October 26th, 2025

• Senior Saudi official: No normalization with Israel's current government
• Europe fights to avoid being sidelined by Trump's world-shaping plans - When President Donald Trump took the stage in Egypt to hail the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, a row of world leaders stood behind him like extras in a political drama
• Erdogan: Sanctions, arms embargo needed against Israel - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed dissatisfaction with the progress of the ceasefire process and accused Israel of violating it. Erdogan reiterated that his country was prepared to send forces to the Gaza Strip.
• US said flying drones over Gaza as more nations join ceasefire-monitoring HQ - Australia, France, Spain, UAE send personnel to new center in southern Israel overseeing fragile truce; US drones look for ceasefire violations amid reports that 60% of Hamas tunnels still intact
• Trump says Doha willing to contribute to peacekeeping troops in Gaza after meeting with Qatar's emir
• Leaders of anti-Hamas militias come out against Turkish, Qatari involvement in postwar Gaza
• Israeli envoy in NY laments 'strategic error' of allowing Qatari cash transfers to Gaza
• Warfare expert calls Gaza rebuilding plan 'Disneyland strategy' to defeat Hamas - Urban warfare expert says the plan's goal is to give Gazans a tangible glimpse of life without terror group
• US concerned about Hamas delaying Trump's Gaza plan, says former Israeli ambassador to Germany
• Israel Katz tells JD Vance that over 60% of Hamas tunnels left undestroyed - Defense Minister Israel Katz added that demolishing the tunnels is the most important joint mission in demobilizing Gaza in accordance with Trump's ceasefire plan
• Rubio meets families of slain US hostages, vows remaining captives will be returned - Top US diplomat vows 'we won't rest' until Hamas hands over remains of Omer Neutra, Itay Chen, all other hostages; says US drafting outline for UN endorsement of Gaza peacekeeping force
• Hostage families urge 'every possible sanction' on Hamas to secure captives' return
• Trump gives Hamas 48-hour deadline to return bodies of slain hostages - Trump issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Hamas, warning: return the hostage remains or expect action from deal partners
• Egyptian team enters Gaza with Israel's approval to help locate hostages' remains
• Peace activist whose parents were murdered on Oct. 7 calls to end 'political arrests' of Israelis, administrative detention of Palestinians
• 'Because of you, I'm here' - Released hostage Maxim Herkin rejoins IDF after 738 days in Hamas captivity
• Report finds 154 terrorists deported under Gaza truce living it up at 5-star Cairo hotel - Daily Mail says worst offenders released under deal enjoying the pool and buffet alongside unsuspecting tourists at Marriott's Renaissance Cairo Mirage; unclear on whose dime
• Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse launches 767 airlift of food, aid for Gaza families amid war
• Brazil's Lula says UN 'stopped working,' failed to halt Gaza war - South American leader again accuses Israel of committing genocide ahead of meeting with Trump, as he looks to mend strained ties with US
• Left-wing, anti-Israel Connolly set to win Irish presidency as opponents concede - Veteran lawmaker's expected victory comes despite backlash over her apparent support for Hamas, anti-EU stance
• Zohran Mamdani's mayoral candidacy stirs Jews in New York - and beyond - Questions circulate about what the rise of an anti-Zionist mayor in the most Jewish U.S. city means
• Mamdani defends Muslim identity against 'baseless' attacks by Cuomo and others - Candidate accuses opponents of leaning into Islamophobia, says Muslim New Yorkers have long faced indignities; Cuomo accuses him of 'playing victim'
• Zohran Mamdani Claims Aunt Was Victim of 9/11 Because She Feared Wearing Hijab on NYC Subway
• JD Vance slams Zohran Mamdani over claim 'real victims of 9/11' were Muslims in New York
• Mamdani claims he never supported 'global jihad' but he praised jihad supporters and sympathizers
• Maher: Mamdani 'Did Campaign with a Terrorist'
• Maher: Mamdani Is 'Sister Souljah Moment', 'Whole Democratic Party in the Country Is on the Ballot'
• Jewish top Hollywood agent honored after home vandalized by anti-Israel protesters
• 'Pogrom on the playground' decried after Jewish kids attacked in Chicago on Oct. 7
• Several injured, homes and cars set ablaze in several settler attacks in West Bank - Amid repeated assaults on harvesters and farmland, 3 Palestinians and 2 Israeli activists hurt by stone-throwing near Mukhmas; several settlers detained over overnight attack in al-Mughayyir
• Video shows brutal attack on Palestinian woman in West Bank - The woman suffered brain bleeding and remains hospitalized, a local mayor sai
