AFN News Update | November 6, 2025

In this news update:

-Israeli authorities confirmed today that the remains of a hostage returned from Gaza are of a Tanzanian agricultural student in Israel who was killed on Oct. 7, 2023.

-Pope Leo XIV met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for the first time today.

-Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that a team including former city and federal officials — all women — would steer his transition to New York’s City Hall.

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