Hamas freed the first five of six Israeli hostages due to be released Saturday as heightened tension between adversaries ...

Executive orders targeting diversity programs and marginalized groups, purges of the federal government, high-level ...

The captives were handed over in staged ceremonies that the Red Cross and Israel have condemned as cruel and disrespectful.

The latest hostage release, to be followed by the freeing of hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, is going ahead after tensions mounted over a dispute over another hostage's remains earlier ...