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Twin brothers, childhood friends and IDF soldiers: Who are the hostages still held in Gaza?

All the hostages still held in Gaza are set to be released as soon as Monday under the first phase of a ceasefire plan agreed by Hamas and Israel, US President Donald Trump said late on Wednesday. More than two years after Hamas and its allies kidnapped 251 people from Israel and took them to …

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Egypt Independent October 11, 2025

Food delivery robots have human names and blinking eyes. But they’re not our friends

Its name is Courtney. Courtney doesn’t have eyes, but it’s got sensors everywhere. There are two blinking lights on the front of its boxy body to approximate wide, moony pupils. It’s been described as a “large cooler on four wheels.” Courtney is a food delivery robot from Serve Robotics, transporting Uber Eats orders typically when …

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Egypt Independent October 4, 2025

Family and friends shattered and scarred by tourist massacre in Kashmir

CNN — One victim had recently returned home after decades working abroad to enjoy a retirement filled with travel and family time; another hoped the trip into the beauty of Indian-administered Kashmir would cheer the spirits of his semi-paralyzed wife. Both men were among 26 tourists shot dead by militants this week in a massacre …

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Egypt Independent April 27, 2025

Getting Sober-curious: why your friends (and maybe you) are going dry.

Why are people interested in drinking less? Eddie Sanderson/Getty Images Eddie Sanderson/Getty Images According to Pew Research Center – 79%

NPR NEWS January 7, 2025

Funding plea as friends honour travel tragedy teens

Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles’ friends have adorned their suburb with tributes in their memory as loved ones call for

Australian Associated Press November 26, 2024

Labour Friends of Israel backs UK’s restoration of Unrwa funding with caveats

Labour Friends of Israel backs UK’s restoration of Unrwa funding with caveats The influential group wants the UN agency for

Middle East Eye July 18, 2024

‘IF’ gets by (but just barely) with a little help from its imaginary friends

Occasionally a movie gets misleadingly marketed for understandable reasons, and so it is with “IF,” a sweetly sentimental film from writer-director John Krasinski that the ads make look like a madcap romp. The best parts should strike a mildly receptive chord with parents while potentially boring younger kids, a prescription that could subject the movie’s …

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Egypt Independent May 17, 2024