Two were seized after Israel and the United States attacked Iranian targets in June, and two others have been held since 2024.

Mr. Huckabee, a Baptist minister, is the first evangelical to serve as American ambassador to Israel. Christian conservatives and the Netanyahu government are pleased.

President Trump said last week that he would punish India if it did not cut off Russian oil imports, but he did not specify what the penalty might be.

A photographer accompanied a Jordanian aircrew as it dropped aid to Gaza, where starvation is rising.

Steve Witkoff visited the enclave on Friday amid growing pressure on Israel to ease the hunger crisis. Hamas said the trip would be a “propaganda show.”

Stocks fell around the world after President Trump’s latest move to remake the global trading system. His executive order set new tariffs on imports from dozens of countries if trade deals aren’t reached within a week.

As Zohran Mamdani gets within striking distance of becoming New York’s first Muslim mayor, he is drawing fire from supporters of India’s populist prime minister, who accuse him of being anti-Hindu.

“I wanted something decent,” said a woman at a shelter near Ukraine’s border with Russia. “But this is how it turned out.”

The president, a Trump ally, will now be able to seek re-election indefinitely. The National Assembly also extended the presidential term to six years.