October 17th, 2025

• ​Commentary: Why a 'two-state solution' is a completely irrational idead - These people who are still calling for a "two-state solution" in the aftermath of the October 7 massacre are ideologically drunk with their cries and as meaningless as kicking and spurring in the air
• Knesset winter session to open with annexation push, but PM unlikely to back effort - Ministerial committee likely won't advance bills to apply sovereignty to West Bank despite significant parliamentary support, as coalition source labels efforts as 'political spin'
• Russia postpones its Arab summit, in sign of declining Mideast influence - Putin cites Egypt talks on Gaza as reason for pushing back Moscow confab, but report says Saudi, UAE, Egyptian leaders had never confirmed they'd attend the event
• Tel Aviv Stock Exchange soars after hostage deal and Gaza ceasefire
• The Gaza Peace Deal Has One Huge Problem: Hamas Won't Disarm
• Focus on peace process turning to demilitarizing Gaza, Trump admin advisers say - "It's not realistic to expect people to just drop arms," a senior U.S. adviser told reporters
• Zohran Mamdani, Who Treats Gaza Like NYC Borough, Says He Doesn't 'Really Have Opinions' About Disarming Hamas
• Remains of two hostages, Inbar Haiman & Muhammad al-Atrash, returned to Israel by Hamas - Hamas has returned bodies of 9 people, says reaching other remains 'requires great effort and special equipment'
• Israel believes Hamas could return most deceased hostages, argues it is breaching deal - Trump and other US officials say terror group searching for bodies it has yet to return, don't accuse it of violating agreement; Israel disagrees and threatens return to fighting
• Sa'ar: 'We know for certain Hamas can release more hostages'
• Israel shared intel on location of hostages' bodies with mediators, official says - Turkey sends experts to Gaza in emerging multinational endeavor to locate hostages' remains; US role in task force still unclear, stifling recovery efforts, says European diplomat
• Israel warns Hamas is 'slow-walking' hostage bodies' return, tells US that ceasefire's Phase 2 won't start until all are back - Israel alleges: 'We don't see Hamas making maximum effort'
• Slowed establishment of postwar Gaza government fuels Hamas revival, diplomats warn
• Senior Israeli official insists Gaza war 'not over' until all truce phases complete - Official in Prime Minister's Office says developments still only in 1st stage dealing with release of hostages, follow-up steps must be completed, denies talks on 2nd stage underway
• With Gaza peace deal appearing shaky, President Trump warns, IDF could 'return to those streets' - DM Katz says IDF should prepare plan to destroy Hamas, if agreement not implemented, Israel 'will return to fighting'
• Video shows Hamas fighters executing Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel
• 'Hamas is killing hundreds': Head of Khan Younis militia pleads for international community to protect Gazans against Hamas executions
• Trump Warns Gaza to Stop Ongoing Violence: If They Continue to Kill People "We Will Have No Choice But to Go In and Kill Them"
• Pro-Palestine Crowd Called Out for Their Silence After Hamas Starts Executing Arabs
• Students for Justice in Palestine Backs Gaza Executions: 'Death to Collaborators'
• Indonesia, Azerbaijan, and Pakistan top candidates to provide troops for stabilization force in Gaza
• Two said killed by Israeli fire in north Gaza; IDF: suspects crossed 'Yellow Line' - Army says suspects approached forces, 'constituting a violation of the agreement'; Rafah Crossing slated to reopen on Thursday, overseen by EU mission, says source
• Levin pushing for tribunal empowered to impose death sentence on Oct. 7 perpetrators
• Report: Hamas starved hostages to film emaciated videos; pressure Israel - David and his friend hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal were separated in the tunnels and denied food so they would appear skeletal for filmed "proof-of-life" clips, with food restored only after filming
• Hamas captors once held ordinary jobs - 'teachers and doctors,' says ex-Israeli hostage - Tal Shoham says guards were 'brainwashed and full of hate'
• IDF reopens Zikim Beach near Gaza border for first time since Hamas terrorists killed 18 there on Oct 7
• 'The memory of the fallen will be engraved in us for generations to come' - PM Netanyahu and President Herzog address memorial for soldiers killed in Iron Swords War - Both leaders call for unity amid the threat of enemies who seek to destroy the nation
• Marking 2 years since war began, Netanyahu says Israel 'determined to complete victory' - At state memorial ceremony, PM hails IDF gains, vows return of 'every last hostage,' warns enemies rearming; Herzog urges probe into Oct 7 'failure,' decries resurgent 'polarization'
