October 15th, 2025

• ​From airstrike to hugs, Israel still won't decide whether Qatar is partner or foe - For decades, Jerusalem has pursued a contradictory approach to Doha, now more influential than ever. But there is a path for steering the two-faced emirate into a more constructive stance
• Starmer claims UK Palestine recognition helped pave way for Trump's Gaza deal - PM clashes with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch after telling MPs he is 'proud' of UK's role in helping secure deal
• Egyptian president says Trump's Mideast proposal is 'last chance' for peace in the region
• BBC: 24 hours with Trump on diplomatic tornado through Middle East
• Why Trump Chose the Name Abraham for Middle East Peace Accord - "We recognize the deep historical and spiritual significance of this region to the faith communities whose roots are intertwined with the land... Respect for these sacred connections and the protection of their heritage sites shall remain paramount in our commitment to peaceful coexistence."
• Trump talk of 'new dawn' in Middle East fuels expectation of further steps towards peace
• Trump declares a new 'dawn' in Middle East. It could be a false one.
• Bowen: Trump's role in Gaza ceasefire was decisive, but not a roadmap to peace
• Commentary: To Democrats, Trump is Hitler. To Israel, the president's a hero. What gives? While President Trump is getting recognized around the world, progressives here at home continue their pointless protests
• Supreme Court chief, AG weren't invited to Trump speech; Trump: I'd told PM I didn't want to bring up the pardon
• Trump says he was moved by 'good round of applause' to call for Netanyahu pardon
• Commentary: Trump Thinks Netanyahu Should Get Away With Corruption - Just Like Him
• Netanyahu reacts to Trump's remark that "he's not the easiest guy to deal with": "Well, I hope he says that because I'm very tough on the matters that pertain to my country's future," Netanyahu said.
• 'Coming back to life': Freed hostages' families give updates, thanks; some snub PM
• 'It's going to be nerve-racking': The psychological toll of returning the remains of hostages - While 20 live hostages were freed, only a few of the 28 bodies have been returned. Families face 'psychological terror'
• Hamas withholds dead hostages, dampening joy of returned living
• Hamas releases only 4 of 28 hostage bodies, breaks ceasefire agreement on first day - Israel vows to 'keep pressure' on Hamas to release all bodies
• 'It's not over,' says son of hostage whose body remains in Gaza
• Trump says 'job is not done' as hostage bodies 'have not been returned as promised'; declares, 'Phase two begins right NOW!!!'
• Trump & PM Netanyahu threaten return to fighting if Hamas won't lay down its weapons - Trump vows to disarm terrorists 'quickly and perhaps violently' if they don't comply
• Netanyahu warns Hamas to disarm or risk 'all hell' breaking loose - Premier tells CBS that Israel giving peace a chance, urges Hamas to do same; adds that opportunity is ripe for more countries to join Abraham Accords
• Due to Hamas' violation, Israel decides not to open Rafah crossing tomorrow, suspends aid
• Returning hostage remains from Gaza may take 'weeks,' Red Cross spokesperson says - "That's an even bigger challenge than having the people alive being released. That's a massive challenge"
• IDF says Red Cross on way to pick up bodies of several hostages from Hamas
• Hamas Releases Bodies of Four More Hostages Held in Gaza - Latest handover of hostages' bodies comes as Israel and Hamas accuse each other of cease-fire violations
• Israeli military says one of the bodies handed over by Hamas is not that of a hostage
• Israel opens Gaza border crossing, lifts aid limits after Hamas transfers more hostage bodies - Hostage families furious over violations of deal on first day, demand action
• CNN's Christiane Amanpour apologizes for saying Hamas hostages treated 'better' than Gazans - "Some of the hostages are coming back in body bags."
• Father of Avinatan Or says son was handcuffed to cage for a year after escape attempt
• 'Another Nakba': UN expert says Gaza recovery will take generations - UN special rapporteur on right to housing says Palestinians returning to destroyed northern Gaza face 'profound trauma'
• Egyptian foreign minister: Members of post-war Gaza governing council have been selected
• Egypt says Israel and Hamas approved Palestinian team tapped to govern postwar Gaza - 15 Palestinian technocrats will 'take care of daily life' in Gaza, declares Egyptian FM, as UN official says a number of countries have pledged billions needed for reconstruction
• UN says countries are willing to help fund Gaza's $70 bln reconstruction
• A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They're Not Involved
• IDF: Troops fired at Gazan suspects who approached them after crossing ceasefire line
• Public executions after Trump leaves Hamas in control of Gaza - Rivals and suspected collaborators are targeted as regional powers warn disarming the Palestinian terror group will be difficult
• PA condemns Hamas executions as 'heinous crimes'; Trump shrugs off crackdown - Abbas's office calls for 'restoration of law' in Gaza, PA rights group demands end to 'extrajudicial and arbitrary executions'; US president says Hamas 'killed a number of gang members'
• Zohran Mamdani's wife mourns death of Hamas influencer who celebrated October 7 attack - Saleh al-Jafarawi was killed on Monday as Hamas and other Palestinian factions fought against one another
• Mamdani's Democratic Socialists of America denounce Middle East peace deal, call for further Palestinian 'resistance' - DSA pledged to "break the gears of the US imperial war machine that enables Israel."
