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People attend a demonstration organised by families and friends of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip since 2023, calling for action to secure their release in Tel Aviv on August 17, 2025. Demonstrators across Israel called on August 17, for an end to the Gaza war and a deal to release hostages still held by militants, a push sharply criticised by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump: Only way to secure release of Israeli hostages is to ‘Confront and destroy’ Hamas

President Donald Trump stated on Monday that “confronting and destroying” Hamas is the only way to secure the release of the remaining Israeli hostages.

This combination of pictures created on May 14, 2020 shows recent portraits of China's President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump.. US President Donald Trump said on May 14, 2020, he is no mood to speak with China's Xi Jinping, warning darkly he might cut off ties with the rival superpower over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. "I have a very good relationship, but I just -- right now I don't want to speak to him," Trump told Fox Business. (Photo by Dan Kitwood and Nicholas Kamm / various sources / AFP) (Photo by DAN KITWOODNICHOLAS KAMM/POOL/AFP/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump says Xi Jinping told him China will not invade Taiwan while he is U.S. president

President Donald Trump has stated that Chinese President XI Jinping told him that China would not invade Taiwan while he is president of the United States.

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a statement during a press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska. The two leaders are meeting for peace talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Putin says that Ukraine war would not have happened if Trump won 2020 election

Russia President Vladimir Putin has suggested that he agrees with the argument that if President Donald Trump would have been president after 2020, the war in Ukraine would not have ever even begun.

Air Canada flight attendants participate in a general strike at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport on August 16, 2025 in Montreal, Canada. After more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants went on strike early this morning, the country's largest airline has been forced to suspend operations and cancel all of its 700 daily flights. (Photo by Andrej Ivanov/Getty Images)

Air Canada suspends all operations after over 10k flight attendants go on strike

Air Canada has suspended all operations after more than 10,000 of its flight attendants went on strike, stranding passengers worldwide.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 31: NY Gov. Kathy Hochul attends a press conference on gun violence prevention and public safety on July 31, 2023 in New York City. Mayor Adams was joined by NY Gov. Kathy Hochul, NY Attorney General Letitia James, and members of local and state government and violence interruption groups to unveil NYC's Gun Violence Prevention Task Force blueprint for community safety. The task force's $485 million blueprint will bring people together from across 20 agencies that specialize in public safety, health care, workforce development, and education to help stop gun violence in the communities most impacted by it. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Hochul issues pardons to 13 ex-con migrants, including man convicted of manslaughter

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has pardoned a group of migrants with criminal records — including one man convicted of manslaughter.

This combination of pictures created on February 25, 2025 shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on February 12, 2025, and US President Donald Trump on February 25, 2025. Ukraine has agreed on the terms of a minerals deal with the United States and could sign it February 28, 2025, the two countries said, a move Kyiv hopes will lead to future security guarantees from Washington. The Ukrainian source said President Volodymyr Zelensky could sign the deal on a trip to Washington as early as February 28, 2025, -- a timetable confirmed by Trump. (Photo by Tetiana DZHAFAROVA and Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by TETIANA DZHAFAROVA,JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Zelensky to meet with Trump on Monday following U.S.-Russia meeting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that he will be meeting with President Donald Trump following the U.S. president’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.