The first four deceased hostages to be returned are Guy Illouz, Bipin Joshi, Yossi Sharabi and Daniel Peretz.

The defendants are believed to be couple Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, who were arrested in 2022.

The army in Madagascar seized power on Tuesday, days after the president fled the African island nation saying he feared for his life after several weeks of massive anti-government protests.

Cody Balmer pleaded guilty to arson and attempted murder for starting the fire in April while Shapiro and his family were inside. They escaped safely.

They include officers from the FBI, US Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The right-wing conspiracy theorist has not yet paid any of the more than $1b in damages he owes Sandy Hook families.

Rotem Cooper, whose father Amiram’s body has not been returned, calls on mediators to put pressure on Hamas to release the remaining bodies.

The changes, which raised the retirement age from 62 to 64, were seen as signature reforms in Emmanuel Macron’s presidency.

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war appears to be holding even as complex issues remained ahead.

With the first phase of a ceasefire holding, eyes are on what is next for Gaza. And, ICE agents are ramping up arrest operations in several cities and raising concerns about their tactics.

The outspoken critic of the Cuban government was released from jail after a request by the US.

The Taliban attacked Pakistani border posts Saturday, triggering clashes that killed dozens. The Taliban said the attack was retaliatory, blaming Pakistan for airstrikes in Afghanistan days earlier.

This is Google’s biggest investment outside the US , the firm’s top executive says.

With the skies quiet after two years of war, two women in Gaza talk about grief, survival and what hope looks like in this fragile moment.

Ukraine says Russia is using oil tankers to launch drone attacks. NPR’s A Martinez speaks with Johns Hopkins professor Sergey Radchenko about Russia’s “shadow fleet.”

As Israel and Hamas settle into the first phase of the ceasefire, residents in those areas are waking up to very different realities after nearly two years of war.

NPR’s A Martinez speaks with Ghaith al-Omari [[gayth al-oh-MAHR-ee]], senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, about the future of governance in Gaza.