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[ad_1] Hamas militants released eight more Israeli hostages and three bodies Thursday as a cease-fire with Israel was expected to expire.  The Israeli military said six Israeli hostages had been released from captivity in the Gaza Strip and transferred to Egypt by the Red Cross late Thursday. They arrived hours …

[ad_1] Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province is setting a deportation goal of 10,000 illegal Afghan migrants per day. An estimated 1.7 million Afghans lived in Pakistan as of October, when authorities warned they’d need to leave the country if unable to procure proper documentation by month’s end. The 1.4 million Afghan …

[ad_1] Members of Porto Alegre, Brazil’s city council have enacted an ordinance written entirely by ChatGPT. Councilman Ramiro Rosário asked the chatbot to craft a proposal aimed at preventing Porto Alegre from charging taxpayers to replace stolen water consumption meters. “If I had revealed it before, the proposal certainly wouldn’t …

[ad_1] Visitors to the Edinburgh Zoo had their final chance to see and bid farewell Thursday to a pair of popular giant pandas who are returning home to China after more than a decade in Scotland. Yang Guang and Tian Tian are leaving in early December after a 12-year stay. …

[ad_1] Pakistani authorities have arrested four people who allegedly killed an 18-year-old woman in the purported name of honor after a picture of her sitting with a boyfriend went viral on social media, police said Thursday. The woman’s father and three other men were detained days after the slaying in …

[ad_1] Russia’s Supreme Court has banned LGBTQ+ activism, labeling it an extremist organization and banning it in response to a lawsuit filed by the Justice Ministry. The ruling follows a series of anti-LGBTQ+ laws in Russia, including the “gay propaganda” law in 2013 and constitutional reforms outlawing same-sex marriage in …

[ad_1] The United Nations will investigate sexual violence Israel claims Hamas terrorists committed against Israeli women and girls during their invasion on Oct. 7, satisfying a long-requested plea from Israel. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said Wednesday that such reports of rape and sexual assault “must be vigorously investigated,” breaking weeks …

[ad_1] Powerful North Korean official Kim Yo Jong claimed Thursday that her nation was not even considering meeting with the U.S. face to face on any issues. Yo Jong released a harsh statement in reaction to U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who joined representatives of many other nations …

[ad_1] Japan has suspended all flights by its Osprey aircraft after a U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed into the sea during a training mission on Wednesday, killing at least one of the eight crew members. A senior Defense Ministry official in Tokyo, Taro Yamato, told a parliamentary …

[ad_1] A shooting at a bus station near Jerusalem on Thursday morning left three Israelis dead and 11 others with various injuries. According to Israeli police, the shooting was carried out by two Hamas terrorists who drove to the Givat Shaul junction on the outskirts of the Holy City in …