Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Oct. 17, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today:Updates on Israeli withdrawal in GazaSix years since the Oct. 17, 2019, nationwide protests in Lebanon.10 a.m. – Foreign Minister Joe Rajji to meet with Carolina Lindholm Billing, Deputy Regional Representative of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.11 a.m. – Labor Minister Mohammad Haidar to chair a meeting at the ministry to discuss retirement funds, in the presence of the director general of the National Social Security Fund, the chairman of its board, and the head of the General Labor Union.Palestinians push a cart filled with their belongings in front of ruins left by the Israeli army, on Oct. 15, 2025, five days after a cease-fire took effect. (Credit: Ebrahim Hajjaj/Reuters) Rafah...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Oct. 17, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today:Updates on Israeli withdrawal in GazaSix years since the Oct. 17, 2019, nationwide protests in Lebanon.10 a.m. – Foreign Minister Joe Rajji to meet with Carolina Lindholm Billing, Deputy Regional Representative of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.11 a.m. – Labor Minister Mohammad Haidar to chair a meeting at the ministry to discuss retirement funds, in the presence of the director general of the National Social Security Fund, the chairman of its board, and the head of the General Labor Union.Palestinians push a cart filled with their belongings in front of ruins left by the Israeli army, on Oct. 15, 2025, five days after a cease-fire took effect. (Credit: Ebrahim Hajjaj/Reuters) ...
