Major news
Border Patrol says dozens arrested in North Carolina immigration enforcement surge (LINK) 16 November 2025
Ukraine strikes major oil refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast, hits elite Rubikon drone base (LINK) 16 November 2025
Heather Cox Richardson: Former representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and underage girl on "sugar dating" website (LINK) 16 November 2025
— The girl was a homeless high schooler who needed to supplement the money she made from her job at McDonald's to be able to pay for braces.
Ukraine secures gas supply from Greece ahead of winter (LINK) 15 November 2025
Fox News: US forces kill 3 narco-terrorists in Eastern Pacific lethal strike operation targeting drug networks (LINK) 15 November 2025
CNN: US military carried out 21st strike on alleged drug boat, killing 3 — (LINK)
Powerful figures were prosecuted in Trump's first term, then pardoned in his second (LINK) 15 November 2025
— More than a dozen criminal cases were investigated or prosecuted in Trump’s first term and then undone in his second term.
Sources reveal staggering cost of changing the Pentagon's name to Department of War: it's $2 billion (LINK) 15 November 2025
A crucial system of Atlantic ocean currents may be on course to collapse. Iceland just declared it a national security threat (LINK) 16 November 2025
Breaking news
Ethiopia confirms 3 Marburg virus deaths, 3 more under investigation, and 9 cases in new outbreak at Jinka town, Southern Ethiopia (LINK) — ground.news: 105 media reports (LINK) 17 November 2025
— Health Ministry sadi 129 people who were in contact with the confirmed cases had been isolated and are being monitored. The World Health Organization is deploying a team to Ethiopia to support disease surveillance, testing, infection control, clinical care, and community engagement. Marburg virus disease, part of the same family as Ebola, is transmitted to humans through fruit bats and spreads rapidly between people through bodily fluids. Previous outbreaks in Africa have resulted in fatality rates as high as 80% or more, typically within eight to nine days of symptom onset.
Bangladesh court sentences ousted woman PM Sheikh Hasina (now in India) to death for crimes against humanity. Bangladesh has formally requested India to hand over Hasina (LINK) — ground.news: 252 media reports (LINK) 17 November 2025
— The tribunal additionally convicted Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former interior minister, and Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former Inspector General of Police, with Bangladesh insisting all three face legal consequences.
Robert Reich: Trump's Truly Sh*tty Economy (LINK) 17 vember 2025
In reversal, Trump says House Republicans should vote to release Epstein files (LINK) 16 November 2025
— "We have nothing to hide, and it's time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party."
Ecuador voters reject referendum to bring back US bases (LINK) 16 November 2025
Britain to announce 'most significant' change to asylum rules in years tomorrow, setting longest route to settlement in Europe: 20 years (LINK) 16 November 2025 2025
Caribbean reparations leaders in 'historic' first UK visit to press for justice (LINK) 16 November 2025 2025
Catchup: Guardian: US military planning for divided Gaza with 'green zone' secured by international and Israeli troops: Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to 'red zone' where no reconstruction is planned (LINK) 14 November 2025
New Humanitarian Weekly Cheat Sheet: Tanzania's deepening election crisis, Gaza's dubious ceasefire, and al-Sharaa's amazing odyssey (LINK) 14 November 2025
Major news
Border Patrol says dozens arrested in North Carolina immigration enforcement surge (LINK) 16 November 2025
Ukraine strikes major oil refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast, hits elite Rubikon drone base (LINK) 16 November 2025
Heather Cox Richardson: Former representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and underage girl on "sugar dating" website (LINK) 16 November 2025
— The girl was a homeless high schooler who needed to supplement the money she made from her job at McDonald's to be able to pay for braces.
Ukraine secures gas supply from Greece ahead of winter (LINK) 15 November 2025
Fox News: US forces kill 3 narco-terrorists in Eastern Pacific lethal strike operation targeting drug networks (LINK) 15 November 2025
CNN: US military carried out 21st strike on alleged drug boat, killing 3 — (LINK)
Powerful figures were prosecuted in Trump's first term, then pardoned in his second (LINK) 15 November 2025
— More than a dozen criminal cases were investigated or prosecuted in Trump’s first term and then undone in his second term.
Sources reveal staggering cost of changing the Pentagon's name to Department of War: it's $2 billion (LINK) 15 November 2025
A crucial system of Atlantic ocean currents may be on course to collapse. Iceland just declared it a national security threat (LINK) 16 November 2025
Miscellaneous
Landslide strikes bus on mountain pass in Vietnam, killing 6, as heavy rain persists (LINK) — ground.news: 42 media reports (LINK) 16 November 2025