“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has received a draft plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, his office confirmed Thursday. It said in a statement that he had ‘officially received a draft plan from the American side, which, according to the American side, could activate diplomacy.’ The statement went on to say ‘it was agreed to work on the points of the plan in such a way as to bring the war to a dignified end.’ … The White House official who spoke with CBS News on Thursday said [envoy Steve] Witkoff had been working on a proposal quietly for about a month, and said that he consulted with both the Russians and Ukrainians to take their feedback into account.” (11/20/25)
“Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says that the UN’s nuclear watchdog will not be given access to Iranian nuclear sites attacked during the recent war with Israel without a concrete deal ‘The facilities that were attacked have their own story, and until a decision is made and a conclusion is reached between us, the IAEA, and others, cooperation is not possible,’ he says in an interview posted on his Telegram channel today. being agreed.” (11/20/25)
“Convicted Israeli-American spy Jonathan Pollard said that his meeting with US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee at the American Embassy in Jerusalem was a ‘personal’ conversation to express gratitude, not a political exchange, in a phone conversation with The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. ‘The meeting, simply put, was a personal affair. That’s it,’ he said. ‘The reason I wanted to meet him was to express my deep and sincere appreciation for everything he had done to help me when I was in prison.’ According to Pollard, the meeting was ‘misinterpreted’ and used by certain figures, both within the US Embassy and the Trump administration, to try to remove Huckabee.” (11/20/25)
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“Bulgaria has arrested 35 people linked to a criminal network involved in large-scale trafficking of cultural goods across Europe, BTA news agency reported on Thursday, quoting the head of the country’s anti-organised crime unit. … international raids were carried out on Thursday, led by Bulgaria and coordinated with the Europol and Eurojust agencies, during which cars, safes and other items were seized. The criminal network had been operating for over 16 years in Western Europe, the Balkans, the United States and elsewhere, Sofia Deputy City Prosecutor Angel Kanev told the media briefing.” (11/20/25)
“The Trump administration is proposing to open federal waters off the entire coastline of California to drilling, as well as an area off the coast of Florida. Neither state’s waters have been open to new drilling for decades. President Donald Trump’s Interior Department released a five-year offshore drilling plan on Thursday that would open up vast parts of California’s coastline to drilling, which hasn’t happened in that state since the late 1960s. The Department is also proposing new oil drilling in parts of the Eastern Gulf — located approximately 100 nautical miles off Florida’s coast — a decision previously opposed by Florida’s Republican leadership.” (11/20/25)
“A Philippine court on Thursday convicted a former mayor, who officials say is a Chinese national, of human trafficking charges for helping establish an illegal online gaming complex in a northern province where hundreds of Chinese and other foreign nationals were forced to conduct scams. The Pasig city regional trial court in metropolitan Manila sentenced Alice Guo to life in prison with seven other Filipino and Chinese co-accused, and ordered them to pay a fine of 2 million pesos ($34,000) each and compensate several trafficking victims, who filed the complaints. Guo denied all allegations against her and says she is a Filipino citizen.” (11/20/25)
“Clay County authorities released additional details about an attack at an Orange Park home Monday that resulted in a Jacksonville woman being arrested and charged with attempted murder. The suspect, Serpil Adams, 62, showed up to the home of the victim — her estranged daughter …. The victim was home with her two daughters when Serpil, her estranged biological mother, came in through an unlocked door and attacked her daughter with a serrated utility knife, the news release states. ‘While attempting to protect her mother, the victim’s 8-year-old daughter retrieved a kitchen knife and stabbed Adams in the upper arm,’ the news release states. Adams left the home and returned to Jacksonville where she was staying with a friend. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested her at that home at about 1 a.m. without incident, the news release states.” (11/20/25)
“US President Donald Trump on Thursday assailed Democratic lawmakers who told members of the US military they must refuse any illegal orders, calling them traitors and saying they should face the death penalty. Trump reposted an article about a video released Tuesday by six Democratic lawmakers who served in the military or in the intelligence community. ‘This is really bad and Dangerous to our Country. Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP???'” Trump said on Truth Social. He then added in a later post: ‘SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!'” (11/20/25)
“Federal prosecutors moved Thursday to dismiss charges against a woman who was shot by a Border Patrol agent last month during the federal immigration crackdown in the Chicago area. Hours before a status hearing in the case, prosecutors moved to dismiss the charges against Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ruiz, 21, marking a dramatic reversal in one of the most closely watched cases tied to the crackdown in the country’s third-largest city. The Department of Homeland Security has characterized people who have protested ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ as violent rioters and vowed to prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. But of the more than two dozen people arrested for impeding or assaulting federal officers or other protest-related offenses, none have gone to trial and charges have been dropped against at least nine of them.” (11/20/25)
