After two years of brutal war, the families of Israel's remaining hostages in the territory were also hoping the truce...
- Both sides have responded positively to Trump's plan, which calls for a ceasefire, the release of all the hostages held...
The Security Council has faced sharp international opprobrium as it has managed to pass only one resolution on Gaza since...The vote comes days after the US blocked a previous Security Council resolution that would have called for a "humanitarian ceasefire" in the battered Palestinian territory
The new draft, drawn up by the United Arab Emirates calls for an "urgent and sustainable cessation of hostilities to allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access."
- Pope Francis spoke a day after the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said a Christian mother and daughter had been shot...
The pope said there were families, children, people, who are sick and have disabilities. in the parish
According to the Vatican press agency, the victims were an elderly woman and her daughter
- BERLIN, GERMANY - The German government on Sunday faced a backlash after abruptly ending an electric car subsidy scheme in a...
The economy ministry said on Saturday that Sunday would be the last day prospective buyers could apply for the scheme.
Under the scheme, the government paid out thousands of euros per customer to partially cover the cost of buying an electric car.
- KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT - Kuwait's emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who was defense minister when Iraq invaded the oil-rich country in...
Attendance was largely limited to ruling family members, making for an intimate farewell for the emir who reigned for three years.
Across Kuwait City, large digital billboards displayed pictures of the late ruler, hailed as the "emir of wisdom, forgiveness and peace".
- Alon Shamriz, 26, was one of the three Israeli hostages shot dead by soldiers during an operation in the Gaza...
"Those who abandoned you also murdered you after all that you did right," Ido, brother of Shamriz said at the funeral in kibbutz Shefayim north of Tel Aviv.
The deaths of the three men sparked protests in Tel Aviv as demonstrators demanded that the authorities offer a new plan for bringing home the remaining hostages.
- French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna was the latest envoy to call for an "immediate and durable" truce leading to a...
Pope Francis deplored the death of a Christian mother and daughter reportedly shot dead by an Israeli soldier at Gaza's only Catholic church, where families were sheltering.
"I would not be surprised if people start dying of hunger, or a combination of hunger, disease, weak immunity," said Philippe Lazzarini, head of UNRWA.
ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN – UAE and the Republic of Kazakhstan signed an agreement to enhance bilateral cooperation in the combating of...The MoU aims to increase cooperation in combating money laundering, terrorism financing and proliferation financing.
It will focus on four key areas: virtual assets, public-private partnership, education and capacity building, and asset recovery.
BELFAST, UK - Long gone from Belfast's famed harbor where the Titanic was built, oysters are making a comeback thanks to...Until the early 1900s, the Belfast Lough channel was home to large oyster reefs but overfishing, disease and pollution decimated the population.
Extensive native oyster beds were abundant in European seas and humans have been harvesting them since the Stone Age.
- The death toll from the raid on the Nur Shams camp in the West Bank city of Tulkarem climbed to five...
More than 290 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers in the West Bank since the war erupted on October 7, health officials say.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Jenin in particular has been the scene of repeated raids in recent months that have left dozens dead.
- At their meeting, Sunak and Meloni agreed to fund a project to help repatriations of migrants in Tunisia, the departure...
The two leaders held formal talks at Meloni's office and the British Conservative leader also delivered a speech at a gathering of her far-right Brothers of Italy party
Both leaders have vowed to stop migrant boat landings on their country's shores and in his speech, Sunak hailed the willingness of them both to "break from consensus"
