November 8th, 2025

• Report: Israel, Saudi Arabia moving toward direct talks - Any normalization is expected to begin with economic and trade agreements rather than full diplomatic ties
• Transportation minister: My office is advancing de facto annexation of West Bank
• Herzog at funeral: 'All nations must stand with humanity, bring all hostages home' - President Herzog delivers eulogy at the funeral of Israeli-American soldier Captain Omer Neutra
• Red Cross heading to handover site in southern Gaza to collect purported remains of slain hostage
• Freed hostage says captors joyfully tortured, whipped him repeatedly during captivity
• Despite Israel’s bid to shut it, UNRWA resumes teaching in Gaza as kids hit books amid rubble
• 'Spiritually Israeli' - Viral slang term spurs debate over antisemitic stereotypes
• Scarlett Johansson Calls Out ‘People Making Antisemitic Comments’: I’m ‘Concerned They’re Going to Be Physically Violent’
• FIFA fines Italy, Norway soccer federations for incidents involving anti-Israel fan - Both federations face charges relating to disturbance of national anthems, spectators invading field of play and ‘order and security’ at games, FIFA says
• Israel gymnastics team says its security cleared athletes to enter Indonesia despite being banned for 'safety' - Indonesia cited security concerns for blocking Israel gymnasts from entering the country
• Protesters fire flares, cause chaos at Israel Philharmonic concert in Paris; 4 arrested
• 11 Arrested at Protests Against Israeli Football Team Being Allowed to Play in England
• Arab bus drivers face unfettered violence in Jerusalem, with 12 attacks in a week
• Settlers filmed felling Palestinian olive trees amid string of West Bank attacks
• Ex-IDF legal chief sent to house arrest, as her missing phone is apparently found in the sea
• Turkey issues arrest warrants against members of Israeli senior leadership
• Turkish court issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu over Gaza genocide
• Mexico thwarted Iranian plot to assassinate Israeli envoy, officials say
• Iran planned to kill Israeli envoy to Mexico this year - "This is just the latest in a long history of Iran’s global lethal targeting of diplomats, journalists, dissidents and anyone who disagrees with them," a U.S. official said
• Pezeshkian: Iran seeks peace, but won’t give up its nuclear and missile programs
• Israel launches large-scale wave of airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon - ‘You don’t want peace’: Lebanese president blasts Israeli ‘crimes’
• US sanctions Hezbollah operatives exploiting Lebanon's financial network - "Lebanon has an opportunity to be free, prosperous, and secure, but that can only happen if Hezbollah is fully disarmed and cut off from Iran’s funding and control."
• Nearly 100 people abducted or disappeared in Syria since January, says UN - The latest number is in addition to the more than 100,000 people who went missing under the ousted President Bashar al-Assad
• U.N. Security Council Unanimously Votes to Lift Sanctions on Syria’s Jihadi President Ahmed al-Sharaa
• Outside powers' reported backing for Sudan's warring sides helps fuel fighting as atrocities mount
• At least 240 charged with treason after Tanzania election violence
• 100-Year-Old Veteran on Live TV: We Fought WW2 for Nothing, Britain Less Free Than in 1945
• Deep Beneath Helsinki, the Playgrounds Are Really Bomb Shelters - Finland has spent decades digging caves into its bedrock. Now, as Russia rears its head, nervous Finns want to know: "Where’s my shelter?"
• Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s absence sets off alarm bells in Moscow - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov moved to tamp down intense media speculation about a potential reshuffle at the highest echelon of Russian foreign policy
• Former NATO Chief Warns Ukraine Risks Becoming a ‘Forever War’
• Trump-Orban: Russian oil imports and war in Ukraine on the table in 'high-stakes' Washington visit
• Trump considers granting Hungary exemption on Russian oil just weeks after imposing sanctions - Hungary lacks sea access, making Russian energy imports difficult to replace, Trump noted during Orban meeting
• Kari Lake Axes Hungarian Language Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Propaganda Outlet for Attempting to Undermine Conservative PM Viktor Orban and Destabilize Hungary’s Nationalist Government
• Hegseth shreds Soviet-style bureaucracy and 'five-year plans' governing Pentagon - War Secretary says defense acquisition process poses 'very serious threat' to US military readiness
• US to streamline Pentagon's weapons acquisition amid global threats
• Pete Hegseth renames another US institution with 'war-fighting' title - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday announced a "fundamental" shift in how the Pentagon buys weapons
• Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation - The moves to fire or sideline generals and admirals are without precedent in recent decades and have rattled the top brass
• New Aircraft Carrier Advances China’s Naval Power - Leader Xi Jinping marks step in his mission to modernize nation’s military
• China launches third aircraft carrier as Xi pushes military modernization against US influence
• China seeks to project power far beyond its coast with the new Fujian aircraft carrier
• China’s Military Incursions in the South China Sea Continued in October, Threatening U.S. Allies
• Biden Endangered the Nation by Ending a Trump-Era Program Countering Chinese Espionage
• Trump pardons ex-cop Michael McMahon ‘tricked’ into spying for China’s ‘Operation Fox Hunt’ plot to intimidate fugitives
• North Korea fires ballistic missile days after Hegseth wraps South Korea visit
• Central Asian Leaders Travel to White House, Call Trump: "Great Leader, Statesman Sent by Heaven" and "We Call You President of the World"
• Rand Paul Says Supreme Court Should Strike Down Trump’s Tariffs: "Tariffs Are a Tax. I Want to See the Constitution Have Meaning"
• Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: Trump Administration Focusing on Affordability to Make American Dream a Reality Again
• Greene: US ‘may be headed for a recession’
• ‘No hire’ job market leaves unemployed in limbo as threats to economy multiply
• "Fake News!" - Trump Slams NBC Reporter Lying About Thanksgiving Dinner Cost - "The Democrats are Good at a Few Things: Cheating on Elections and Conning People with Facts that aren’t True"
• Bondi Rips Obama Judge for Forcing USDA to Raid Children’s "School-Lunch Money to Fund SNAP Benefits" - And Playing Dirty Trick with Timing of Court Order
• Trump Administration to Provide Full SNAP Benefits for November
• Senator John Thune ‘Willing to Give Democrats a Vote on All the Things They Want’ in Latest Negotiations to End Schumer’s Shutdown
• Schumer, Dems unveil alternative shutdown plan, ask for one-year extension to Obamacare subsidies - Schumer offers counter-proposal to GOP plan to reopen the government, asks Republicans to 'just say yes'
• Deal to reopen government falters over Democrats’ distrust of Trump
• Raskin: Dems Will ‘Hold the Line’ on Shutdown GOP Caused, Won’t Accept Them Saying ‘Just Reopen the Government’
• Democrats demanded an end to the filibuster to pass the entire Biden agenda
• Anxiety over government shutdown pushes consumer sentiment down to near-record low
• Massie rejects Trump’s claim that grocery prices ‘are way down’
• Fast food chain is offering $1 meals to SNAP recipients as government shutdown drags on - The California-founded fast-food chain Carl's Jr. is offering a $1 meal deal to those facing food insecurity due to the government shutdown
• Cutting America’s flights will have huge ramifications for ticket prices and passengers
• FAA flights cancelled as disruptions cause US travel mayhem and worker warns 'get out now'
• Airlines are 'going to lose millions of dollars' over government shutdown's impact on flights, Duffy says
• Airlines cancel more than 700 U.S. flights as FAA-ordered shutdown cuts begin
• Duffy says air travel may take ‘days if not a week’ to return to normal, even after shutdown ends
• Odd Jobs and DoorDash: How Air Traffic Controllers Are Surviving - Five weeks into the government shutdown, controllers across the country, forced to work without pay, are taking second jobs to stay afloat
• Former air traffic controller unveils the shocking truth about ongoing FAA staffing crisis - Secretary Duffy needs outside help to fix aviation system during government shutdown, ex-controller says
• Transport Secretary Sean Duffy slammed for blunders and 'shrugging off responsibility'
• Transport Secretary Sean Duffy branded 'world-class stupid' as he ditches DC for fundraiser despite travel meltdown
• Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: Big Beautiful Bill Funding Upgrades to ‘Atrocious’ Air Traffic Control System
• Transportation Secretary Duffy Jokes: Putting Senate Dems on a No-Fly List Would Be ‘Great’
• Trump asks DOJ to investigate meat packing companies using 'illicit collusion, price fixing, and price manipulation'
• House GOP civil war ignites over 'ludicrous' bill to defund NYC while Mamdani is mayor - 'You have people in Washington wanting to punish the whole city for the stupid decisions of a few,' GOP Rep Nicole Malliotakis says of the Republican bill
