Monday,  November 17th, 2025 

At least 71 schools in Australia and New Zealand close as authorities investigate recalled children’s play sand products from Kmart and Target after testing detected asbestos in some samples. (Reuters) 

A bus carrying Umrah pilgrims collides with a tank truck near Medina, Saudi Arabia, killing 45 people. (Hindustan Times) 

Six people are killed and 19 others are injured when a landslide triggered by heavy rain strikes a bus carrying 32 passengers in Khánh Hòa, Vietnam. (Reuters) 

A domestic tribunal in Bangladesh sentences former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan to death in absentia over crimes against humanity committed during the quota reform protests in 2024. (AP) (Reuters) 

Philippine executive secretary Lucas Bersamin and budget secretary Amenah Pangandaman resign over their alleged involvement in flood control corruption. Finance secretary Ralph Recto replaces Bersamin as the executive secretary. (Gulf News) 

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Sunday, November 16th, 2025 

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says that Iran is no longer enriching uranium due, in part, to the damage at nuclear facilities following the Iran–Israel war and the US strikes on nuclear sites in Iran. (AP) 

The National Investigation Agency of India states that the recent car explosion in Delhi was a suicide attack and report the arrest of a suspect accused of helping acquire and prepare the vehicle used in the blast. (AFP via CNA) 

At least 12 people are killed and 10 others are injured when a bus crashes in Tungurahua Province, Ecuador. (Reuters) 

Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa announces the capture of Los Lobos leader Wilmer Chavarría, who faked his own death and changed his identity, by Spanish police in Málaga, Andalusia. (BBC News) 

Chileans vote to elect their president, who will succeed the term-limited incumbent Gabriel Boric. (CNN) 

Preliminary results indicate a second round between Jeannette Jara and José Antonio Kast on 13 December. (El País) 

In tennis, Jannik Sinner defeats his rival Carlos Alcaraz in the final, 7–6^(7–4), 7–5, to successfully defend his singles title at the 2025 ATP Finals. (AFP via Cebu Daily News) 

In Canadian football, the Saskatchewan Roughriders defeat the Montreal Alouettes 25–17 to win their fifth Grey Cup. (TSN) 

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