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<p>From left to right: Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel and Ofer Kalderon are due to be released this weekend </p>
Middle East

Hamas set to free Israeli father in latest Gaza hostage release

Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel and Ofer Calderon will be exchanged for 90 Palestinians on Saturday

<p>Ukrainian servicemen operate a reconnaissance drone in the area of Pokrovsk, Ukraine </p>
Europe

Ukraine launches major drone attack against Russian oil refineries

<p>M23 rebels patrol the streets of Goma</p>
Africa

Inside the DR Congo city seized by M23 rebels

Myanmar Emergency Rule
News

Myanmar’s military government extends state of emergency by 6 months

Just in

<p>Tens of thousands of Rohingya have been forced from their homes in Myanmar to find refuge in Bangladesh</p>
Southeast Asia

Rohingya men are forced to fight on both sides of Myanmar's civil war

<p>Thai ambassador to Israel Pannabha Chandraramya, left, arrives at a military helicopter carrying five Thai hostages released from Gaza on 30 January 2025</p>
Southeast Asia

Thai families celebrate as hostages freed in Gaza

<p>President Donald Trump</p>
US politics

Trump renews threat to impose 100% tariff on Brics nations

<p>Rescuers work to save a driver after his truck was swallowed by a sinkhole in Yashio city, Japan, on 29 January 2025</p>
Japan

Rescuers suspend search for driver swallowed by sinkhole days ago

<p>A Hindu devotee takes a holy dip at Sangam during the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj</p>
India

How excitement turned into death and chaos at Maha Kumbh Mela

<p>Hindu ascetics take part in a sacred bathing ritual called Shahi Snan during the Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on 29 January 2025</p>
India

India begins probe after 30 killed in deadly Kumbh Mela stampede

<p>This photo shows a general view of a collapsed road at a prefectural road intersection, in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on 30 January 2025</p>
Japan

Japanese city told to use less water to help sinkhole rescue

<p>DeepSeek AI</p>
Tech

Chinese state media blames US for cyberattack that disrupted DeepSeek

<p>A Ukrainian serviceman of 14th National Guard "Chervona Kalyna" brigade fires by d-20 artillery cannon towards Russian positions at the frontline on Pokrovsk direction</p>
LiveEurope

Ukraine war: Norwegian diplomats 'in epicentre' of Putin strike

LiveEurope

Ukraine war: Norwegian diplomats 'in epicentre' of Putin strike

<p>A Ukrainian serviceman of 14th National Guard "Chervona Kalyna" brigade fires by d-20 artillery cannon towards Russian positions at the frontline on Pokrovsk direction</p>
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Europe

Germany rejects controversial migration bill backed by far-right

<p>The cauldron balloon as seen from the courtyard of the Louvre</p>
Europe

Olympic favourite to return to Paris skies every summer until 2028

<p>French gendarmes stand guard as a tarpaulin covers the vandalised tombstone of the late far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen</p>
Europe

Vandals damage grave of French far-Right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen

<p>Students walk towards the northern city of Novi Sad, where they will participate in a 24 hour block of three bridges</p>
Europe

Daily protests are rattling Serbia‘s leader. What started them?

<p>Students walk towards the northern city of Novi Sad, where they will participate in a 24 hour block of three bridges</p>
Europe

Daily protests are rattling Serbia‘s leader. What started them?

<p>US president Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed Greenland should become part of the US</p>
Europe

People of Denmark see US as bigger threat than North Korea, poll finds

<p>Euro banknotes are being revamped</p>
Europe

Euro banknote designs to be changed for first time in 23 years

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Middle East

<p>Protesters calling for the return of hostages held in the Gaza Strip react after a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal was reached</p>
Middle East

Who are remaining Israeli hostages and when might they be freed?

