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Top News Stories for Sunday, October 12th 2025
Sunday, Oct 12th, 2025 -
China has called United States President Donald Trump's new tariffs on Chinese goods hypocritical as it defended its curbs on exports of rare earth elements and equipment, while stopping short of imposing additional duties on US imports. In a lengthy statement on Sunday, China's Ministry of Commerce said its export controls on rare earths, which Trump had labelled "surprising" and "very hostile", were introduced in ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Oct 12th, 2025 -
Israel's military says it has completed first phase of withdrawal, ahead of Monday peace summit in Egypt From Many Palestinian people have faced starvation and have had to endure extreme hunger as the UN and other organisations have faced massive logistical obstacles including widespread looting, Israeli bombardments, Israel's administrative restrictions and bureaucracy and infrastructure damaged by Israeli attacks ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Oct 12th, 2025 -
Heavy fighting has broken out between Pakistani and Afghan forces at multiple locations on their border, and the rival sides claim to have captured and destroyed border posts in one of the worst border clashes in recent years. The Taliban administration's spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said at least 58 Pakistani soldiers were killed in "retaliatory" attacks on Saturday night, two days after blasts were reported in ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Israel-Hamas live updates: Netanyahu says his country is ready to 'immediately receive' all hostages
Sunday, Oct 12th, 2025 -
: There were cheers for President Donald Trump at an event in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square last night, but boos for some at the mention of Netanyahu. The ceasefire holds in Gaza after Israel's cabinet approved the first phase of an agreement to end hostilities, two years after a ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave. President Donald Trump is expected to depart later today on a whirlwind trip to the Middle East, ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Oct 12th, 2025 -
Tiger Woods has gone through a seventh back surgery, this time to replace a disk in his lower back and had caused pain and mobility issues. Woods said in a social media post he had the surgery in New York and said it was the right decision for his his health and his troubled back. He did not mention how long it would keep him out of golf, though it was unclear if he was going to try to play in his Hero World ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Oct 12th, 2025 -
Watkins, serving 29 years for child sex crimes, was allegedly stabbed and two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder Reading Time: 1 minute Ian Watkins, the former frontman of the British rock band Lostprophets, was killed on Saturday in a prison attack in England, where he was serving a 29-year sentence for multiple sex crimes against children. Watkins, 48, pleaded guilty in November 2013 to 13 child sex ...
Source: scmp.com
Saturday, Oct 11th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was directing Defense Department officials to pay members of the military next week, despite the ongoing federal government shutdown . "I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th. We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Oct 11th, 2025 -
A "devastating" blast at a Tennessee explosives manufacturing plant on Friday is believed to have left 16 people dead, authorities announced on Saturday. At a press conference on Saturday, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said authorities had narrowed down the number of workers missing after the massive blast to 16. "At this time we have not located any survivors, and we are making the assumption that all are ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Oct 11th, 2025 -
By Rebecca Robbins and Margot Sanger-Katz President Donald Trump on Friday announced a deal with British drugmaker AstraZeneca to lower drug prices, his second pact with a major pharmaceutical company in an effort to make prescription drugs more affordable. Under the deal, AstraZeneca agreed to sell its drugs to Medicaid, the health insurance program for lower-income Americans, at about the same prices that it ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Oct 11th, 2025 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Former President Joe Biden is entering a new phase of treatment for the prostate cancer he was diagnosed with in May. Biden is undergoing radiation therapy, a spokesperson for the former president told Fox News Saturday. Previously, he had been receiving routine scans, the spokesperson added. "As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is ...
Source: foxnews.com
Saturday, Oct 11th, 2025 -
Judges have stalled President Donald Trump's plans to deploy the National Guard in Chicago and in Portland, Oregon, but troops are now patrolling in Memphis , Tennessee, with the blessing of the state's governor. The troops, dressed in Guard fatigues and protective vests, with guns in their holsters, patrolled at a Bass Pro Shops store and a nearby tourist welcome center beside the Mississippi River on Friday. It ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Oct 11th, 2025 -
LELAND, Miss. (AP) — Four people were killed in a shooting in a small town in the Mississippi Delta region after a high school football homecoming game there, a state senator said Saturday. The shootings happened occurred in the downtown area of the small town of Leland, Mississippi, where people had gathered following the game, said Mississippi state Sen. Derrick Simmons, who represents people in that ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Saturday, Oct 11th, 2025 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a New York federal judge Saturday to dismiss some criminal charges, including the only count for which he could face the death penalty, from a federal indictment brought against him in the December assassination of UnitedHealthcare's chief executive. In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, the lawyers said prosecutors should also be prevented from ...
Source: pbs.org
Saturday, Oct 11th, 2025 -
The Seattle Mariners are headed to the ALCS. They needed a marathon to get there. Game 5 of the ALDS turned into a 15-inning show of endurance, with Seattle beating the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on a bases-loaded, walk-off hit from Jorge Polanco. They will face the Toronto Blue Jays in the next round, . The 15 innings broke the MLB record for the longest winner-take-all game ever, exceeding the 13-inning 2018 NL wild-card ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Oct 11th, 2025 -
Federal prosecutors are meeting on Saturday to finalize the details of a potential indictment against former national security adviser John Bolton, who has been under criminal investigation for years related to his handling of national security information, according to a source familiar with the investigation. Prosecutors in the Maryland US Attorney's Office previously pushed back against Justice Department ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Oct 11th, 2025 -
Worst-affected areas include Veracruz, Queretaro, Hidalgo and San Luis Potosi, with some people unaccounted for At least 23 people had died in Mexico by the end of a week that brought heavy rains, authorities said. Mexico's civil defence authorities on Friday reported intense rainfall in 31 of 32 states, with the worst-affected areas being Veracruz in the east, Queretaro and Hidalgo in the centre, and the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Oct 10th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Melania Trump reveals she has been talking to Putin through 'back channels' about kidnapped Ukrainian children, as 8 are reunited with families The Slovenian-born First Lady sent the Russian president a letter in August regarding the fate of Ukrainian children held captive by ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Oct 10th, 2025 -
White House had described doctor visit as 'routine yearly checkup' although president had annual physical in April Donald Trump – the oldest person ever to be elected US president – had what he has described as a "semiannual physical" at the Walter Reed national military medical center on Friday. The visit, which the White House announced earlier this week, comes as Trump is preparing to travel to the ...
Source: theguardian.com