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Hamas frees US-Israeli hostage

Hamas said Monday that its armed wing had released a US-Israeli hostage, with a source close to the Islamist movement adding that Edan Alexander was handed over to the Red Cross in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis...

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PKK ends decades of armed struggle

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party on Monday announced its dissolution and the end of its armed struggle, drawing a line under its deadly four-decade insurgency against the Turkish state.

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Hamas frees US-Israeli hostage

Palestinian group Hamas said its armed wing handed over a US-Israeli hostage held in Gaza since October 2023 on Monday, ahead of a regional visit by US president Donald Trump.

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Israeli strike kills eight in Khan Yunis

Gaza’s civil defence on Sunday reported eight deaths, including four young children, in an Israeli air strike on tents housing displaced people in the southern city of Khan Yunis...

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Iran, US hold fresh nuclear talks

Iran and the United States kicked off the fourth round of nuclear talks in Oman Sunday amid a standoff over uranium enrichment, with Tehran calling it ‘non-negotiable’, while Washington has described it as a ‘red line’.

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Israeli strike kills five in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Saturday that five people were killed in an Israeli strike on a tent in Gaza City, all members of single family according to relatives.

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Iran holds academic after heart attack

Sweden on Friday demanded that Iran release academic Ahmadreza Jalali, who is on death row in Iran, after his wife said he had a heart attack in prison and his life is ‘at immediate risk’.

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Series of Israeli strikes hit south Lebanon

Lebanese official media said Israel conducted air strikes on the south on Thursday, the latest in a string of raids despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

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Israeli air strikes hit Yemen airport, power stations

Israeli air raids struck Yemen’s main airport and power stations in the Sanaa area on Tuesday, Huthi media and Israel’s military said, the latest retaliation for a missile attack by the Iran-backed rebels.