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Israelis react as they wait for the release of Israelis still held in Gaza at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv early on Oct. 13, 2025. Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images TEL AVIV — Hamas on Monday began releasing the final Israeli hostages held captive in Gaza, … Read more
An aerial view of a container port is seen in Qingdao in east China’s Shandong province, on June 6, 2024. AP/CHINATOPIX hide caption toggle caption AP/CHINATOPIX BEIJING — China signaled Sunday that it would not back down in the face of a 100% tariff threat from President Donald Trump, urging the U.S. to resolve differences … Read more
Afghan refugees sit next to their belongings loaded onto vehicles as they wait for opening of the border crossing point, which closed following Afghan and Pakistani security forces exchanged cross border firing, at a camp in Chaman, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. AP/AP hide caption toggle caption AP/AP KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan said Sunday it … Read more
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gives a speech during an Anti-government protest on Jan. 9, 2025 in Caracas, Venezuela. Alfredo Lasry R/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alfredo Lasry R/Getty Images Venezuela opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado said in an interview with NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday that her country is … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron, seen waiting for Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein in Paris on Wednesday, has reappointed the same prime minister who resigned days earlier, asking him to try forming a government again. Michel Euler/AP hide caption toggle caption Michel Euler/AP PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday re-appointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister, … Read more
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Today marks the beginning of the first phase of President Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza. This follows the Israeli … Read more
Displaced Palestinians gather on the coastal road near Wadi Gaza after the announcement that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting, as Israeli tanks block the road leading to Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP hide caption … Read more
Replicas of the obverse and reverse of the Nobel Peace Prize medal displayed at The Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images Anticipation is growing and bookies around the world are taking bets on who’ll be awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, with … Read more
Many Palestinians, who were forced to flee due to the Israeli army’s intense attacks on Gaza city, continue to live in makeshift tents on An-Nuvari Hill, west of the Nuseirat refugee camp, despite harsh conditions in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on October 06, 2025. Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images) hide caption toggle caption Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via … Read more
A U.S. delegation is in Egypt to push President Trump’s peace plan. Israeli and Hamas officials are there. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Talks began in Egypt today to implement President Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza. Israeli and Hamas officials are there in Egypt. They’ll be joined by U.S. envoys for the indirect … Read more