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Top News Stories for Saturday, October 11th 2025
Saturday, Oct 11th, 2025 -
Israel is stepping up security ahead of an expected visit by President Donald Trump on Monday, who has been invited to address members of Israel's parliament, the Knesset. Around 500,000 Palestinians are believed to have returned to the north in the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire came into effect, Mahmoud Basal, spokesman for the Civil Defense agency in the enclave told NBC News. As many as 10,000 people were ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Oct 11th, 2025 -
China announced new export controls on global supplies of rare earths and critical minerals, essential for producing everything from mobile phones to weapons. For a moment, it looked like the relationship between China and the US was showing signs of improvement. On 19 September, US President and China's President spoke on the phone after months of silence. It was only the second conversation confirmed by both ...
Source: news.sky.com
Saturday, Oct 11th, 2025 -
DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Venezuelans in "Little Venezuela" — the largest home for the country's natives in the United States — are welcoming the news that opposition leader Maria Corina Machado to live and work legally in the U.S, putting them at risk of deportation. The Republican government has deported hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador, claiming that they were members of the Tren de Aragua gang ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Saturday, Oct 11th, 2025 -
Taiwan says it will increase defence spending and build a new air defence system called "T-Dome". Taiwan is facing increased military pressure from China, which views the island as its own territory. Taiwan says its "T-Dome" spending plans will be included in a budget proposal released before the end of the year. Taiwan will build a new multi-layered air defence system called "T-Dome" to defend itself against enemy ...
Source: abc.net.au
Friday, Oct 10th, 2025 -
Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Electric power supply was restored to more than a quarter of a million residents of Kyiv on Friday after massive Russian drone and missile attacks overnight targeted energy infrastructure across the country. Russian forces launched more than 450 drones and 30 missiles , causing power outages in nine regions and killing a child and injuring 24 other people, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Oct 10th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organizations and private-sector players, US officials said Thursday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details that were not authorized for release, said US Central Command is going to ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Oct 10th, 2025 -
Two powerful quakes struck off the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least six people and triggering tsunami warnings that were later lifted. The biggest of the quakes, with a magnitude of 7.4 , hit about 12 miles off Manay town in the Mindanao region just before 10 a.m., according to the United States Geological Survey. An aftershock with a magnitude of 6.7 rocked the same area almost 10 hours later, one ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Oct 10th, 2025 -
Oct. 10 (UPI) -- China said Friday it will start charging U.S. ships docking at its ports in a direct response to the Trump administration imposing the same fee on Chinese vessels entering U.S. shores. The Chinese Ministry of Transportation announced beginning Tuesday it will charge about $56 per ton for American vessels entering China's ports in a reciprocal response to ship fees imposed by the United States of ...
Source: upi.com