The militant group’s chief negotiator also said Hamas would increase the number of living hostages it would release on Saturday to six from three.
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The Vatican said the pontiff, who is in the hospital with a “respiratory tract infection,” was resting and had eaten breakfast and read newspapers “as he usually does.”
The American base on Okinawa has relocated 105 Marines. But an agreement to move 9,000 in total is colliding with the perceived threat from a rising China.
Residents of the Japanese island see U.S. bases as a legacy of war and colonialism, but younger generations also worry about a threat from China.
She led a tireless campaign for a formal apology and reparations from Japan for what it did to thousands of women like her — mostly Korean — during World War II.
The administration has asked Panama to take in hundreds of people who can’t easily be sent back to their countries. Many say they are in danger.
Thousands uprooted by the war in Lebanon have been unable to reach southern towns occupied by Israel, but some have tried anyway. For one man, the journey was deadly.
All 80 people aboard Delta Flight 4819 survived a crash landing at a windy and snowy Toronto airport.
Israeli forces will remain at five strategic points within Lebanese territory despite Tuesday’s deadline for Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters to pull back.
Faced with undisguised hostility from the Trump administration, Europeans are preparing for what is shaping up to be a go-it-alone era.