GENEVA, Switzerland -- The World Health Organization on Saturday reported 12,569 mpox cases and 581 related deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year to November 12, the highest annual figure ever recorded. The infectious disease, formerly known as monkeypox, was first identified in...
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon said Israeli fire hit one of its patrols in the country's south on Saturday, despite a Hamas-Israel truce largely quietening the Lebanon-Israel frontier. Lebanese farmer and minibus driver Abdallah Abdallah stands in front of his tractor...
DOHA, Qatar -- A total of 13 Israeli hostages are to be freed "tonight" for 39 Palestinian prisoners, in a delayed second exchange agreed as part of a temporary truce in Gaza, mediator Qatar said Saturday. Seven foreigners held in Gaza will also be released, it added. "After a delay, obstacles to...
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...
