Hamas says likely to respond to truce proposal within 48 hours
A senior Hamas official said on Tuesday that the Palestinian Islamist movement expects to respond within 48 hours to an Israeli ceasefire proposal it received through mediators....
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Myanmar junta declares quake ceasefire, survivors plead for aid
Myanmar鈥檚 junta announced a temporary ceasefire on Wednesday as the death toll from a devastating earthquake rose and desperate survivors pleaded for more help amid frantic scenes of aid distribution...
Macron hosts Europe鈥檚 鈥榗oalition of willing鈥� to protect Ukraine
French president Emmanuel Macron on Thursday was hosting European leaders including Ukraine鈥檚 Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday for a summit aimed at boosting Ukrainian security ahead of any potential ceasefire with Russia...
Russia, Ukraine trade blame for strikes endangering truce efforts
Ukraine accused Russia of launching 117 drones overnight while Russia accused Ukraine of firing drones at a 鈥榞as storage facility鈥� in annexed Crimean peninsula and a power installation in Bryansk region...
Russian drone kills Ukrainian family ahead of ceasefire talks
A Russian drone killed a family of three in southern Ukraine, triggering uproar in Kyiv 48 hours before both countries hold talks with the US on halting the three-year war...
Germany, France, UK urge immediate Gaza ceasefire
The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain called late Friday for an 鈥榠mmediate return鈥� to a Gaza ceasefire, as Israel鈥檚 military pressed its renewed offensive in the Palestinian territory.
Putin, Trump to discuss Ukraine today
Russian president Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump will speak by phone on Tuesday, as one US official expressed hope the two could agree a Ukraine ceasefire within weeks...
Trump, Putin to discuss Ukraine this week
US president Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are expected to speak this week, officials said on Sunday, as Washington and Kyiv鈥檚 European allies press Moscow to accept a ceasefire in the three-year war...
Israeli strikes kill 9 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said nine people, including journalists, were killed in Israeli strikes in the north Saturday, an attack Hamas denounced as a 鈥榖latant violation鈥� of the fragile ceasefire...
Hamas says ready to free hostage, remains of 4 others
Hamas on Friday said it was ready to free an Israeli-American hostage and the remains of four other dual nationals, after the Palestinian militants and Israel gathered for indirect Gaza ceasefire talks.
Ukraine backs US proposal for 30-day ceasefire in war with Russia
Ukraine on Tuesday backed a US proposal for a 30-day general ceasefire with Russia, with the United States in turn agreeing to lif restrictions on military aid and intelligence sharing, a joint statement said.
Ukraine to propose sky, sea truce at US talks in Saudi: official
Kyiv will propose an aerial and naval ceasefire with Russia during talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia this week, a Ukrainian official said on Monday as president Volodymyr Zelensky was due to arrive in the kingdom...
Freed hostages urge Netanyahu to fully implement Gaza deal
More than 50 freed Israeli hostages urged prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fully implement the Gaza ceasefire deal and secure the release of those still held in the Palestinian territory.
Trump鈥檚 鈥楧EAD鈥� threat to Gaza undermines ceasefire: Hamas
Hamas said on Thursday that Donald Trump鈥檚 threats would encourage Israel to disregard the fragile ceasefire, after the US president said that unless hostages are freed, the people of Gaza would be 鈥楧EAD鈥�...
Israel suspends aid to Gaza as first phase of truce ends
Israel said on Sunday that it was suspending the entry of supplies into Gaza, with deadly attacks reported in the territory after it and Hamas hit an impasse over how to proceed with their fragile ceasefire...
PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey after 40yrs
Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed the Kurdistan Workers鈥� Party leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband and end more than four decades of armed struggle.
Hamas to hand over four Israeli hostages鈥� bodies
Hamas will hand over the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Thursday in what it said would be an exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners, capping the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal...
Beyond the ceasefire deal
ISRAEL and the聽Palestinian聽movement Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement on January 15, bringing a pause to Israel鈥檚 ruthless 15-month onslaught on the enclave that killed more than 48,000 Palestinians. The agreement came ino force on January 19. On January 20, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US president. On January 7, the president-elect Donald Trump...
Gaza ceasefire faces hurdle but not collapsing yet: analysts
Gaza鈥檚 fragile five-week truce faces a major hurdle with Israel鈥檚 refusal to release Palestinian prisoners, but analysts say the ceasefire is likely to hold as Washington pushes for its extension.
Two captivities, one story
SINCE January 20, 2025, the world has closely watched the exchange of captives between Israel and Hamas. This ceasefire 鈥� despite its fragility and Israel鈥檚 repeated violations 鈥� took effect on January 19, 2025. It marks a critical moment that underscores the immense physical and psychological toll the genocide has inflicted on both sides. The first swap saw 3 Israelis...
New push to salvage Gaza truce
Mediators Qatar and Egypt were pushing to resolve a crisis in the Gaza ceasefire on Wednesday, a Palestinian source said, after Israel and the United States told Hamas to release hostages this weekend or face a return to war...
Gaza truce under strain after Trump warning
The Gaza ceasefire appeared increasingly fragile Tuesday after Hamas said US president Donald Trump鈥檚 latest warning 鈥榝urther complicates鈥� the agreement with Israel, which has so far led to five hostage-prisoner swaps...
15 freed Palestinian prisoners arrive in Turkey
Fifteen Palestinian prisoners freed by Israel under the terms of the Gaza ceasefire have arrived in Turkey, foreign minister Hakan Fidan said on Tuesday...
Life expectancy of Palestinians
THE idea of a ceasefire is as old as the idea of war. In old records, one reads of halts in firing for humans to eat or sleep. Rules of combat developed out of an understanding that both sides had to rest or refresh themselves. Sometimes, this understanding included the lives of animals...
After ceasefire, Israel turns on Jenin
JUST two days after a shaky ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel this week launched a large-scale incursion of the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank...
Hamas, Israel聽 free hostages, prisoners
A fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was holding Monday, following the dramatic exchange of three hostages for 90 Palestinian prisoners in an agreement aimed at ending more than 15 months of war in Gaza.
Bitter harvests: Gaza ceasefire
TWINNING the terms 鈥榗easefire鈥� and 鈥楪aza鈥� seems not only incongruous but an obscene joke. This is largely because the ceasefire announced on January 15 between Israel and Hamas could have been reached so much earlier by all the concerned parties. But will was lacking in Washington to force Israel鈥檚 hand, and Israeli prime minister...
The ceasefire charade
ISRAEL, going back decades, has played a duplicitous game. It signs a deal with the Palestinians that is to be implemented in phases. The first phase gives Israel what it wants 鈥� in this case the release of the Israeli hostages in Gaza 鈥� but Israel habitually fails to implement subsequent phases that would lead to a just and equitable peace. It eventually...
Israel approves Gaza ceasefire deal effective from Sunday
A ceasefire in the Gaza war will begin Sunday morning, mediator Qatar said on Saturday after Israel鈥檚 cabinet voted to approve the truce and hostage-prisoner release deal.
Israeli cabinet to vote on Gaza ceasefire Friday
As ministers weighed whether to approve the fragile agreement, new Israeli strikes on about 50 targets in Gaza killed dozens of people on Thursday...