Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday refuted moving to the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, acknowledging his use of starvation tactics against the territory’s population to pressure the Palestinian group, Hamas.
At least four Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, taking the death toll since the ceasefire agreement in January to 116, the Health Ministry announced.
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are working on a plan to reach a one-month truce in Ukraine, according to Paris.
Satellite images confirm that the Taliban has once again diverted the flow of the Helmand River towards the Godzareh depression instead of allowing water to reach Iran as previously agreed.
The Palestinian group Hamas says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is evading its obligations under the Gaza ceasefire agreement, calling on mediators to start negotiations for a second phase of the deal.
The Israeli government has approved a bill allowing the military to call up an additional 400,000 reserve soldiers amid delays in the start of negotiations for the second phase of a the Gaza ceasefire accord.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has called on Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky to mend relations with US President Donald Trump following a tense exchange in the White House on Friday.
The Israeli government decided to stop the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip on Sunday, just hours after the official completion of the first phase of the ceasefire accord, according to Israeli media.
Israel has announced that it has agreed to a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during Ramadan and Passover, following a proposal from US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff. The announcement came just hours after the first phase of a ceasefire was set to expire.
Some EU countries would favor the war between Russia and Ukraine to drag on longer in order to weaken Moscow, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has claimed, stressing that Washington’s goal is to end the hostilities.
Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have been fired or feel they could be soon, according to four people familiar with recent US intelligence on the issue and a document reviewed by CNN.
Hamas has rejected Israel’s “formulation” of extending the first phase of the ceasefire instead of proceeding to the second phase as originally planned, calling it unacceptable.
The State Department has terminated a US Agency for International Development (USAID) initiative that has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to help restore Ukraine's energy grid following attacks by the Russian military, according to two USAID officials working on the agency’s Ukraine mission.
Anneliese Dodds, the UK’s International Development Minister, has resigned after London announced a massive cut to the international aid budget, warning that it would likely impact programs in the Gaza Strip and Sudan.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that "the coming days are critical" for maintaining the ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip and has urged all parties to uphold their commitments.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky left the White House early without signing a mineral deal with the United States following a heated exchange with US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order extending for another year certain sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine war, according to documents released by the White House.
The Israeli army has released its findings after months of investigations into the Hamas attack in Oct. 2023, admitting to a "colossal failure" in anticipating the "Al-Aqsa Flood Operation" launched by the Palestinian group.
US President Donald Trump said “every single one” of the military generals involved in the US withdrawal from Afghanistan must be fired, seated next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a Cabinet meeting.
The United States has opted not to support a joint World Trade Organization (WTO) statement, decrying Russia’s “aggression against Ukraine”, according to a diplomatic source and a Geneva trade official, cited by Reuters.
Hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli jails and released in the Gaza Strip as part of the ceasefire agreement, once again showed signs of emaciation and abuse.
The West Bank is facing an "alarming spillover" of the Gaza war, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees announced, adding dozens have been killed since Israel expanded its military operations there last month.
