Israelis held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas and other armed groups are slated to “come back” on Monday, United States President Donald Trump has stated, with 20 living captives and the bodies of 28 others who died in captivity due to be handed over as part of the US-backed ceasefire accord.
Hamas and allied Palestinian factions have reiterated that any decision on the future governance of the Gaza Strip is “an internal Palestinian matter” as the ceasefire in the war-ravaged territory takes effect.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has announced that the United States will allow Doha to build an Air Force facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, which will host Qatari F-15 fighter jets and pilots who will train alongside American troops.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has proposed banning Chinese airlines from flying over Russia on routes to and from the United States, Reuters reported on Friday.
The European Parliament has adopted a non-binding resolution calling on EU member states to shoot down Russian military aircraft that enter the bloc’s airspace. The move follows a string of recent drone sightings across Europe, which Western officials have linked to Moscow, which denies any wrongdoing.
Iran will back any effort or initiative that can lead to an immediate end to the genocide in Gaza, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said in an interview with Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen TV network.
Iran's Defense Ministry Spokesman Reza Talai-Nik said that the ceasefire in Gaza marks the victory of the resistance and the failure of the enemy, including the Zionist regime.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Israel has conveyed messages to Moscow expressing that it does not seek confrontation with Iran and wishes to resolve the situation peacefully.
NATO member states are weighing options for a more decisive response to Russia's increasingly provocative actions, including military measures, the Financial Times (FT) has reported, citing unnamed sources.
EU ambassadors agreed on a plan to phase out Russian gas and oil by 2028, Reuters has reported, as Ukraine's Western partners step up efforts to pressure Moscow, which continues to fund its war through revenues from oil and gas exports.
The United Nations will begin slashing its peacekeeping force and operations, forcing thousands of soldiers to evacuate their far-flung global hotspots. It comes as a result of the latest US funding cuts to the global organisation.
New Delhi is likely to increase its oil purchases from Moscow in the coming months, with refiners in the South Asian nation being offered significant discounts, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
Patience among EU members is “running thin” over Belgium’s refusal to approve a bloc-backed plan to use frozen Russian assets as collateral for a multibillion-euro loan to finance Ukraine’s war, The Financial Times has reported.
The head of the International Monetary Fund has issued a stark warning about the mounting risks facing the global economy, stressing, “Buckle up: uncertainty is the new normal.”
A study conducted by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) shows that 54,600 children in Gaza are either acutely or severely malnourished, The Lancet reported on Wednesday.
United States President Donald Trump has stated that Hamas and Israel have agreed on the first phase of his plan for a ceasefire in the war on the Gaza Strip and an exchange of captives.
The delivery of long-requested Tomahawk cruise missiles to Kyiv may force Moscow to see the real state of affairs, and sit down at the negotiating table, President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated.
Traders are asking Indian state refiners to pay for Russian oil with Chinese yuan amid warming ties between New Delhi and Beijing, Reuters has reported, citing undisclosed trade sources.
Kiev could use US Tomahawk missiles to launch increasingly escalatory strikes on targets inside Russia in order to “pressure” Moscow to agree to a peace deal, a Ukrainian official has told The Telegraph.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has stated that she has been accused of “complicity in genocide” in a complaint lodged with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over Rome’s support for Israel as it bombards Gaza.
A new Gaza-bound aid flotilla has been intercepted by the Israeli military, days after the detention of activists on board vessels bound for the war-torn territory caused international outrage and widespread protests.
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that Moscow's forces had captured almost 5,000 square km (1,930 square miles) of land in Ukraine in 2025 and that his country retained complete strategic initiative on the battlefield.
Hamas officials have stated that they are seeking guarantees that Israel will end the war on Gaza and withdraw from the Palestinian territory as part of the United States President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan, as the second day of indirect negotiations ended in Egypt.
Israel would not have been able to unleash its wars across the Middle East without the United States’s significant financial backing of more than $21bn since October 2023, according to a pair of new reports.
