CAIRO — Israelis on Monday prepared to welcome home the last 20 living hostages from devastated Gaza and mourn the return of the dead, in the key exchange…
Read more Israel prepares to welcome last living hostages from GazaCAIRO — Israel’s Cabinet has approved the “outline” of a deal to release hostages held by Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said early Friday, as top Israeli…
Read more Israeli Cabinet approves ‘outline’ of hostage release dealIsrael and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a peace plan for Gaza, paving the way for a pause in the fighting and the release of the…
Read more Israel and Hamas will exchange hostages and prisoners after agreeing to 1st phase of Gaza peace planIsrael and Hamas are preparing for indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday as hopes are rising for a possible ceasefire in Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said…
Read more Israel, Hamas prepare for negotiations in EgyptDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fake video that ricocheted across the internet claiming tensions between France and the United Arab Emirates after Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s…
Read more Faked video targeting France and UAE likely Russian despite Moscow’s links to Gulf Arab statesKYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy toured the northeastern Ukrainian region of Sumy on Thursday in his first visit to the border area since his forces launched their…
Read more Zelenskyy visits border area for first time since Ukrainian offensive into RussiaPresident Joe Biden on Friday said Israel has offered Hamas a cease-fire and hostage release deal that would unfold over three phases. The Democratic president said the first…
Read more The Latest | Biden says Israel offers Hamas a cease-fire and hostage release dealJERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday blasted a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a Gaza cease-fire that his country’s top ally, the United States,…
Read more Israel and Hamas dig in as international pressure builds for a cease-fire in GazaRAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israel should not conduct a military operation against the Hamas militant group in the densely populated Gaza border town of Rafah without a “credible…
Read more Biden says Israel shouldn’t press into Rafah without ‘credible’ plan to protect civiliansA senior Hamas official said Friday the group will respond “very soon” to a proposal that includes extended pauses in Gaza fighting and phased exchanges of Hamas-held hostages…
Read more Live updates | Hamas is expected to respond soon to a proposal that includes hostage releasesA senior Hamas official said Friday the group will respond “very soon” to a proposal that includes extended pauses in Gaza fighting and phased exchanges of Hamas-held hostages…
Read more Live updates | Hamas is expected to respond soon to a proposal that includes hostage releasesRussia and Ukraine on Wednesday exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war in the biggest single release of captives since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Ukrainian authorities said…
Read more Ukraine trains its sights on Russian border region, seeking to stir up discontentDEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes in central Gaza killed at least 35 people Sunday, hospital officials said, as the military targeted areas in several parts of…
Read more Israeli strikes in central Gaza kill at least 35 as Netanyahu says war will continue for monthsDEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel’s government faced calls for a cease-fire from some of its closest European allies and from protesters at home on Sunday after a…
Read more Israel faces new calls for truce after killing of hostages raises alarm about its conduct in GazaRAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israel and Hamas on Thursday agreed to extend their cease-fire by another day, just minutes before it was set to expire. The truce in…
Read more Gunmen wound seven in rush hour attack near JerusalemDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean as Israel wages…
Read more An Israeli-owned ship was targeted in suspected Iranian attack in Indian Ocean, US official tells APJERUSALEM — Israel vowed to lay total siege to the Gaza Strip on Monday, as its military scoured the country’s south for militants, guarded breaches in its border…
Read more Israel vows complete siege of Gaza as it strikes the Palestinian territory after incursion by HamasKYIV, Ukraine — More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released as part of a major Easter exchange with Russia, a top official said Sunday, as…
Read more Dozens of POWs freed as Ukraine marks Orthodox EasterUNITED NATIONS — Ukraine’s supporters have circulated a proposed resolution for adoption by the 193-member U.N. General Assembly on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion…
Read more UN draft resolution: Any peace must keep Ukraine intactAssociated Press — Delicate negotiations between the United States and Russia led to basketball star Brittney Griner’s return Friday in exchange for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, once…
Read more Griner case latest in string of high-profile prisoner swaps
