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Israel, Hamas agree four-day truce, 50 hostages to be released

Israel and Hamas announced a deal on Wednesday allowing at least 50 hostages and scores of Palestinian prisoners to be freed, while offering besieged Gaza residents a four-day truce after weeks of all-out war.

Israel, Hamas ‘close’ to deal to free hostages: what we know

Palestinian sources and mediator Qatar said Tuesday a deal to free hostages abducted from Israel in exchange for a Palestinian prisoners release, and a truce in the Gaza war is “close”.

Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital a ‘death zone’, WHO says urging evacuation

Gaza's largest hospital has become a "death zone", the World Health Organization said Sunday, announcing plans to evacuate the last remaining patients as Israel's army said it was expanding operations to destroy Hamas.

SpaceX poised for second launch of mega Starship rocket

SpaceX is poised Saturday for the second test launch of Starship, the largest rocket ever built that Elon Musk hopes will one day colonize Mars, while NASA awaits a modified version to land humans on the Moon.

About 250 Rohingya refugees in Indonesia sent back to sea

About 250 Rohingya refugees crammed onto a wooden boat have been turned away from western Indonesia and sent back to sea, residents said Friday.

Biden, Xi compete for Asia-Pacific allies at summit

U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping made rival bids to win over Asia-Pacific allies at a summit in San Francisco Thursday, just a day after the two leaders met in a bid to reduce tensions between the superpowers.

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