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25.01.2025 17:41 Hamas on Friday announced the names of four Israeli women hostages whom the militant group is set to release Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in the second swap under the ceasefire deal in Gaza.

25.01.2025 17:41 The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday expressed grave concerns over escalating violence in the Jenin area of the occupied West Bank, condemning the use of "unlawful lethal force" by Israeli security forces.

25.01.2025 17:41 The Armed Forces of the Philippines announced Friday that it completed a troop rotation and resupply mission for troops manning the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal at the West Philippine Sea .

25.01.2025 17:41 Afghanistan's ruling Taliban on Friday condemned the International Criminal Court's request for arrest warrants against their supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, and his chief justice for alleged persecution of women and girls.

25.01.2025 17:41 Intensifying hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo involving the non-state armed group M23 have caused further mass displacement in the mineral-rich region, with fears that the regional capital Goma could come under attack, UN agencies warned on Friday.

25.01.2025 17:41 The U.S. State Department on January 24 ordered a freeze on new funding for almost all U.S. foreign assistance programs as part of President Donald Trump's push to align the programs with his foreign policy goals.

25.01.2025 17:41 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke by telephone on Friday about the need to properly manage bilateral relations and the status of the island of Taiwan.

25.01.2025 17:41 Taiwan said 85% of its national security cases were found to involve retired military and police officers, adding China "systematically and organically cultivated" these forces in the island.

25.01.2025 17:41 Ethnic Rakhine rebels on Friday confirmed the torture and execution of two prisoners of war from Myanmar's military after video clips of the killings went viral online.

25.01.2025 17:41 Fighting is raging in central Myanmar's Mandalay region as the military launches offensives against areas controlled by anti-regime forces, and tens of thousands of civilians have fled from their homes, according to rebels and residents.

25.01.2025 17:41 "I cannot but agree with him that if he had been President, if his victory had not been stolen from him in 2020, then maybe there would not have been the Ukraine crisis that broke out in 2022. Regarding talks about Ukraine, we have consistently made it clear, and I wish to underscore it one more time, we remain open to them "

25.01.2025 17:41 Since long before his inauguration this week and his election in November, President Donald Trump has been promising to broker an end to Russia's war against Ukraine while providing few hints about how he would seek to get it done.

25.01.2025 17:41 North Korea is accelerating preparations to send more troops to Russia amid an increasing number of casualties, South Korea said on Friday, while Ukraine said the North's additional support would mainly include missile and artillery troops.

25.01.2025 17:41 China and the United States should find the right way to get along in the new era, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held at the latter's request on Friday.

25.01.2025 17:41 China has no intention to overtake or replace any country, but must safeguard its legitimate rights to development, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday during his phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.