Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation Sunday about the hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, the war in Ukraine, Vice President J.D. Vance's speech during the Security Conference in Munich,

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Israel ’s anger at Hamas over a botched hostage release, a Chinese maritime exercise near Australia ’s coast, and snap parliamentary elections in Germany.

The decision to no longer print family names was implemented after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led massacre in southern Israel.

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Germany is in a crisis of stagnant growth and ... it could potentially challenge Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats for first. Hamas handed over yesterday what it said were the remains of ...

Berlin’s continued funding of UNRWA is a choice, one that empowers Hamas and double-crosses Israel. Germany’s position as UNRWA’s biggest donor (excluding the EU, to which it gives most ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz told Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu that he would invite him to Germany in defiance of an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Israeli prime minister's office said on Monday.