NABLUS, Palestinian Territories -- Israeli troops killed eight Palestinians over a 24-hour period in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said Sunday. TOPSHOT - Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces during a raid at the Balata camp for Palestinian refugees, east of...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- A nine-year-old Irish-Israeli girl was among the latest group of hostages released by Hamas fighters on Saturday, Ireland's prime minister said in a statement. "This is a day of enormous joy and relief for Emily Hand and her family," Leo Varadkar said. "An innocent child who was...
BEITUNIA, Palestinian Territories - A Palestinian NGO said Friday that 39 prisoners had been released by Israeli authorities under a truce agreement to pause the fighting in Gaza, after 13 hostages from Israel had been handed over. (Photo from AFP) A total of 28 prisoners were released in the...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The Red Cross said it began Friday a multi-day operation to reunite hostages and detainees with their families in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. (Photo from AFP) "Teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday began carrying out...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia's justice ministry on Friday classified former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov, who left Russia to denounce the offensive in Ukraine, as a "foreign agent". The name of Kasyanov, who was the first head of President Vladimir Putin's government in the early 2000s, now...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Amazon was hit by strikes at various locations in Britain, Germany and Italy during the annual "Black Friday" shopping extravaganza as workers demand higher wages and better working conditions. UNI Global Union said Amazon would face strikes and protests in more than...
MADRID, Spain - A suspect has been remanded in custody for the "attempted terrorist assassination" of a co-founder of Spain's far-right Vox party, the High Court in Madrid announced Friday. Alejo Vidal-Quadras, a former leader of Spain's main right-wing political party in Catalonia who went on...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The World Health Organization on Friday voiced concern over the fate of the head of Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospital, whom Israeli forces detained over the facility's alleged use by Hamas. (Photo from AFP) In a statement the WHO said that the head of the biggest hospital in...
Hamas on Friday freed a first batch of hostages seized in the deadliest attack in Israel's history under a deal that saw a temporary truce take hold in war-ravaged Gaza. Thirteen Israeli hostages captured during Palestinian militants' cross-border raids were back in Israeli territory where they...
BEIJING, China - France is hoping Beijing will be "vigilant" against any Chinese support for Russia's war in Ukraine, Paris's top diplomat said Friday following a day of talks with Chinese officials. "We are counting on the vigilance of the Chinese authorities so that no structure in China......
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Calm returned to Lebanon's southern border Friday as a temporary truce took effect in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, according to Lebanese state media and the Israeli military. Since the Gaza war erupted on October 7, Lebanon's southern border with Israel has...
KYIV, Ukraine - Kyiv said on Friday more than 13,000 Ukrainians had returned to the country via the only working border crossing with Russia since it opened in the summer. Thousands of Ukrainians have fled almost two years of brutal fighting by travelling to Russian territory but have slowly...
