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Topic: Jeffrey Epstein

World news of the day: 18 July, 2025

ThePrint’s round-up of the major news events from around the world.

Trump administration to ask court to release grand jury testimony in Epstein case

The US president said on Truth Social that he wants to prove allegations against him are false and called the case a ‘scam’ perpetuated by Democrats that ‘needs to end’.

Trump ‘prevented & ended war’ between India & Pakistan, says US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Speaking at White House, Rubio added that Trump ended a conflict between Congo-Rwanda, and expressed hope that a peace deal would be brokered between Azerbaijan-Armenia.

‘Trump in Epstein files…have a nice day, DJT,’ says Musk as public feud spirals on social media

The catalyst for the fallout between the two was Trump’s massive spending bill, which will scrap EV tax incentives and, according to Musk, drive up the federal deficit.

Records show Epstein invoked 5th Amendment right to silence 600 times in sexual abuse case

Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail cell in August 2019 at age 66 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

Clinton, Trump, Prince Andrew, Michael Jackson named in Jeffrey Epstein unsealed documents

Documents are part of a 2015 lawsuit against Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell by one of his victims, Virginia Giuffre. The lawsuit was settled in 2017.

Accuser in Jeffrey Epstein case said Britain’s Prince Andrew ‘groped’ her, shows now-revealed documents

Over 150 people were mentioned in a lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s most prominent accusers. The suit was kept under seal for years and was released after order from a federal judge.

Deutsche Bank to pay $75 million to settle lawsuit by Jeffrey Epstein accusers

Epstein had been a Deutsche Bank client from 2013 to 2018. He died in August 2019 in jail while awaiting trial for sex trafficking, in what New York City's medical examiner called a suicide.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.