Israel confirms remains handed over by Hamas belong to three hostages
• Nov 3, 2025, 8:14 AM
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Israel confirmed on Monday that remains handed over by Hamas belonged to three Israeli military officers who had been taken captive by the group on October 7, 2023 and held in the Gaza Strip. Hamas has so far returned 20 surviving hostages and the remains of 20 others as part of an ongoing ceasefire deal with Israel.
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North Korea's former symbolic head of state Kim Yong Nam dies
• 7:31 AM
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North Korea's former ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam has died at age 97, state media reported on Tuesday. Kim Yong Nam defied the country's purge-prone political scene to serve as head of parliament for 20 years, a role experts suspect he retained
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North Korea fires artillery rockets ahead of US defence secretary's border visit, Seoul says
• 7:00 AM
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Pyongyang fired around 10 rockets an hour before US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday visited the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea, Seoul said on Tuesday.
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Cement giant Lafarge goes on trial in France over alleged payments to jihadist groups in Syria
• 3:59 AM
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Cement maker Lafarge goes on trial in France on Tuesday, accused of paying the Islamic State group and other jihadists to keep its operations running in war-torn Syria. The French firm earlier pleaded guilty in the United States to providing material sup
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New York set to elect socialist Mamdani as mayor, setting up clash with Trump
• 3:21 AM
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New Yorkers are projected to elect leftist Zohran Mamdani as mayor on Tuesday, a move seen as opening a new front in opposition to President Donald Trump and risking retaliation against his hometown. Off-year gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jerse
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EU ministers in final push to seal emissions targets ahead of COP30 in Brazil
• 2:42 AM
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EU environment ministers will meet Tuesday for a final push to agree on 2035 and 2040 emissions targets before the UN climate summit in Belem, Brazil. “To come empty-handed… would really undermine the EU’s credibility,” an EU diplomat said, as negotiatio
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Jamaica rallies to aid survivors after Hurricane Melissa’s devastation
• 12:32 AM
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Nearly a week after Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica as one of the island’s strongest storms on record, authorities are rushing aid to devastated communities. The storm has killed at least 32 people in Jamaica and more than 60 across the Caribbean, Infor
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Israel arrests ex-military lawyer over leaked Palestinian prisoner abuse video
• 12:10 AM
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Until last week, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was Israel’s top military lawyer. She is now jailed after a scandal involving her abrupt resignation, brief disappearance, and the leak of a video tied to alleged Palestinian abuse at a military prison —
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