• WATCH: Vance says Gaza ceasefire going better than expected but there's 'very hard' work ahead

    WATCH: Vance says Gaza ceasefire going better than expected but there's 'very hard' work ahead

    Oct 21, 2025 03:15 PM EST

    ... The Israel Prisons Service denied that prisoners had been mistreated, saying it had followed legal procedures and provided medical care and “adequate living conditions.” Israeli hostages released from Gaza have also reported metal shackles and harsh conditions, including frequent beatings and starvation. In the 2023 attack on Israel that started ...

  • Louvre remains closed one day after jewel heist

    Louvre remains closed one day after jewel heist

    Oct 20, 2025 02:04 PM EST

    ... were taken, according to officials: a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a matching set linked to 19th-century French queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense; an emerald necklace and earrings from the matching set of Empress Marie-Louise, Napoleon Bonaparte's second wife; a reliquary brooch; and Empress Eugénie ...

  • Ceasefire violations in Gaza strain fragile truce between Israel and Hamas

    Ceasefire violations in Gaza strain fragile truce between Israel and Hamas

    Oct 19, 2025 09:50 PM EST

    ... the latest? Leila Molana-Allen: That's right, John. And actually there were problems right from the very beginning. On Monday, just the 20 living hostages were released and only four of the 28 deceased hostages' bodies were released. That prompted an outcry from the families and the Israeli government ...

  • Crown jewels stolen from Louvre in '4-minute operation' by thieves in broad daylight

    Crown jewels stolen from Louvre in '4-minute operation' by thieves in broad daylight

    Oct 19, 2025 04:00 PM EST

    Their target was the gilded Apollon Gallery, where the Crown Diamonds are displayed, including the Regent, the Sancy and the Hortensia. The thieves smashed two display cases and fled on motorbikes, Nunez said. No one was hurt. Alarms brought Louvre agents to the room, forcing the intruders to bolt, but ...

  • Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire, saying Hamas attacked troops

    Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire, saying Hamas attacked troops

    Oct 19, 2025 03:50 PM EST

    Hamas in the past week has handed over the remains of 12 hostages. Hamas' armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said that it had found the body of a hostage and would return it on Sunday “if circumstances in the field” allowed. It warned that any escalation by Israel would hamper ...

  • WATCH: Trump and Ukraine's Zelenskyy meet at the White House to discuss end of Russian invasion

    WATCH: Trump and Ukraine's Zelenskyy meet at the White House to discuss end of Russian invasion

    Oct 17, 2025 05:38 PM EST

    ... Putin held a lengthy phone call to discuss the conflict. WATCH: ‘Great progress’ was made during Trump and Putin’s phone call, Leavitt says Zelenskyy congratulated Trump over landing last week’s ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza and said Trump now has “momentum” to stop the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

  • WATCH: Ukraine's Zelenskyy holds news briefing after meeting with Trump to end war with Russia

    WATCH: Ukraine's Zelenskyy holds news briefing after meeting with Trump to end war with Russia

    Oct 17, 2025 05:22 PM EST

    ... held a lengthy phone call to discuss the conflict. At the start of the talks, Zelenskyy congratulated Trump over landing last week’s ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza and said Trump now has “momentum” to stop the Russia-Ukraine conflict. WATCH: Trump and Ukraine’s Zelenskyy meet at the ...

  • How Trump's approval shifted after the ceasefire in Gaza, according to a new AP-NORC poll

    How Trump's approval shifted after the ceasefire in Gaza, according to a new AP-NORC poll

    Oct 17, 2025 02:10 PM EST

    ... positively on this issue. Jack Bornstein, of Alpharetta, Georgia, a 61-year-old independent who typically votes for Democrats, said he was pleased the Israeli hostages were released as part of the deal Trump helped negotiate. "I give him credit for that. That's probably the only thing I can ...

  • How Israelis are working to process the collective trauma of the Oct. 7 attacks

    How Israelis are working to process the collective trauma of the Oct. 7 attacks

    Oct 16, 2025 10:35 PM EST

    ... body for burial, but Yocheved is struggling to come to terms with his loss. Rita hopes now that the rest of Nir Oz's living hostages have come home, Yocheved's constant nightmares will end. Rita Lifschitz: She can heal, start to heal now because all the live ones are ...

  • Democratic and GOP strategists on the political fallout of the government shutdown

    Democratic and GOP strategists on the political fallout of the government shutdown

    Oct 15, 2025 10:30 PM EST

    ... place, by the way, more than we typically see him -- his message is a very simple and defensible one. Let's not hold the government hostage. We have already passed this. Let's just move forward. We shouldn't do anything other than doing what we have already done. And ...