The release planned for Thursday would be the third so far as Israel and Hamas observe a six-week truce, part of a multiphase agreement that mediators hope will end the war in Gaza.

The authorities are investigating whether President Yoon Suk Yeol committed an act of insurrection when he declared martial law last week, plunging the country into crisis.

Osiel Cárdenas Guillén founded the feared group of brutal cartel hitmen known as Los Zetas.

Workers making clothes for the fast fashion giant tell the BBC they labour for up to 75 hours a week.

Three reasons help explain why the two politicians have faced such contrasting fates.

Analysis found that more than 64,000 Palestinians may have been killed by traumatic injury in the first nine months of the war.

As M23 rebels advance in DR Congo, regional players meet to defuse the escalating crisis.

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