International

The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council for three years. Four of the 15 new members are from Africa – Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Malawi. However, Peru and Russia failed to secure seats in the council. After the ballots were counted, the President of the UN General Assembly, …

The Palestinian militant group, Hamas, has released 24 hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza. The Qatari foreign ministry spokesman, Majed Al Ansari, confirmed the development on X platform, formerly Twitter. The hostages handed over to the Red Cross by the group comprised 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino in a deal brokered by Qatar. The Gulf State worked …