• Leaked documents reveal DSA’s blueprint for Zohran Mamdani’s radical administration
• Imported tribal conflicts among immigrant Somalis tanked Omar Fateh's mayoral chances: report
• James Carville says he'd 'find a convicted pedophile' to run against Republicans after election wins
• PA Gov. Shapiro: ‘I Appreciate’ Newsom Not Letting GOP ‘Rig the Election’
• Several People Hit with Illness When ‘Suspicious Package’ Opened at Joint Base Andrews
• More Leftist Violence? Several People Rushed to Hospital as Suspicious Package Filled with White Powder and ‘Political Propaganda’ Prompts Evacuation at Joint Base Andrews
• Medical All-clear After Anti-Trump Package Opened At US Base
• "We Know Nothing" - Eric Trump Slams PA State and FBI Silence on Butler Assassination Attempt
• Hungarian leader says he wants to hire Karoline Leavitt after she rips 'fake news' in impromptu takedown
• Palantir, Fractal And Your Personal Data Privacy - Get used to being used, because you are the product
• NCAA: Six Men’s Basketball Players Rigged Games, Provided Info to Gamblers
• Online scammers to be beaten with canes in major crackdown in Singapore and brutal vid shows it’s not just a light slap
• Inside the compounds of Asia’s $10 billion scam industry, where trafficked staff sleep at work and log 16-hour days texting ‘hello’ over and over
• Denmark’s government aims to ban access to social media for children under 15
• Elon Musk Reportedly Obsessed With AI Girlfriend
• Trump AI Czar David Sacks: No Federal Bailouts for AI Industry - Including OpenAI
• Around the World, People Are Pleading With Elon Musk To Send His Space X and Rescue the Chinese Astronauts Stranded in Space
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Santa Rosalia, Mexico
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 25,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 17,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Tropical Storm Fung Wong intensifies, landfall forecast over Luzon, Philippines
• Cold records dating back to the 1800s may be broken by a coming Arctic freeze
• COP30 Climate Doomer Summit’s Host City Runs Out of Space, Forcing Diplomats into Crass ‘Love’ Motels
• Japanese Riot Police Authorized To Use Rifles To Cull Out-of-Control Bear Populations After Record Number of Attacks on Humans
• Murderer Elected to Council of Maine Town that Inspired Stephen King Novels
• Antonio Brown Arrested, Extradited from Dubai to US as He Faces Attempted Murder Charge
• Mark Sanchez Out at Fox Sports After Stabbing Incident, Arrest
• More than 50 people injured in mosque blast at Jakarta high school
• Teen Arrested for High School Mosque Bombing in Indonesia
• Britain to Reopen over a Thousand ‘Incorrectly Closed’ Grooming Gang Cases
• UK Schools Were Told to Dismiss Grooming Gang Questions as ‘Disinformation’
• As Saudi Arabia Cracks Down on Drugs, Executions Near a Record High - Facing an influx of amphetamines, the kingdom has put hundreds of people to death, many of them foreigners convicted of low-level smuggling
• Trump can now declare war on Venezuela. Will Rubio pull the trigger? The Senate has voted to allow the president to launch a war against the Maduro regime without consulting Congress
• "If You Keep Trafficking Deadly Drugs - We Will Kill You" - War Secretary Pete Hegseth Announces 17th Strike Against Narco-Terrorist Drug Boat, 3 Killed in Fiery Explosion
• New U.S. strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean kills 3 people, bringing campaign's death toll to at least 70
• 'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants
• Arrest by federal immigration agents at Chicago day care sparks outrage - DHS said it had undertaken a "targeted traffic stop" of an undocumented woman
• ICE arrests illegal immigrant in Massachusetts accused of stabbing coworker with scissors, trash bin attack
• Border Patrol commander admitted he lied about tear gas incident, judge says, as she restricts use of force by immigration agents in Chicago
• Even the FBI Thinks Masked ICE Agents Are a Bad Idea - In a bulletin first reported by Wired, the bureau warns masked agents are easier for criminals to impersonate
• DHS Warns Portland Anti-ICE Protesters: Mask Ban Is In Effect Around Federal Facilities
• Chinese Filmmaker Accuses Marvel Star Jeremy Renner of Abuse, Threat to Call ICE on Her
• Trump says Hungary's border stance keeps crime down, says Europe 'flooding' with migrants
• Trans former NH state rep pleads guilty to sexual exploitation of children
• Court says Texas can ban drag shows for kids - "I will always work to shield our children from exposure to erotic and inappropriate sexually oriented performances," said Attorney General Paxton
• U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Schools Cannit Force Students to Use "Preferred Pronouns"
• Oregon athletes win 'Most Valuable Patriot' award after refusing to share podium with trans competitor
• Oregon girls who protested trans athlete at track and field medal podium score legal win in lawsuit
• 'All they did was wear wristbands!' Judges question school district's ban on 'XX' at girls' games - Most Democratic federal appeals court doesn't want gender identity protests to escalate at school games, but panel isn't impressed by district's explanation for censoring parents without any plausible disruption
• A Decade Later, Supreme Court Is Asked to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision - Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk once jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, has asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion
• More than 300 ostriches shot dead by firing squad on Canadian farm after bird flu allegations