Anugrah Kumar

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  Oct 28, 2023

  Maine mass shooting suspect found dead with self-inflicted gunshot wound

  The body of the suspected shooter in Wednesday's Maine rampage that left 18 dead and 13 injured was found dead ending a two-day manhunt, according to officials.

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  Oct 24, 2023

  Hamas releases 2 more hostages from Gaza amid ongoing conflict

  Two more hostages — elderly Israeli women abducted by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 — have been freed following mediation efforts by Egyptian and Qatari officials. Reports indicate that diplomatic initiatives are underway to secure the release of about 50 additional hostages.

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  Oct 23, 2023

  Family members of Hamas hostages speak out at Geneva rally, demand international action

  Family members of those kidnapped by Hamas were joined by hundreds Sunday in taking to the streets outside the United Nations offices in Geneva, Switzerland, to demand the release of the terror group's hostages and call for international action. 

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  Oct 23, 2023

  Palestinian Christians accuse Western church leaders of complicity in Gaza airstrikes

  Palestinian Christian organizations accused Western Christian leaders who voiced their support for Israel after the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack of being "complicit" in "Israel's violence and oppression" in the days following the deadly blast at a church in Gaza. 

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  Oct 23, 2023

  Pakistan Christian couple granted bail in blasphemy case: ‘Landmark decision’

  A Pakistani court has granted bail to a Christian couple accused of blasphemy, citing insufficient evidence. A rights group has called it a “landmark judgment,” which has sparked calls for changes to the nation’s controversial blasphemy laws.

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  Oct 22, 2023

  Nicaragua releases 12 Catholic priests, exiles them to Rome

  Nicaragua has freed 12 Catholic priests and sent them to Rome following negotiations with the Vatican. The clergy had been held as political prisoners in a country that persecutes all who are deemed critical of the government.

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  Oct 22, 2023

  Hamas raped 'women, grandmothers, children,' so violently 'they broke victims' pelvis,' Israeli official says

  Hamas terrorists subjected civilian women, grandmothers and children to extreme sexual violence, a Rabbinate corps member of the Israel Defense Forces responsible for preparing victims' bodies for burial has told media, calling the acts “worse than the Holocaust.”

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  Oct 21, 2023

  Former US congressman says relatives died in Gaza church blast: 'Our family is hurting badly'

  A former U.S. congressman said several of his relatives were among the casualties when an Israeli airstrike hit a church in Gaza, which killed at least 18 people.

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  Oct 21, 2023

  2 American Hamas hostages released in Gaza are mother, teen daughter from Illinois

  Judith Raanan and her daughter Natalie, 17, abducted by Hamas earlier this month, have been released, the Israel prime minister's office and White House announced.

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  Oct 18, 2023

  Arab leaders cancel meeting with Biden following Hamas claims of Gaza hospital blast

  Arab leaders scrapped a planned meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden Wednesday after Hamas claimed that a hospital in Gaza was struck by an Israeli airstrike, resulting in hundreds of deaths. U.S. officials said on Wednesday, however, that the blast in the hospital complex parking lot was not caused by Israel, but by a jihadist group within Gaza. .