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  • Vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross carry the bodies of hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023, attack, after their transfer by Hamas under a ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on October 15, 2025. (Photo by Abood Abusalama / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by ABOOD ABUSALAMA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Live Updates Hamas says it has handed over all hostage bodies it can access
  • Afghanistan and Pakistan agree ceasefire after trading their deadliest fire in years. Here’s what we know
  • A newborn baby was found buried alive. The reason may have been her gender
  • Live Updates October 15, 2025 – Gaza ceasefire news
  • Madagascar’s president rose to power off youth discontent and was taken down by it
  • Venezuela’s Nobel Peace Prize winner calls on Trump to stop Maduro’s ‘war’ on her country
  • Protesters march against the Israeli football team during a pro-Palestinian demonstration ahead of the Italy-Israel match in Udine, Italy, on Tuesday.
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    Pro-Palestinian marchers clash with police before Italy-Israel soccer game
  • This man could tell you his name, but it’d take roughly 20 minutes
  • Deadly landslides and flooding cut off 300 communities in Mexico
  • Is the war in Gaza finally over? Here are some key unanswered questions about what comes next
  • Socialists throw French prime minister a temporary lifeline
  • Iranian court gives lengthy jail sentences to two French citizens on spying charges
  • Here’s what awaits ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy behind bars
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  • Omri Miran embraces his father Dani in Re'im, Israel, after his release from captivity on Monday.
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    Key moments from a momentous day for Israelis and Palestinians
  • Rescue workers patrol a street in Poza Rica, Veracruz state, Mexico, on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, after widespread flooding.
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    Death toll from torrential rains in Mexico rises to 64 as search operations expand

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  • <p>Social media videos analyzed by CNN show Hamas members carrying out execution-style killings on the streets of Gaza city, as the organisation is re-asserting its power over the territory. CNN’s Oren Liebermann reports.</p>
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  • United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks as he arrives for a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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    ‘Firepower’ coming for Ukraine, Hegseth says, but Tomahawks not on agenda at NATO meeting
  • American tourist fatally stabbed in Portugal during attempted robbery
  • French presidency unveils new cabinet as budget pressure intensifies
  • Former Lostprophets singer and convicted child sex offender killed in UK prison attack, media reports say
  • In shock move, French president reappoints prime minister who quit Monday
  • Ukraine says ‘massive’ Russian attack targeted energy infrastructure

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    Masked Hamas fighters seen executing men in Gaza City as the group fights with rival powers
  • Fury grows in Israel over delayed release of deceased hostages
  • As Israel celebrates the hostages’ homecoming, Trump basks in the spotlight
  • Tears and cheers in West Bank and Gaza as nearly 2,000 Palestinians are released from Israeli prisons
  • Hamas asserts control in Gaza and targets alleged collaborators as ceasefire takes hold
  • Between grief and joy, Israel awaits the return of its hostages
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  • A man stands in front of a convoy of tanks in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989. It was a day after Chinese troops began violently cracking down on pro-democracy demonstrators who had been in the square for over a month. The man was eventually pulled away by onlookers. To this day, we don’t know who he is and what happened to him.
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  • Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, gives his address during his unveiling as the candidate for the chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), at the Statehouse in Nairobi on August 27, 2024.
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    Former Kenyan premier Raila Odinga, a key figure in African politics, dies at 80
  • Madagascar’s military takes power, says colonel
  • Mali retaliates against US, requiring visa applicants to post $10,000 bond
  • Bus crash in mountainous region of South Africa kills at least 42 people

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  • This man lost his life after drinking cocktail. Now Brazilian authorities are racing to tackle a methanol poisoning crisis
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    ‘My brother was murdered by greed’: Inside Brazil’s methanol poisoning crisis
  • Peru president removed from office after string of scandals and allegations
  • Five arrested after alleged ‘assassination attempt’ on Ecuador President Noboa
  • Argentina’s Milei rocks the vote with resistance songs amid party turmoil

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  • Pakistani troops patrol along Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Big Ben post in the Khyber district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on August 3, 2021.
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    Dozens killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes in worst fighting since Taliban returned to power
  • As its ruling party turns 80, an emboldened Kim Jong Un shows off North Korea’s new hypersonic weapon, ICBM
  • Death toll rises in Philippines after twin quake triggering 2 tsunami warnings
  • Japan’s aspiring leader drums to relieve stress. She has many reasons to reach for her sticks

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    They were thousands of miles from home in a hospital in India. Here’s how they met and fell in love
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    Kim Kardashian’s Skims lingerie range now includes thong with built-in pubic wig
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  • Hungary’s László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel Prize in literature for work confronting ‘apocalyptic terror’

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  • Lack of weather data due to Trump’s budget cuts impacted forecast for deadly Alaska storm
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  • <p>Despite the signing of an agreement to seek peace in the Middle East, the next steps for Israel and Gaza are unclear, even as US President Donald Trump hailed the end of the war and took a victory lap for the ceasefire deal. CNN's Nic Robertson explains.</p>
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  • Afghanistan's Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi attends a press conference, in New Delhi, India October 12, 2025.
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  • Saddam Mansuri, a father of two, holds up bottles of Coldrif and Relife cough syrup in Parasia, Madhya Pradesh, India, on October 10, 2025.
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    WHO issues warning over contaminated cough syrup in India after multiple child deaths
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    Step inside Zooey Deschanel and fiancé Jonathan Scott’s maximalist Manhattan home
  • Meet the female architect making history at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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  • Wind turbines are tough to recycle. These architects are transforming them into micro homes

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  • U.S. soccer player Christen Press heads the ball during a Women's World Cup match against Australia on Monday, June 8. Press scored a goal as the Americans won 3-1 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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    Christen Press, two-time World Cup champion for USWNT, to retire
  • Cristiano Ronaldo sets new scoring record after netting twice for Portugal
  • Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws MLB’s first postseason complete game in 8 years to give Dodgers 2-0 lead against Brewers in NLCS
  • South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley says there won’t be a female NBA head coach in her lifetime
  • Former New York Jets star Nick Mangold seeking kidney transplant, asks fans to consider donating

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  • ChatGPT will soon have fewer content restrictions as part of plans to "treat adult users like adults."
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    ChatGPT update will allow ‘erotica’ for verified adult users
  • How a Dutch chipmaker got caught up in the US-China tech war
  • Instagram will now be PG-13 for teens with Meta’s latest update
  • Scouts will now be able to earn badges in AI and cybersecurity
  • You’ll soon be able to shop Walmart’s catalog on ChatGPT

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