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Mourners bury Israeli hostage found dead this week in Gaza

The funeral was held shortly after Israel's military confirmed his identity

Biden releases resources to fight wildfires, shelter victims in California

Impact of fires will be felt for years, Vice President Kamala Harris says

Swiss prisoner committed suicide in custody, Iran judiciary says

Man was reportedly arrested for espionage

Pope Francis calls situation in Gaza 'shameful'

Palestinian health officials say Gaza death toll over 46,000

Russian shellings kill four in Ukraine

Zelenskyy criticizes ‘cruel’ missile attack on Zaporizhzhia

California wildfires prompt nearly 180,000 evacuations

Fire chief: Fires are among most destructive natural disasters in Los Angeles history

Biden signs emergency declaration for California wildfires

At least five people have died and more than 1,100 structures have been destroyed in the blazes

Russian missile attack kills at least 13 in southern Ukraine

Meanwhile, Ukraine strikes a fuel depot deep inside Russia

Ukrainian drone attacks target Russia’s Saratov region

Ukraine reports destroying 41 Russian drones

Rescuers search for survivors after China earthquake

The quake killed at least 126 people near Mount Everest

Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes kill 17 in southern Gaza

Israeli military says it killed several militants in West Bank raids

UN report: Haitians face 'unremitting violence,' such as kidnapping, lynching

Gang violence killed more than 5,600 people in Haiti in 2024, a figure more than 1,000 deaths higher than 2023's toll

Son-in-law of Venezuela's opposition leader kidnapped

Edmundo Gonzalez's son-in-law abducted while taking his children to school

Israeli military says it killed 3 militants in West Bank raids 

Nearly 20 arrested in latest overnight operation in occupied territory 

Earthquake in China kills at least 126 near Mount Everest

Rescuers comb the rubble for survivors in the remote region

Ukraine says it shot down 28 Russian drones

Russia claims capture of town in Ukraine’s Donetsk region

Venezuela’s opposition leader Gonzalez meets with Biden

Meeting happens days before Nicolas Maduro is set to be sworn in for third term as Venezuela’s president

Bidens meet with relatives of victims of New Orleans terror attack

Biden is also meeting with investigators who say that suspect, identified by authorities as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, acted alone in attack but was inspired by Islamic State to carry out terror attack

Israeli officials say bus shooting kills 3 in West Bank

Blinken: China, North Korea helping drive Russia’s war in Ukraine

Top US diplomat says Ukraine will need security assurances in future peace talks to prevent Russia from relaunching war