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17 Oct 2025 645

Criminal factions expand footprint in Brazilian cities and the Northeast

Criminal factions and paramilitary mafias have widened their reach in Brazil and now extend into neighborhoods home to at least 28.5 million people, according to a Datafolha survey commissioned by the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety.

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17 Oct 2025 873

Trump and Zelenskyy discuss drone swaps and Tomahawk missiles at White House

Presidents Trump and Zelenskyy have started their meeting at the White House, where they have already discussed a potential end to the conflict in Ukraine and the possibility of sending US long-range Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv.

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17 Oct 2025 868

France launches sweeping inspections of crypto firms ahead of EU’s MiCA regulation

French authorities have begun sweeping inspections of cryptocurrency firms as part of efforts to fight money laundering.

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17 Oct 2025 924

Mongolian Prime Minister Gombojav Zandanshatar resigns after losing no-confidence vote amid political turmoil

Mongolian prime minister Gombojav Zandanshatar has resigned after losing a vote of no confidence in parliament, just four months after taking office, according to reports.

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17 Oct 2025 914

Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who apologised for WWII atrocities, dies aged 101

Japan’s former prime minister, who apologised for his country’s atrocities during the Second World War, has died aged 101.

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17 Oct 2025 843

Trump to meet Putin in Budapest, elevating Orban and sidelining Europe

Donald Trump’s pledge to meet Vladimir Putin in Budapest to discuss Ukraine will be seen in Europe as a painful blow.

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17 Oct 2025 776

KISS legend and founding guitarist Ace Frehley dies aged 74

Ace Frehley, a founding member of Kiss and the band’s original lead guitarist, has died at 74.

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16 Oct 2025 725

China urges U.K. to lift new sanctions on Chinese firms accused of aiding Russia

China has called on the United Kingdom to immediately drop the newly imposed sanctions against 11 Chinese entities accused of supporting Russia’s energy sector, state news agency CGTN reported Thursday.

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16 Oct 2025 912

Florida mother faces death penalty over alleged child exploitation case

A mother is accused of coercing her 11-year-old daughter into horrific sexual abuse—some involving the family dog—and recording it for a stranger’s gratification. If convicted, officials warn she could face the death penalty.

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16 Oct 2025 825

KISS legend Ace Frehley on life support after suffering major brain bleed

KISS legend Ace Frehley is fighting for his life after suffering a devastating brain bleed that’s left him on life support.

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16 Oct 2025 893

Three men charged after alleged sexual assault on travel influencer in India

While touring the world on motorbikes with her husband, a travel influencer was brutally gang-raped by seven men.

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16 Oct 2025 918

’Challenging market conditions’ force Paddy Power to close 57 betting shops

Flutter, the parent company, cited ‘rising cost pressures and tough market conditions’ as the reason for the closures.

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16 Oct 2025 856

Trump, Putin agree to new peace talks after Tomahawk threat

Donald Trump has finished a phone call with President Putin, who reportedly offered his congratulations and agreed to a new round of negations between the US and Russia in an attempt to end the war in Ukraine.

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16 Oct 2025 729

Porn, games, beer distracted dad while daughter died in hot car

Reports indicate an Arizona father became so absorbed in video games and pornography that he forgot his 2-year-old daughter was still in his hot car.

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16 Oct 2025 763

French prime minister survives two no-confidence votes as minority government faces turbulence

The French prime minister survived two no-confidence votes that aimed to bring down his fragile minority government just days after it took office.

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16 Oct 2025 680

Hamas says it returned all hostage remains as Israel transfers bodies of 120 Palestinians to Gaza

Hamas announced it has handed over all the remains of hostages it currently has access to, saying that retrieving additional bodies in Gaza would require “significant efforts and specialized equipment.”

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16 Oct 2025 885

Top U.S.–India expert Ashley Tellis arrested over classified document scandal and alleged ties to Chinese officials

Foreign policy scholar Ashley Tellis, one of Washington’s leading experts on India and U.S.–India relations, has been arrested and charged with unlawful retention of national defense information after FBI agents uncovered over 1,000 pages of classified material at his Virginia home — including documents marked Top Secret.

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15 Oct 2025 622

Hungarian FM calls EU energy diversification “crazy” during 13th Moscow visit

On his 13th trip to Russia since its full-scale assault on Ukraine, Foreign Minister Szijjártó denounced the EU’s energy diversification agenda as "crazy".

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15 Oct 2025 925

Trump says Israel could resume Gaza operations if Hamas breaks ceasefire

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said he might allow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to restart military operations in Gaza if Hamas fails to honor its side of the ceasefire agreement, adding that Israeli forces could return to the streets “as soon as I give the word.”

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15 Oct 2025 1020

Former Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga dies aged 80

Raila Odinga, Kenya’s former prime minister and serial presidential contender whose populist campaigns unsettled authorities and gave him outsized sway over his country’s politics, died Wednesday of a heart attack while visiting India.

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15 Oct 2025 799

British teenager survives two weeks in Thai jungle before being found at remote temple

A teenager relied on every instinct to survive Thailand’s unforgiving jungles and was rescued after stumbling upon a remote Buddhist temple.

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15 Oct 2025 734

Former FTC member Alvaro Bedoya warns Trump-era policies favor corporate elites over ordinary Americans

Alvaro Bedoya, a former member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), told the New Republic that before his dismissal by President Donald Trump this year, he witnessed widespread manipulation of government systems and the free market.

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15 Oct 2025 1034

Great Britain expands sanctions to include Rosneft, Lukoil, and Nayara Energy

The United Kingdom has broadened its sanctions list, targeting Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil, along with the Indian company Nayara Energy, which is partially owned by Rosneft, according to the UK government’s official portal reported by UNN.

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15 Oct 2025 980

G7 nations move forward with $300 billion plan to fund Ukraine using Russian assets

Plans to use a portion of Russia’s frozen central bank assets — worth nearly $300 billion — to support Ukraine have entered the preparatory phase, with the United Kingdom and Canada joining the European Union-led initiative, Bloomberg reported.

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15 Oct 2025 667

Vučić says three Russian nationals were at Serbian camp training foreigners to destabilize Moldova

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić confirmed on Wednesday that three Russian nationals were present at a training camp near the western town of Loznica, where authorities recently detained two suspects accused of preparing Moldovan and Romanian citizens to interfere in Moldova’s upcoming elections and incite unrest.