• Prime minister: 'Globalise the intifada' is antisemitic call to attack Jews - Keir Starmer has agreed with Conservative MP Sir Julian Lewis that the chant by pro-Palestine protesters constitutes a call to attack Jewish communities
• BBC fails to tell viewers "Palestinian prisoner" is Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade suicide bomb plotter - They didn't mention he was a terrorist behind 2006 bombing that killed 4
• Australia upholds visa ban on antisemitic far-right US influencer Candace Owens - Rejecting appeal, High Court backs government's decision last year to bar her from country citing her antisemitic views, Holocaust denial and Islamophobia
• Teacher union sends map erasing Israel to its millions of members for 'Indigenous People's Day' - National Education Association removes content after StopAntisemitism exposes antisemitic materials in indigenous peoples curriculum
• Settlers said to attack pair of West Bank Palestinian communities, wounding 5 people
• Inside Iran's Museum of American Espionage - The enduring animosity between the United States and Iran is reflected inside the walls of the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, now turned into a museum of anti-American propaganda. U.S. involvement in the June Iran-Israel war has resurfaced that shared past.
• Iran accuses US of 'criminal behavior,' says Trump's call for dialogue inconsistent
• Iran court sentences 2 French citizens to long jail terms for spying for Israel, France
• Exposed: Syria's Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings - For 2 years, dictator's military ordered bodies moved from a known mass grave to secret desert location; witness accounts suggest new site may hold tens of thousands of remains
• Dozens Killed As Afghan Taliban, Pakistan Exchange Deadliest Gunfire In Years - Cross-border clashes escalate into one of the fiercest confrontations since 2021, with both sides claiming heavy losses and accusing each other of provocation amid rising militant tensions
• Gen Z Revolt Fells Another Government - Madagascar's president is in hiding as armed forces say they are in control of the island
• Military seizes power in Madagascar as president impeached
• Madagascar's military coup leader tells AP he is "taking the position of president"
• 'At least 5 tanks hit' - Ukrainian drones spark massive blaze at Russia's largest oil terminal in occupied Crimea, source confirms
• NATO's newest members offer to buy more US arms for Ukraine as Western backing declines
• China trade freeze squeezes US soybean farmers as costs climb, profits vanish - Soybean farmers say drought, high costs and China's pause on US imports have pushed this year's harvest into the red, even as domestic demand grows
• Trump threatens China with cooking oil embargo over soybean snub
• Trump's Trade War With China Catches the World in Its Crossfire - Tariffs and other restrictions between the United States and China are reverberating in unpredictable ways
• China says it will 'fight to end' after US said it was trying to hurt world economy - Commerce ministry says US is 'threatening to intimidate' with plans for new Trump tariffs on exports
• China warns US against pressure tactics, says talks must be held on equal terms amid fresh tariff dispute
• Bill O'Reilly Explains How Trump's Popularity in the Arab World Could Force China to Fall in Line Next
• French PM backs freezing Macron's pension reform to save government
• French PM Sebastien Lecornu shelves Emmanuel Macron's pension reform in bid for political survival
• Trump hosts Argentine President Javier Milei after U.S. agrees to $20 billion bailout for country
• Trump threatens to cut US aid to Argentina if Milei loses election - US president says 'we will not be generous' if leader fails to win key midterms after promising $20bn to prop up struggling economy
• How Milei's 'Thatcherite' economics divided his nation - but won over Trump
• Zohran Mamdani's NYC mayoral campaign took foreign cash, raising compliance questions - Zohran Mamdani's campaign has refunded some of the contributions but 79 foreign donations remain outstanding
• Trump blasts 'weakened' Schumer as Democrats again block GOP effort to reopen government - Closure enters 14th day with Democrats demanding Obamacare subsidy extensions before reopening talks
• Both parties brace for a 'long conflict' as government shutdown hits two-week mark - The Senate is set to vote for the eighth time on a House-passed stopgap funding bill amid the fifth-longest shutdown in U.S. history
• Trump says some 'Democrat programs' to be cut during shutdown may never come back
• Oregon Dems give $1.5 billion in free health care to illegal immigrants state-wide
• Report: State of Oregon to Spend More on Program That Offers Free Healthcare to Illegal Aliens Than Entire Budget of State Police
• Democrat Rep. Madeleine Dean Fumes as President Trump Uses Unspent Funds to Pay Troops During Democrat Shutdown
• Squatters take over Yosemite as shutdown leaves popular national park with few rangers: report
• Trump to ABC Reporter: I Don't Take Questions From "ABC Fake News" After What Stephanopolous Did To Vance
• Youngkin slams Democrats' 'lack of courage' for backing candidate who texted about shooting GOP speaker
• State Dept revokes 6 foreign nationals' visas over celebrating Charlie Kirk's assassination - "The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans."
