Hamas freed the first two of six Israeli hostages due to be released Saturday even as heightened tension between the adversaries clouded the future of the fragile ceasefire deal.

Hamas freed the first five of six Israeli hostages in the latest exchange Saturday even as heightened tension between the adversaries clouded the future of the fragile ceasefire deal.

Iraq’s oil ministry has announced the resumption of oil exports from northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region. The exports had been halted for nearly two years after the International C ...