The German government lifts its restrictions on military equipment exports to Israel, which was banned in August due to the siege of Gaza City.
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November 17, 2025 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
An investigative committee in Syria detains members of the country's military and security forces in an investigation into sectarian violence in Sweida in July involving the Druze.
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
A bus carrying Umrah pilgrims collides with a tank truck near Medina, Saudi Arabia, killing 45 people.
Six people are killed and 19 others are injured when a landslide triggered by heavy rain strikes a bus carrying 32 passengers in Khánh Hòa, Vietnam.
An Embraer ERJ-145 carrying about 20 people crashed while attempting to land at Kolwezi Airport, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Health and environment
Law and crime
A domestic tribunal in Bangladesh sentences former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan to death in absentia over crimes against humanity committed during the quota reform protests in 2024.
Politics and elections
Philippine executive secretary Lucas Bersamin and budget secretary Amenah Pangandaman resign over their alleged involvement in flood control corruption. Finance secretary Ralph Recto replaces Bersamin as the executive secretary.
November 16, 2025 (Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The National Investigation Agency of India states that the recent car explosion in Delhi was a suicide attack and report the arrest of a suspect accused of helping acquire and prepare the vehicle used in the blast.
Broken railway line in the area of Życzyn, Garwolin County, in east central Poland under police investigation could be an act of possible sabotage and terrorism. No perpetrator has yet been identified.
Disasters and accidents
At least twelve people are killed and ten others are injured when a bus crashes in Tungurahua Province, Ecuador.
Law and crime
Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa announces that of Spanish police captured Los Lobos leader Wilmer ChavarrĂa, who faked his own death and changed his identity, in Málaga, Andalusia.
Politics and elections
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says that Iran is no longer enriching uranium due, in part, to the damage at nuclear facilities following the Iran–Israel war and the US strikes on nuclear sites in Iran.
Preliminary results indicate a second round between Jeannette Jara and José Antonio Kast on 13 December.
Sports
In tennis, Jannik Sinner defeats his rival Carlos Alcaraz in the final, 7–6(7–4), 7–5, to successfully defend his singles title at the 2025 ATP Finals.
In Canadian football, the Saskatchewan Roughriders defeat the Montreal Alouettes 25–17 to win their fifth Grey Cup.
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