McDonald’s Germany is flipping the switch on its billboards for Ramada. During daylight hours, digital ads show empty burger boxes and fry cartons. When the sun sets, the food appears on screen in real time.

The campaign runs throughout the Islamic holy period and is timed to Iftar, the evening meal that breaks the daily fast. The changeover happens at the exact moment the sun dips below the horizon, synced using sunset data and local prayer times.

The head of the World Economic Forum is out. Børge Brende stepped down Thursday as president and CEO of the WEF after US Justice Department files revealed past contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Brende, who has led the Davos-based organization since 2017 and previously served as Norway’s foreign minister, announced his resignation in a

Sweden’s government on Wednesday unveiled legislation that would sharply expand the deportation of non-citizens with criminal records, declaring that offenses carrying more than a fine should, as a rule, result in removal from the country.

Maryland’s leftist state legislators have continued their attacks on ICE this week, attempting to pass even more bills aimed at interfering with law enforcement that violate federal law. The Maryland State Freedom Caucus is fighting back as Annapolis trades public safety for harboring drug syndicates, stalking, obstructing and even doxxing ICE agents.

For the first time in roughly 80 years, Lent and Ramadan overlap. This concurrence has highlighted a disparity in how public schools acknowledge and accommodate religious observance. 

As Ramadan begins, public schools across the country once again issue district-wide emails, adjust schedules, and provide accommodations designed to support Muslim students during a month of fasting and prayer. Meanwhile, Lent — a season of fasting, discipline, and spiritual reflection observed by millions of Catholic students — passes largely unacknowledged by administrations.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has said she is considering legal action against Elon Musk after the tech entrepreneur accused her of being linked to drug cartels. The dispute stems from a 2025 video in which Sheinbaum discussed cartel-related violence, prompting Musk to post that she was “saying what her cartel bosses tell her to say.”

Human Events Daily host Jack Posobiec sat down with special in-studio guest and activist Tommy Robinson, who discussed the UK’s disastrous problem with Muslim rape gangs, often called “grooming gangs” in the media.

Robinson began by breaking down some figures regarding Telford, which lies northwest of Birmingham: “Take away the women and take away the children. There's a thousand Muslim men in that town. The police identified 20 percent. My investigation identified 260, so that's 26 percent. Another inquiry into Telford by a law firm identified over 300. So 20 to 30 percent of the men in that town were raping our children, and a thousand children were raped out of a 1.7 percent Muslim population.

A speech delivered in Ireland’s parliament has unexpectedly gained traction in the Caribbean after viewers in Jamaica said the speaker sounded strikingly familiar.

A clip of Sinn Fein TD Thomas Gould speaking began circulating on Jamaican social media in recent days, with users commenting on similarities between his thick Cork accent and Jamaican speech patterns. One Jamaican X user shared the clip, writing: “If you nuh careful u think a Anju him a cuss. This is an Irish Politician Thomas Gould. The influence the Irish have had on the Jamaican accent is uncanny lol.”

Five more men have been convicted over a revenge attack in Stoke-on-Trent that left a 31-year-old woman with burns to 65 percent of her body and a 13-year-old girl injured. Five other men had previously admitted to offences related to the fire.

The theme of President Trump’s State of the Union address was the strength of America, but it also called for healing from what he described as the wounds left by the Biden administration and Democratic leadership. During the address, Trump recognized Michelle and Sage Blair, whose painful experience underscores the controversy surrounding gender ideology and parental rights. Their story has received little national attention over the past five years, making the president’s acknowledgment especially significant to their family and other families who suffered a similar fate.

A two-year investigation by Australian Broadcasting Corporation has uncovered evidence that young gay and bisexual males in Sydney were allegedly targeted, lured through dating apps, and violently assaulted in incidents dating back to 2023.

Court exhibits and leaked footage reviewed by ABC show victims being attacked on camera. In one recording, a 16-year-old boy is forced into a public toilet, beaten until bloodied, and called slurs including “f***ot” and “kaffir” as he pleads for his life. Another video shows a victim held in a headlock while attackers shout “Islamic State lives” and demand money, threatening to kill him.

“You wanna be gay?” one attacker asks in footage played in Sydney courts before stomping on the victim’s face.

Five teenagers have been convicted of the assaults. Several were found to have attended the Al Madina Dawah Centre in Bankstown, a prayer hall later shut down following the December Bondi Beach massacre. Police evidence presented in court linked members of the group to prominent pro-IS figures, including cleric Wisam Haddad and alleged youth recruiter Wassim Fayad.

The ABC reported that individuals in the assault videos were connected to the same extremist network as Naveed and Sajid Akram, the father and son responsible for the Hanukkah attack at Bondi Beach that left 15 people dead.

According to the investigation, the attackers used apps such as Grindr and Wizz to identify and lure victims. Authorities said the assaults were coordinated and recorded, with footage later circulated in chat groups.

The incidents have prompted renewed scrutiny of extremist radicalization and online recruitment tactics. A parliamentary inquiry has been established in Victoria to examine a rise in hate crimes targeting LGBTQ individuals, including the role of online networks in influencing youth.

Extremism researcher Josh Roose of Deakin University told the ABC, “We are at risk of seeing these attacks that we’ve seen on videos turn deadly.” He added, “It’s only a matter of time before a young man or men are killed.”

President Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union (SOTU) address Tuesday night was not only the longest such speech in history but also perhaps his best ever. It serves as a bookend to his second innaugural speech, where sour Democratic representatives and senators also grimaced and shook their heads.