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Published: 13 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online US President Donald Trump has formally urged Israeli President Isaac Herzog to “fully pardon” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a letter released this week. Netanyahu has been on trial for the past five years facing charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust across three separate cases. He has denied any wrongdoing. In his letter, Trump stated...

Published: 13 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online At least 37 people have died and dozens more were injured after a bus plunged into a 200-metre (650ft) ravine in southern Peru following a head-on collision, authorities reported on Wednesday. The crash occurred in the early hours on a rugged section of the Pan-American Highway connecting Peru and Chile in the Arequipa region. According to local media,...

Published: 13 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Ukraine has been rocked by a major corruption scandal that has led to the resignation of two of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s top allies, including Energy Minister Svitlana Grynchuk and Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko. The resignations follow the release of a lengthy investigation into alleged embezzlement in the country’s energy sector, reportedly involving some of Zelensky’s closest associates. On...

Published: 13 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A deadly car explosion in a busy area of India’s capital, Delhi, has been confirmed as a “terror incident” by the Indian government. At least eight people were killed and 20 others injured in the blast near the historic Red Fort on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet condemned the attack during a security meeting on Wednesday, describing...

Published: 13 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Almost a year after French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal was arrested on arrival at Algiers airport, the Algerian presidency has granted him a pardon and allowed him to leave the country. Sansal, 81, had been at the centre of a bitter diplomatic row between Paris and Algiers. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s decision to pardon him followed a direct request from...

Published: 13 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Thick fog has allowed Russian forces to advance further into the key eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, Ukrainian officials report. The 7th Airborne Assault Corps of Ukraine said the weather, particularly dense fog, has prompted Moscow to intensify its efforts to increase troop numbers inside the heavily damaged city and attempt to encircle Ukrainian defenders. Russian forces have...

Published: 13 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online US President Donald Trump’s envoy and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, returned to Israel on Monday as negotiators face fresh obstacles in advancing the fragile Gaza ceasefire to its next phase. Significant points of contention remain unresolved, including Hamas’s disarmament, Gaza’s reconstruction and governance, and the potential deployment of an international security force. With no set timeline, progress is uncertain,...

Published: 13 November 2025 | The English Chronicle Desk | The English Chronicle Online President Donald Trump has signed a short-term spending bill to reopen the federal government, officially ending the longest shutdown in United States history. The bill, which was passed by the House of Representatives in a 222–209 vote late Wednesday night and approved narrowly by the Senate two days earlier, brings an end to the 43-day impasse...

Published: 13 November 2025 | The English Chronicle Desk | The English Chronicle Online Australian police have arrested a woman who claimed to be a fortune teller and feng shui master, along with her daughter, accusing the pair of running a multimillion-dollar scam that defrauded vulnerable Vietnamese victims. Authorities allege the duo were part of a highly organised criminal syndicate responsible for one of the country’s largest-ever financial fraud cases....

Published: 13 November 2025 | The English Chronicle Desk | The English Chronicle Online US lawmakers have released more than 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including a number of emails that reference President Donald Trump. The release has reignited political debate and renewed scrutiny of Epstein’s extensive social network, which once included some of the most powerful figures...