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Hamas on Friday released the names of six living Israeli hostages who the militants plan to release from Gaza on Saturday.

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ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Archbishop of New York delivered an unexpected sermon at the cathedral in St. John's, N.L., last week after his flight to Dublin was grounded at the city's airport, stranding him and 259 other passengers for days.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Until the end, the Bibas family refused to lose hope that their loved ones held captive in Gaza — Shiri, a young mother, and her two red-headed boys — would return home to Israel alive.

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — A British court on Friday largely backed the Vatican in refusing to declare that a London-based financier acted in “good faith” in his dealings over the Holy See’s 350-million euro (US$375 million) investment in a London property.

PASADENA, California (AP) — All that remains of Masjid Al-Taqwa is a sign that bears its name.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis marked the one-week point Friday in his hospital stay, getting up and out of bed to eat breakfast as the 88-year-old pontiff continued fighting pneumonia and a complex respiratory infection, the Vatican said.

TEL TAL, Syria (AP) — It was a mournful moment for Christians in Syria. A bell that once summoned residents to worship rang out, but the church was no longer there.

Hamas on Thursday released four bodies they said were Israeli hostages , including two young children who were long feared dead and have symbolized the nation’s agony following the Oct. 7, 2023, attack .