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Netanyahu threatens to resume fighting in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire in Gaza and directed troops to prepare to resume fighting Hamas if the militant group does not r elease more hostages on Saturday.

February 12, 2025 3:30 pm
 

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US aid freeze sets back fight against human trafficking in Cambodia

President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign assistance has dealt a blow to organizations fighting human trafficking and forced labor in Cambodia, where tens of thousands of people are held captive and forced to work in call centers running telephone scams.

February 12, 2025 2:25 pm
 

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With Musk at his side, Trump orders US agencies to plan for 'large-scale' staff cuts

President Donald Trump ordered U.S. agencies on Tuesday to work closely with top adviser Elon Musk’s effort to shrink the federal workforce by identifying government employees who can be laid off and functions that can be eliminated entirely.

February 12, 2025 1:24 pm
 

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Trump presses Jordan to take in Palestinians from Gaza; king opposes displacement

Donald Trump on Tuesday pressed Jordan’s King Abdullah to take in Palestinians who would be permanently displaced under the president’s plan for the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip, even as the king said his country was firmly opposed to the move.

February 12, 2025 12:24 pm
 

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Israel’s fatal shooting of a pregnant Palestinian woman puts the focus on West Bank violence

The call came in the middle of the night, Mohammed Shula said. His daughter-in-law, eight months pregnant with her first child, was whispering. There was panic in her voice.

February 12, 2025 11:22 am
 

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Netanyahu says Israel will end Gaza ceasefire if hostages not returned on Saturday

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that if Hamas did not release Israeli hostages by noon on Saturday a fragile ceasefire in Gaza would end and the Israeli army would resume its offensive in the Palestinian enclave until the militant group is defeated.

February 12, 2025 7:27 am
 

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Teacher fatally stabs eight-year-old in South Korea

A teacher has fatally stabbed an eight-year-old girl at an elementary school in South Korea, in an incident that has shocked the nation.

February 12, 2025 6:28 am
 

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U.S. lifts pause on food donations for World Food Programme

The United States has lifted a pause on food donations, the U.N. World Food Programme said, ending a suspension that an aid watchdog on Monday warned had left 500,000 metric tons of food currently at sea or ready to be shipped in limbo.

February 11, 2025 4:44 pm
 

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Trump says Hamas should free all hostages by midday Saturday or 'let hell break out

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Hamas should release all hostages held by the militant group in Gaza by midday Saturday or he would propose canceling the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and “let hell break out.”

February 11, 2025 2:10 pm
 

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Hamas says it will stop releasing Israeli hostages, throwing Gaza ceasefire into doubt

Hamas on Monday announced it would stop releasing Israeli hostages until further notice over what the Palestinian militant group called Israeli violations of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, raising the risk of reigniting the conflict.

February 11, 2025 1:59 pm
 

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US woman sues Tate brothers, accuses them of luring her into sex work

A woman in the U.S. accused internet personalities Tristan and Andrew Tate of conspiring to coerce her into sex work, luring her to Romania and defaming her after her testimony to Romanian authorities, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday.

February 11, 2025 11:56 am
 

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Trump loosens enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to pause prosecutions of Americans accused of bribing foreign government officials while trying to win or retain business in their countries.

February 11, 2025 10:52 am

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