<p>Tens of thousands have been killed inside Gaza following Israel’s siege of the strip</p>
Middle East

How a year of war in Gaza has unfolded as hostages released

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Middle East

Hamas releases three Israeli hostages under Gaza ceasefire deal

<p>American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel handed over to Red Cross in Gaza City.</p>
News

Watch: American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel released in ceasefire

<p>Mideast Wars Photo Gallery</p>
Middle East

Watch live: Palestinian prisoners released under ceasefire deal

<p>Israeli hostages Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon handed over to Red Cross under ceasefire deal.</p>
Middle East

Watch live: Hamas releases Israeli hostages as part of ceasefire deal

<p>American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel handed over to Red Cross in Gaza City.</p>
News

Watch: American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel released in ceasefire

<p>Mideast Wars Photo Gallery</p>
Middle East

Watch live: Palestinian prisoners released under ceasefire deal

<p>Israeli hostages Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon handed over to Red Cross under ceasefire deal.</p>
Middle East

Watch live: Hamas releases Israeli hostages as part of ceasefire deal

<p>Israeli hostages Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon handed over to Red Cross under ceasefire deal.</p>
News

Watch: Israeli hostages handed over to Red Cross under ceasefire deal

News

Watch: Israeli hostages handed over to Red Cross under ceasefire deal

<p>Israeli hostages Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon handed over to Red Cross under ceasefire deal.</p>
<p>Pakhshan Azizi</p>
Middle East

Concern for Kurdish activist despite death penalty reprieve in Iran

<p>A woman walks near a billboard displaying portraits of Hamas leader Mohammed Deif (R) and Ismail Haniyeh with the slogan 'assassinated' reading in Hebrew, in Tel Aviv</p>
Middle East

Hamas confirms killing of military commander Mohammed Deif

<p>Arbel Yehoud, 29, who had been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, being handed over to the Red Cross</p>
Middle East

Eight freed in Gaza as part of ceasefire and hostage release deal

<p>Civil rights groups argue order falsely paints student protesters as terrorists</p>
Americas

Trump signs order to cancel visas of students who protested Gaza war

<p>Civil rights groups argue order falsely paints student protesters as terrorists</p>
Americas

Trump signs order to cancel visas of students who protested Gaza war

<p>An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabalia, Gaza Strip</p>
Middle East

Staff of UN Palestinian agency forced to leave as Israel ban comes in

<p>From left to right: Agam Berger, Arbel Yehoud and Gadi Moses are all set to be freed by Hamas</p>
Middle East

Hamas set to release 3 Israelis and 5 Thai nationals from Gaza

US

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Americas

What we know so far after jet crashes near Philadelphia mall

<p>Trump and his allies have blamed everything from Southern California wildfires to the Washington plane crash on diversity programs</p>
US politics

Why Republicans keep blaming disasters on DEI

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US politics

What is DEI? Diversity scheme Trump is blaming for Washington DC crash

<p>US President Donald Trump reviews the troops during his Inauguration ceremony in Emancipation Hall of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025</p>
US politics

Trump strips travel reimbursement for troops seeking abortions

<p>First responders work the scene after a medical plane crashed in Philadelphia</p>
LiveAmericas

Philadelphia plane crash latest: Six feared dead in jet crashes

<p>White House staff secretary Will Scharf talks with President Donald Trump after he signed executive order</p>
US politics

How Trump has spent his first weeks targeting transgender people

<p>President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office</p>
LiveUS politics

Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China to start Saturday: Live

News

Air traffic control audio of moments leading to Philadelphia crash

<p>Wreckage of a commercial airplane that collided with an US Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night in the Potomac River in Washington</p>
Americas

Who is Jo Ellis, the transgender pilot wrongly named in DC crash?

Americas

Who is Jo Ellis, the transgender pilot wrongly named in DC crash?

