“Israel won’t accept the presence of Turkish armed forces in Gaza under a U.S. plan to end war in the Palestinian territory for good, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan includes an international force in Gaza to help secure a fragile ceasefire which began this month, halting two years of war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. But it remains unclear whether Arab and other states will be ready to commit troops to the international force. ‘Countries that want or are ready to send armed forces should be at least fair to Israel,’ Saar said at a news conference in Budapest. Once warm Turkish-Israeli relations soured drastically during the Gaza war, with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan lambasting Israel’s devastating air and ground campaign in the small Palestinian enclave.” (10/27/25)
“Cameroonian President Paul Biya was declared the winner of Oct. 12 elections that were marred by the disqualification of his main challenger, and is set to rule the central African nation until the age of 99 if he completes his eighth term. Biya, 92, won 53.7% of the vote and his closest rival, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who resigned from the cabinet in June, 35.2%, Clement Atangana, president of the Constitutional Council, said on Monday. … The nonagenarian has ruled Cameroon for 43 years and most citizens, whose median age is 18, have never known another leader.” (10/27/25)
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“A statue of a Confederate general that was torn down and set on fire in 2020 during social justice protests in Washington has been reinstalled under orders from President Donald Trump. General Albert Pike’s statue has long been a source of controversy, as have many Confederate monuments across the US which were erected decades after the Civil War. The National Park Service announced in August its plan to return the refurbished statue, after Trump signed an executive order called ‘Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.'” [editor’s note: Pike resigned his Confederate generalship during the war, and after the war denounced the Confederacy and requested (and received) a pardon; the statue was erected to acknowledge his contributions to freemasonry, not his repudiated Confederate affiliation – TLK] (10/28/25)
“Former Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has been stripped of his citizenship by [sic] after he was ousted during a military takeover just over a week ago. Rajoelina, whose whereabouts remains unknown after he fled the country following protests that demanded his resignation, also holds French citizenship. The country’s new prime minister, Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo, has signed a decree invoking laws which strip all Madagascans of their citizenship if they have citizenship of another country. Rajoelina’s possession of French nationality had previously caused a debate about his eligibility to run for the president in the 2023 polls, an election he won.” (10/27/25)
“Sami Hamdi, a British journalist and activist and outspoken critic of the Israeli war in Gaza, was [abducted] by U.S. immigration agents Sunday at San Francisco International Airport. ‘Earlier this morning, ICE agents abducted British Muslim journalist and political commentator Sami Hamdi at San Francisco Airport, apparently in response to his vocal criticism of the Israeli government during his ongoing speaking tour,’ the Council on American-Islamic Relations civil rights group wrote on X. Hamdi had spoken at a gala for the group on Saturday in California and was heading to Florida for another event prior to his [abduction].” (10/27/25)
“NFL Hall of Famer Antonio Gates allegedly hosted and played in a rigged Miami poker game, according to a new report. Sports investigative journalist Pablo Torre reported on Sunday that the Hall of Fame tight end hosted and participated in an allegedly rigged game that was organized by Curtis Meeks, who was indicted by federal prosecutors as part of the massive gambling scandal that rocked the NBA. Details were limited, but Torre’s report follows a report by The Post on Saturday, where one purported victim said that he and his friends had been scammed of nearly $1 million, with an ex-NFL player serving as the ‘face card’ for a game in which Meeks was a main participant.” (10/27/25)
“China’s industrial profits soared 21.6% in September from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday, as Beijing’s campaign to curb price wars helped ease pressure on manufacturers despite persistent trade tensions with the U.S. That sharp jump, extending a strong rebound that began in August when the industrial profits jumped 20.4% year-on-year, marked the biggest gain since November 2023. For the first nine months of the year, profits at major industrial firms grew 3.2%, the official data showed, accelerating from a 0.9% rise in the January to August period.” (10/27/25)
“U.S. President Donald Trump is now in Japan for his first meeting with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, an early diplomatic test for the first woman to lead Japan, who took office only last week, backed by a tenuous coalition. Trade is the focus of Trump’s Asia trip. In Malaysia, he participated in a regional summit, seeking to realign the international economy with his ‘America First’ vision. A trade deal between the U.S. and China is drawing closer, officials from the world’s two largest economies said Sunday as they reached an initial consensus for Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to aim to finalize during their high-stakes meeting.” (10/27/25)
“More than 8,000 flights were delayed across the United States on Sunday as the country grappled with a shortage of air traffic controllers amid the US government shutdown that has now stretched into its 26th day. The absence of air traffic control staff at airports continues to disrupt travel, and officials expect more flight delays and cancellations in the days ahead. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported air traffic control staffing issues at 22 locations on Saturday. Duffy told Fox News that the figure was among the highest seen in the system since the federal government shutdown began on 1 October, adding, ‘The controllers are wearing thin.'” (10/27/25)
