2 hostages freed from Gaza have arrived in Israel as part of the fourth such release in a ceasefire with Hamas
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — 2 hostages freed from Gaza have arrived in Israel as part of the fourth such release in a ceasefire with Hamas.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — 2 hostages freed from Gaza have arrived in Israel as part of the fourth such release in a ceasefire with Hamas.
If the U.S. lost, they assumed Canada would ask for 'Alaska be awarded to her,' notes short-lived 1930s war strategy War Plan Red
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An Israeli army reservist's dream vacation in Brazil ended abruptly last month over an accusation that he committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
Nearly 500 days after Hamas gunmen seized him from a roadside bomb shelter in southern Israel, Alon Ohel managed to get a message out from the Gaza tunnel where he is being held by the Palestinian militants. He sent a birthday wish for his sister via two other hostages who had been held with him and were freed on Saturday, his mother Idit Ohel said. "Alon has been in the tunnels all this time," Ohel told Reuters in an interview.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas said Monday it will delay the further release of hostages in the Gaza Strip after accusing Israel of violating a fragile ceasefire that now faces its most serious crisis since it began three weeks ago.
(Reuters) -Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday that Arab states rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's widely condemned plan to displace Palestinians in Gaza and take control of the enclave. Egypt's foreign ministry said Abdelatty, in a meeting in Washington, stressed the importance of expediting Gaza's reconstruction while Palestinians remained there.
Hamas continues to free Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, holding to cease-fire terms. But the militant group's grip on Gaza remains strong
MUGHRAQA, Gaza Strip (AP) — New details and growing shock over emaciated hostages renewed pressure Sunday on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend a fragile Gaza ceasefire beyond the first phase, even as U.S. President Donald Trump repeated his pledge that the U.S. would take control of the Palestinian enclave.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have raided a long-established Palestinian-owned bookstore in east Jerusalem, detaining the owners and confiscating books about the decades-long conflict. The police said the books incited violence.
Donald Trump says that all hostages held in Gaza should be returned by noon on Saturday - and if they are not he will recommend cancelling the ceasefire and let "all hell break loose."
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in even more countries, analysts warn, and two neighboring nations with the most involvement in the mineral-rich area might be the key to stopping the violence.
As the war moves to the West Bank, Palestinian security forces stun residents as they operate in occupied streets in cooperation with the Israeli army
The 86-year-old is one of the hostages meant to be freed by Hamas within the next three weeks.
Hundreds of police and paramilitary soldiers launched an operation in the forests of the Indravati area of Chhattisgarh state based on intelligence that large number of rebels had gathered there, according to a state police Inspector.
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Striking university students in Serbia blocked a bridge in Belgrade as well as roads throughout the Balkan country on Sunday to mark 100 days since the collapse of a concrete canopy at a train station which killed 15 people.
His wife, Lianne Sharabi and two daughters were murdered by Hamas in the 7 October attack.
Suspected Somali pirates have seized a Yemeni fishing boat off the Horn of Africa, authorities said late Monday. A European naval operation in the Mideast, known as EUNAVFOR Atalanta, said the incident remained under investigation. It said the attack targeted a dhow, a traditional ship that plies the waters of the Mideast, off the town of Eyl in Somalia.
Short-range aerial drones were the most common killer of civilians in Ukraine in January, the U.N.'s monitoring mission said on Tuesday, highlighting how drone use has ballooned during three years of war with Russia. The U.N. mission said at least 139 civilians were killed and 738 wounded in January 2025, with 27% of the deaths and 30% of the injuries caused by short-range drones. In total, the U.N. says nearly 12,500 civilians have been killed in the war including 650 children - though it has repeatedly said its tally is an undercount since it only includes deaths its teams have managed to verify.
North Korea has treated hundreds of Russian soldiers injured in Ukraine, Moscow’s ambassador to Pyongyang told state media, as he revealed new details of the reclusive state’s backing for the Kremlin’s war effort.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Students rallied in Bosnia on Monday to demand accountability for deadly floods last year in a protest inspired by massive anti-corruption gatherings by fellow students that have paralyzed neighboring Serbia.
Surrender is one of the most essential rules in international humanitarian law. Don't expect it any time soon in the Middle East.