Hamas yesterday called on Israel to enter negotiations for the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire after the group handed over the bodies of four hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

The United States has dramatically cut the budgets of overseas development and aid programmes, with multi-year contracts pared down by 92 percent, or $54 billion, the State Department said Wednesday.

Over 108,000 people applied for asylum in Britain last year, government figures showed yesterday, the highest number for any 12-month period since records began in 2001.

The 33-second clip remained on Trump's accounts without denial or retraction hours after the initial posting on Tuesday night.

They are among some 7,000 people from more than two dozen countries released from scam compounds who are now enduring a gruelling wait to be sent home through Thailand.

In 2024, 720,988 babies were born in Japan, including to foreign nationals, down five percent from 758,631 in 2023

On Wednesday, the US government pointed the finger at Pyongyang.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Israel had received the coffins of "four fallen hostages"

He criticised the country's communist leaders on issues such as corruption, media control and relations with China

The effects of shutting foreign aid down permanently could have impacts globally

The memo represents a major escalation in Trump and Musk's campaign to slash the size of the US government.

Nearly 600 nearby residents have been evacuated, according to the local municipality, with no injuries confirmed so far.

Neither Moscow nor Pyongyang have confirmed the deployment.

The review in part targeted multi-year foreign assistance contracts awarded by the USAID, with the vast majority eliminated during its course.

Trump's month back in the White House has been marked by soaring friction between Washington and its European allies

The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed they had received the coffins of "four fallen hostages", and a process to formally identify them had started in Israel.

US President Donald Trump yesterday brushed aside Ukraine’s aspirations to join Nato, again repeating Russia’s stance that the issue caused the three-year-old war.

Superbugs directly cause some 7,600 UK deaths each year and contribute to around 35,200 more, a report said yesterday, warning the government was making “limited progress” in tackling rising infections.

Forty-six people were killed when a Sudanese military transport plane crashed into a residential neighbourhood on the outskirts of Khartoum, the regional government said yesterday.

China’s military yesterday held “shooting training” off Taiwan’s southwest coast in a move Taipei described as provocative and dangerous, while a senior Chinese leader vowed unswerving efforts to bring the island under Beijing’s control.