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A senior Hamas leader says the militant group will release 6 living Israeli hostages on Saturday and the bodies of four others on Thursday

A senior Hamas leader says the militant group will release six living Israeli hostages on Saturday and the bodies of four others on Thursday

Amnesty International is urging French lawmakers to reject a bill this week that would ban headscarves in all sporting competitions

It’s been a year since one of Britain’s richest men bought into its most famous soccer team and vowed to bring the good times back

Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, jeopardizing health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program

The U.N. human rights chief has accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Congo of killing children and attacking hospitals and warehouses storing humanitarian aid

The Vatican has canceled papal audiences through the weekend and delegated others to cover for Pope Francis as the 88-year-old pope remains hospitalized with a multi-pronged respiratory infection

Formula 1 has kick-starting its 75th anniversary season with music, glitz and glamor Tuesday as the race series aims to reach beyond a sports audience with a two-hour televised arena show

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Israeli forces have withdrawn from border villages in southern Lebanon under a deadline spelled out in a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war