America

Trump's war is already affecting American paychecks. The only people profiting are wealthy individuals like Trump who have the money and knowledge to speculate on the stock market and earn money as prices rise. After 34 years in operation, Spirit Airlines, one of America's most recognizable low-cost carriers, began an orderly shutdown on May 2, 2026, and is now permanently closed.

All flights have been canceled, and customer service systems have gone offline. The collapse eliminated roughly 17,000 jobs overnight. This was not an isolated failure. Jet fuel prices doubled to around $4.51 per gallon after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran disrupted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. This made Spirit the industry's first casualty linked to the war with Iran. Businesses built on thin margins simply cannot afford to stay affordable when Washington chooses war over stability.