Friday marks five years since Britain left the European Union at 11 p. Fifteen hostages have been released from more than 15 months of captivity in Gaza over the past two weeks. Five Thai hostages have been released after 15 months of captivity in the Gaza Strip. A new report says the expansion of nickel mining in Indonesia is a threat to one of Earth's most biodiverse marine regions. France has handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities.
Israel released Palestinian prisoners on Thursday, in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in captivity in Gaza. A special mailbox for children to flag abuses has been set up at a Paris primary school, a first in the French capital as part of nationwide effort to encourage more victims of sexual violence to speak up.
Israel has formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash. They packed up food, water and extra clothes and set off. Grieving families in India are cremating their loved ones while others are caring for their injured relatives in hospitals a day after a stampede.
The convicted rapist who horrified France by drugging his wife so other men could rape her is being linked to other cases. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Italy violated the right to life of those living in a toxic-waste polluted area around Naples. Officials say a Russian drone has blasted a hole in an apartment building in northeastern Ukraine during a nighttime attack that killed at least six people and wounded nine others.
A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people has been recognized as a legal person after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. January in Russia conjures up images of Muscovites crunching through the snow in bulky coats -- not bunches of delicate snowdrops blooming in grassy areas around still-standing Christmas trees. Hamas-led militants freed eight more hostages from the Gaza Strip and another Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel as part of a ceasefire that began earlier this month.
