Twenty young Druze from Syria’s Sweida province will undergo intensive firefighting training in Israel and return with equipment and a fire truck to establish a new station, part of a broader government plan to strengthen humanitarian and strategic ties

Thai rescue teams and Israeli volunteers located the body of 45-year-old Sagie Mor, who vanished in stormy waters off Koh Phangan after saving his son from strong currents. Days of searches faced fierce waves, grounded drones and dangerous conditions

Lebanese PM Nawaf Salam said Beirut is ready for negotiations and urged US help, accusing Israel of refusing talks and holding border outposts as leverage; he added disarmament plans are advancing but slowed by Lebanon’s economic crisis

Freed hostage Eitan Mor, now speaking fluent Gaza-accent Arabic after weeks in captivity, startled a taxi driver who feared he was transporting an illegal border crosser; Mor to meet President Donald Trump, present him with a special dreidel

The meeting Trump had been waiting for: A month after their release in a US-brokered deal, 17 recently freed hostages arrived in Washington, joined by 9 others from past rescues; at the White House, they posed with envoy Steve Witkoff, and brought gifts for the president

New ISGAP study claims movement halfway through a 100-year strategy to embed itself in Western institutions, citing ideological, financial and organizational ties to Hamas; report urges Washington to designate movement a foreign terrorist organization

'El Chapo' was once a successful businessman, but gambling ruined his life — pushing him into drug dealing to repay debts; later, he fled north, fearing for his life, but the war brought him back, where opportunity struck: police recruited him, and he quickly became one of their most effective informants; deals in hotels, a close call with a trap, and a deep bond with his handler known as A — this is how they took down dozens of drug and weapons dealers