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(NEW YORK) — The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that governs Gaza, freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise attack on southern Israel. In exchange, Israel released more than 200 Palestinians from Israeli prisons. Here’s how the news […]

Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales smiles as she arrives to attend the “Together At Christmas” Carol Service” at Westminster Abbey in London on Dec. 8, 2023. (CHRIS JACKSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Kate, the princess of Wales, is recovering after undergoing abdominal surgery, Kensington Palace confirmed Wednesday. Kate, who turned 42 last week, was […]

(NEW YORK) — The new year has begun with a spate of transgender deaths in Mexico, prompting protests, outrage and fear among the country’s LGBTQ community. At least three transgender people have been killed in just the first 15 days of the year. On Jan. 14, Mexico City’s Attorney General’s Office reported that a transgender […]

Philip Waller/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 10-year-old boy from the United States was reportedly attacked by a shark at a resort in the Bahamas, police said. The incident occurred shortly before 4 p.m. local time Monday on Paradise Island, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said in a news release. “Preliminary reports indicate that the […]

Houthi followers protest to condemn the U.S.-U.K. during a tribal gathering on Jan. 14, 2024 on the outskirts of Sana’a, Yemen. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration plans to relist Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a global terrorist group in response to the militants’ attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf […]

(NEW YORK) — The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that governs Gaza, freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise attack on southern Israel. In exchange, Israel released more than 200 Palestinians from Israeli prisons. Here’s how the news […]

(TAIPEI, Taiwan) — One of Taiwan’s few remaining diplomatic allies, the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru, has cut ties with the self-governed island in favor of Beijing. The move comes just days after Taiwan voted to elect the ruling Democratic Progressive Party candidate William Lai Ching-te, who the Chinese government calls a “troublemaker” for […]

(LONDON) — Two Iranian journalists who were jailed on charges related to the bloody nationwide protests in 2022 were temporarily released on bail Sunday after about 16 months of imprisonment. But in less than 24 hours, the Iranian judiciary announced it had opened a new case against them for posing without a hijab upon their […]

(LONDON) — Iranian missiles targeted two locations, one in Iraq claimed to be used by Israeli intelligence and one in the Syrian city of Idlib, a base for ISIS militants, Iranian military officials said Tuesday. Four missiles were “successfully fired” toward the Takfiri group, who are affiliated with ISIS, in Idlib, said Amir Ali Hajizadeh, […]

DuKai photographer/Getty Images (LONDON) — Two passenger planes have collided in Hokkaido, Japan, according to Japanese media reports. The incident took place at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, some 110 miles east of the city of Sapporo in the northern part of the country, at approximately 5:30 p.m. local time, according to NHK in Japan. […]