Top 10 world news: Hamas claims infant hostage dead, Nawaz Sharif acquitted, and more
Hamas has said that the youngest hostage in its custody, 10-month-old Kfir Bibas was killed in Israeli airstrikes. Israeli military has said that it was trying to verify the claim. In other news, an Indian national has been charged in the US in connection with an assassination attempt of a Sikh separatist. Meanwhile, former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has been acquitted of corruption charges. Elections are due to take place in Pakistan next year. Read this and more in Top 10 world news.
An Israeli Defence Forces spokesperson earlier said that Shiri, Ariel and Kfir are believed to have been handed off to Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
Indian national Nikhil Gupta, who was arrested by Czech authorities in June this year, was charged on Wednesday (Nov 29), the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan said.
Nawaz Sharif, 73, had filed pleas in the Islamabad High Court, challenging his conviction in the Avenfield property and Al-Azizia cases.
One of the rescued workers said that they were provided so much food throughout the day that the amount supplied to them would have lasted for 25 more days.
In a fifth batch of hostage released, Hamas freed 12 people in exchange for 30 Palestinian prisoners under an extended truce deal.
It has been reported that the 'loyalty agreement' would restrict what foreigners on Russian soil would be able to say publicly.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been raising objections that Finland and Sweden have been offering protection to groups considered terrorists by Ankara. After a considerable delay, Turkey okayed Finland's NATO membership in April this year, but is yet to take final decision on Sweden's bid.
"It will take us probably 18 months to have widespread use of this or longer. But it is very exciting that we have had this first step where we have actually seen visitors come through...without a physical paper in their passports," the US official said.
Black cabs, also known as Hackney carriages, are London's only vehicles that can pick up passengers from the street or taxi ranks in the capital city.
The 86-year-old pontiff was scheduled to begin his three-day visit to Dubai on Friday after the Vatican earlier in a statement said that despite the health issues, the pope was going ahead with the trip.
