The Palestinian Islamist Hamas militia said on Thursday that it intends to release three Israeli hostages on Saturday, as scheduled, following mediation talks in Egypt. This is expected to resolve the current crisis over the implementation of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas for the time being. Hamas announced on Monday that it woul

At least four people have died in a gas explosion at a department store in Taiwan. Twnety-six others were injured in the blast on the 12th floor of the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in the central city of Taichung, the fire department said. Dozens of firefighters rushed to the scene of the explosion at […]

A major police operation is under way in Munich after a car reportedly struck pedestrians in the German city. According to the German tabloid newspaper Bild, a car was reportedly driven into pedestrians, and several people have been injured. In a statement, Munich’s police said: “There is currently a major police operation in the area [

A woman holds money in her hand over of a basket full of groceries. Patrick Pleul/dpa Price pressure on consumers in Germany eased in January, with the consumer price index (CPI) showing a 2.3% increase compared to the same month of the previous year, final data from the Federal Statistical Office published on Thursday showed. […]

Twelve people have been injured, some critically, after a grenade was thrown into a bar in southeastern France. It happened in a working-class area of Grenoble shortly after 8pm on Wednesday, the local prefecture said. “A person came in, threw a grenade, didn’t say a word, it seems, and then fled,” prosecutor François Touret de [&