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Hamas announced on Friday its willingness to release all Israeli hostages after reviewing President Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan. The group stated it would enter negotiations through mediators to discuss handover details and transfer Gaza governance to an independent Palestinian body of...

Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted at the Valdai forum on Thursday that Western liberal societies face moral collapse while Russia positions itself as a defender of traditional values. Putin claimed Europeans flee to Russia to escape gender ideology policies and cited the televised...

The United States has proposed creating a special economic zone in southern Lebanon to encourage the government to disarm Hezbollah. Presidential envoy Tom Barrack introduced the idea during a visit to Beirut in September. The plan proposes a simple exchange: security for development under UN...

The US Treasury Department is evaluating a proposal to feature President Donald Trump on a one-dollar coin commemorating America's 250th anniversary. A design draft released on Friday shows Trump's profile alongside the words Liberty and In God We Trust with the dates 1776-2026 on one side. The...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz cautioned citizens to prepare for significant changes as the nation confronts what he described as a critical period in its contemporary history. Speaking on Friday at a Saarbruecken event commemorating 35 years since reunification, Merz emphasized the need for...

Sudanese military forces have eliminated numerous foreign fighters supporting the Rapid Support Forces in the ongoing civil war, according to a statement released by the Sudanese Armed Forces on Thursday. The army reported that Colombian and Ukrainian personnel, some specialized in drone and...

ASRock motherboards continue destroying AMD Ryzen 9800X3D processors despite firmware updates that manufacturers claimed resolved the problem. A Reddit user lost two replacement chips on the same ASRock X870 RS Pro WiFi board within identical timeframes of two and a half months. The owner ran...

New Zealand lost left-arm spinner Flora Devonshire to a hand laceration suffered in a training session before the Women's World Cup tournament. The 24-year-old allrounder needed two to three weeks to recover from the injury, and coach Ben Sawyer called up pace bowler Hannah Rowe as a...

A deputy headmaster from Tsungai High School in Gokwe appeared before a Bulawayo magistrate on fraud charges after authorities uncovered a certificate forgery scheme at Mpilo Central Hospital. Lazarus Munatsi faces allegations of stealing 26 O-Level certificates from the 2022 batch, and he...

Catholic nun Eva Zhorizho collected 11 awards at the Midlands State University graduation ceremony held on Sept. 11 in Kwekwe after earning first class honors in a Bachelor of Education Dual Honours Degree in Humanities. President Emmerson Mnangagwa presented the accolades to the teacher from...

Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa will attend Peter Mutharika's inauguration on Saturday as Malawi's seventh head of state at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre. Mutharika won 56.8 percent of the votes in the Sept. 16 general election to defeat outgoing President Lazarus Chakwera, and Vice President-elect...

Three children died after disappearing on Oct. 1 in Kuwadzana Extension, and residents discovered their bodies two days later in a parked car boot. Anenyasha Muzanangu, 1, Anopaishe Muzanangu, 4, and Raymond Mukudzeyi, 3, vanished while playing near a car park close to their homes. Residents...

Five residents from Diki in Hwange Rural District face charges after demonstrating against the Chinese company ZhongJin Heli Energy over unauthorized water extraction from Kolepe Dam. The arrested protesters include four women and one man who objected to pipeline construction designed to divert...

India produces 8 percent of global fish output as the world's second-largest producer, and the government announced on Saturday that aquaculture production ranks second worldwide. Federal authorities invested 38,572 crore rupees in fisheries programs since 2015, and total output reached 195 lakh...

India launched a 1,500 crore rupee program on Saturday to build domestic critical mineral recycling capacity and reduce foreign dependence. The Mines Ministry released guidelines after industry consultations for the Sept. 3 Cabinet-approved initiative that targets e-waste, spent lithium-ion...

Stryper frontman Michael Sweet criticized Sean Combs' prison sentence as too lenient after the music mogul received 50 months for sex trafficking convictions. Sweet wrote on Instagram that many offenders receive light punishment for serious offenses, and he suggested stricter penalties might...

India's jute sector rebounded after years of decline as government restrictions on Bangladeshi imports boosted local farmers, and BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies on Saturday. Prices reached 8,800 rupees per quintal this season, nearly double from...

Indian gold prices surged to record levels this week as geopolitical tensions, tariff worries, and the United States government shutdown fueled demand for safe-haven assets. The India Bullion and Jewellers Association reported 24-carat gold rose from 115,454 rupees per 10 grams on Monday to an...

Krishna Shroff finished as first runner-up on the television reality show Chhoriya Chali Gaon, and she criticized comedy duo Chinky and Minky for their behavior toward her. The sisters accused Shroff of hiding her personality, but she countered that maturity matters more than personality in...

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya criticized the Samajwadi Party on Saturday after its delegation tried reaching Bareilly amid tensions over pro-Islamic slogans. Maurya dismissed the visit as theatrics, and he accused SP chief Akhilesh Yadav of religious appeasement...