• Palestinian woman in hospital after being clubbed by masked Israeli settler
• Israel's West Bank Bill Sparks Global Concern
• IDF warns it is unprepared for future prolonged wars without urgent boost to military budget
• Iran declares bankruptcy of major bank as country grapples with restored sanctions
• Europe warns IDF offensive in Lebanon 'only a matter of time' - The official claimed that Hezbollah today is more immune than it was before the 2024 northern front war
• Damascus Government and Allied Militias Escalate Attacks on Civilians in Rojava, Syria
• Pakistan minister warns of 'open war' with Afghanistan if peace talks fail - Defence minister's warning comes as countries hold talks in Istanbul to consolidate last week's Doha ceasefire
• Malaysia warns ASEAN neutrality eroding as global powers compete
• Malaysia: Can ASEAN summit deliver regional peace? Malaysia hosts the ASEAN summit this weekend, with regional leaders set to discuss peace efforts in Myanmar and a potential accord between Thailand and Cambodia
• Trump says Thai-Cambodia peace deal will be signed upon his arrival in Malaysia
• Trump Pitches Meeting With Kim Jong Un During Asia Tour: 'Put Out the Word' - North Korean leader refuses to discuss denuclearization, but meeting would boost his global legitimacy
• Trump says he won't waste time meeting Putin unless Ukraine deal is likely to happen soon - The president earlier this week cancelled a meeting with the Russian president he said was planned for Budapest
• WW3 fears as European nation reinstates conscription amid 'crisis' warning - Croatia has reintroduced compulsory military service amid heightened tensions as Russia wages war in Ukraine
• Russia massing nuclear fleet in Arctic Circle 'for war with Nato'
• 'Crude Violation': NATO Intercepts Russian Jets as Secretary General Affirms Shoot-Down Doctrine
• As Putin Digs In, a Long - and Different - War With Ukraine Looms - Long-range strikes on infrastructure become increasingly critical as front-line advances stall
• Zelensky Hails 'Historic' Gripen Deal as Ukraine Secures 150 Fighter Jets Starting in 2026 - Zelensky added that the Gripens are part of the broader security guarantees for Ukraine, forming an Air Force capable of fully protecting the nation's skies
• Men Sentenced For Burning Warehouse of Starlink Dishes Destined For Ukraine
• How Russia's shrinking and aging population poses security threat
• Argentina's President Milei, a Trump ally, faces a reckoning in midterm elections - With a currency crisis deepening and a controversial U.S. bailout on the way, the eccentric economist-turned-politician has more than political posturing riding on Sunday's vote
• Trump Is All In on Milei. What About Argentines? President Javier Milei of Argentina has earned U.S. support, but he faces a critical legislative election at home amid voter anger over job losses and corruption scandals
• United States considers imposing 100% tariffs and expelling Nicaragua from CAFTA over systematic human and labor rights violations
• Canada Hails 'Strategic Partnership' with China as Trump Cuts Trade Talks
• Trump Fan Gutted By Tariffs Says He Sees Bankruptcies and Suicides If Trade War Continues
• 'Something has to give' watchdog warns as national debt climbs rapidly toward $39 trillion
• Trump travels to Asia and a meeting with China's Xi as the US government shutdown drags on
• "Suitcases Filled With Dollars": Venezuela Reportedly Propped Up America's Radical Left To Sow Chaos
• Tim Walz Donor and Former Minneapolis Chamber CEO Indicted on Five Counts of Bank and Wire Fraud - Accused of Embezzling $200K and Stealing $30K Reward Money for Unsolved Child Murder Cases
• Trump calls for prosecution of more Biden-era Justice officials including Jack Smith and Merrick Garland
• Harris, Calling Trump a 'Tyrant,' Hints at 2028 Race
• Hakeem Jeffries Says Trump Proceeding with WH Ballroom Construction So He Can Be 'Celebrated as If He Was a King'
• Klobuchar: Trump Ballroom Literally a 'Wrecking Ball to Our Democracy'
• NYC Sabbath boundary goes high-tech, aiding the rabbi who's checked it weekly since 1999
• AI-generated monkey hoax had NJ cops going bananas searching for loose primates
• 'Frankenstein' Director Guillermo del Toro: 'I'd Rather Die' than Use AI-Generated Video
• AI models may be developing their own 'survival drive', researchers say - Like 2001: A Space Odyssey's HAL 9000, some AIs seem to resist being turned off and will even sabotage shutdown
• Manhattan-sized space object 3I/ATLAS has grown a tail - a possible sign of alien 'maneuver': Harvard scientist
• 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Lata, Solomon Islands
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits the southeast Indian Ridge