<p>Wreckage of a commercial airplane that collided with an US Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night in the Potomac River in Washington</p>
<p>White House hits out at Selena Gomez in new video as Trump responds to singer crying about deportations.</p>
News

White House targets Selena Gomez over 'crying' video

<p>Search and rescue crews are still searching for dozens of people who were aboard the American Airlines plane (its remnants pictured) that crashed on Wednesday </p>
LiveAmericas

Flight recorder 'black box' from army Black Hawk helicopter recovered

<p>Fox Sports Sexual Assault Lawsuit</p>
Americas

Former Fox Sports reporter accuses a top executive of sexual assault

<p>The so-called ‘black box’ from the Black Hawk helicopter, which collided with a passenger jet in Washington, D.C., has now been recovered, authorities said Friday</p>
Americas

Black Hawk helicopter’s 'black box' found following DC collision

<p>The so-called ‘black box’ from the Black Hawk helicopter, which collided with a passenger jet in Washington, D.C., has now been recovered, authorities said Friday</p>
Americas

Black Hawk helicopter’s 'black box' found following DC collision

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Americas

Jet had to abort landing at Reagan Airport 24 hours before crash

<p>An air ambulance has crashed near a mall in<a href="/topic/philadelphia"></a> Pennsylvania, with multiple casualties reported, according to several law enforcement sources</p>
Americas

Air ambulance crashes in busy residential area near Philadelphia mall

Europe

<p>A serviceman of Da Vinci Wolves Separate Mechanized Battalion, named after Dmytro Kotsiubailo, of the 59th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, launches a combat drone at his frontline position, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine October 20, 2024</p>
Europe

The deserted Ukraine city that could be the most important of the war

Awards Season
Europe

Karla Sofia Gascón apologizes for old tweets, says she is 'deeply sorry to those I have caused pain'

APTOPIX Congo
Europe

Rwanda’s evolving stature ensures muted global pressure as M23 advances in eastern Congo

<p>Geraldine Gythiel, head of a Paris primary school, presents a special mailbox for children to flag abuses, a first in the French capital as the country has seen in recent years more victims of sexual abuse, Thursday, January 30</p>
Europe

The special mailboxes helping French police catch paedophiles

<p>Salwan Momika</p>
Europe

Salwan Momika: Iraqi who led Quran burnings in Sweden shot dead

<p> CDU leader Friedrich Merz</p>
Europe

Holocaust survivor to return German award over far-right role in vote

<p>Dominique Pelicot is to be questioned about cases dating from the 1990s</p>
Europe

Gisele Pelicot’s ex-husband now questioned over string of cold cases

<p>Heraklion in Crete </p>
Europe

Riot police called as couple accused of abusing child appear in court

Court Empty Docket
Europe

International Criminal Court has Putin, Netanyahu in its sights, yet its courtrooms are empty

Europe

International Criminal Court has Putin, Netanyahu in its sights, yet its courtrooms are empty

Court Empty Docket
<p>File. The Aiguilles de Chamonix area seen from the ridge of the Aiguille du Midi in the French Alps on 11 March 2024 </p>
Europe

Norwegian and Swiss skiers killed by avalanches in French Alps

Obit Earleen Fisher
Europe

Longtime AP international journalist Earleen Fisher, whose career spanned five decades, dies at 78

<p>The 55-year-old man had three times the legal alcohol limit in his blood</p>
Europe

Man fined for drunk-driving drone in Sweden

<p>Ukrainian-made drones</p>
Europe

Waves of Ukrainian drones target Russian power and oil facilities

<p>Ukrainian-made drones</p>
Europe

Waves of Ukrainian drones target Russian power and oil facilities

<p>Wooden chalet, houses and snow mountains landscape panorama in bulgarian ski resort Bansko, Bulgaria</p>
Europe

Irish tourist dies after falling from mountain in Bulgaria

Germany Economy
Europe

Germany's government slashes its economic growth forecast for this year to 0.3%

Africa

<p>Pug Life: Cheryl Gaw plays with some of the 2,500 pugs she has rescued in South Africa at her home in Johannesburg</p>
Africa

The woman who rescued more than 2,500 pugs

Africa

The woman who rescued more than 2,500 pugs

<p>Pug Life: Cheryl Gaw plays with some of the 2,500 pugs she has rescued in South Africa at her home in Johannesburg</p>
<p>Congolese government troops deploy outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo</p>
Africa

Dead bodies on streets as rebels battle government in DR Congo’s Goma

Africa

Rwanda-backed rebels claim takeover of eastern Congo’s largest city

<p>M23 rebels stand with theirs weapons in Kibumba, in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo in this file photo from December 2022</p>
Africa

What is happening in east Congo? And who are the M23 rebels?

