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Pope Francis will remain in hospital, Vatican says

Pope Francis will remain hospitalized and will continue treatment for a respiratory infection, according to a Reuters report citing a Vatican spokesperson. Diagnostic tests apparently indicated that Pope Francis had a respiratory tract infection, the outlet added.Vatican News reported that the 88-year-old pontiff had a “restful night” at Rome’s Agostino Gemelli…

Hamas frees 3 more hostages in exchange for more than 300 prisoners as part of ceasefire deal with Israel

The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has released the names of the three hostages set to be freed Saturday, including American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, following days of concern that a ceasefire deal with Israel could collapse. Russian-Israeli Alexander Troufanov and Argentine-Israeli Yair Horn, who along with Dekel-Chen were abducted by Hamas from Kibbutz…

Suspect in Munich car attack had ‘Islamist motivation,’ prosecutor says

The suspect accused of injuring more than 30 people in a car ramming attack in Munich, Germany, appears to have been motivated by Islamic extremism, prosecutors revealed Friday. The 24-year-old Afghan, a self-described bodybuilder and fitness model, was arrested Thursday after he drove his Mini Cooper into the back of a…

Head of UN watchdog says UNRWA hired people ‘who were supporting terrorism’

UNITED NATIONS – President Donald Trump has made major foreign policy moves in his first few weeks in office, including cutting off U.S. funding to the controversial United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). UNRWA has long faced accusations of ties to terrorists,…