Hamas handed over the bodies of four hostages to the Red Cross Thursday in exchange for Israel’s release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, days before the first phase of the ceasefire was to end.

Jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan has called on his militant group to disarm as part of a fresh bid to end a decades-long conflict with the Turkish state.

Pentagon begins process of removing all trans service members while federal judges consider blocking Trump’s order

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Most of Musk’s wealth is derived from his shares of Tesla

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The new Democracy Index for 2024 suggests global democracy in decline despite a year full of elections worldwide

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Brazilian authorities say they have found selfies taken on Charlotte Peet’s phone suggesting she had ‘disappeared voluntarily’

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Abdullah Ocalan had earlier met pro-Kurdish MPs on an island where he has been in jail since 1999.

He also said he would move ahead with 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, which had been suspended.

The reports of a new deployment come after Pyongyang was said to be suffering heavy losses in the Kursk region.

President Trump says the pair are poised to sign a "very big agreement", which Zelensky described as a "framework".

Vladimir Putin warned "Western elites" against undermining US-Russia talks ahead of Sir Keir Starmer's meeting with Donald Trump on Thursday, 27 February.

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Rachel Elaine Waters, 41, from Sunnyside, New York did unlawfully cause the death of Marsha Foster, 74, by administering a lethal dose of morphine’ according to court records

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‘You can’t argue they were all paid protestors, though, Mr. Speaker,’ CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins pushed back, prompting Mike Johnson to admit: ‘I don’t know.’

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Exclusive: When server Miguel Bautista pushed back, he says he was mocked by the store manager – in Spanish – for being gay

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Director Francis Ford Coppola, actor Viola Davis and director Paul Feig are among those paying tribute to Gene Hackman after his death at age 95

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Federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions, according to a memo distributed by President Donald Trump ’s administration

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Pam Bondi says the DOJ plans to release ‘a lot’ of long-awaited information on Jeffrey Epstein’s associates

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Laila Soueif, 68, plans to continue her hunger strike despite being hospitalised with dangerously low blood sugar levels

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The influencers had been banned from travelling out of Romania for more than two years.

The reports of a new deployment come after Pyongyang was said to be suffering heavy losses in the Kursk region.