Jerusalem: Palestinian militants on Thursday freed three Israeli hostages and five foreigners captured in the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel as the third hostage-prisoner exchange of the Gaza ceasefire got under way. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced what he called “shocking scenes” during the hostage releases which came under a ceasefire deal aimed
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Hamas freed three Israeli and five Thai hostages in Gaza on Thursday, and Israel began releasing 110 Palestinian prisoners after delaying the process in anger at the swarming crowds at one of the hostage handover points. Arbel Yehoud, 29, abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz in the Hamas-led assault on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, looked
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M23 rebels patrol the streets of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Image credits: AP) GOMA: Congo’s leader called on young people to massively enlist in the army to help fight Rwanda-backed rebels who were attempting to seize more territory in the country’s east as a crucial meeting of neighbors asked the Congolese government to
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Hamas began the process of freeing three more Israeli hostages and five Thai captives on Thursday, the third such release since a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip took hold earlier this month. Israel was expected to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners. The truce is aimed at winding down the deadliest
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A search and rescue operation is under way after a passenger plane and a military helicopter crashed over a major river in Washington DC. The American Airlines flight, with 60 passengers and four crew on board, was landing at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport when the mid-air collision took place. The US Army Black
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It’s part of a much broader overhaul of immigration policy, with the administration conducting high-profile arrests in New York, Chicago and Denver of those convicted of serious crimes. But Trump has also vowed the largest deportation in US history, declaring a national emergency at the southern border, ordering thousands of additional troops to assist with
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Three weeks after a very public rift, the populist British politician Nigel Farage said on Wednesday that his relationship with Elon Musk was “fine” and that the two men had spoken just last week. Mr. Farage, in a brief interview with The New York Times, said that Mr. Musk, the world’s richest man, remained open
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Hamas will release three Israelis, including two women and an 80-year-old man, as well as five Thai nationals during the next hostage release, slated for Thursday, officials from Israel and Hamas said. The officials named the Israeli women as Arbel Yehoud, 29, Agam Berger, 19, and the man as Gadi Moses, 80. The officials, who
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WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has pledged to “make America healthy again” as President Trump’s secretary of Health and Human Services, faced aggressive questions Wednesday from senators who were troubled by his skepticism of vaccines, embrace of debunked medical claims, financial conflicts of interest and 11th-hour changes on issues such as abortion rights. Kennedy
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A Palestinian flag is seen on a bicycle outside Sayles Hall at Brown University on April 30, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current) The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island is calling on Brown University to reinstate Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), according to a letter sent Wednesday to the school’s president.
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