• With hostages' return, Israel's internal politics ramp up as gov't & judicial systems spar again - New conflicts over IDF conscription law, state budget threaten coalition stability
• As dust settles in Gaza City amid truce, residents return to razed homes - Many returning to Gaza City now sleep in tents, some in the streets, after sweeping Israeli offensive reduced many of the city's multi-story buildings to rubble
• Anti-Israel activists riot in Barcelona despite Gaza ceasefire
• Anti-Israel rioters break store windows, light fires as thousands march in Barcelona
• Pro-Hamas screed blasted through airport speakers in US, Canada after hack - Unauthorized user identified as 'Turkish hacker Cyber Islam' broadcast anti-Netanyahu, anti-Trump statements in Pennsylvania
• Pro-Hamas hackers hijack airport loudspeakers across North America, spew anti-Trump, - Netanyahu slurs - and causing delays
• Hackers breach four North American airports, broadcast anti-Israel messages - Investigators in Canada and US still searching for the group that broke into airport systems on Tuesday in Pennsylvania, British Columbia and Ontario
• Warner Bros. Discovery Rejects Israeli Film Boycott: "Our Policies Prohibit Discrimination" - WBD joins Paramount in offering a statement against the boycott, which has drawn more than 4,000 signatories in Hollywood
• 'To the gas chamber': Young Republicans members exposed for antisemitic, racist chat - Publication of messages has led some to be fired or job offers pulled, although Vice President JD Vance dismisses controversy, saying people should 'focus on the real issues'
• Centrist US Democrat says he returned AIPAC donations, cites Netanyahu ties
• Mamdani on Arresting Netanyahu: I Will 'Exhaust Every Legal Option' to Do So
• Haredi mob breaks into Beit Shemesh mayor's home in second attack this year - Rioters break down gates, destroy electrical box seven months after overturning mayor's car; we 'will not give in to violence,' vows Shmuel Greenberg
• Knesset defense panel chair submits principles for potential Haredi draft bill - Likud MK Boaz Bismuth announces legislation to be 'formulated in the coming days'; critics claim proposal would exempt ultra-Orthodox from military service, vow to fight it
• IDF says it struck underground Hezbollah weapons storage sites in southern, eastern Lebanon
• Houthi military chief dies, group says, and Israel claims responsibility - Israel 'will reach everyone who has tried to harm us,' PM boasts; Katz claims Muhammad al-Ghamari joins friends in 'depths of hell' after he was killed in August strike
• Russia Tries to Convince Syria's Jihadi President to Let It Keep Mideast Bases
• Bus blast in eastern Syria kills at least 5 defense ministry staff; ISIS suspected
• Sweden identifies Syrian suspected of murdering Quran-burning activist - PM said in January there was 'obviously a risk' that the killing of Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika was linked to foreign powers
• Commander of Kurdish-led Syrian militia says deal reached to merge into national army
• Kenya police fire at mourners and 2 die as violence erupts at viewing of body of ex-Premier Odinga
• Kenyan police fire tear gas at thousands of mourners at Odinga's public viewing
• The Kenyan High Court has also now suspended Bill Gates immunity from Prosecution
• UN condemns military takeover in Madagascar as coup leader to be quickly sworn in as president
• Pakistan says it's ready for talks with Afghanistan, Kabul residents recall airstrike shock
• Pakistan and Afghanistan announce ceasefire after deadliest clashes in years - The pause came after appeals from major regional powers, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar
• Bloody Escalation on the Durand Line: Taliban Announce 58 Pakistani Soldiers Killed in Retaliation for Airspace Violations, Pakistan Reports 200 Afghan Fighters Eliminated and Closes Borders
• Peace Process Is Back in Motion, as Trump To Meet Russia's Putin in Hungary To Negotiate an End to the War in Ukraine
• Zelensky: We are counting on Middle East momentum to help end war with Russia - Zelensky says Trump's Middle East peace strategy could help end Russia's war on Ukraine, expressing hope for renewed pressure on Putin
• Trump says he and Putin will hold second summit on Ukraine in Budapest
• President Trump Says he is Speaking with Russia's Putin Ahead of Friday Meeting with Ukraine's Zelensky, Discussions to Supply Tomahawk Missiles to NATO and Ukraine
• Hegseth warns of 'costs on Russia' in latest sign of shifting US stance
• Sexual violence, torture and betrayal: Life under Putin's occupation - Evidence gathered by The Telegraph reveals Russia is using rape as a weapon of war in occupied Ukraine
