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Hamas says next hostages will be released Saturday as scheduled
Nidal Al Al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose, Reuters | Posted Jan. 20 - 6:37 p.m. | Save Story
Hamas said on Monday it would next release hostages held in Gaza on Saturday, after an official with the Palestinian militant group had said they would be released a day later than expected.
Trump rethinking next week's planned immigration raids, report says
Jonathan Landay and Eric Cox, Reuters | Updated Jan. 19 - 9:40 p.m. | Save Story
President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration is reconsidering plans for immigration raids in Chicago next week after details were leaked, Trump's team says.
Ceasefire brings hope in Gaza; freed Israeli hostages reunited with mothers
Mohammed Salem, Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie, Reuters | Updated Jan. 19 - 10:25 a.m. | Save Story
Palestinians burst into the streets to celebrate and return to the rubble of their bombed-out homes on Sunday after a ceasefire deal halted fighting in Gaza, and three female hostages freed by Hamas were reunited with their mothers inside Israel.
Ski lift accident leaves 30 injured at Spanish resort in the Pyrenees
The Associated Press | Updated Jan. 18 - 10:29 p.m. | Save Story
At least 30 people have been injured in a ski lift accident at the Spanish resort of Astún, in the Pyrenees mountain range, emergency services for Spain's northern Aragon region said Saturday.
Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will go into effect Sunday morning, officials say
Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman And Sam Mednick, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 18 - 5:34 p.m. | Save Story
The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel will go into effect Sunday morning. Families of hostages held in Gaza are bracing for news of loved ones, while Palestinians prepare to receive freed detainees.
Israel's Cabinet approves a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of dozens of hostages
Sam Mednick And Samy Magdy, Associated Press | Updated Jan. 17 - 6:15 p.m. | Save Story
Israel's Cabinet approved a deal early Saturday for a ceasefire in Gaza that would release dozens of hostages held there and pause the 15-month war with Hamas.
Netanyahu says deal to release hostages held in Gaza has been reached
Tia Goldenberg, Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Associated Press | Updated Jan. 16 - 8:08 p.m. | Save Story
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday a deal to return hostages held in the Gaza Strip has been reached, after his office had said earlier there were last-minute snags in finalizing a ceasefire.
Netanyahu postpones Cabinet vote on Gaza Strip ceasefire deal
Tia Goldenberg, Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 16 - 6:02 p.m. | Save Story
Israel has delayed a Cabinet vote on the long-awaited ceasefire deal that would pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of hostages.
Author Neil Gaiman denies engaging in nonconsensual sex as more accusers come forward
Rod McGuirk, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 15 - 8:31 p.m. | Save Story
Best-selling British author Neil Gaiman has released a statement denying he has ever engaged in nonconsensual sex after a magazine published allegations from several women, accusing him of sexual assault.
Australian scientists discover bigger species of deadly funnel web spiders
Stefica Nicol Bikes, Reuters | Posted Jan. 15 - 5:34 p.m. | Save Story
A new species of Funnel Web Spider nicknamed 'Big Boy' found in Australia gives "copious amounts of venom," a scientist says.
Mediators tout a Gaza ceasefire deal and plan to free hostages. Israel says details still in flux
Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy and Josef Federman, Associated Press | Updated Jan. 15 - 2:38 p.m. | Save Story
Israel and Hamas agreed to pause the devastating war in the Gaza Strip, mediators announced Wednesday.
Mission to moon carries tiny red Swedish home to space
The Associated Press | Posted Jan. 14 - 5:33 p.m. | Save Story
A Swedish artist is about to have the dream of a lifetime fulfilled: A little red model house he created will be launched into space this week and, if all goes according to plan, put on the surface of the moon.
Hamas accepts draft agreement for Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages, officials say
Samy Magdy and Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press | Updated Jan. 14 - 1:05 p.m. | Save Story
Officials say Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages. Israel and the Palestinian militant group are at the "closest point" yet to sealing a deal, mediators say.
At least 100 people mining illegally died while trapped in a South African mine for months
Mogomotsi Magome and Gerald Imray, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 13 - 8:23 p.m. | Save Story
A group representing miners in South Africa says at least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine have died after being trapped deep underground for months while police tried to get them out.
Disabled former child star died when California wildfires ripped through estate, mother says
Jennifer Hauser, CNN | Posted Jan. 13 - 8:05 p.m. | Save Story
A former child star from Australia died when the Los Angeles wildfires ripped through his family's Malibu estate in California earlier this week, according to his mother.
$1B skyscrapers in Dubai to be linked by daring rooftop pool
Oscar Holland, CNN | Posted Jan. 13 - 2:49 p.m. | Save Story
Two new 591-foot-tall skyscrapers, linked across the top by a daring "sky pool," are set to rise above Dubai's Marasi Marina.
Magnitude 6.9 earthquake rattles southwestern Japan as tsunami threat declared over
Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press | Updated Jan. 13 - 8:27 a.m. | Save Story
A strong earthquake measuring a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has rattled southwestern Japan.
Biden awards Pope Francis medal of freedom, highest US civilian honor
Andrea Shalal, Reuters | Updated Jan. 12 - 8:38 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Saturday and awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation's highest civilian honor, the White House said.
