A Romanian citizen who was part of the crew of the ship Galaxy Leader and was kidnapped in Yemen has been released and is now safe, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE). The release is ...

The first three hostages released from Gaza arrived in Israel on Sunday for tearful reunions with families, hours after the ...

Hamas’s representative in Yemen ... The crew is made up of nationals from Bulgaria, Ukraine, the Philippines, Mexico and Romania, according to the ship’s owner, Galaxy Maritime.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier seized in November 2023 at the start of their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war ...

Tova Friedman, 86, is one of a dwindling number of survivors sharing their message on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025.

The Houthi militants handed over the crew to Omani authorities and said the move was in support of the ceasefire agreement.

On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, portraits of Holocaust survivors serve as a reminder of the ...

Romania’s ambassador to Israel, Radu Ioanid, welcomed the release. He noted that out of the four Romanian hostages who were abducted by Hamas, only two have been released. “Two of them hold ...

Amit Elkayam for The New York Times. Hamas fighters escorted Yarden Bibas, an Israeli hostage, before handing him over to a Red Cross team in Gaza on Saturday. The family of Ofer Kalderon cheered ...

He was one of the most senior Hamas leaders inside the territory and one of Israel’s most-wanted militants. By Adam Rasgon and Cassandra Vinograd Adam Rasgon reported from Jerusalem, and ...

Eight hostages − three Israelis and five Thai nationals − were returned to Israel Thursday after spending 482 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza. They were freed in an at-times chaotic handover ...

Keith Siegel became the first American hostage released Saturday. AP American-Israeli Keith Siegel was released by Hamas Saturday morning in the latest hostage-for-prisoner swaps — making him ...