• Russians flood streets singing banned song calling for Putin to be overthrown - A large crowd joined street musicians in Russia as they belted out a song banned for being 'extremist' - with lyrics calling for Vladimir Putin to be overthrown
• Russia Launches Massive Strike on Ukrainian Gas Sites
• Ukrainian Regions Without Power After Latest Heavy Bombardment of Energy Infrastructure by Russia
• India casts doubt on Trump's claims that it has agreed to stop buying Russian oil - The US president claimed Modi had assured him of deal, but Indian officials insist no such conversation took place
• China Threatens Retaliation If U.S. Pushes to Abandon Russian Oil
• The Chinese Spy Scandal That Is Rocking Britain's Government
• China Spy Scandal Spirals: Cummings Claims Massive Beijing Hack of Britain's Highest Secrets Already Happened and Was Covered Up
• Mysterious 'spy' balloons in US spark fears of a covert invasion - Strange white balloons have appeared over multiple US states, stirring fresh fears of surveillance from above
• Trump authorises CIA operations in Venezuela, says mulling land attack - US president refused to directly answer whether he was trying to topple the Maduro government as tensions escalate
• U.S. Special Operations helicopters, B-52s near Venezuela expand Caribbean mission
• US deploys B-52 bombers over Caribbean in unprecedented show of force
• Venezuela's Maduro decries 'coup d'etats orchestrated by the CIA'
• Venezuela's Maduro orders new military exercises after U.S. military blows up another alleged drug boat in Caribbean
• US military drone strike in Caribbean leaves survivors, official confirms
• Admiral in charge of US forces in South America retiring early amid Venezuela buildup
• Head of the U.S. Military's Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say - Adm. Alvin Holsey is leaving less than a year into his tenure, and as the Pentagon escalates attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea
• Children of the Revolution: Now Gen Z protests spread to another country in just weeks as rioters clash with cops and demand overthrow of president
• Peru's president refuses to resign after Gen Z protests leave at least 1 dead, 100 injured - The unrest follows the swearing-in of Peru's seventh president in less than a decade
• France steps back from the brink as parliament spares the prime minister. For now
• French Government Bucks Trend By Not Immediately Collapsing, But Now Macron Faces Impeachment Vote
• Court Rules Sovereigntist Leader Marine Le Pen Barred From Standing For Election, Even as France Verges Closer to Snap Polls
• Political Turmoil in France Weighs on Businesses and Investors - As a new prime minister seeks stability, three government shake-ups since last summer have already taken their toll on the French economy
• U.S. support for Argentina could hit $40 billion - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said an additional $20 billion in private-sector loans for Argentina could effectively double the value of a U.S. rescue plan
• Gold broke a historic record by surpassing $4,300 an ounce, reaching a $30 trillion market cap for the first time
• 75% of Americans report soaring prices as Trump claims inflation 'over'
• Military Spending Bill Blocked in US Senate as Shutdown Grinds On
• AOC vows to keep government shut down until Trump signs healthcare subsidies plan - "We also know that President Trump was an obstacle to peace previously as well."
• Kaine: Firing Government Employees Makes Dems Less Likely to Move on Shutdown, 'Have to Stand Up to the Bully'
• Schumer Shutdown Backfire: Democrat from California Calls into C-SPAN and TORCHES His Own Party's Leaders for their Disgraceful Tactics - Also Threatens to Quit Party
• Trump Admin Retooling IRS to Go After Left Wing Groups Funding Political Violence: Report
• 'Squad' Dem spends eye-popping amount on luxury limo services in one year - Rep Rashida Tlaib, a top progressive leader, has regularly criticized wealth and income inequality in the US
• Ex-National Security Advisor John Bolton indicted with improper handling of classified documents - Former National Security Advisor John Bolton was indicted on 18 counts by a federal grand jury
• John Bolton is indicted for allegedly keeping and sharing classified information - The charges against Trump's former national security adviser come as the president has pressured DOJ to pursue criminal indictments of his political foes
• Bolton Indicted on 18 Counts Under Espionage Act - Shared More Than 1,000 Pages of Highly Classified Information - Assigned to Obama Judge
• Trump Lauds Report of Bolton Indictment: He Is a 'Bad Person'
• Mitch McConnell falls again, and social media goes off: 'The poster boy for term limits!'
