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    As Hamas Releases More Israeli Hostages, It Puts on a Show of Force

    Hamas on Saturday released four female Israeli soldiers held hostage in the Gaza Strip, in a choreographed ceremony that was the latest sign...

    They Were Waiting for Flights. Then Trump Closed a Door for Afghan Allies.

    Nasir, a legal adviser to the Afghan Air Force during the war, helped approve airstrikes against Taliban fighters. He is still in Afghanistan,...

    Israel and Hamas Exchange Prisoners and Hostages: Cease-Fire Latest Updates

    Hamas released four female Israeli army soldiers on Saturday as part of a hostage-for-prisoner exchange, more than a year after the women were...

    Myanmar Rebels Are Opening Colleges

    The medical student was showering near his dormitory in the jungles of eastern Myanmar when he heard military jets flying overhead. Wearing only...

    What Elon Musk’s Salute Was All About

    So was it a Hitler salute or wasn’t it?Speaking at President Trump’s inauguration event this week, Elon Musk slapped his right hand on...

    Greece Tightens Laws on Domestic Violence (but Not Enough, Critics Say)

    Greece on Friday toughened penalties for domestic violence in an effort to address a surge in reported cases, though critics said the new...

    Storm Eowyn Leaves a Third of Ireland Without Power

    Hundreds of thousands of people were without power on Friday in Ireland, an extraordinarily high number for the small country, as a powerful...

    Clinton Bailey, Who Documented a Vanishing Bedouin Culture, Dies at 88

    Clinton Bailey, an American-Israeli academic whose research and documentation of the ancient traditions of the nomadic Bedouin tribes of the Middle East helped...

    French Crypto Entrepreneur and Wife Are Freed After Kidnapping

    A founder of a French cryptocurrency company and his wife were freed in France this week after being brutally kidnapped and held for...

    Israeli Forces Kill 2 Palestinian Militants Wanted for Deadly Attack

    Israel’s military on Thursday pressed ahead with its offensive in and around Jenin, a city known as a center of militant opposition to...

    U.K. Teenager Who Killed 3 Girls in Southport Stabbing to Be Sentenced Today

    The teenager who killed three young girls and wounded 10 other people in a knife attack on a dance class in Southport, England,...

    Thailand Starts Recognizing Same-Sex Marriage

    Twelve years ago, the Thai couple headed to the marriage registrar’s office to take part in a mass wedding ceremony on Valentine’s Day...

    Trump Administration Cancels Flights for Refugees Already Approved for Travel

    The State Department abruptly canceled travel for thousands of refugees already approved to fly to the United States, days before a deadline that...

    Deadly Hotel Fire at Turkish Ski Resort Stirs Grief and Outrage

    The first indication that tragedy had stricken their loved ones came around 5:30 a.m. in urgent messages to the family’s WhatsApp group.A brother...

    Prince Harry Agrees to Settlement as Murdoch’s U.K. Tabloids Offer Full Apology

    Prince Harry’s lawyer announced on Wednesday that he had reached a settlement with Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers over accusations of unlawful information...

    Bimla Bissell, Ambassadors’ Aide and a Social Hub in India, Dies at 92

    Bimla Bissell, the indispensable and well-connected social secretary to four American ambassadors to India who was a kind of unofficial ambassador herself, a...