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By Mick Krever, Ivana Kottasová, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Kareem Khadder, Lucas Lilieholm and Edward Szekeres, CNN (CNN) — Hamas on Thursday put on a macabre handover ceremony in central Gaza to return the bodies of four Israeli hostages taken on October 7, 2023. It was the first time the militant group has released the remains

By Billy Stockwell and Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s Hostages and Missing Families Forum said Wednesday that it had received the “heart-shattering news” that Shiri Bibas and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir, are among the four dead hostages expected to be released from Gaza on Thursday. The body of Oded Lifshitz is

By Max Saltman and Angélica Franganillo Diáz, CNN (CNN) — A British journalist living in Brazil has been missing in the South American country for nearly two weeks, according to an association of foreign correspondents. Charlotte Peet, 32, last contacted a friend in Rio de Janeiro on February 8, according to a Tuesday statement from

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — There is currently about a 3% chance that an asteroid the size of a large building could collide with Earth in 2032, according to NASA calculations. The good news is that experts expect the risk percentage to fluctuate before likely dropping to zero. Here’s what else you need

By Kareem Khadder and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces demolished more than a dozen apartment buildings at a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a Palestinian official told CNN, the latest move in a military operation that has displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians. Since Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack,

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — In the 10th row of Delta Flight 4819, Pete Carlson rested in the window seat just before landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday afternoon, thinking about friends he would see at a paramedics’ conference where he was scheduled to speak. John Nelson, another passenger in the 10th

CNN By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — In the 10th row of Delta Flight 4819, Pete Carlson rested in the window seat just before landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday afternoon, thinking about friends he would see at a paramedics conference where he was scheduled to speak. John Nelson, another passenger in the

CNN By Hira Humayun and Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Australian wildlife officers have made the difficult decision to euthanize 90 false killer whales stranded on a remote beach in Tasmania, after rough ocean conditions made it impossible to refloat them. More than 150 whales were found stranded near the Arthur River on the island’s

By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A Chinese military helicopter flew within 10 feet (3 meters) of a Philippine patrol plane over the South China Sea on Tuesday, in what observers said was the second incident of potentially catastrophic behavior by the People’s Liberation Army against foreign aircraft in a week. Tuesday’s

By Hira Humayun and Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Australian wildlife officers have made the difficult decision to euthanize 90 false killer whales stranded on a remote beach in Tasmania, after rough ocean conditions made it impossible to refloat them. More than 150 whales were found stranded near the Arthur River on the island’s west

By Julia Vargas Jones and Angélica Franganillo Díaz, CNN (CNN) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged in connection with an alleged coup plot to overturn the results of the 2022 election and keep his opponent from taking power, according to documents filed by prosecutors Tuesday evening. Bolsonaro was among 34 people facing

CNN By Christopher Lamb, Antonia Mortensen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis is showing “slight improvement” after being diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs, the Vatican said on Wednesday in its latest update on the 88-year-old pontiff’s health. His “clinical conditions are stable” and his blood tests show “a slight improvement, in particular