Release hostage Iair Horn was discharged from the hospital Thursday evening after completing all necessary medical examinations.Horn was hospitalized last Saturday, following his release from Hamas captivity as part of the hostage-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

The FBI Houston branch confirmed on Thursday that, following information received yesterday, a mass casualty attack on a local high school was thwarted.The attack was reportedly planned by two teenagers, who have since been arrested.

President Donald Trump doubled down on his criticism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, telling a conference in Florida that the Ukrainian leader done a terrible job and could have come to talks with Russia in Saudi Arabia if he had wanted to.Trump said he hoped for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine soon.

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared at a Seoul court on Thursday for the first hearing of his criminal trial over insurrection charges, during which his lawyers demanded his release from jail.TV footage aired by local broadcasters showed justice ministry vehicles leaving the Seoul Detention Centre where Yoon is being held before arriving at the court where lines of police buses were parked outside to ensure security.The court heard a bid by Yoon's lawyers to cancel his detention as they argued that the insurrection probe had been conducted in an illegal manner, and that there was no risk of Yoon trying to destroy evidence.Prosecutors last month indicted Yoon after accusing him of leading an insurrection with his short-lived imposition of martial law on December 3.The charges are unprecedented for a sitting South Korean president, and if convicted, Yoon could face years in prison for his martial law decree, which shocked the country and sought to ban political and parliamentary activity and control the media.