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Crude Prices Recover as US-China Trade Tensions Ease
November WTI crude oil (CLX25) today is up +0.96 (+1.63%), and November RBOB gasoline (RBX25) is up +0.0291 (+1.60%). Crude oil and gasoline prices are sharply higher today, recovering some of last Friday's plunge after the Trump administration...

Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank Celebrate Return of Nearly 2,000 Prisoners
On Monday, thousands of Palestinians gathered in Khan Younis and the West Bank to celebrate the return of nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed as part of the ceasefire deal. Many of those released had been jailed by Israel...

Trump’s businesses, product pushes in overdrive as White House return nears
Trump guitars ($1,500), autographed Trump Bibles ($1,000), Trump sneakers ($499), Trump watches ($899), Trump digital trading cards ($99), signed Trump books ($499), Trump two-dollar bills ($29.99). The marketing and merchandising of...

Raising pension contribution levels ‘could boost financial security in the UK’
The UK’s retirement system could be improved by bringing more people, including the self-employed, into private pension schemes and raising the contribution levels required under automatic enrolment, according to a global report. The UK was graded...
Readers Write: Qatari military training, ‘No Kings,’ Minneapolis elections, the shutdown, Israel-Hamas
Madore, on the other hand, is painted as a newcomer to the ward — by innuendo, an opportunist. Anyone who knows her or who has worked with her recognizes this is a caricature: laughably inaccurate. Madore is an experienced community advocate,...
Iranian strike hit secret Israeli-US military bunker beneath Tel Aviv tower: Report
An investigation by The Grayzone has revealed that Iran’s June 13 missile strike on Tel Aviv directly hit a secret underground military command center jointly operated by Israel and the United States, buried beneath a luxury apartment complex in...

Spain to Maintain Arms Embargo on Israel - Prime Minister
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Israel accuses Hamas of violating ceasefire, will reduce aid to Gaza
Israel restricted aid into Gaza and kept the enclave’s border shut on Tuesday while re-emergent Hamas fighters demonstrated their grip by executing men in the street, darkening the outlook for U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war....
¿Terminó por fin la guerra de Israel en Gaza? Estas son algunas preguntas clave sin respuesta sobre lo que viene
Análisis de Mostafa Salem La liberación este lunes de los últimos 20 rehenes israelíes vivos y de casi 2.000 prisioneros y detenidos palestinos marca un momento crucial en la guerra de Israel en Gaza, aunque no está claro si esto señala el fin del...

This Israeli Hostage Says His Hamas Captors Weren’t Who You Think
An Israeli citizen who was held hostage in Gaza said many of his captors were not Hamas soldiers, but Palestinian civilians. Tal Shoham, whose son was just released on Monday as part of a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas, told reporters...

“Recognize Palestine”: Israeli Knesset Member Ofer Cassif on Protesting Trump, Netanyahu Speeches
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show in Israel, where the family members of the 20 remaining released hostages are welcoming their loved ones home. On Monday, as President Trump addressed...

Hamas returns more hostage bodies after Israel restricts humanitarian aid into Gaza
Hamas handed over more bodies of deceased hostages after Israel threatened to reduce aid into Gaza on Tuesday and US President Donald Trump threatened violence against the Palestinian militant group if it does not disarm. A day after Trump spoke...

Israel and Hamas’ ceasefire appears to hold after Gaza hostage and detainee exchanges
Bulldozers deployed by the Gaza Municipality drive past displaced people, on their way to clear building rubble from main roads in Gaza City on Tuesday, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian fighters in Gaza. AFP/Getty Images hide...

Israeli gymnasts remain excluded from world championship after court rejects request
Israel’s gymnasts will not be able to compete at the upcoming world championships in Indonesia after sport’s highest court on Tuesday rejected requests from the Israeli federation (IGF) to “guarantee the participation” of its team. Indonesian...

AP News: Israeli military says Red Cross transferring 4 coffins with remains of deceased hostages
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military said the Red Cross is transferring to its custody four coffins with the remains of deceased hostages. Israeli authorities said earlier Tuesday that the Red Cross was on its way to a meeting point in...

Eurovision Postpones Vote on Israel’s 2026 Inclusion, Citing Recent Ceasefire Developments
The organizers behind the Eurovision Song Contest have decided to postpone a previously planned vote on whether or not Israel would be included in the 2026 competition, due to the state’s extreme military assault on Gaza following a 2023 attack by...

Red Cross hands over remains of four Israeli hostages
Hamas has eased the pressure on a fragile ceasefire in its war with Israel by returning the bodies of more dead hostages. The move comes after an Israeli military agency said it would slash aid deliveries to Gaza by half over concerns that the...

Italian Pro-Palestinian activists clash with police, demand Israel boycott before World Cup qualifier
Italy's 2026 World Cup qualifier with Israel was prefaced by clashes between some pro-Palestinian demonstrators and police on Tuesday as thousands of others peacefully marched through Udine in anger at the hosting of a match they felt should not...

Israel says it has received the remains of 4 more deceased hostages as cuts to aid for Gaza loom
The United Nations’ humanitarian office in famine-stricken Gaza received word of the humanitarian aid cuts from the Israeli military agency in charge of transferring aid to the territory, according to spokesperson Olga Cherevko. U.S. officials...

Business News | Digital Payment Adaptability in India Reaches 87%: FM Sitharaman
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday stated that digital payment adaptability in India has reached 87%, a figure she contrasted with a global average of 60%. In an interaction with students...