November 13th, 2025

• ​Trump sends letter to Herzog requesting pardon for Netanyahu - The U.S. president called the Israeli prime minister's corruption trial a "political prosecution."
• Israeli president condemns 'serious' attack by settlers on West Bank villages - Isaac Herzog makes rare statement on often-ignored violence as settlers injure Palestinians and attack soldiers
• Israel's president says 'shocking' settler violence against Palestinians must end
• Army chief vows to crack down on settler attacks, even as suspects freed after mass riot
• Rubio says 'there's some concern' West Bank violence could undermine Gaza ceasefire - US secretary of state hails Herzog and IDF for condemning latest spate of settler violence, in rare comments from an American official on unchecked attacks against Palestinians
• Rubio 'optimistic' as US advances new UN resolution to establish foreign force in Gaza
• UAE concerned over influence of Turkish, Qatari 'Hamas-enablers' in Gaza plan
• IDF says it killed several gunmen on Israeli-held side of Gaza's Yellow Line - In separate incidents, military says soldiers spotted armed operatives near them in Rafah and Khan Younis, opened fire; Kushner, IDF both said working on Gaza contingency plans
• Israeli soldiers exchange fire with terrorists who emerged from tunnel in south Gaza - The IDF assessed that the four Gazans they identified are part of the approximately 200 terrorists that remain in the "terror pocket" in Rafah
• US intel revealed Israeli officials discussing use of human shields in Gaza, sources say - Report by Reuters says Israelis discussed soldiers sending Palestinians into tunnels potentially lined with explosives; IDF says practice is prohibited, it is investigating
• Israel grilled at UN over reports claiming 'systematic and widespread torture' of Palestinians
• MKs push to end hospital stays for terror detainees, suggest they be given worse care
• Fetterman says being 'devoted to Israel' is nearly 'incompatible with being a proud Democrat' - "My heart breaks for what the Jewish communities suffered, especially after 10/7."
• Kevin Spacey says he chose Israel over Greece when told to cancel Tel Aviv show - Actor says he doesn't respond well to ultimatums, sees echoes of calls to boycott Israel in the ostracism he faced while combating sexual assault claims
• Taiwan's foreign minister: Closer ties with Israel align with the island's interests
• Moving to shut Army Radio, Katz declares war on an unlikely pillar of independent media - Planned closure of iconic military station marks latest in series of government efforts to reshape Israel's news landscape, raising fears of shrinking press freedom
• 'A vast demand' for posthumous sperm retrieval creates new life - and new questions - Since the start of the war, postmortem sperm retrieval was performed on 250 soldiers and security personnel and on 21 civilians. There's no national policy to decide what happens next
• Draft exemption bill stuck as coalition faces internal dissension, Haredi demands
• Sharaa says Trump backs demand for Israel to withdraw forces from Syrian territory
• Trump Asks Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa How Many Wives He Has: 'With You Guys, I Never Know'
• Iran-backed Houthis accuse CIA and Mossad of running spy ring against them from Saudi Arabia - Yemeni and Saudi news agencies accuse Houthis of running 'fake' security exercise to restore confidence in leadership
• As the dams feeding Tehran run dry, Iran struggles with a dire water crisis
• Iran officials deny reports of 74 bodies discovered at Karaj Dam
• IAEA unable to check Iran's uranium since June war, says inspection 'long overdue' - Islamic Republic has enough near-weapons grade uranium for 10 nuclear bombs, says Rafael Grossi, as Tehran fails to produce mandated report in wake of Israeli and US attacks
• IAEA urges Iran to grant immediate access to nuclear material stocks - IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has warned that the current quantity could be sufficient to produce as many as ten nuclear bombs
• Bolivia Restores Ties with Israel After Defeated Socialists Embraced Iran
• Turkey Seeks to Imprison Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Top Election Rival for 2,000 Years
• Iraqis vote in parliamentary election marked by tight security and political boycott
• Iraq's PM Sudani secures 'major victory' in election, say sources close to him - Leader brought to power in 2022 by pro-Iran coalition said to have won largest bloc for 'Reconstruction and Development' slate, but long negotiations ahead to form government
• Russia Ready to Resume Peace Talks With Ukraine
• South Africa Launches Probe into Citizens Trapped Fighting in Ukraine
• Top Ukrainian ministers submit their resignations as the country is rocked by a corruption scandal
• Ukraine ministers resign in outcry over major graft scandal
• Close Allies to Zelensky Targeted by Corruption Probe as Ukrainian Justice and Energy Ministers Are Ousted, Implicated in $100 Million Kickback Scandal on the Energy Sector
• India, China Battle for Indian Ocean Supremacy
• Strong Evidence That China's Next Carrier Will Be Nuclear Emerges In Shipyard Photo - Nuclear propulsion for China's 'Type 004' aircraft carrier would represent a leap in naval capability and another step toward parity with the U.S.
