A man pushes a cart on a dirt road in Gonin Gora, Nigeria, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities have identified the latest remains of a hostage that Hamas handed over as belonging to a Tanzanian agricultural student.

Joshua Loitu Mollel was a 21-year-old who had arrived at kibbutz Nahal Oz only 19 days before the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel that started the war. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Thursday that Mollel’s family has been notified.

Egypt

Paramilitary group agrees to truce

CAIRO — The Rapid Support Force, a paramilitary group that has been at war with the Sudanese military for over two years, said it has agreed to a humanitarian truce that was proposed by a U.S.-led mediator group, also known as the Quad.

The agreement comes over a week after the group seized el-Fasher city that has been under siege for over 18 months. It was also the last Sudanese military stronghold in the Sudan’s western Darfur region.

Peru

Mexico’s president no longer welcome

LIMA — Peru’s Congress has declared Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum persona non grata. The announcement follows Mexico’s decision to grant asylum to former Peruvian Prime Minister Betssy Chávez.

Officials have accused Mexico of interfering in their internal affairs. On Monday, Peru’s interim President José Jerí severed diplomatic relations with Mexico over the asylum decision.