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Palestinians cross from the Israeli military Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah to Jerusalem, to participate in the Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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Hamas says it will release a US-Israeli hostage and 4 bodies, but Israel expresses immediate doubt
By JULIA FRANKEL - Associated Press
Fri,03/14/25-6:19AM , 179 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militant group Hamas said Friday that it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual nationals who had died in captivity.
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Thousands of students in Serbia on Friday continued to march towards Belgrade to attend an anti-government rally planned for Saturday in the capital. Serbia's capital was on edge ahead of the rally, with authorities of President Aleksandar Vucic ramping up efforts to dissuade people from attending.

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Thousands converging on Serbia's capital for a major rally that tests Vucic's populist government
By JOVANA GEC - Associated Press
Fri,03/14/25-5:53AM , 138 Reads
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people swarmed the streets in Serbia's capital Belgrade on Friday, staging a joyful prelude to a major anti-government rally on the weekend and dealing a blow to populist Presiden
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Sara Hossain, Chair of the Iran Fact-Finding Mission, speaks during a press conference about the launch of the Iran Fact-Finding Mission's latest report, at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, March 14, 2025. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

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UN report warns Iran is stepping up electronic surveillance of women to enforce headscarf laws
By JAMEY KEATEN AND JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press
Fri,03/14/25-4:01AM , 117 Reads
GENEVA (AP) — Iran is increasingly relying on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country's mandatory headscarf in public, as hard-liners push for h
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Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is seen on a screen in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) with his lawyer Salvador Medialdea seated left, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)

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Philippine ex-President Duterte appears by video link at International Criminal Court hearing
By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press
Fri,03/14/25-3:56AM , 136 Reads
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Jailed former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appeared Friday by videoconference before judges at the International Criminal Court, days after his arrest in M
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