• Top diplomats from G7 countries meet in Canada as trade tensions rise with Trump
• House Passes Funding Bill to End Longest Shutdown in History
• Trump signs bill ending longest government shutdown in US history - The stopgap funding measure keeps government operating through Jan. 30 while Congress works on longer-term deal
• Shutdown Ending as Political Fallout Begins
• Speaker Johnson accuses Dems of choosing politics over hungry Americans after House votes to reopen government
• USDA says SNAP benefits will be paid to states within 24 hours of government shutdown ending
• Air travel headaches continue as cancellations and delays may stretch on after shutdown ends
• Sean Duffy: Air Travel Normal Again by Thanksgiving
• House Oversight Democrats Release Epstein Emails Mentioning Trump
• Trump: Democrats Deflecting to Epstein Hoax to Distract from Their Shutdown
• Marlow: Left Using Epstein to Drive Wedge on Right; Trump Kicked Him Out of Mar a Lago
• Epstein boasted he briefed Russian diplomat on how to handle Trump in newly released emails
• Biographer urged Epstein to bash Trump for 'political cover' in newly released emails
• Epstein email says Trump 'knew about the girls' as White House calls its release a Democratic smear
• Trump slams House Dems for trying to 'deflect' from gov shutdown by releasing Epstein emails
• Johnson says vote on Epstein files to take place next week after discharge petition - Arizona Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva became the final lawmaker to sign the petition after she was sworn into the lower chamber earlier Wednesday
• CAIR Ohio Director: Mamdani Victory a 'Referendum' on Palestinian Resistance, 'Coup' Against Democrat Establishment
• Joe Rogan Warns Leftist Celebrations of Charlie Kirk's Assassination Brings U.S. Closer to 'Civil War'
• U.S. Attorney investigating alleged grand 'conspiracy' calls unit-wide meeting after two prosecutors resign - Career prosecutors on "pins and needles" after flurry of subpoenas approved
• Former Newsom Chief of Staff Arrested, Charged as Part of 'Political Corruption Investigation'
• 'A classic authoritarian tactic': outrage over Trump's pardons for friends and allies - Ex-prosecutors and legal scholars say US president 'meting out pardons for blatantly corrupt and self-serving ends'
• Self-Professed Socialist Poised to Win Seattle Mayoral Race After Surge of Mail-In Ballots - Unseating Democratic Incumbent
• Trump claims 'obligation' to sue BBC over its controversial edit of his speech - US president says 'you can't allow people to do that,' but doesn't confirm he began proceedings for defamation lawsuit over edited clip in documentary about 2021 Capitol riot
• UK government defends the BBC as critics circle and Trump threatens to sue
• Chinese 'cryptoqueen' who had royal aspirations jailed in UK over $6.6 billion Bitcoin scam
• Billboard Country Chart Topper is Completely AI Generated for the First Time
• Nolte: America's Number-One Country Song, 'Walk My Walk,' Is AI-Generated
• AI-powered scams target kids while parents stay silent - New survey reveals how young children face growing AI threats online while parents lag on conversations
• Michael Caine, Matthew McConaughey Partner with AI Company ElevenLabs To Clone Their Voices
• Aramco CEO says Saudi Arabia's cheap energy will turn kingdom into a global AI data center leader
• Space rescue services needed? 2 'stranded' astronaut incidents are a 'massive wake-up call,' experts say
• 'Cannibal geomagnetic storm' could create even more vibrant northern lights across America - A so-called "cannibal geomagnetic storm" occurs when a CME travels faster than, and catches up to, a previously released CME, creating an overall more intense geomagnetic storm
• Two CMEs impact Earth, sparking G4 - Severe geomagnetic storming and aurora as far south as Mexico
