The roughly 1,700 detainees from Gaza who returned there Monday are among thousands of people from the enclave the Israeli military seized during the war.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/13/palestinian-prisoners-gaza-ceasefire-israel/
The 20 living hostages who remained in Gaza were released by Hamas on Monday as part of a U.S.-backed ceasefire plan.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/13/israel-hostage-release-gaza-hamas-trump/
The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, one of the programs hit hardest, had bipartisan support.https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-government-shutdown-federal-layoffs-agencies-5f58cd1a
The Treasury said it didn’t approve a marketing pitch for a private Oct. 21 event about AI that is headlined by Scott Bessent.https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-allies-sold-sponsorships-to-what-appeared-to-be-a-treasury-event-it-wasnt-cb8445e0
Economic booms sparked by capitalism can lead to inequality and then political upheaval. Democracy and capitalism, however, tend to improve as a result.https://www.wsj.com/politics/united-states-america-democracy-capitalism-810514ca
A group representing the laid-off Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees estimates that hundreds of workers were rehired.https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/some-cdc-staff-who-got-layoff-notices-told-they-still-have-jobs-190172b2
Pressure on federal workers and contractors grows, while servicemembers get good news.https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-government-shutdown-is-finally-starting-to-bite-d4705612
Israel won the war. Now the challenge, especially for the Arab and Muslim countries, is to ensure that Hamas loses the peace.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/israel-hostages-gaza-hamas-donald-trump-benjamin-netanyahu-95e9197d
TKMS is to start trading on the German stock exchange on Oct. 20, concluding the spinoff of a minority stake of the company.https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/thyssenkrupps-warship-spinoff-to-list-next-week-4b62b49f
For more than a decade, Poland has been building up for the worst-case scenario: becoming the front line in a war between Russia and the West.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/as-russian-aggression-turns-west-poland-says-its-ready-328a0a13
The U.S. president threatens to send the long-range missiles to Kyiv if the war doesn’t end soon.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/trump-may-send-tomahawks-to-ukraine-4e99bf03
A spate of suspected Russian drone appearances across Europe has forced countries to look for novel ways to protect their airspace.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/nato-drone-defense-plans-0accac42
After the Gaza cease-fire, the president is aiming for a broader peace in a region transformed by two years of fighting.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-middle-east-peace-plan-fc13d83e
Pressure on Hamas worked for Gaza, but ahead of President Zelensky’s visit to the White House on Friday, Trump has yet to fully ramp up pressure on Russia.https://www.wsj.com/world/trump-ukraine-russia-israel-hamas-peace-deal-19456632
The president called on Israel and Arab governments to move beyond decades of conflict and war, but he faces obstacles extending the Gaza deal to the wider region.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-declares-an-end-to-gaza-war-in-middle-east-victory-lap-7e01c217
A quarter of Nir Oz’s population was either killed or kidnapped by the militant group on Oct. 7, 2023.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/frozen-in-time-since-hamas-attacked-a-kibbutz-awaits-hostages-living-and-dead-f1a0bdb0
The Chinese commerce ministry has banned Chinese entities and individuals from working with five companies affiliated with South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean.https://www.wsj.com/business/china-adds-hanwha-oceans-units-to-sanctions-list-d99b1757
In a “highly exceptional” move, the Dutch government wrested power of Netherlands-based Nexperia from owner Wingtech, citing risks to economic security.https://www.wsj.com/business/wingtech-shares-dive-after-dutch-government-intervenes-in-chip-unit-36cc60f2
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.https://www.wired.com/story/satellites-are-leaking-the-worlds-secrets-calls-texts-military-and-corporate-data/
Previously undetected organic compounds have been found in ice ejected into space from Enceladus, making the satellite a prime candidate for further research.https://www.wired.com/story/more-evidence-emerges-that-one-of-saturns-moons-could-harbor-life/