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15 Oct 2025 844

Israel to reopen Gaza border after Hamas returns more hostage bodies

The sole Gaza–Egypt border crossing was expected to open Wednesday, enabling hundreds of trucks carrying urgently needed aid to enter the devastated Palestinian territory.

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15 Oct 2025 750

Man investigated for failing to declare £22,000 worth of Pokémon cards at Singapore airport

A 25-year-old man is under investigation by Singapore Customs for allegedly not declaring a collection of Pokémon trading cards valued at over £22,500.

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15 Oct 2025 961

Moscow targets exiled Kremlin critics with new “terrorism” case

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has launched a criminal case against exiled former oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky and members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia—established by exiled politicians and activists in February 2022—alleging they plotted a violent seizure of power and organized a terrorist group.

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14 Oct 2025 850

Dozens feared dead as sleeper bus catches fire on Jaisalmer-Jodhpur highway in India

Dozens of people are feared to have died after a sleeper bus caught on fire on a motorway in India.

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14 Oct 2025 702

Macron government wins temporary reprieve as pension law frozen

France’s prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has suspended Emmanuel Macron’s flagship 2023 pension overhaul until after the 2027 presidential election in the hope of winning over enough Socialist deputies to survive a no-confidence vote.

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14 Oct 2025 915

D’Angelo, the neo-soul legend, dies at 51

D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer who helped pioneer the sound of neo-soul, has died. He was 51.

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14 Oct 2025 648

Climate activists throw red paint over 133-year-old Christopher Columbus painting in Madrid museum

This is the moment when two climate activists splashed red paint over a 133-year-old painting of Christopher Columbus in a Madrid museum.

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14 Oct 2025 793

Three police officers killed after house filled with gas exploded during eviction

Three police officers were killed in a farmhouse explosion in Italy as they arrived to evict the occupants.

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14 Oct 2025 658

Netherlands seizes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker under Cold War-era law

The Dutch government has seized control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia, invoking an emergency Cold War-era law, in a move that is likely to heighten trade tensions with Beijing.

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14 Oct 2025 994

Indonesia faces renewed protests after MPs approve new $42,000 recess allowance

Weeks after widespread protests swept Indonesia over the excessive pays of lawmakers, a new allowance raise has unleashed fresh public anger.

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14 Oct 2025 903

“Operation Cava bag”: Inside the alleged bribe to Trump’s border adviser Tom Homan

On Sept. 20, 2025, multiple reliable news outlets reported that Tom Homan, U.S. President Donald Trump’s border czar, had accepted $50,000 from an undercover FBI agent.

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14 Oct 2025 667

Nepal charges ex-Speaker Mahara with gold smuggling amid anti-corruption drive

Nepalese authorities charged former Speaker of Parliament Krishna Bahadur Mahara on Monday with gold smuggling and organized crime, marking the first high-profile arrest by the newly-installed interim government as it looks to crack down on corruption

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13 Oct 2025 632

Israel releases nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners under Gaza ceasefire deal

The Israeli prison service announced on Monday, October 13, that it had released nearly 2,000 detainees, primarily Palestinians, as part of a Gaza ceasefire agreement.

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13 Oct 2025 799

NATO chief mocks Russia over ‘limping’ submarine after reports of malfunction

NATO chief Mark Rutte mocked Russia on Monday regarding the "limping" condition of one of its submarines, as Russian authorities denied it had been forced to surface due to technical issues.

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13 Oct 2025 698

Ukrainian crypto influencer Konstantin ‘Kudo’ Galich found dead in Kyiv amid market crash

Ukrainian authorities have reportedly launched an investigation into the death of crypto trader and influencer Konstantin Galich, who went by the alias Kostya Kudo (or “Kudo”).

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13 Oct 2025 774

Six suspects — including three Bosnian officials — identified in EU motorway corruption investigation

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy) has officially identified six individuals as suspects, including three Bosnian public officials, in connection with alleged cross-border corruption in a construction project for the Pan-European Motorway Corridor, which connects Hungary and eastern Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Adriatic Sea.

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13 Oct 2025 695

Hamas releases final 13 hostages to Red Cross, completing return of all captives held for over two years

The Palestinian group Hamas has handed over the last 13 hostages to the Red Cross, meaning all 20 people who had been held captive for over two years are returning home.

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13 Oct 2025 830

Trump threatens to arm Ukraine with Tomahawks unless Putin ends war

Donald Trump has warned Russia he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow does not end its war soon.

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13 Oct 2025 851

Royal Marines deliver £35m blow to drug trade in Middle East operation

Royal Marines have incapacitated a high-speed drug boat with a single, precise sniper shot in one of the most dramatic counter-narcotics operations the Royal Navy has conducted in the Middle East.

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13 Oct 2025 594

Trump arrives in Israel to meet Netanyahu amid Gaza ceasefire efforts

President Donald Trump stepped out of Air Force One on Monday morning to the sound of trumpets before descending the stairs and shaking hands with officials who awaited him on the red carpet at Ben Gurion Airport.

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12 Oct 2025 584

Trump travels to Israel and Egypt as Gaza hostage release nears

Donald Trump is on his way to Israel and Egypt to oversee the crucial hours of a Gaza ceasefire he helped broker, as relatives of hostages "held their breath" ahead of their expected release.

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12 Oct 2025 690

Man urinates on Vatican altar in front of shocked worshipers

A man urinated on the Vatican’s holiest altar in front of hundreds of horrified worshippers, according to local reports.

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12 Oct 2025 585

Three dead after light aircraft crashes at Shellharbour Airport in NSW

Three people have died in a plane crash at Shellharbour Airport in the Lake Illawarra area of NSW.

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12 Oct 2025 828

South Korea summons Cambodian envoy after student tortured to death in employment scam

South Korea summoned the Cambodian envoy to express concern after a Korean college student was kidnapped and brutally tortured to death in a case that threatened to spark a diplomatic row between the two countries.

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12 Oct 2025 618

Israel and Hamas prepare for hostage and prisoner swap under ceasefire deal

Authorities in Israel and Gaza are preparing for the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners ahead of a Monday deadline for the swap stipulated in the ceasefire deal, which could end the two-year war in Gaza.