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits the Beaufort Sea
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Slavyanka, Russia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits off the coast of Aisen, Chile
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Port-Olry, Vanuatu
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Adak, Alaska
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 22,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 20,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 17,000ft
• Planchon Peteroa volcano in Chile erupts to 16,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Melissa to bring catastrophic impacts to the western Caribbean: Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba at risk
• Hurricane Melissa could be Jamaica's most powerful storm in history - "There is nowhere that will escape the wrath of this storm," said Evan Thompson, the principal director of Jamaica's Meteorological Service
• Tropical Storm Sonia forms in the eastern Pacific
• Unwarned potential tornado causes significant damage in south Fort Worth, Texas
• 'We'll march as many times as necessary': Peru's youth protesters defy state of emergency - Rapper shot dead by police becomes symbol of resistance in Peru, amid wave of gen Z rallies sweeping the world
• MSNBC Guest Claims President Trump Will Use the U.S. Military to "Kill Any Person He Wants" - Accuses Trump of Turning Armed Forces Into His "Private Army"
• In Latin America, Trump signals war in all but name - The Pentagon's aircraft carrier deployment to the Caribbean is a major escalation
• US Treasury Slaps Sanctions on Marxist Colombian President Gustavo Petro for His Role in Drug Trade
• 'We Do Not Kneel': Colombian President Defiant In Response To US Sanctions - The rupture caps months of personal friction between US President Donald Trump and Petro over US deportations and strikes on suspected drug boats off the coast of South America
• The Guardian: Why is Trump, the self-proclaimed 'president of peace', aiming to topple the Venezuelan regime? Marco Rubio has pushed for a tough approach to Venezuela, while the president reportedly only cares about the oil
• Maduro Hits Back at Trump: 'Inventing New Eternal War' as the Trump administration ramps up an operation to target alleged drug smuggling boats
• Panetta: One Accident Could Result in War with Venezuela
• Web of Sin: Inside Venezuela's most powerful narco-terror gang 'Cartel of the Suns' in Trump's crosshairs & why it's untouchable - Cartel de los Soles is a state-embedded network, with Maduro's military and officials accused of driving and protecting the cocaine trade
• 48 Bags with Human Remains Found in Cartel-Controlled Mexican State - So Far
• Woke Language Alert: Gustavo Petro Demands World Call Gangsters 'Drug Trafficking Workers'
• Brawl breaks out in Portland between Antifa and conservative activists as Trump's National Guard deployment paused until Tuesday
• Stephen Miller Drops Bombshell Threat: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Other Officials Could Face Seditious Conspiracy Charges for Blocking ICE Deportations
• Trump Administration Plans a Shake-Up at ICE to Speed Deportations
• Trump CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz Uncovers Over $1 Billion in Fraudulent Healthcare Spending for Illegal Aliens Including Murderers and Rapists
• 3.4 Million Foreign-Born People Claiming Welfare Benefits in Britain
• DHS marks 'one of the most violent days' of Operation Midway Blitz with several arrests
• ICE Arrests Repeat Sex Predator Shielded for Years by Democrat Sanctuary Policies
• Chicago: Migrant Arrested Eight Times Is Accused of Stabbing Man over Cellphone Video
• Manhunt Underway After Child-Molesting Boat Migrant Who Sparked Nationwide Protests Accidentally Released From Jail
• Arizona Youth Leader Arrested for Child Sex Trafficking and Abuse Material
• Pope Leo XIV says 'no tolerance' for abuse in the Catholic Church
• Maine Democrats reject bill targeting AI-generated child pornography
• Teen sues AI tool maker over fake nude images
• Groundbreaking 'biological glue' invented by Israeli scientists could replace need for stitches in surgery, saving millions of lives
• Faster, Higher, Stronger - and Full of Drugs. The Billionaire Quest to Hack Sports. A new sporting competition is enticing athletes to openly use performance-enhancing drugs and break records with million-dollar paychecks. Is it a grotesque spectacle or pushing the boundaries of human achievement?
• People Taking Medical Advice from AI Chatbots Are Ending Up in the ER
• President Trump to Investigate European Trade Partners for Not Paying Their Fair Share for American Medicines
• Cholera outbreak kills over 6,700 in Africa during 2025 - CDC