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Hamas releases more Israeli, foreign hostages on second day of Gaza truce

Thirteen Israelis and four Thai nationals arrived in Israel on Sunday in the second release of hostages from Hamas captivity in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in a deal briefly endangered by a dispute about aid delivery into Gaza.

November 26, 2023 4:40 pm
 

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Five wounded in Kyiv by largest drone attack yet on Ukraine

Ukraine’s capital suffered what officials said was Russia’s largest drone attack of the war on Saturday, leaving five people wounded as the rumble of air defences and explosions woke residents at sunrise after a week of intensifying attacks.

November 26, 2023 10:34 am
 

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Tens of thousands join pro-Palestinian march in central London

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched through central London on Saturday to call for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the latest in a series of weekend demonstrations in the capital since the seven-week war began.

November 26, 2023 8:30 am
 

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China grapples with respiratory illness spike

China called for vigilance on Friday as a surge of respiratory illness hit schools and hospitals and the World Health Organization, which has asked the government for disease data, said no unusual or novel pathogens had been detected.

November 25, 2023 4:40 pm
 

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Hamas frees 24 hostages from Gaza on first day of truce

Hamas fighters released 24 hostages on Friday during the first day of the war’s first truce, including Israeli women and children and Thai farm workers, after guns fell silent across the Gaza Strip for the first time in seven weeks.

November 25, 2023 8:27 am
 

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Israel, Hamas start first truce in Gaza war

There were no reports of bombings, artillery strikes or rocket attacks as Israel and Hamas started a four-day ceasefire in Gaza on Friday, the first pause in a 48-day-old war that has devastated the Palestinian enclave.

November 24, 2023 4:53 pm
 

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Muslims in shock over anti-Islam party's Dutch poll win

Dutch Muslims expressed shock on Thursday at the election win of far-right populist Geert Wilders, who has previously called for mosques and the Koran to be banned in the Netherlands.

November 24, 2023 3:40 pm
 

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China says no unusual pathogens found after WHO queries respiratory outbreaks

Chinese health authorities have not detected any unusual or novel pathogens and provided the requested data on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

November 24, 2023 1:30 pm
 

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Riots erupt in Dublin after children stabbed

Three young children were among five people injured in a knife attack in Dublin on Thursday that sparked riots in the city centre and which police have not yet ruled out any motive over, including whether it could be terror-related.

November 24, 2023 9:36 am
 

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Five people, including three children in hospital after Dublin stabbing

Five people, including three young children and the suspect, were injured in a knife attack in central Dublin that police said they were satisfied was not terror-related and appeared to be a “standalone attack”.

November 24, 2023 8:30 am
 

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No Gaza hostage release will start before Friday, says Israel

The release of hostages under a temporary truce between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants will not happen before Friday, Israel’s national security adviser said, thwarting hopes of relatives that some would be freed.

November 23, 2023 4:01 pm
 

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Fiery Rainbow Bridge car crash at US-Canada border kills 2; terrorism ruled out

A speeding car crashed in flames on the bridge linking New York state and Ontario at Niagara Falls on Thursday, killing two people in the vehicle and sparking a security scare that closed four U.S.-Canadian border crossings.

November 23, 2023 3:17 pm

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