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Freed Thai farm worker Watchara Sriaoun, held hostage in Gaza for more than a year, is greeted by his family on his return to his hometown in northeastern Thailand's Udon Thani province

Emotional reunion

Thai hostage freed from Gaza says feels 'reborn' after return home

Francis told military forces gathered for a special Armed Forces Mass that they should consider themselves

Despite bronchitis.

Use armed forces just for legitimate defence, says breathless pope

A billboard bearing a picture of US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is seen on a building in Ramat Gan, Israel

Anti-American sentiment

Trump's Gaza plan derails Saudi-Israel ties: analysts

Sam Nujoma, Namibia's first president, died Saturday aged 95

Sam Nujoma: Namibia's liberator, founding father

US President Donald Trump has called for the closure of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Critical services in jeopardy

Ukraine NGOs, veterans scramble for funding after US aid freeze

Hamas fighters escort Ohad Ben Ami on a stage before handing him over to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza

Fragile ceasefire

Israel orders negotiators to Doha after fifth hostage-prisoner swap

Referencing Donald Trump, the far-right rally adopted the slogan 'Make Europe Great Again'

Buoyed by Trump's return

'We are the future': European far right makes show of force

Basem Naim is a member of Hamas's political bureau

'Lack of commitment'

Israel putting Gaza ceasefire at risk of collapse: Hamas official to AFP

Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan V, with his sons Prince Irfan and Prince Sinan, attends the funeral of his father, Aga Khan IV

Spiritual leader

Ismaili Muslims bid goodbye to late Aga Khan

US President Donald Trump and South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa have been at odds on multiple issues

S. Africa condemns 'misinformation' after Trump freezes aid

Emergency order

US judge blocks Musk's cost-cutting team from Treasury data

Hamas, Israel complete hostage-prisoner swap under Gaza deal, Hamas accuses Israel of 'slow-killing' hostages

Rwandan President Paul Kagame (L) and DRC counterpart Felix Tshisekedi were to meet on Saturday

Deadly conflict

Rwandan and Congolese leaders join summit on eastern DRC conflict

Pope Francis has taken numerous measures to tackle abuse but victims' rights groups say much more is needed

Silencing still strong

Italy Church abuse group highlights toll on families

Alaskan state senators voted unanimously to call on Donald Trump to reverse course on his plan to rename a mountain known locally as Denali

Plan to ditch the Indigenous name

Alaska lawmakers push back on Trump's mountain name change

US President Donald Trump says he wants to close USAID and the Education Department

Dismantling government

Trump revokes Biden's security clearance, escalates foreign aid crackdown

A woman and her baby in a tent at the Atme camp for displaced people in northwest Syria

No quick resettlement

Syrians stuck in camps after finding homes destroyed

A soldier stands guard outside the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Quito on February 7, 2025

Optimistic about the future

A 50-year crisis -- Ecuador's next president faces a stern test

This handout photo released by the US Department of Homeland Security shows federal officials boarding detained migrants onto a flight to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, from an undisclosed location in the United States

Notorious military base

Handcuffs and beach clean-ups: a Cuban migrant's seven months in Guantanamo Bay

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025.

Joining the club

Japan PM, Trump play nice despite tariff threat

Brazilian migrants deported from the United States walk to board a bus upon arrival at the Pinto Martins International Airport

Handcuffed and shackled

Brazil receives second plane of deported migrants after row with US

A hostages campaign group has called on Israel to complete its ceasefire agreement with Hamas ahead of the next planned swap

Following explosive Trump comments

Hamas to free three Israeli hostages in latest Gaza swap

Faye Nemer, CEO of the MENA American Chamber of Commerce talks about President Donald Trump's comments on Gaza in her office in Dearborn, Michigan on February 8, 2025

'Red line': Arab-Americans oppose Trump's Gaza takeover plan

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gives opening remarks at an economic summit on February 7, 2025 in Toronto, Canada

Not kidding around

Trudeau says Trump's Canada annexation threat 'a real thing'

A supporter carries a human size cardboard of Ecuadoran President Daniel Noboa

Amid narco threats and economic struggles

Campaigning ends as violence-weary Ecuadorans eye Sunday vote

An M23 fighter at a stadium in Goma, the biggest city in eastern DRC, which the Rwanda-backed armed group has seized

'Worst may be yet to come'

DR Congo conflict advances as UN warns of regional escalation

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) will head to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump (L) at the White House

With India-US deal in mind

India PM Modi to meet Trump in US visit next week: foreign ministry

US officials place a 'seized' sign on a Venezuelan government airplane in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Washington renews hard line

Venezuela brands Rubio a 'thief' over US jet seizure

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