Arab media reported on Saturday that Hamas confirmed that they will not be the ones running the Gaza Strip during the implementation of the next phase of the ceasefire.

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Ethiopia on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.The quake was at a depth of 10km (6.21 miles), EMSC said.

President Donald Trump's administration has temporarily agreed not to fire any more staff at the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to a court order issued on Friday, offering workers there an 11th-hour reprieve ahead of feared mass layoffs.US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the District of Columbia also directed the government to not delete or remove any of the agency's data or transfer any of its available funds back to the US Federal Reserve.It marked a temporary victory for a union representing workers seeking to block Trump's efforts to eliminate the CFPB.

Former hostages Sagui Dekel Chen, Alexander Sasha Troufanov and Iair Horn were released looking emaciated and pale on Saturday.However, they managed to stand, support their body weight, and walk.These initial signs indicate that their condition is not serious and does not require an emergency evacuation to hospitals.They will undergo an initial examination by military doctors at the reception point in Re'im, where will reunite with their families, and will then head to Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sheba Medical Center.

The security prisoners released by Israel on Saturday in exchange for three hostages left prison wearing shirts that read "We will not forget and we will not forgive" in Arabic, according to the Israel Prison Service.The first bus carrying freed Palestinian prisoners and detainees departed the Israeli jail Ofer in the West Bank.Some 369 Palestinian prisoners and detainees are set to be released on Saturday after Hamas handed over Israeli hostages Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel-Chen and Sasha Troufanov to the Red Cross after mediation efforts by Egypt and Qatar succeeded in helping maintain a fragile ceasefire between Hamas and Israel that has halted fighting for almost a month.Security prisoners released on Saturday 15 February 2025 in exchange for three hostages abducted by Hamas. (photo credit: ISRAEL PRISON SERVICE)

Britain said on Saturday it had tracked in recent days six Russian naval and merchant ships carrying ammunition used in Syria as they sailed through the Channel.The British defense ministry said in a statement the ships - shadowed by the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force - were withdrawing from Syria following the ousting of its president, Bashar al-Assad, a close Russian ally, in December.Russia has been evacuating its military assets from Syria since Assad's overthrow, the ministry said, describing it as a "blow to (Moscow's) ambitions in the Middle East."The Russian embassy in London did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

The family of two British nationals detained in the Iranian city of Kerman said on Saturday they were engaging with relevant authorities to ensure their well-being and safe return home.Iran's official news agency reported on Thursday the two British nationals, a man and a woman, were in custody on security-related charges. It published blurred images of the two meeting with the British ambassador but did not identify them.The family of the two, in a statement released by the British Foreign Office, named them as Craig and Lindsay Foreman. It was not clear when they were detained.