<p>FILE PHOTO: Plumes of smoke rise during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum, Sudan</p>
Africa

Drone attack on hospital in Sudan’s Darfur kills at least 70

<p>FILE PHOTO: Plumes of smoke rise during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum, Sudan</p>
Africa

Drone attack on hospital in Sudan’s Darfur kills at least 70

<p>David Lammy with UN officials at the Adre crossing between Sudan and Chad</p>
Africa

Lammy warns against hierarchy of suffering as Sudan crisis forgotten

<p>Employees walk after work, outside the new building of Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in the New Administrative Capital (NAC), east of Cairo, Egypt</p>
Africa

Fears new law will force doctors to leave Egypt

<p>Reconstruction of Tameryraptor markgrafi </p>
Science

Giant dinosaur discovered in Egypt after fossils destroyed in WW2

<p>File: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda</p>
Africa

Tanzania confirms outbreak of highly infectious Ebola-like virus

<p>An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa</p>
Africa

Hunt for gang leader ‘Tiger’ who escaped South African death mine

<p>South Africa Miners Horrors</p>
Africa

Miner describes horrors as people starved to death underground

<p>Forensic workers at the site of the abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, on Wednesday</p>
Africa

What did 87 people die trapped in South Africa goldmine?

<p>File. A medical worker carries a meal to an isolation tent housing a man being quarantined after coming into contact in Uganda with a carrier of the Marburg virus</p>
Africa

Bleeding eye disease kills eight after outbreak in new country

<p>Families of miners and activist protest as South Africa's Police minister Senzo Mchunu visit the gold mine</p>
Africa

78 dead in illegal South Africa gold mine, with hundreds still trapped

<p> The government of the Republic of South Africa launch a rescue operation to extract the illegal workers at the abandoned Stilfontein mine in North West, South Africa</p>
Africa

Hundreds of miners were stuck underground. Police blocked their supply

Asia

<p>A woman touches the snake figure on the stone wall ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Snake</p>
Lifestyle

Chinese new year: What does the year of the snake mean for you?

<p>Year of the Snake: How Asia is celebrating lunar new year</p>
China

Lunar new year 2025: How Asia is celebrating the year of the snake

<p>Kumbh Mela 2025 </p>
India

In pictures: What is the Maha Kumbh Mela?

<p>Security officers stand guard at the site of a stampede on the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers</p>
India

Maha Kumbh Mela: At least 30 dead in multiple stampedes

<p>File. An IndiGo flight from Jodhpur to Bengaluru was delayed after a man opened the emergency exit minutes before takeoff</p>
News & Advice

Man arrested after 'accidentally' opening emergency exit on flight

<p>File. Tourists visit Mount Hakodate in the Hokkaido prefecture of Japan</p>
News & Advice

Japanese city hires security guards at site of iconic sea view

<p>Security officers stand guard at the site of a stampede on the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers</p>
India

Maha Kumbh Mela: At least 30 dead in multiple stampedes

<p>File. An IndiGo flight from Jodhpur to Bengaluru was delayed after a man opened the emergency exit minutes before takeoff</p>
News & Advice

Man arrested after 'accidentally' opening emergency exit on flight

<p>File. Tourists visit Mount Hakodate in the Hokkaido prefecture of Japan</p>
News & Advice

