11.20.2025 thursday [i wrk]

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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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 tennisJannik 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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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 tennisJannik 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) 

The Borgarting Court of Appeal nullifies the Norwegian government’s approval of three offshoreoil and gas development projects due to insufficient assessment of combustion-related climate impacts, but allows production to continue for six months as authorities address the deficiencies. (Reuters) 

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the M23 rebels sign a framework agreement in Doha, Qatar, for a peace treaty to end the conflict in Kivu. (Reuters) 

At least four people are killed, including the mayor of Wady Al-Mawla, and another is severly injured in a mass shooting attack by unidentified gunmen at a coffeehouse in Homs, Syria. (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)(SANA) 

Three people are injured, including two critically, in a drive-by shooting by unidentified gunmen in Aleppo, Syria. (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights) 

The Holy See transfers 62 indigenous artefacts to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops for repatriation to the communities of origin after their removal for a 1925 missionary exhibition in Rome, Italy. (BBC News) 

Storm Claudia makes landfall in Western Europe, killing at least three people and injuring dozens of others in southern Portugal. (Sky News Australia) 

A landslide triggered by heavy rain kills at least eleven people and leaves 12 others missing in Central Java, Indonesia. (Reuters) 

Seven people are killed and six others are injured in an explosion at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. (Aaj News) 

At least 120 people are injured, including 100 police officers, and 20 others are arrested in clashes with police during protests across Mexico after the assassination of Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo earlier this month. (Reuters) 

British home secretary Shabana Mahmood announces plans to reduce the length of refugee status, extend the required period before applying for long-term residency, and end automatic state benefits for asylum seekers as part of a broad reform of its asylum system. (AFP via CBS News) 

Friday, November 14th, 2025 

A 27-year-old man is arrested and charged with four counts of murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime for a mass shooting that killed four people and injured 15 others at a bar in October in Saint Helena Island, South Carolina, United States. (CBS News) 

The United States declares four Antifa groups as terrorist organizations in pursuant to NSPM-7, including the Germany-based Antifa Ost, who was involved in the attempted murder of three neo-Nazi individuals in Saxony and Thuringia. The U.S. government also says it is pursuing action against three other antifa groups in Italy and Greece, including the Informal Anarchist Federation(DW) 

The United States defense department announces Operation Southern Spear to target alleged narco-terrorists in Central and South America and the Caribbean under the US Southern Command’s jurisdiction. (DW)(Axios) 

The United States Defense Department announces Operation Southern Spear to target alleged narco-terrorists in Central and South America and the Caribbean under US Southern Command‘s jurisdiction. (DW) (Axios) 

Four people are killed in an American airstrike against a boat in the Caribbean Sea. The attack is announced today, but was carried out four days ago. (Al Jazeera) 

Nine guerrilla fighters are killed by a Colombian military airstrike in the Arauca Department. (AFP via BSS) 

Saab AB signs a contract worth €3.1 billion (US$3.62 billion) with the Colombian government to provide 17 Gripen fighter jets to the Colombian Aerospace Force over the next five years. (Reuters) 

Mali suspends French television channelsTF1 and La Chaîne Info from airing in the country, citing unverified claims and falsehoods in a broadcast on the ongoing fuel blockades by the Islamist militant group Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin. (AP) 

At least 17 people are killed in an attack on a hospital by the Allied Democratic Forces in Lubero, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP via CTV News) 

Former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala starts a hunger strike to protest his ongoing trial over atrocities committed during the Second Congo War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, arguing that the French court which judges him does not have legitimacy to try him. (AP) 

The United Nations Human Rights Council establishes an independent fact-finding mission to investigate reported mass killings and other alleged war crimes by the Rapid Support Forces and their allied groups in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan. (Reuters) 

The World Health Organization deploys a team of technical officers and aid to monitor and support an outbreak of viral hemorrhagic fever that has killed six people in southern Ethiopia. (CIDRAP) 

A woman is injured in a rocket attack by unknown assailants on a house in Mezzeh, Damascus Governorate, Syria. (Al Jazeera) 

Five Chinese nationals are killed after a minibus loses control and crashes in Bali, Indonesia. (The Indian Express) 

Three people are killed and three others are injured when a bus crashes into a bus stop in Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden. (DW) 

Nine people are killed and 29 others are injured after seized explosives detonate inside of a police station in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (NDTV) 

Four militants linked to the Pakistani Taliban who allegedly planned the suicide bombing in Islamabad three days ago are arrested in Pakistan. (DW) 

British High Court judge Finola O’Farrell rules Australian mining corporation BHP liable for the 2015 Samarco dam collapse in Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil, considered the biggest environmental disaster in the country. (The Guardian)

British High Court judge Finola O’Farrell rules Australian mining corporation BHP liable for the 2015 Samarco dam collapse in MarianaMinas GeraisBrazil, considered the biggest environmental disaster in the country. (The Guardian) (G1) 

