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The foreign minister of Thailand said Tuesday that officials he had met in Qatar and Egypt indicated the Thai hostages held by Hamas and other armed groups would be the next to be released because they had nothing to do with the war.Thai officials working to secure the release of 24 Thai agricultural workers have seen photos of the hostages who were abducted on Oct. 7 in southern Israel, Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara said.Thai nationals comprise the second largest group of the estimated 240 people taken hostage, after Israelis.Thailand has been trying to reach Hamas through intermediary governments in Iran,…

The U.N. secretary general, António Guterres, said Monday that 89 employees of UNRWA, its agency aiding Palestinian refugees, had been killed since the war began.

The World Health Organization said on Sunday that it had documented more than 100 attacks on the health care system in Gaza, as the Israeli military said Hamas fighters were using two additional hospitals in the enclave to conceal their operations.Fourteen hospitals in the enclave — including 10 in the densely populated area of Gaza City — are no longer operating, according to the W.H.O. arm operating in the Palestinian territories. The W.H.O. called for “active protection of civilians and health care,” in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.Israeli officials continued to insist on Sunday that Hamas was…

The national flag they play under no longer exists officially. The anthem they stand for at the beginning of every game belongs to a republic that was toppled two years ago.Yet Afghanistan’s athletes have become the unlikely — and widely celebrated — heroes of the Cricket World Cup that is underway in India. In a tournament followed by hundreds of millions of people across the globe, they have defeated the defending world champions and two former titleholders handily. Some of the team’s stars are so popular that entire stadium sections roar their name. When they win, players sing and dance…