Japanese city hires security guards at site of iconic sea view

<p>Firefighters work to rescue a truck driver after his vehicle was swallowed up by a sinkhole in the city of Yashio, Japan, on 28 January 2025</p>
Japan

Truck driver disappears into swimming pool-sized sinkhole

<p>A policeman gestures as the belongings of Hindu devotees lie scattered after a stampede when Hindu devotees rushed to take a holy bath in the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges</p>
India

Kumbh Mela stampede: A look back at deadly crowd disasters in India

<p>Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on an Air Busan airplane at the Gimhae international airport in Busan, South Korea, on 28 January 2025</p>
News & Advice

Passengers and crew evacuated as plane catches fire on runway

<p>lunar new year 2025</p>
Lifestyle

What is lunar new year and how is it celebrated?

<p>Floor signage for the offices of DeepSeek in Beijing</p>
Tech

DeepSeek goes quiet for lunar new year despite worldwide buzz

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Cricket

Afghanistan women cricketers reunite for a match after three years

<p>A Siberian tiger at the Beijing Zoo </p>
China

Zoo under fire for selling tiger urine at £5 a pop

<p>The experiment bay at facility in Mianyang is 50% larger than U.S. NIF, researcher says</p><p></p>
China

Satellite images ‘show China building secret fusion research facility’

Australasia

<p>New Zealand’s Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, has a warm glow lighting the snow peak, June 12, 2011</p>
Australasia

Country recognises mountain as legal human being

Australasia

Country recognises mountain as legal human being

<p>New Zealand’s Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, has a warm glow lighting the snow peak, June 12, 2011</p>
<p>File. Police patrol Melbourne city</p>
Australasia

Man charged for leaving 'Pam the bird' graffiti on Melbourne landmarks

<p>Elizabeth’s older sister Jayde Struhs told reporters she was “relieved” that those responsible for her death had been found guilty.</p>
Australasia

Cult found guilty of manslaughter after prayer fails to heal girl

<p>Oscar Jenkins in Russian captivity </p>
Europe

Australian teacher believed killed by Russia is alive, minister says

<p>Jayde Struhs speaks outside of the Supreme Court in Brisbane, Australia Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (Russell Freeman/AAP Image via AP)</p>
Australasia

Australian religious sect member convicted over death of diabetic girl

<p>Jayde Struhs speaks outside of the Supreme Court in Brisbane, Australia Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (Russell Freeman/AAP Image via AP)</p>
Australasia

Australian religious sect member convicted over death of diabetic girl

<p>Graffitti is seen on England's King George V statue</p>
Australasia

Multiple monuments in Australia defaced to protest national day

<p>Representative image. A doctor measuring a Botox injection</p>
Australasia

Three people hospitalised in Sydney with suspected botulism

<p>US president Donald Trump and his wife, first lady Melania Trump, attend the commander in chief ball in Washington, US, 20 January 2025</p>
Australasia

The Donald Trump lie that upset New Zealanders the most

<p>The explorer paved the way for the British to send its First Fleet to the island in 1788 </p>
Australasia

Captain Cook statue disfigured and painted red ahead of Australia Day

<p>The new funnel-web spider dubbed ‘Big Boy’ or Atrax christenseni</p>
Australasia

Scientists discover new species of one of world’s deadliest spiders

<p>Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has announced her upcoming memoir which she hopes will help “anyone who ever doubted themselves”</p>
Australasia

Ardern says memoir is for ‘anyone who has ever doubted themselves’

<p>Margo Neas holds her cat Mittens at her home in Melbourne</p>
News & Advice

Mittens the cat takes three flights after being forgotten on plane

<p>Aerial view of Sunbury Ring G</p>
Archaeology

Origin of Australia’s 1,400-year-old mystery rings finally revealed

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Tennis

Djokovic explains why he boycotted Australian Open interview

<p>Gauff frequently has posted on TikTok, often mimicking popular trends</p>
Tennis

Coco Gauff writes ‘RIP TikTok USA’ on TV camera at Australian Open

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