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Israel said Hamas had violated the ceasefire agreement with its announcement.

The scenes during Saturday's hostage handover have drawn condemnation from Israel, as the government described the scenes as "shocking". Audio

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said President Donald Trump supported the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal after Australia confirmed its first US$500 million payment under the defence pact. Audio

Trump said Palestinians should leave Gaza for good "in nice homes and where they can be happy and not be shot, not be killed".

They have not been seen on the frontlines in Russia's Kursk region for several weeks, a Ukrainian military official said, amid reports of mass casualties. Audio

"I feel joy despite the journey of pain and hardship that we lived," says a Palestinian man who was serving two life sentences in an Israeli jail.

The head of the Palestinian aid agency is describing the allegations as "deeply disturbing and shocking".

Russian forces launched missiles on the centre of Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa, a UNESCO World Heritage site, seriously damaging historic buildings and injuring seven people, local officials…

Iran will respond immediately and decisively if its nuclear sites are attacked which would lead to an "all-out war in the region," Tehran's foreign minister has told Al Jazeera TV.

Former allies and self-declared enemies of Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad are flooding the country's digital space with disinformation aimed at destabilising the fragile new order by… Audio

Yarden Bibas, the father of two young children who were also kidnapped by Hamas, is among the latest hostages to be released.

The trio are being released in return for 110 Palestinian prisoners, including 30 minors.

Many Palestinians are returning home to only rubble, but an agreement between Israel and Hamas has boosted recovery efforts. Audio

The 32-year-old was initially believed to have been killed by Russian forces after video emerged of his capture last month.

Vasyl Myroshnychenko says Russia has not been able to achieve any of its original goals set on its invasion of his country. Audio