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The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is "more likely" to have emerged from a lab rather than from nature, an agency spokesperson said on Saturday.

The Hezbollah, a well-documented terrorist group operating in Lebanon, has condemned the recent decision by the U.S. administration to reclassify Yemen’s Houthi movement as a "foreign terrorist organization." 

Thousands of Palestinians chanted in support of Hamas on Saturday as they welcomed prisoners freed under the recent ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel. 

A group of Palestinian prisoners, released under the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, arrived in Egypt via the Rafah border crossing on Saturday, according to Al Qahera News. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hopes Europe and the United States will be involved in any talks about ending his country's war with Russia, he told reporters on Saturday.

The Israeli army on Saturday warned residents of dozens of Lebanese villages near the border against returning until further notice, a day after Israel said its forces would remain in south Lebanon beyond a Sunday deadline for their departure.

Iran said on Saturday it had arrested 13 adherents of the banned Baha’i faith for proselytising to children and adolescents, local media reported.

The release of four Israeli hostages on Saturday morning should have been a moment of relief and hope—a reminder that humanity can prevail even in the darkest circumstances.

A ceremony for the handover of French and Cypriot equipment to the Lebanese Army was held on Friday at the Port of Beirut.

Around 153 prisoners were released by Yemen's Houthis on Saturday with support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), according to a statement by the ICRC.

The Palestinian terrorist movement Hamas released four female Israeli soldier hostages on Saturday in return for 200 Palestinian prisoners, in keeping with the ceasefire agreement in the 15-month-old war in Gaza.

Dr. Rafa Halabi, a prominent member of Israel’s Druze community and an advocate for peace, has extended his heartfelt congratulations to Donald J. Trump on his return to the presidency of the United States.