• 'Hacks' Star Jean Smart Pushes 'No Kings Protest': Trump 'Admires Dictators and Wishes to Be One'
• 'Trump's Favorite Democrat': Pennsylvania Dems Start Planning Senator John Fetterman's Ouster
• Fetterman: I Know and Love People Who Voted For Trump, They're Not Fascists or Trying to Destroy Constitution
• Election Denier Kathy Griffin Doesn't Think Trump Won in 2024, Calls Elon Musk a 'Professional Nazi'
• Obama Does Ad for Gavin Newsom on Redistricting - Accuses Republicans of Trying to 'Rig' the Next Election
• Smartmatic Indicted in Bribery and Money Laundering Case Linked to Philippine Elections
• Federal Prosecutors Charge Smartmatic Executives for Bribing Election Officials More than $1 Million in Philippines
• Taiwan flags rise in Chinese cyberattacks, warns of 'online troll army'
• PayPal's crypto partner mints a whopping $300 trillion worth of stablecoins in 'technical error'
• Major mobile payment services, video platform experience widespread outages within 24 hours
• NBC News makes big cuts to staff, many of them targeting 'diversity verticals,' insider says - Roughly 100-150 employees at the Peacock network are being impacted
• WH: Some Press 'Bullied' Into Pentagon Walkout
• Viral UFO Documentary, Featuring Dozens of Government and Military Insiders, Finally Gets a Release Date
• 'The Age of Disclosure': Documentary Revealing Government Cover-Up of Non-Human Intelligence Sets Release in Theaters and on Amazon, Plus New Trailer
• Geomagnetic Storm Watch: Northern Lights Could Dazzle 15 States Tonight - NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a geomagnetic storm watch for October 16 as several coronal mass ejections barrel toward Earth
• Strong and shallow M6.5 earthquake hits Papua, Indonesia
• Strong and shallow M6.3 earthquake hits Drake Passage
• Week after massive quake, another magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Philippines
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits Drake Passage
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits south of the Fiji Islands
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Abepura, Indonesia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Bamboo Flat, India
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Abepura, Indonesia
• Klyuchevskoy volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 24,000ft
• Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 22,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 21,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 19,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Tornado-like storm injures 13 and damages dozens of buildings in Kuala Langat, Malaysia
• Over 500 homes damaged as powerful microburst hits Tempe, Arizona
• Drought lowering Mississippi River levels again, disrupting shipping
• A rare Jay hybrid emerges in Texas: part green, part blue - Unusual weather patterns are bringing once-distant bird species into contact, giving rise to rare hybrids that fascinate scientists and birders alike
• How FEMA Is Forcing Disaster-Struck Towns to Fend for Themselves - President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It's already happening.
• U.N. to Vote on First-Ever Global Tax Trade Punishing Shipping Emissions
• The UN Is About to Institute a De Facto Tax on American Citizens: 'The Ultimate in Taxation Without Representation' - The U.N. this week stands "poised to impose what amounts to a global tax on carbon emissions"
• AI Data Centers, Desperate for Electricity, Are Building Their Own Power Plants - Bypassing the grid, at least temporarily, tech companies are creating an energy Wild West; 'grab yourself a couple of turbines'
• Bears kill record number of people in Japan amid scores of attacks
• Bill Maher Takes Stand for Christians in Nigeria, Calls It Actual Genocide - 'Where Are the Kids Protesting This?'