• Charlie Kirk Posthumously Honored as "A Martyr for Truth and Freedom" During White House Ceremony
• Chuck Schumer calls on Americans to 'forcefully rise up' against Trump over Tish James' indictment
• Deep State Prosecutors Attack DOJ's Investigation Into Whether Biden's FBI Secretly Destroyed Classified Documents in "Burn Bags" to Protect Comey
• "Abusive surveillance": House panel demands Jack Smith testify over Trump probe
• Congress collected 30 million lines of phone data in Trump J6 probe, raising civil liberty concerns - More details continue to emerge about the collusion between Democrats in Congress and Biden's weaponized DOJ in targeting Trump
• State Department Employee Steals Thousands of Pages of "Top Secret" Classified Documents, Meets with Chinese Officials
• Satellites Are Leaking the World's Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data - With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data - including thousands of T-Mobile users' calls and texts and even US military communications - sent by satellites unencrypted
• The Surveillance Empire That Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You - Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
• Apocalypse Now? Why the media are suddenly freaking out about AI - Experts warn of 25% chance artificial intelligence destroys humanity
• AI bubble fears grow
• Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults - OpenAI will bring 'erotica' to ChatGPT once it rolls out age verification in December
• Walmart Shoppers Can Soon Buy Products Through ChatGPT
• Soon You'll Be Able to Shop Walmart in ChatGPT - Retail giant signals that online shopping is about to change
• Federal judge fines, reprimands lawyer who used AI to draft court filings - Alabama attorney fined $5K after artificial intelligence generated fake case citations in drug case
• Is low Earth orbit getting too crowded? New study rings an alarm bell - With each new spacecraft launched, the risk of orbital collisions grows
• Aurora alert! Several coronal mass ejections are racing toward Earth and could spark impressive northern lights this week
• Vast Anomaly in Earth's Magnetic Field Keeps Growing, Satellites Reveal
• Ancient fault in New York awakens with rare earthquake - The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected a magnitude 2.6 quake on Monday
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Fais, Micronesia
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near La Tirana, Chile
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Vilyuchinsk, Russia
• High-level eruption at Lewotobi volcano, Indonesia, producing an ash column rising to 13,700 m (44,500 feet)
• Klyuchevskoy volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 27,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 19,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 19,000ft
• Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 18,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• At least one dead and two missing after remnants of Typhoon Halong flood western Alaska
• Possible tornado causes severe damage in Longview, Washington State
• Trump sparks concern among Christians for saying he's 'maybe not Heaven-bound' - 'Heartbreaking, if he means it'
• Turkey labels Christians 'national security threat' to deport them, rights group warns
• International Republican Institute Condemns China's Religious Crackdown
• Liquid meth smuggled into New Zealand disguised as Canadian beer kills 21-year-old man after he takes sip
• US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says
• Mexican and Colombian Cartels Sending Members to Ukraine To Learn To Operate Attack Drones, Changing Drug War Tactics Forever
• Secretary Bessent Reveals IRS Now "Following the Money" Behind ANTIFA's Coordinated Violence After Charlie Kirk's Assassination
• ICE Partnership with Oklahoma Highway Patrol Leads to 120 Illegal Alien Arrests, Including 91 Driving Big Rigs with CDLs
• Los Angeles County declares local state of emergency over ICE raid surge - County leaders say raids across region have created widespread disruption
• Sedition: MSNBC Reporter Opines Military Will Turn on Trump, Urges Young People Against Joining Over Deployment of National Guard Troops to Protect ICE Agents and Facilities
• 'Everyone is welcome, except I.C.E.' - Cafes, restaurants across Chicago put up signs barring immigration agents
• Facebook removes group used to 'dox and target ICE agents' in Chicago: Pam Bondi
• Vermont DHS facility vandalized with threatening messages
• Illegal immigrants arrested after ramming Border Patrol in Chicago amid violent clash with protesters
• Federal judge orders Illinois ICE facility to remove fencing despite violent riots, attacks on agents - "DHS's Beach Street gate creates a quasi-federal zone where the Village's ability to respond to emergencies is hindered..."
• Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Vows to Imprison ICE Agents When Democrats Take Back Power: 'The Tables Will Turn One Day'
• Mexican cartels working with extremist groups in US to place bounties on ICE agents: DHS
• ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment
• Unhinged Army Vet Who Fantasized About Looting Corpses of Dead ICE Agents and Said "A Good Cop Is a Dead Cop" Arrested in Kenosha - Rifle Reportedly Found in Car
• Illegal immigration crisis and escalating robbery in Spain 2025: 14,545 expulsion orders, 310,289 thefts, and a 6% increase in violent crime
• US, UK launch biggest crackdown on Southeast Asian cybercrime networks tied to human trafficking
• Feds Seize Record $15B In Crypto From 'Pig Butchering' Scheme Using Enslaved Workers
• Former Archdiocese of Detroit Superintendent of Schools Blasts MI Department of Education for Its Latest Ploy to Force Young Children to Learn Sick Sex Agenda Without Parental Consent
• Tucker Claims Politicians are Having 'A Lot of Orgies' and Congressmen's 'Personal Lives Are Getting Weirder'
• Growing antibiotic crisis could turn bacterial infections deadly, experts warn - One in six bacterial infections now resist antibiotics worldwide, WHO warns in new report