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The video grab, estimated to have been filmed in November 2023, shows Bipin Joshi in Hamas captivity.Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters Family of deceased Nepali hostage once shown in video had “faith and hope” he was alive Bereaved relatives of Bipin Joshi – a deceased hostage who was shown alive in a Hamas video after he was taken on …

The last 20 living hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are now back in Israel after more than two years in captivity The hostages were kidnapped by Hamas during the 7 October attacks in 2023 – watch the moments several were reunited with their families The IDF says Hamas has handed over the coffins of two dead hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza, with two …

Hamas is pressing Israel to include prominent Palestinians in a prisoner-release list – part of a ceasefire deal that will also see hostages returned from Gaza. Hamas’s insistence comes after the Israeli justice ministry published the names of 250 prisoners to be freed, but excluded seven high-profile prisoners, including Marwan Barghouti and Ahmad Saadat. Marwan Barghouti was convicted of deadly …

Speaking with democracy activists recently from Hungary and Poland, former President Barack Obama warned about the “rising wave of authoritarianism sweeping the globe,” even in countries once believed unsusceptible to an erosion of liberties. “We’re seeing politicians target civil society, undermine freedom of the press, weaponize the justice system,” Obama went on. “And no one is being spared. Even countries …

While the total number of affected workers has not yet been confirmed, insiders said hundreds of thousands of civil servants are expected to lose their jobs in the coming weeks. The United States President Donald Trump on Friday sacked thousands of government employees, blaming opposition Democrats for forcing his hand amid the continuing government shutdown.  According to White House officials, …

US President Donald Trump has said he would impose an additional 100% tariff on imports from China from next month. In a post on social media, Trump said the US would also put export controls on critical software. In an earlier post on Friday, he hit back at Beijing’s move this week to tighten its rules for exports of rare …

Three and a half years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with a US-led peace process on ice and a stalemate on the battlefield, Kyiv’s allies are calling for renewed economic pressure on Moscow. The aim: to raise the cost of war for the Kremlin to a level that forces it to change course. Eighteen packages of European Union sanctions …

Under the agreement, Hamas is expected to release all remaining Israeli hostages within 72 hours, while Israel will free 250 Palestinians serving long prison terms and 1700 detainees captured during the war. Thousands of Palestinians were seen streaming north along Gaza’s devastated coastline on Saturday, trekking on foot, in cars and on donkey carts, as a ceasefire between Israel and …

The Nobel Committee has announced Maria Corina Machado as this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner. “She is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy,” the committee stated in their announcement. An employee of the Norwegian …

After two years of war, there is a chance of a deal that will end the killing and destruction in Gaza and return the Israeli hostages, living and dead, to their families. It is an opportunity, but it is not certain that it will be seized by Hamas and Israel. It is a grim coincidence that the talks are happening …