4 d. ago Israel hands over remains of 15 hostages as Gaza 'ceasefire' holds

Grim body swaps take place between Israel and Hamas and the stricken region is on a nervous knife-edge as the next stage of the ceasefiere process approaches war-battered Gaza

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5 d. ago Body of another hostage found among the rubble in Gaza as ceasefire holds

Palestinian Jihad militants find dead body of hostage among the rubble and vow to hand it over as shaky ceasefire holds - despite rising death toll from repeated Israeli bombing on the Strip

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1 week ago Humanitarian officials race to reopen Gaza schools, in photos

With a ceasefire reached last month largely holding, humanitarian officials are working frantically to reopen dozens of makeshift schools in the Gaza Strip. UNICEF estimates that over 630,000 Palestinian children missed out on school during the war.

Culture

2 w. ago Finland's president urges Europe to hold its nerve as he warns no ceasefire likely soon in Ukraine

President Alexander Stubb of Finland told The Associated Press that a ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely before spring

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3 w. ago Afghanistan and Pakistan are holding peace talks. Here's what to know

Pakistan and Afghanistan have been holding peace talks as a tenuous ceasefire holds following cross-border clashes last month that left dozens of people dead and hundreds wounded

Politics

3 w. ago More Palestinian bodies returned by Israel as shaky Gaza ceasefire holds

More than a dozen more Palestinian bodies handed back to Gaza after dead Israeli soldier's remains were released as the grim corpse swap continues to hold the shaky ceasefire

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