Israel Begins Palestinian Prisoner Release After Chaotic Hostage Handover: Live Updates
Hamas released eight hostages, including three Israelis and five Thais, on Thursday as part of a hostage-for-prisoner exchange, more than a year after...
Security at ISIS Camps in Syria Threatened by U.S. Funding Freeze
President Trump’s sweeping executive order to halt foreign aid threatens to freeze a U.S. program supporting security forces inside a notorious camp in...
In Thailand, Faraway Vigil for Hostages Ends in Happy Tears
Vilas Thanna, the father of Pongsak Thanna, a Thai fruit farmhand who was held hostage in Gaza, could barely get the words out...
Who Is Syria’s New Interim President?
Ahmed al-Shara, the leader of the rebel coalition that swept to power in Syria last month, has been declared the country’s interim president,...
Pause on U.S. Funding Spreads Fear of H.I.V. Spike Across Africa
As he does every three months, Sibusiso traveled on Wednesday morning to a clinic in the capital of Eswatini, a tiny southern African...
