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A woman waves Turkish and Palestinian flags during a sit-in gathering against the interception of the Gaza-bound Sumud flotilla by Israeli navy forces, in Istanbul.
October 2025

Hundreds of thousands march in support of Palestinians

ISTANBUL (AP) : Hundreds of thousands of people across several Turkish cities marched Sunday in support of Palestinians and an aid flotilla’s attempt to reach Gaza. At the largest demonstration in…
Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, Thursday, October 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
October 2025

Trump orders Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas partially accepts his peace plan

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — US President Donald Trump on Friday ordered Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of his plan to end the nearly two-year…
Demonstrators march in Tel Aviv, Israel, on September 30, calling for the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and an end to the ongoing war.
October 2025

Trump sets Sunday deadline for Hamas to agree to deal for ending war in Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP): US President Donald Trump said Friday that Hamas must agree to a proposed peace deal by Sunday evening, threatening an even greater military onslaught nearly two years…
Rescuers carry the body of a victim of a collapsed building at an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia yesterday.
October 2025

Crews pull more bodies from rubble of collapsed school as death toll rises

SIDOARJO(AP): Recovery crews on Friday pulled multiple bodies from beneath the rubble of a school that collapsed in Indonesia, with dozens of students still unaccounted for and the death toll expected…

Cut down trees lie within view of the Cordillera Azul National Park, seen in the background near Chambira community, in Peru’s Amazon, October 3, 2022.
October 2025

As Amazon’s ‘flying rivers’ weaken with tree loss, scientists warn of worsening droughts

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP): Droughts have withered crops in Peru, fires have scorched the Amazon and hydroelectric dams in Ecuador have struggled to keep the lights on as rivers dry up. Scientists say the…
House Speaker Mike Johnson (front), with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (right), speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington yesterday.
October 2025

Gov’t using shutdown to dole out firings, political punishment

WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, meeting with budget director Russ Vought on…
President Donald Trump
October 2025

Trump declares drug cartels operating in Caribbean unlawful combatants

WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in a “non-international armed conflict,” according to a Trump…
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October 2025

Four Caribbean nations sign deal allowing citizens to move freely without visas or work permits

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP): Four Caribbean nations are making it easier for their citizens to pack up and move to neighbouring countries to start a new life without the need for visas or work…
Representative Adriano Espailat speaks during a news conference on the impact of government shutdown on Americans health care on Tuesday at the Capitol in Washington.
October 2025

Democrats embrace shutdown fight in rare moment of unity against Trump

NEW YORK (AP): On this, at least, the Democrats agree: It’s time to fight. Whether far-left activists, Washington moderates or rural conservatives, Democratic leaders across the political spectrum are…