HUNDREDS OF CAREER ISRAELI SOLDIERS SUBMIT REQUESTS FOR EARLY RETIREMENT FROM ARMY: REPORT

Wed 19 November 2025: Hundreds of career Israeli soldiers, including senior officers, have submitted requests for early retirement, deepening the military’s manpower crisis as the army struggles with shortages during its war on the Gaza Strip, local media said Wednesday, Anadolu reports. According to the daily Yedioth Ahronoth, representatives from the army’s Personnel Administration told the […]

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WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL STABILISATION FORCE FOR GAZA?

Wed 19 November 2025: A UNSC resolution passed backing the creation of an international stabilisation force in Gaza. So what does that mean? On Monday, the UN Security Council passed a US-sponsored resolution which backs US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for ending Israel’s war on Gaza. Among the clauses was one that supported the creation and […]

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SRI LANKAN INFLUENCER MADE £300K FROM ISLAMOPHOBIC FACEBOOK ADS TARGETING THE UK

Wed 19 November 2025: A Sri Lankan influencer who boasts a lavish lifestyle on his social media claims to have made his fortune through racist, Islamophobic and anti-migrant posts aimed at British audiences. Sri Lankan influencer Geeth Sooriyapura has made hundreds of thousands of pounds by flooding British audiences with Facebook ads that push far […]

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META TRIUMPHS IN U.S. ANTITRUST BATTLE OVER INSTAGRAM AND WHATSAPP DEALS

Wed 19 November 2025: A US federal judge has ruled that tech giant Meta is not a monopoly in the social networking market, dismissing an antitrust case brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the company’s acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram. Washington District Court Judge James Boasberg said the FTC failed to prove its […]

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IRAN’S CAPITAL FACES UNPRECEDENTED WATER SHORTAGES AND EVEN POSSIBLE EVACUATION. WHAT CHANGES COULD HELP?

Wed 19 November 2025: Iran is facing its most severe water crisis in more than six decades. Major dams supplying drinking water to provinces with millions of residents are nearly empty, and groundwater reserves have been depleted. Many cities have endured an entire autumn without a single drop of rain. In the capital, Tehran, and in Mashhad, the country’s second-largest city, in […]

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US SENATE APPROVES BILL TO FORCE RELEASE OF CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER EPSTEIN’S FILES

Wed 19 November 2025: The US Congress has passed a bill that could compel the Department of Justice (DoJ) to release all records related to the affair involving the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with the measure now heading to President Donald Trump’s desk. The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the bill with 427 votes in favour and just one against. […]

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US INTERVENTION IN VENEZUELA WOULD BE ‘POLITICAL END’ FOR TRUMP: MADURO

Wed 19 November 2025:  Venezuela’s president cautioned on Monday that any U.S. military incursion into his nation would spell the “political end” of Donald Trump’s leadership. Since August, when Trump directed a US military buildup in the Caribbean to dismantle drug cartels and disrupt narcotics smuggling networks associated with Maduro, frictions between the United States […]

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US SEES SHARP DROP IN NEW INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AMID IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN

Wed 19 November 2025: New international student enrollment at US colleges and universities fell sharply this year amid mounting visa delays and the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown, according to new data released Monday. The Institute of International Education (IIE) reported a 17% drop in new international enrollees for fall 2025 — the largest non-pandemic decline in more than a […]

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HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY | WEDNESDAY – 19 NOVEMBER 2025

Wed 19 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ How to spot the India-based fake news flooding SA: South Africans are being hit by a relentless wave of professionally packaged but entirely fabricated news stories circulating on WhatsApp, Facebook and cloned websites. As exposed in News24’s recent investigation into an Indian disinformation […]

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