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Feb 21, 2025
Gaza [Palestine], February 21: Hamas have returned the bodies of four Israeli hostages. The militant group said the bodies include those of Shiri Bibas and her young children, Kfir and Ariel.
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Tel Aviv [Israel], February 21: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge on Hamas on Thursday after the group released what it said were the bodies...
Trump cuts deportation protections for 521,000 Haitians
Washington [US], February 21: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday cut the duration of deportation protections and work permits for 521,000 Haitians covered...
US Senate poised to confirm Kash Patel as Trump's FBI director
Washington [US], February 21: The US Senate was set to vote on Thursday on whether to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, a decision that...
Passengers on crashed Toronto plane offered US$30,000 each
Toronto [Canada], February 21: Delta Air Lines is offering US$30,000 to each person on board a plane that crash-landed in Toronto on Monday - all...
Security chief of El Chapo's son arrested
Mexico City [Mexico], February 21: The Mexican army said it had arrested a key player in the Sinaloa drug cartel in the northern city of...
US calls off Kiev press conference after Trump envoy meets Zelensky
Kiev [Ukraine] / Brussels [Belgium], February 21: The United States called off a press conference scheduled for Thursday with Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump's...
Ex-Trump strategist Bannon sees right on the advance in Europe
New York [US], February 21: The US political strategist Steve Bannon hopes that Germany's parliamentary election this weekend will fire a starting gun for a...
Criminal trial of suspended South Korean president begins
Seoul [South Korea], February 21: Suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday appeared in a first preliminary hearing of a criminal trial on...
Hamas hands over bodies of four Israelis held captive in Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], February 21: Hamas has handed over the bodies of an Israeli woman, her two young children and an elderly man who were taken...
UN human rights chief decries 'parading of bodies'
New York [US], February 21: The UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk has strongly condemned the conduct of the Palestinian group Hamas during the handover of the remains of Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip.
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