CAIRO -- At least 10 people were killed and 12 others wounded after a minibus 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 minibus attempted to cross quickly from an undesignated crossing, said the Egyptian National Railways in a separate statement. (Egypt-Crash-Casualties)

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RAMALLAH/AMMAN -- Palestine, Jordan, and Egypt on Thursday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's retreat from his previous plan of displacing the more than 2 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

In a statement issued by the Palestinian official news agency WAFA, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Information Nabil Abu Rudeineh said the U.S. retreat is an "encouraging step" and in the "right direction," hoping it would lead to a political process based on international legitimacy and the Arab Peace Initiative. (Gaza-US-Displacement Plan)

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BEIRUT -- The Lebanese army received the soldier Ziad Shibli on Thursday at the Ras Naqoura border crossing in southwestern Lebanon after a delay in his release by the Israeli military.

An army statement posted on the social media platform X said, "The soldier, who was abducted by the Israeli enemy on March 9, has been transferred to a hospital for treatment." (Lebanon-Detainee-Release)

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DAMASCUS -- Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa ratified a new constitutional declaration on Thursday, laying the legal foundation for a five-year transitional phase aimed at rebuilding political and legal structures.

Drafted by a specialized constitutional committee, the declaration underscores the aspiration for a "new Syria" while maintaining the official state name of "Syrian Arab Republic." (Syria-Interim President-Constitutional Declaration) Enditem

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