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For 733 days, Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv’s “hostages square,” wearing yellow tape on their shirts marking the number of days since 251 people were taken by Hamas-led militants. On Thursday, the yellow stickers remained, but the count was replaced with a single message: “They’re coming home.

Husamettin Dogan, 44, an unemployed construction worker, had challenged his initial conviction from last year. His retrial took place this week at the appeals court in Nîmes. On Thursday, a jury of five men and four women, alongside three judges, found Dogan guilty of raping Gisèle Pelicot in her home

Russia Accepts Blame for Downing Azerbaijani Airliner Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that Russian air defenses were responsible for shooting down an Azerbaijani passenger jet in December, resulting in the deaths of 38 people—his first direct admission of fault. Speaking on Thursday, Putin stated that missiles launched by Russian forces

With hours left before the announcement of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian officials are preparing for possible diplomatic repercussions if the award is not given to Donald Trump. The Norwegian Nobel Committee confirmed on Thursday that its decision for the 2025 laureate was finalized on Monday, days before

A Hidden Chapter of Wartime Effort Comes to Light For decades, a crucial part of World War II history remained largely untold, preserved only in personal memories, private archives, and songs by the 1940s Trinidadian calypsonian Lord Invader. Now, the previously overlooked contributions of Caribbean workers during the war have

On Thursday morning, Gaza was filled with tension rather than relief. News of the potential ceasefire had spread quickly through the war-torn region overnight, with sporadic celebratory gunfire, but as dawn broke, uncertainty lingered. “People are still afraid,” said a 26-year-old woman in al-Mawasi, the overcrowded