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Twenty living hostages were freed by Hamas on Monday under the cease-fire deal, and Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.

Mr. Watkins had been serving a 29-year sentence for child sex abuse offenses at the Wakefield Prison in northern England.

Long criminalized as the raw material for cocaine, coca is woven into Bolivian life. The government is lobbying the U.N. to ease international restrictions.

The Kremlin will negotiate only if missiles and drones bring the pain of war home to Russians, Ukrainian officials say.

The diplomatic deals that opened ties between Israel and several Arab countries were hailed as a landmark moment, but have failed to bring peace to the Middle East.

The U.N. health agency found that one in six infections worldwide was resistant to the most commonly available antibiotics.

President Emmanuel Macron of France is facing some of the country’s worst political turmoil in decades. A new government has been appointed, but how long it will last is anyone’s guess.

The bus was carrying passengers from Zimbabwe and Malawi who were traveling back to their home countries.

The meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, could expedite an end to the Gaza war, but regional powers must still resolve the thorny details that have stymied negotiations.

An organization that fought abortion rights in the United States is now an unlikely conduit between MAGA Republicans and Britain’s ascendant Reform U.K. party.

The organization has escorted hundreds of people to freedom, but it says it also does important diplomatic work behind the scenes.

President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard.

The cease-fire agreement reached last week contained stipulations for an increase of aid into the territory, where it had been sharply curtailed.

The conference was billed as a celebration of China’s achievements in supporting women. But the government has mostly wiped out independent advocacy groups.

The plaza in Tel Aviv has been a focal point for rallies for the release of the hostages and a gathering place for their families and supporters.

Our Beijing bureau chief Keith Bradsher reports on new solar and wind projects on the Tibetan Plateau.

A religion writer and an investigative reporter discuss the Christian group that is forging ties across the Atlantic.