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Meladeia, Cyprus
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Konia, Cyprus
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Tobelo, Indonesia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Basco, Philippines
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 22,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 21,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 20,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 17,000ft
• Planchon Peteroa volcano in Chile erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 12,000ft
• Over 1,000 homes flooded as Tropical Storm Fung-wong brings extreme rainfall to Taiwan
• Record rains in Buenos Aires leave more than 12 million acres of farmland underwater
• Miami ties 112-year-old record low as Florida experiences early-November chill
• Falling iguana advice issued amid record cold in Florida
• Air pollution in Indian capital Delhi closes schools, draws protests and a warning for the sick to escape
• COP30: Swedish King Questions Why Europe Has to Foot the Bill for Climate Change
• Bangladeshi Christians living in heightened fear of extremist violence after bombing attacks
• Italy investigates claims of tourists paying to shoot civilians in Bosnia in 1990s
• Italian Prosecutors Launch Shocking Investigation into 'Sniper Safaris,' Where Westerners Allegedly Paid to Shoot Sarajevo Civilians, Including Children, During Bosnian War
• Tourists 'paid 70k Euros to shoot people in human safari' - Milan prosecutors have launched an investigation into allegations that wealthy tourists paid to shoot civilians during the Sarajevo siege in the 1990s, with higher fees demanded for targeting children
• Passenger finds loaded magazine with mysterious inscription on Atlanta plane; FBI notified
• Kash Patel Announces Deal with China to Stop Production of Fentanyl Precursors - "President Trump has Shut Off the Pipeline that Creates Fentanyl"
• Cartel Killings Soar, Trump Condemns Violence - Mexico Denies the Problem Exists
• Trump admin cracking down on cartel smuggling operations through tunnels at southwest border
• Pentagon's largest warship enters Latin American waters as US tensions with Venezuela rise - USS Gerald R Ford's arrival marks the largest US military presence in the region since the invasion of Panama in 1989
• Venezuela Conducts Military Drills, Mobilizes Militia to Defend Against US Aircraft Carrier
• Venezuela announces 'massive mobilization' of military forces as America's largest warship sails into region
• China moves into Venezuela as Maduro regime gets Beijing lifeline amid US tensions
• France condemns US military buildup in Caribbean as G7 talks open in Canada
• US strikes against boats in Caribbean 'disregard international law', French minister says
• Socialist Colombia Suspends Intelligence Sharing with U.S. over Drug Strikes
• Suffolk County Ordered to Pay $112 Million to Hundreds of Illegal Aliens After Obama Judge Rules They Were 'Unlawfully Detained'
• 'Operation Dirtbag': Over 150 Illegal Migrant Sexual Predators Apprehended in Florida
• Michigan furry 'Elyon Badger' running for US Congress on Democratic ticket: 'I'm deadly serious'
• Singer Tish Hyman Confronts Far-Left California Lawmaker Over Trans Gym Goer in Female Locker Room
• Authorities on the Hunt for Rainbow-Flag Vandal Targeting NYC Churches: 'Anti-Gay Cult'
• Kazakhstan follows Russia in banning 'LGBTQ propaganda'
• Russian-style anti-LGBTQ law advances in Kazakhstan to ban promotion of "non-traditional sexual orientation"
• Susan B Anthony to Spend $80M in Midterms on Pro-Life Candidates, Targets Four Senate Battlegrounds
• Top Catholic Bishop: No Communion for Pro-Abortion Pols
• Spy Agencies Cozied Up to Wuhan Virologist Before Lying About Pandemic