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The families of hostages have reacted with a mix of optimism and trepidation, urging the Israeli government to not squander the opportunity.

Newsletter readers shared their thoughts about the future of Canada’s postal service.

As bishop of London, Sarah Mullally placed herself in the middle of the church’s most charged issues. But experts predict that her years treating cancer patients could inform how she approaches her new role.

The drone strikes killed at least one person and injured dozens of others, officials said. The attack came amid rising alarm about the status of a nuclear plant relying solely on generators.

A writer, dissident, teacher and critic, he was deeply affected by an early experience of his life: incarceration as a boy in a concentration camp near Prague.

Antoni Lallican, a Paris-based photographer, is the first working journalist to be killed by a remotely piloted drone during the war, according to press associations.

A congregant in Manchester, England, described how fellow worshipers, including the rabbi, used their bodies to barricade the entrance as the assailant tried to force his way in.

The man who attacked people at the Heaton Park Congregation synagogue in northwestern England had been released on bail, a police official said.

The party of Andrej Babis, former leader of the Czech government, is expected to prevail in parliamentary elections that begin Friday.

Ms. Takaichi would be Japan’s first female prime minister in a country where women are drastically underrepresented at the highest levels of power.

Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, was elected as leader by Japan’s embattled governing party, paving the way for her to become prime minister of the coalition government.

A strike, and growing prospects of drastic cuts to the state-owned postal service, make life very hard for Canada’s remote communities.

Japan’s beleaguered governing party will convene for a crucial election that could pave the way for the first female prime minister or the youngest leader in 140 years.

The militant group responded to a proposal by President Trump to end the war in Gaza.

Many of the slots would go to white South Africans and others facing “unjust discrimination,” according to people familiar with the matter and documents obtained by The New York Times.

Hamas said it would release the Israeli hostages but wanted to negotiate elements of the Trump plan. Later, in a video, President Trump said, “Everybody was unified in wanting this war to end and seeing peace in the Middle East, and we’re very close to achieving that.”

Mexico’s dominant party, Morena, rose to power by championing the poor. Now it is having to explain the luxurious lifestyles of some of its most prominent members.

The Salvadoran journalist was arrested in June while covering a “No Kings” protest outside Atlanta. Those charges were dropped, his lawyers said.

Hamas has agreed to some elements of the proposal by President Trump to end the war in Gaza, but it’s not clear if its conditions ultimately would satisfy the White House or Israel.

Young South Koreans are buying Buddhist merch. Monks and experts hope the buzz will translate into deeper engagement.