They had been held captive in the Palestinian territory since Hamas seized them during their attack on Israel on October 7, 2023

The prisoners include 120 who are serving life sentences

Inspectors general have an oversight role to detect and deter fraud, waste and abuse by government employees.

Nepal's urban areas generate about 5,000 tonnes of solid waste per day, according to the World Bank, of which 13 percent is plastic waste dumped in landfills.

Israel confirmed Friday that it had received a list of names of hostages who are due to return home

The axing of jobs aimed at combating discrimination such as racism and sexism is the latest in a blitz of right-wing measures the 78-year-old Republican has put in place on his return to the White House.

The 44-year-old is a former Army National Guard officer who until recently worked as a co-host for Fox News -- one of Trump's favored television channels.

A total of 265 Guatemalans arrived on three flights

Rudiger Koch, 59, emerged from his 30-square-meter (320-square-foot) home under the sea

The United States, the world's biggest donor, froze virtually all foreign aid on Friday, making exceptions only for emergency food, and military funding for Israel and Egypt

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have detained another group of UN personnel, a UN statement said yesterday, after 13 staff were held last June.

Afghanistan’s Taliban government said yesterday an arrest warrant sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its leaders was “politically motivated”.

Kyiv said yesterday it had received the bodies of hundreds of Ukrainian troops killed in battle with Russian forces, in one of the largest repatriations since Russia invaded.

Ireland recorded its strongest-ever wind gusts yesterday as “destructive” Storm Eowyn barrelled in from the Atlantic, cutting power, grounding flights and shutting schools, officials said.

Hundreds of migrants in the United States were arrested Thursday and others flown out of the country on military aircraft as President Donald Trump’s promised mass deportation operation got underway, the White House said.

Israeli operations in the West Bank have killed at least 12 Palestinians since Tuesday and could threaten the newly agreed ceasefire in Gaza, United Nations Human Rights office spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said yesterday.

Sri Lanka has revoked a power purchase agreement with Indian conglomerate Adani Group following allegations of corruption, energy ministry sources in Colombo said yesterday.

The World Health Organization (WHO) will cut costs and review which health programmes to prioritise after President Donald Trump announced he was withdrawing the US from the WHO, the agency’s chief told staff in an internal memo seen by Reuters.

Hundreds of migrants in the United States were arrested Thursday and others were flown out of the country on military aircraft

US President Donald Trump issued a blunt warning to global elites in a video message to the World Economic Forum yesterday: Make your product in the United States or pay tariffs.