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Hamas to return another hostage body

Hamas said it would hand over another hostage body, as the Palestinian group faced accusations of breaching the Gaza ceasefire after returning only the partial remains of a previously recovered captive to Israel...

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Armed groups clashing with Hamas in Gaza

Shortly after a ceasefire took effect in Gaza, clashes erupted between armed groups, some backed by Israel and others loyal to Hamas, as the Islamist movement sought to reassert control over the devastated territory...

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Ball in Taliban’s court: Pakistan

Pakistan’s prime minister said on Thursday that ‘the ball is in the Afghan Taliban’s court’ for a permanent ceasefire, a day after a 48-hour truce was called in the wake of deadly cross-border clashes.

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Pak-Afghan clashes kill dozens, ceasefire called

Dozens of troops and civilians were killed in a fresh round of border skirmishes between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials on both sides of the frontier said, hours before Islamabad said the two sides had agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire.

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Israeli hostages, Palestinian prisoners freed

All 20 living hostages held by Hamas and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decimated the Gaza Strip and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.

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Israel, Hamas agree to ceasefire deal

Israel said Thursday that all parties have signed the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, in a major step to end a war that has killed tens of thousands of people.

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Israel attack aimed to halt Gaza talks: Qatar emir

Qatar’s emir accused Israel of trying to derail Gaza ceasefire efforts with its attack on Hamas in Doha, as Arab and Muslim leaders held emergency talks on Monday to discuss a unified response...

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Israel approves plan to conquer Gaza City

Israel’s defence minister approved a plan on Wednesday for the conquest of Gaza City and authorised the call-up of around 60,000 reservists, piling pressure on Hamas as mediators push for a ceasefire...

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Hamas agrees to new Gaza ceasefire proposal

A Hamas source said on Monday that the Palestinian militants had agreed to a new proposal from mediators for a ceasefire in Gaza, devastated by more than 22 months of war between the Islamist group and Israel...

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Trump drops ceasefire demand

US president Donald Trump on Saturday shifted his campaign to halt the Ukraine war to securing a full peace agreement after a summit with Russia’s president Vladimir Putin failed to secure a ceasefire...

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Fresh sectarian clashes in south Syria kill four

Renewed sectarian clashes in southern Syria’s Druze-majority Sweida province killed at least four people on Sunday, a war monitor said, in the first deadly incident since a ceasefire last month...

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Thai-Cambodian cyberwarriors battle on despite truce

Thailand and Cambodia may have reached a ceasefire to halt their bloody border clashes, but cyber warriors are still battling online, daubing official websites with obscenities, deluging opponents with spam and taking pages down.

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Cambodia urges Thailand to return soldiers

Cambodia called on Thailand Thursday to return 20 soldiers it said were taken captive hours after a ceasefire to halt the neighbours’ bloodiest border clashes in decades...

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Thai-Cambodia clashes spread, death toll hits 33

Thailand and Cambodia pounded each other with heavy artillery fire for a third day on Saturday, as a border conflict that killed at least 33 people and displaced more than 150,000 from their homes spread across the frontier.

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Clashes, arson persist in Syria despite ceasefire

Smoke rose from burning houses in south Syria’s Sweida on Saturday and an Arab tribal fighter vowed to ‘slaughter’ residents as deadly clashes with Druze fighters persisted...

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DR Congo, M23 armed group sign ceasefire deal

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed armed group M23 signed a ceasefire deal on Saturday to end fighting that has devastated the country’s mineral-rich but conflict-torn east...

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Israeli strikes kill 43 in Gaza as truce talks deadlocked

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed more than 40 Palestinians, including at a market and a water distribution point, as talks for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas stalled...