GAZA -- Forty-eight bodies of the victims killed in previous Israeli attacks were recovered from Al-Shifa Hospital, west of Gaza City, said Gaza's Civil Defense on Thursday.

"The bodies had been buried within the walls of Al-Shifa Hospital during the war," the civil defense said in a press statement, adding that rescue and medical teams have begun transporting these bodies to official cemeteries. (Gaza Strip-Israeli Strikes-Bodies)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened a 200-percent tariff on French and European Union (EU) alcoholic products unless the EU removes its 50-percent tariff on American whiskey.

"If this Tariff is not removed immediately, the U.S. will shortly place a 200-percent Tariff on all WINES, CHAMPAGNES, & ALCOHOLIC PRODUCTS COMING OUT OF FRANCE AND OTHER E.U. REPRESENTED COUNTRIES," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. (US-Trump-EU-Tariffs)

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CAIRO -- At least eight persons were killed and 12 others wounded after a microbus was hit by a train in northeastern Egypt's Ismailia province on Thursday, according to a statement from the Health Ministry.

It happened when the microbus attempted to cross quickly from an undesignated crossing, said the Egyptian National Railways in a separate statement. (Egypt-Train-Microbus Crash)

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MOSCOW -- The Russian military operation to retake the Kursk region from Ukrainian armed forces entered its final stage, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited one of the command posts in the Kursk region on Wednesday evening, and was briefed by senior commanders that Russia is close to liberating the territory of the Kursk region from Ukrainian armed forces, reported the TASS news agency. (Russia-Kursk-Military Operation) Enditem

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