The Constitutional Court of the Central African Republic rules that incumbent presidentFaustin-Archange Touadéra may run for another term, after opposition parties submitted that he did not meet the criteria to seek another term in office. (AP) 

French speed skater Timothy Loubineaud breaks the world record at the ISU World Cup by more than a second in the 5000 metres with a time of 6:00.23. (Olympics)(NOS) 

Six people are killed and 35 others are injured in a missile and drone attack by Russian forces on Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP) 

At least three people are killed and several others are injured when a bus crashes into a bus stop in Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden. (Aftonbladet in Swedish) 

The Pakistani government arrests four militants linked to Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan who allegedly planned and carried out the suicide bombing in Islamabad on Tuesday. (DW) 

In the United States, Blue Origin launches NASA‘s ESCAPADE spacecraft mission to study Mars‘ magnetosphere. It is the second launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch vehicle, and the first successful landing of the vehicle’s reusable first stage. (The New York Times) 

The United States announces new trade agreements with Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Guatemala that lower tariffs on selected goods and expand market access for U.S. products. (Buenos Aires Times) 

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The Ukrainian intelligence directorate claims to have derailed a train carrying North Korean weapons to Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway, near Sosnovka in Khabarovsk Krai, using explosives. (United24) 

Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo and drones strike Oryol in Oryol Oblast, Russia, damaging several cars and apartments, while several drones are shot down by air defense. (The Kyiv Independent) 

During a training flight, a Sukhoi Su-30SM crashes in Prionezhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia. The two crew members are killed. (Aviation Safety Network) 

Hamas hands over the remains of one more Israeli hostage to the Israeli military. (Xinhua) 

Israeli settlers set fire to the Hajja Hamida mosque in Deir Istiya in the West Bank and deface the mosque’s exterior wall in defiance of an Israeli government rebuke of settler violence. (DW) 

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention reports about 300,000 confirmed and suspected cholera cases in the continent, mostly in Angola and Burundi, and more than 7,000 deaths in 2025, marking Africa’s largest outbreak in 25 years and a more than 30% increase from the previous year. (Reuters) 

Pakistani interior minister Mohsin Naqvi says that Afghan nationals carried out Tuesday’s suicide bombing in Islamabad, which killed 12 people and injured many others, adding that the attack was planned and directed from Afghanistan, increasing tensions between the countries. (AP) 

Spanish police dismantle an alleged international network accused of trafficking minors from the Canary Islands to France, arresting eleven suspects in operations in LanzaroteLas Palmas, and Madrid. (Reuters) 

Bangladeshi chief adviser Muhammad Yunus announces a national referendum on the July Charter, which recognizes the 2024 uprising that ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina(Reuters) 

The state of Victoria enacts Australia‘s first treaty with Indigenous peoples, establishing a permanent First Peoples’ Assembly and a truth-telling commission as part of a formal state–Indigenous governance framework. (Reuters) 

Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan appoints MP Mwigulu Nchemba as prime minister, who is confirmed by parliament. (Reuters) 

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11.13.2025 thursday [i wrk]

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The Sun unleashes a X5.1-class solar flare from sunspot AR4274, the strongest in 2025 and most intense since October 2024. (Space) 

United States president Donald Trump grants pardons to 77 people, including political allies who are accused of electoral fraud-related charges from the 2020 presidential election, including several who have pled guilty. (NPR) 

A court in Saint Petersburg, Russia, extends street musician Diana Loginova‘s detention for 13 days for allegedly violating public order during an October performance that included anti-war songs, marking her third consecutive sentence since mid-October. (AP)

Russia indefinitely bans 30 Japanese nationals, including a foreign ministry official, from entering the country in response to Japan’s sanctions on Russian entities over the war in Ukraine. (Reuters)

Hundreds of Russian troops enter the city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast with heavy street-to-street fighting underway. (Reuters) 

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine starts investigating a large-scale corruption scheme in the country’s energy sector, involving the state nuclear power operator Energoatom(EuroNews)

Thousands of people protest in Belgrade, Serbia, against the proposed re-development of the former Yugoslav People’s Army General Staff Building, which was delisted as a cultural asset last year. (DW)

Polish president Karol Nawrocki and at least 100,000 people participate in a nationalist march celebrating the National Independence Day in Warsaw, Poland. (The Guardian)

President of Poland Karol Nawrocki and 100,000 to 250,000 people participate peacefully in the Independence March in Warsaw, Poland. (PolskieRadio24) 

A high court in Seoul, South Korea, issues an arrest warrant for former National Intelligence Service director Cho Tae-yong for allegedly tampering with evidence regarding former president Yoon Suk Yeol‘s declaration of martial law, among other charges. (Reuters)

A court of appeals in Paris, France, releases former president Nicolas Sarkozy from prison under judicial supervision conditions, less than three weeks after he began to serve a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy over his 2007 election campaign funds. (AP) 

