Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday (Mar 18) warned that the latest wave of airstrikes on Gaza, which reportedly left hundreds dead, were "only the beginning" while declaring that future negotiations with Hamas "will take place only under fire."

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Meanwhile, JFK assassination files are out. US President Donald Trump's administration has kept its promise and has released the final set of files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, a case that over six decades later continues to fuel conspiracy theories.

In other news, First images of NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore emerged as they finally returned to Earth on Tuesday after an unexpected nine-month stay at International Space Station (ISS). They received immediate medical care and were carried away on stretchers. 

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'Only the beginning': Netanyahu vows more strikes as Gaza death toll soars to over 400

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Photograph: (Reuters) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday (Mar 18) warned that the latest wave of airstrikes on Gaza, which reportedly left hundreds dead, were "only the beginning" while declaring that future negotiations with Hamas "will take place only under fire."

JFK assassination files out after 60 years wait; Did Trump release a 'smoking gun'? Here's what new documents reveal

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(L) US President Donald Trump stands in the presidential box as he tours the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on March 17, 2025. (R) President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Photograph: (Combination created using images from AFP and Reuters) JFK assassination files are out. US President Donald Trump's administration has kept its promise and has released the final set of files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, a case that over six decades later continues to fuel conspiracy theories.

WATCH: First images of Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore back on Earth emerge, they receive medical checks

NASA astronauts finally returned to Earth, concluding a mission that gained global attention Photograph: (AFP) First images of NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore emerged as they finally returned to Earth on Tuesday after an unexpected nine-month stay at International Space Station (ISS). They received immediate medical care and were carried away on stretchers. 

'PROMISE MADE, PROMISE KEPT, says White House as astronauts reach home safely, Musk congrats SpaceX, NASA

Support teams seen around the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, on March 18, 2025. Photograph: (AFP (Provided by NASA))

White House on Tuesday said "promise made and promise kept" after a pair of astronauts stranded in space for more than nine months were finally headed home after their capsule undocked from the International Space Station (ISS).

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