A family member of two Israeli boys released from Hamas captivity this week said they were branded like cattle, among other abuses, in the weeks they were held in Gaza since Oct. 7, according to a report.Brothers Yagil Yaakov, 12, and Or Yaakov, 16, were freed Wednesday during a temporary…

The Israel Defense Forces have published a map Friday that divides the Gaza Strip into hundreds of zones, which it says will allow civilians there “to orient themselves and to evacuate from specific places for their safety if required.” The release comes as the IDF says it has launched the “next stage…

The Philippine coast guard is looking to counter China’s increasingly aggressive behavior in the disputed South China Sea with a new monitoring base on Thitu Island, a remote island occupied by Filipino forces. The base was inaugurated on Friday.Philippine National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano and other Philippine officials flew to…

Israeli fighter jets struck several targets in the Gaza Strip just minutes after a weeklong truce expired on Friday morning, resuming the war with Hamas.After more than 100 hostages were freed as part of the cease-fire and Palesitnians in Gaza experienced days of peace for the first time since a…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Lawyer Isabel Lazo’s jobs are being systematically canceled by Nicaragua’s increasingly repressive government.Lazo worked at a university before the government of President Daniel Ortega closed it. She now is employed at a nongovernmental organization that she fears will soon be shuttered too.NICARAGUA’S MISS UNIVERSE TITLE WIN…

The United Nations office in Geneva removed multiple photos from a pro-Palestinian exhibit after several critics, including the Israeli mission, noted that dead Israeli children had been included.”Hamas killed Ido,” the Israeli mission to the U.N. in Geneva posted on X, formerly Twitter. “We call on [U.N. Geneva Director-General Tatiana]…

Members of Porto Alegre, Brazil’s city council have enacted an ordinance written entirely by ChatGPT.Councilman Ramiro Rosário asked the chatbot to craft a proposal aimed at preventing Porto Alegre from charging taxpayers to replace stolen water consumption meters.”If I had revealed it before, the proposal certainly wouldn’t even have been…

A Dutch court ruled Thursday that Greenpeace protesters staging a sit-in must leave a deep-sea mining exploration ship in the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii but that they can continue to demonstrate around the vessel.Canada-based The Metals Company, whose subsidiary Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. runs the ship, Coco, accused…

Arnaldo Chamorro, the now-former chief of staff for Paraguay’s Agriculture Ministry, has been replaced after signing a “proclamation” with a nonexistent nation.The “United States of Kailasa,” led by a fugitive Indian guru wanted on multiple criminal charges, has become notorious for duping governments around the world into phony agreements.Among Kailasa’s…

A crematorium worker in Brazil got a shocking surprise after finding a 90-year-old woman still alive inside a body bag after she was pronounced dead, according to reports.According to the Estadão, a Brazilian news source, the whole ordeal began on Saturday in the city of São José, just hours after…