RAMALLAH/CAIRO -- The Israeli authorities on Saturday released 200 Palestinian prisoners as part of the second phase of a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas.

Abdullah Zaghari, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Club, said the prisoners were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). (Gaza-Israel-Prisoners)

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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi rebel group on Saturday unilaterally released 153 war prisoners detained during the civil war with the Yemeni government forces in recent years, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said.

Iscander Saeed, the spokesperson of the ICRC in Yemen, told reporters at a press conference in Sanaa that "Ansarullah (Houthis) today released 153 war prisoners unilaterally." (Yemen-Houthi-Prisoners)

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KHARTOUM -- At least 68 people were killed and 19 others injured in a shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on locations in El Fasher, western Sudan, a non-governmental group announced on Saturday.

"In a new massacre carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, 68 patients and their companions were killed and 19 others injured due to a missile attack on the Saudi Hospital in El Fasher, North Darfur," the Sudanese Doctors Network said in a statement. (Sudan-RSF-Attack)

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SEOUL -- South Korea's court denied the second request for extension of the arrested President Yoon Suk-yeol's detention, multiple media outlets said Saturday.

The prosecution's special investigative headquarters requested Yoon's extended arrest from the Seoul Central District Court early Saturday, just hours after the court rejected the first request on Friday night. (South Korea-Yoon-Detention) Enditem

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