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Four more hostages are due to be released on Saturday as part of the second exchange of the Gaza ceasefire deal

As part of ceasefire agreement

Hamas says four women soldiers to be freed in next swap with Israel

The court in Montepellier heard that the woman had abused her daughter for years

French mother sentenced to life for daughter's starvation death

A Lebanese soldier in Naqura, south Lebanon, checks the remains of a rocket in a residential area devastated by the war between Israel and Hezbollah

Israel says Lebanon troop pullout 'will continue' beyond 60-day deadline

A Yemeni protester holds a mock rocket during an anti-Israel demonstration in the Huthi-controlled capital of Sanaa on January 22, 2025

Amid humanitarian crisis

UN says more staff detained by Huthi rebels in Yemen

The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia rose to 25 as rescuers found three more bodies on Friday

Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 25

The assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia sparked outrage around the world

Maltese businessman accused in journalist's murder granted bail

The woman faces life in prison if convicted

Charged with torture and barbarity

Life term sought for French mother in daughter's starvation death

Both Trump and Putin have said they are ready to meet for talks on Ukraine

Critical moments

Putin ready to talk to Trump, waiting for 'signals', Kremlin says

A Giambattista Valli dress from the haute couture 2018-2019 collection displayed at 'Louvre Couture'

World's most popular museum

Louvre holds first fashion exhibition, eyeing new audiences

Record wind gusts lash Ireland as violent storm hits

Serge Atlaoui (left) was initially sentenced to life in prison but Indonesia's Supreme Court increased the sentence to death in 2007

There since 2007

Frenchman on Indonesian death row to be sent home

Tourists in Hong Kong are flocking to the 300-year-old village of Kuk Po for respite from the city's frenetic pace

A different perspective

Hong Kong revives border village in alternative tourism push

Morning Roundup

Flurry of ATM explosions, flu cases on the rise, and Luxembourg Song Contest live on Saturday

Police fear knife crime is becoming normalised among young people in the UK

Deadly teen knife crisis UK's 'new normal'

French sex education guidelines have met with resistance

Syllabus reforms

France to introduce new sex education guidelines in schools

A teacher works inside an empty classroom after in-person classes were suspended due to dangerous heat in Iloilo City, central Philippines on April 2, 2024

242 mn children's schooling disrupted by climate shocks in 2024

Palestinians sometimes wait hours on their way home from work while cars are searched and IDs verified

'Living in a cage': West Bank checkpoints proliferate after Gaza truce

Holocaust survivor Esther Senot made it out of Auschwitz alive

Survivors strive to ensure young do not forget Auschwitz

A Lebansese soldier patrols a residential area in Naqura that was devastated by the war between Israel and Hezbollah

Fragile ceasefire

Despite truce, Lebanese from devastated Naqura cannot go home

The Smithsonian's National Zoo new pandas add to the already high demands at the bamboo farm

A rigorous task

Bamboo farm gets chopping for US zoo's hungry new pandas

Under the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, anyone born on US soil automatically gets US citizenship

Federal judge blocks Trump bid to restrict birthright citizenship

The border between the United States and Mexico, as seen in El Paso, Texas

Venezuelan president

Fear in US border city as Trump launches immigration overhaul

A press conference in Washington discusses supposed alien activity -- an increasingly common topic in the US capital

'As large as a football field'

Alien hunting? Look under sea, says Republican congressman

Germany has been stunned by what is the latest in a series of bloody attacks

Germany knife attack on children reignites pre-vote migrant debate

A police officer stands guard in the street as forces patrol in Tibu, Norte de Santander province, Colombia, on January 22, 2025, after recent clashes between rival left-wing guerrillas

Colombia asks Venezuela to help quell border violence

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order to declassify files on the assassinations of former president John F. Kennedy, former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Declassification

Trump orders release of last JFK, RFK, King assassination files

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to employees upon arrival at the State Department on January 21, 2025

Rubio chooses Central America for first trip amid Panama Canal pressure

US President Donald Trump spoke in a packed hall with politicians and executives at Davos after his inauguration

The world's rich and powerful

Between laughs and 'disaster', Trump divides Davos

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