• New Anti-Conversion Law in India Leaves Christians Vulnerable to Attacks
• China arrested 30 Christians. Some fear it's the start of a bigger crackdown
• CNN Guest Likens Muslim Zohran Mamdani's Socialist Policies to 'the Actual Teachings of Jesus'
• Ben Carson: America Experiencing Faith Revival, a movement he said could be key to restoring unity after months of political turmoil and violence
• Claim: College Textbook Labels Christianity a 'White Supremacist Group'
• Wisconsin mom 'seething' after Democrats give her 8-year-old son a chilling bracelet calling for Trump's death - Mother confronts volunteers after son receives bracelet reading 'Is he dead yet?' about President Trump
• Woman charged after threatening to kill federal agents, shouting 'Charlie Kirk died and we love it!' in Massachusetts
• Liberals Who Hate Colonialism Are Actually the New Colonizers: They Just Conquer With Wokeness Instead of Guns
• NRA sues California over ban on Glock-style firearms: 'Violates the Second Amendment' - The lawsuit challenges Assembly Bill 1127, which was signed by Gov Gavin Newsom last week
• Shooting Spreads Panic at Mall in Cancun Beach Resort Area
• Officials: NYC Transit Slasher Strikes Again After Being Released by Judge
• DOJ brings first Antifa-related terrorism charges in Texas ICE attack - FBI Director Kash Patel calls July 4 incident 'planned and coordinated terrorist attack'
• Appeals Court Upholds Biden Judge's Block on Trump Troop Deployment in Chicago
• Pop star unleashes expletive-filled rant against ICE, Trump during Portland concert - 'Sex Lives of College Girls 'star's expletive-filled rant comes during weeks of violent clashes at Portland ICE facility
• Criminal Alien TikTok Influencer Who Posted ICE Raid Alerts Deported to Colombia
• ICE Agents Arrest Illegal Alien Found Working as a Police Officer in Suburban Chicago
• Illinois cop - authorized to carry gun - arrested by ICE for 10-year visa overstay
• ICE arrests illegal alien sworn in as suburban Chicago police officer: 'Pritzker's Illinois'
• "He's a Fool and a Moron... He Tries to Keep Murderers Murdering!" - Stephen Miller Goes Off on Lawless Illinois Governor Pritzker for Rejecting Trump's Help on Runaway Crime in Chicago
• Chicago pastor sues Trump admin after allegedly being shot by ICE agents
• Poll: 60 Percent Majority of Young Liberals Endorse Violence to Stop Deportations
• Dem school board chair drops Senate bid after 'radical empathy' backlash over illegal immigrant superintendent
• Federal government to withhold $40M from California for not enforcing trucker English requirements
• Dr Oz accuses Democrats of 'gaslighting' Americans over $1B in Medicaid payments to illegal immigrants
• Coast Guard seizes over 100,000 pounds of cocaine in Pacific Ocean crackdown - The ongoing mission, dubbed Operation Pacific Viper, has resulted in the Coast Guard intercepting an average of 1,600 pounds of cocaine per day
• Six Cartel Gunmen Killed in Clash Near Mexican Beach Hotspot
• Prince Andrew viewed sex with teenage Virginia Giuffre as his 'birthright', new memoir claims - Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir details multiple encounters with the disgraced royal when she was just 17
• Catholic Church must do more to help sexual abuse survivors and hold church leaders to account, hard-hitting report says
• Pentagon condemns Netflix's gay military series 'Boots' as 'woke garbage' - The drama series follows a closeted gay teenager joining the military under the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy
• Victor's Secret: Transgender Models Walk in Lingerie at 2025 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
• Former Vikings Star Nukes Tim Walz's Failure to Protect Girls in Sports: 'The Devil Has His Hands All Over Minnesota'
• California: 10 Teams Have Forfeited to Volleyball Team with Transgender Player
• Newsom signs law to approve athlete equity study as more California schools oppose males in girls' sports - AB749 comes as state faces lawsuits and school district opposition over transgender athlete participation policies
• ACLU Loses Last-Ditch Effort to Stop SCOTUS from Evaluating State Bans on Men in Women's Sports
• Trans Researcher Says Quiet Part Out Loud About Male Athletes In Women's Sports - At the Play the Game 2025 conference, Joanna Harper rejected the idea of an open category in sports - revealing it's really about winning, not inclusion
• Ablechild: The Mental Health System of the Nation is Driven by Money - As the old saying goes, "money is the root of all evil" and when it comes to the status of the nation's mental health, it's clear that the more money that is thrown at the behavioral health industry the worse the nation's mental health becomes
• Mosquito-Borne Virus that Triggered Restrictions in China Found in U.S.
• Chaos in China as swine flu variant sparks epidemic fears after 'alarming' rise
• New pandemic fears as swine flu strain found in ferrets mutates to hit humans in China