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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Sunday that Kyiv is prepared to enter peace talks with Russia on May 15 in Istanbul—but only if Moscow agrees to a full 30-day ceasefire starting Monday, May 12. Zelensky described the renewed prospect of talks as a rare breakthrough in the three-year conflict, calling Russia’s proposal “a positive […]
In the heart of the besieged Gaza Strip, desperation is pushing families to the brink — and beyond. With no access to meat or adequate food aid, some residents have begun turning to sea turtles as a rare source of protein in the face of famine. “For lack of a better alternative, this is the […]
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin for showing no genuine interest in peace, urging fellow world leaders to unite in a “coalition of the willing” to monitor and enforce a potential ceasefire in Ukraine. Speaking ahead of a virtual summit with 25 global leaders on Saturday, Starmer stated, “We can’t […]
Israel has delayed the release of 600 Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire deal with Hamas. This decision follows Hamas’ release of six Israeli hostages on Saturday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu citing the “humiliating ceremonies” accompanying the releases as the reason for the delay. Netanyahu’s office stated that the delay would last […]
In a significant development under the ongoing truce, Gaza militants handed over three Israeli hostages to the International Red Cross yesterday, marking the latest in a series of prisoner swaps since the ceasefire began on January 19. The release of the hostages was part of a larger exchange that also saw 369 Palestinians freed from […]
A senior team from the Trump administration will meet with Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in Saudi Arabia to discuss ending the ongoing Ukraine conflict, US officials confirmed on Saturday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and Trump’s Middle East negotiator Steve Witkoff will lead the talks in Saudi Arabia. The discussions […]
The release of four Israeli female soldiers on Saturday marked a significant moment in the ongoing conflict, as Hamas orchestrated a high-profile prisoner exchange that also saw 200 Palestinian prisoners freed. The event, held in Gaza City, unfolded with meticulous choreography designed to make a lasting impression both locally and internationally. Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, […]
At least 14 Palestinians were killed in separate Israeli airstrikes on Sunday, which brought the weekend death toll in the Gaza Strip to 102, according to Palestinian medics. Health officials reported that an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza killed five people, while another strike in the northern […]
At least, no fewer than seven people were killed on Thursday in one of Hezbollah’s deadliest rocket attacks in recent months targeting northern Israel. The casualties included an Israeli farmer and four Thai agricultural workers near Metula, a town bordering Lebanon, according to Israeli and Thai authorities. The Israeli military reported detecting two projectiles from […]
Hamas deputy leader, Khalil al-Hayya on Friday confirmed the death of the organization’s leader, Yahya Sinwar. Following Sinwar’s death, al-Hayya vowed never to free Israeli captives until the war in Gaza ends. Speaking from exile in Qatar, al-Hayya said Sinwar’s death would not change the position of Hamas. In his first statement since Sinwar’s death, […]
Four soldiers from the Lebanese Army have died in the conflict between the Hezbollah militia and Israel. Also, 12 other Lebanese soldiers have been killed while not on duty. The Lebanese army said two soldiers were recently killed by Israeli fire while on duty at a military post in Kafra, a town in the southern […]
Four Israeli soldiers were killed and 58 others injured in a drone strike on an army base in northern Israel, according to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The attack, claimed by Hezbollah, targeted an IDF training camp near Binyamina, a town located about 20 miles south of Haifa. The IDF confirmed that seven of the […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the United Nations chief, Antonio Guterres, to move peacekeepers deployed in south Lebanon out of harm’s way. Netanyahu alleged Hezbollah is using the peacekeepers as human shields. This appeal is coming a day after the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon refused to withdraw from the border area […]
Lebanon’s health ministry says Israeli strikes on two villages, Saturday, one north of Beirut and another to the south, killed at least nine people. The ministry in a statement said an Israeli enemy strike on Maaysra, a Shiite Muslim majority village in a mostly Christian mountain area north of Beirut, killed five people and wounded […]
The Israeli military has confirmed that two people have been killed in northern Israel following a barrage of some 60 rockets fired from Lebanon. The Magen David Adom rescue service reported on X that in the town of Kiryat Shmona, a man and a woman were fatally injured by a rocket strike. In the port […]
The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza has said that the number of Palestinians killed since the beginning of the Gaza war over a year ago has risen to 42,010. The ministry said a further 97,720 Palestinians have been injured since October 7, 2023. The figures do not distinguish between civilians and fighters and cannot be […]
The Israel Defense Forces, IDF, early Monday said its air force attacked a command centre of the Palestinian militant organisation, Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The IDF said the command centre was located in the Deir al Balah area in central Gaza embedded within the Shuhada al-Aqsa hospital. In the same area, the army had […]
When an Israeli air strike killed her employer and destroyed nearly everything she owned in southern Lebanon, it also crushed Fatima Samuella Tholley’s hopes of returning home to Sierra Leone to escape the spiralling violence. With a change of clothes stuffed into a plastic bag, the 27-year-old housekeeper told AFP that she and her cousin […]
The Israeli military has announced the deaths of seven additional Israeli soldiers killed in combat in southern Lebanon on Wednesday. CNN reports that the latest development brings the total toll since the offensive began to eight. According to the report the Israel Defense Forces, IDF, said an officer and four soldiers from the Egoz Unit […]
Israel launched fresh attacks on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Wednesday. In a post on its verified X handle, the Israeli army said it was attacking terrorist targets in Beirut. It issued several evacuation orders for people living in several buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs in the early hours of Wednesday. There were initially no […]
