Israel attack aimed to halt Gaza talks: Qatar emir
Qatar鈥檚 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鈥檚 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...
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...
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鈥檚 president Vladimir Putin failed to secure a ceasefire...
Ukraine for unconditional ceasefire, Russia against Western weapon supply
The US and Russian presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were to meet at a US air base in Alaska on Friday for talks on the Ukraine war...
Fresh sectarian clashes in south Syria kill four
Renewed sectarian clashes in southern Syria鈥檚 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...
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.
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鈥� bloodiest border clashes in decades...
Thailand, Cambodia trade allegations of truce breaking
Thailand and Cambodia exchanged allegations on Wednesday of breaching a ceasefire deal which has largely halted the open combat that engulfed their frontier...
Gaza famine warning as Israel resists ceasefire calls
Gaza is slipping into famine, UN-backed experts warned Tuesday, as the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said the death toll in the nearly 22-month war had surpassed 60,000...
Thailand, Cambodia agree 鈥榰nconditional鈥� ceasefire
Leaders of Thailand and Cambodia agreed Monday to an 鈥榰nconditional鈥� ceasefire after five days of fighting along their jungle-clad frontier that has killed at least 36 people and forced tens of thousands to flee.
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.
Syria evacuates Bedouin from Druze-majority Sweida as ceasefire holds
Syrian authorities on Monday evacuated Bedouin families from the Druze-majority city of Sweida, after a ceasefire in the southern province halted a week of sectarian bloodshed that a monitor said killed more than 1,100 people...
Clashes, arson persist in Syria despite ceasefire
Smoke rose from burning houses in south Syria鈥檚 Sweida on Saturday and an Arab tribal fighter vowed to 鈥榮laughter鈥� residents as deadly clashes with Druze fighters persisted...
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鈥檚 mineral-rich but conflict-torn east...
Gaza mediators 鈥榠ntensifying鈥� efforts to reach deal in Doha
Gaza ceasefire talks remain in their 鈥榝irst phase鈥櫬燼fter more than a week of talks, even as mediators step up efforts to broker a truce between Israel and Hamas, Qatar said Tuesday.
Deadlocked Gaza truce talks limp聽on, US hopes for deal
Stuttering Gaza ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas entered a second week on Monday, with US president Donald Trump still hopeful of a breakthrough and as more than 20 people were killed on the ground.
Israeli strikes kill 43 in Gaza as truce talks deadlocked
Gaza鈥檚 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...
Gaza ceasefire talks stalled over Israeli withdrawal plans
Indirect talks between Hamas and Israel for a ceasefire in Gaza are being held up by Israel鈥檚 proposals to keep troops in the territory, two Palestinian sources with knowledge of the discussions told AFP on Saturday...
Israel, Hamas defiant as US presses for ceasefire
Israel鈥檚 bid to crush Hamas鈥檚 capabilities and bring the hostages home dominated talks between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump, the Israeli prime minister said, even as the Palestinian militants vowed no surrender in Gaza...
S Arabia, Iran hold talks after Tehran鈥檚 truce with Israel
Iran鈥檚 foreign minister has held talks with Saudi Arabia鈥檚 de facto leader, the Saudi foreign ministry said, two weeks after a ceasefire between regional rivals Iran and Israel began...
Qatar says more time needed for Gaza ceasefire
Qatar said Tuesday more time was needed for negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, after US president Donald Trump voiced optimism about a possible breakthrough...
Is next round under way?
THE ceasefire between Iran and Israel 鈥� declared hastily and with much fanfare by the US president Donald Trump 鈥� is already beginning to look less like a diplomatic victory and more like a strategic illusion. What was sold as a decisive end to hostilities may turn out to be a temporary lull before the next eruption. And the consequences of that miscalculation may be far...
Hamas ready for Gaza truce talks, Israel kills 32
Israel was mulling its response on Saturday after Hamas said it was ready to start talks 鈥榠mmediately鈥� on a US-sponsored proposal for a Gaza ceasefire.
Hamas holding consultations on truce proposal
Hamas said Friday it was holding consultations with other Palestinian movements on a truce proposal in the war with Israel, in a possible sign that it was preparing for negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Hamas discusses proposals after Trump Gaza ceasefire push
Palestinian group Hamas said on Wednesday it was discussing proposals for a Gaza ceasefire received from mediators, after US president Donald Trump said Israel backed a 60-day ceasefire in the war-ravaged territory...
Trump hopes for Gaza ceasefire 鈥榮ometime next week鈥�
The United States is pushing for a truce in Gaza by 鈥榮ometime next week,鈥� US president Donald Trump said Tuesday...
Israeli forces kill 34 in Gaza as ceasefire momentum builds
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed 34 people on Monday, including 11 waiting for aid, as momentum built behind a ceasefire push for the war-ravaged Palestinian territory...
Iran questions Israel鈥檚 commitment to ceasefire
Iran on Sunday said it was not convinced Israel would abide by a ceasefire that ended their 12-day war this week...
Trump hopes for Gaza ceasefire this week
US president Donald Trump voiced optimism Friday about a new ceasefire in Gaza, as criticism grew over mounting civilian deaths at Israeli-backed food distribution centres in the territory...