The Southwark Crown Court in London, United Kingdom, sentences Chinese fraudster Qian Zhimin to 11 years and eight months in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded over 128,000 investors and laundered the proceeds into Bitcoin, resulting in the recovery of about ₿61,000 in the country’s largest cryptocurrency seizure. (AP)

Iraqis vote to elect the 329 members of the Council of Representatives, who will elect the country’s president and approve the president’s appointment of a prime minister. (AFP via Barron’s)

New Zealand announces the transfer of gun licensing responsibilities from the police to an independent Firearms Safety Authority reporting directly to the government. (AP)

A court in Istanbul, Turkey, issues arrest warrants for eight suspects involved in an investigation into alleged illegal sports betting by Turkish Football Federation referees, club presidents, and players. (DW)

Gabonese court sentences former first lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba and her son, Noureddin Bongo Valentin, to 20 years in prison each for receiving and embezzling public funds, among other charges. Both were tried in absentia as they live in exile. (AFP via Barron’s)

Colombian president Gustavo Petro orders public forces to halt intelligence sharing with the United States Intelligence Community until the U.S. ceases its military strikes on vessels in the Caribbean Sea. (Reuters)

The Dominican Republic experiences a rare countrywide blackout, which officials blame on a failure in the power transmission grid. (AP)

Twenty people are injured when three Sarmiento trains derail in LiniersBuenos AiresArgentina(Todos Noticias in Spanish)

A court declares Brazilian telecommunications company Oi bankrupt, the largest bankruptcy in the country’s history.  (Reuters) 

Twelve people are killed and 27 injured in a suicide bombing outside a court in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera) 

Twenty people are killed when a Turkish Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo plane crashes near the Azerbaijan–Georgia border. (Euronews) 

The Supreme Court of India acquits Surendra Koli of all remaining charges in the series of child murders and rapes which occurred between 2005 and 2006 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and ordering his immediate release. Koli was originally sentenced to death and was serving a life sentence for the remaining cases. (The Hindu) 

Catherine Connolly is inaugurated as the 10th President of Ireland. (BBC) 

Lebanon grants a US$900,000 bail to Hannibal Gaddafi, the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, ending his nearly 10-year detention in a case involving the 1978 disappearance of Shia Muslim cleric Musa al-Sadr, for which Gaddafi was accused of withholding information but never tried. (AFP via Arab News) 

Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol, former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun, and former Defense Counterintelligence Command leader Yeo In-hyung are indicted on additional charges related to Yoon’s attempt to invoke martial law last December alleging that they ordered surveillance drones to be sent into North Korea to stoke tensions and justify their plans. (DW) 

The Pan American Health Organization rescinds Canada’s measles elimination status after more than a year of continuous transmission and over 5,000 confirmed cases across most provinces, declaring that the Americas region as a whole no longer meets elimination criteria. (Reuters) 

At least two militants are killed during an attack by the Pakistani Taliban on a cadet college in South Waziristan DistrictKhyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (APP via Dawn) 

British–Hungarian writer David Szalay wins the 2025 Booker Prize for his novel Flesh(AFP via Bangkok Post) 

Two people are killed when a Beechcraft King Air plane carrying Hurricane Melissa relief supplies for Jamaica crashes into a pond in Coral Springs, Florida, United States. (CNN) (The Palm Beach Post) 

The death toll from Typhoon Fung-wong‘s impact on Luzon, Philippines, rises to eight, with more than 1.4 million others displaced. (AP) 

The death toll from a Rohingya boat sinking near Langkawi, Malaysia, rises to 21 as authorities in Malaysia and Thailand continue their search and rescue operations, with 13 survivors having been rescued and detained for immigration investigations. (Reuters) 

Thailand suspends the implementation of a peace agreement with Cambodia after a land mine explosion injures two Thai soldiers in Sisaket province. (AFP via CNA) 

Thirteen people are killed and over 20 others are injured in a suspected car bombing near the Red Fort in New Delhi, India. (Al Jazeera) 

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency issues an arrest warrant for former petroleum minister Timipre Sylva on charges of conspiracy and fraud of US$14.85 million allocated by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board for a refinery project. (Reuters) 

Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa transfers 300 high-risk inmates, including former vice president Jorge Glas, to a new maximum-security prison in Santa Elena as part of a security strategy targeting gang activity inside overcrowded prisons. (Reuters) 

A Thai court orders the extradition of convicted kingpin She Zhijiang to China to face charges related to operating cybercrime and illegal gambling networks across Asia. (AP) 

The United States Senate votes 60–40 to a bill to end the 41-day government shutdown and extend funding for the U.S. government until January 30, 2026, sending the bill to the House of Representatives for a vote.  (Reuters) 

Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto posthumously grants the title of National Hero to former president Suharto, despite criticism by activists and civil society due to his New Order military dictatorship.  (Reuters) 

Pakistan’s Senate approves a constitutional amendment that expands Army Chief Asim Munir‘s powers by creating the position of Chief of Defence Forces with command over all military branches, while also limiting the Supreme Court’s authority. (Reuters) 

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