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Vans loaded with humanitarian support on the Egyptian facet of the Rafah crossing wait to cross into the Gaza Strip early on Oct. 15, 2025. STR/AFP through Getty Pictures cover caption toggle caption STR/AFP through Getty Pictures AMMAN, Jordan — Israel on Wednesday saved closed an important border crossing from Egypt to Gaza and lower in half the quantity of support allowed to enter in retaliation for what it says are delays within the handover of hostage our bodies by the militant group Hamas. The change of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees and the handover of our bodies was central…
Israel lower the variety of Gaza help supply vehicles, citing an alleged Hamas ceasefire breach. NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Jonathan Fowler of the U.N. Reduction and Works Company for Palestine Refugees.
This file photograph reveals bitcoin tokens in Sandy, Utah. Rick Bowmer/AP conceal caption toggle caption Rick Bowmer/AP The U.S. authorities has seized bitcoin value almost $15 billion and charged a joint U.Okay.-Cambodian businessman, Prince Holding Group Chairman Chen Zhu, with wire fraud and cash laundering. The Justice Division says the bitcoin is presently in U.S. authorities custody and calls the seizure the “largest forfeiture motion” within the division’s historical past. In an indictment unsealed on Tuesday in federal court docket in Brooklyn, N. Y., prosecutors allege that Chen and unnamed co-conspirators exploited pressured labor at cyber rip-off facilities in Cambodia,…
Simply six days in, the Gaza ceasefire faces some pressure as Israel calls for Hamas hand over extra our bodies of hostages and Trump warns of violence if Hamas does not disarm itself.
The army in Madagascar seized energy Tuesday after weeks of protests over corruption, energy and water shortages compelled the nation’s president into hiding.
A view of the headquarters of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, generally known as MI6, in London, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Kin Cheung/AP conceal caption toggle caption Kin Cheung/AP The UK has a brand new method for individuals to share secrets and techniques with the nation’s overseas intelligence company. It is referred to as Silent Courier, and it is being marketed on-line. The service will be discovered on the darkish net, and permits potential spies to share categorized info with the U.Okay.’s Secret Intelligence Service — higher generally known as MI6 — securely. The nation’s Overseas Workplace, which oversees MI6, says…
CAPSAT army unit commander Col. Michael Randrianirina, heart, reads a press release saying that the armed forces are taking management of the nation from the steps of the Presidency in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. Brian Inganga/AP conceal caption toggle caption Brian Inganga/AP JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The military in Madagascar seized energy on Tuesday, days after the president fled the African island nation saying he feared for his life after a number of weeks of large anti-government protests. Colonel Michael Randrianirina, from elite army unit CAPSAT, introduced the military was in charge of the nation and would…
An individual pastes a heart-shaped sticker on a banner with footage of Israeli hostages throughout a a gathering at a plaza referred to as hostages sq. in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday. Oded Balilty/AP cover caption toggle caption Oded Balilty/AP TEL AVIV, Israel — The tenuous ceasefire within the two-year Israel-Hamas struggle was holding Tuesday at the same time as complicated points remained forward, a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the final 20 dwelling hostages held in Gaza and the discharge of a whole bunch of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in alternate. The listing of extra…
Good morning. You are studying the Up First publication. Subscribe right here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all of the information it’s essential to begin your day. At this time’s high tales Israel launched practically 2,000 prisoners yesterday as a part of the preliminary part of a ceasefire settlement with Hamas. Hamas additionally freed the final 20 surviving Israeli hostages. Among the Palestinians who returned to Gaza have been journalists, medical doctors and first responders who have been taken from hospitals and off the streets by troopers. NPR’s Aya Batrawy tells Up First that…
The Taliban attacked Pakistani border posts Saturday, triggering clashes that killed dozens. The Taliban stated the assault was retaliatory, blaming Pakistan for airstrikes in Afghanistan days earlier.