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Factbox-Gaza ceasefire talks: The main sticking points
JERUSALEM/CAIRO - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel stepping up diplomatic pressure in a last-ditch attempt to secure a...
Aug 19, 20242 min read


Gaza ceasefire talks paused with resumption planned next week
DOHA/CAIRO - Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha paused on Friday with negotiators to meet again next week seeking an agreement to end fighting...
Aug 17, 20244 min read


Gaza ceasefire negotiations extend to another day as death toll exceeds 40,000
DOHA/CAIRO - Negotiators were to meet in the Qatari capital Doha again on Friday in an effort to hammer out a Gaza ceasefire agreement as...
Aug 16, 20243 min read


Trump says he told Netanyahu to end Gaza war but criticizes ceasefire call
WASHINGTON/ BEDMINSTER, New Jersey - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he told Israeli Prime Minister...
Aug 16, 20242 min read


British and French foreign ministers to visit Middle East to urge de-escalation
LONDON - British and French foreign ministers will travel to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories to call for an urgent...
Aug 16, 20241 min read


Negotiators seek Gaza ceasefire deal in Qatar talks as death toll surpasses 40,000
DOHA/CAIRO - A new round of Gaza ceasefire talks was under way in the Qatari capital Doha on Thursday, officials said, with Israel's spy...
Aug 16, 20243 min read


Putin tells Abbas of 'great pain' at Palestinian plight
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin told visiting Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday that Moscow was pained by the...
Aug 13, 20242 min read


Israeli minister tells US that large-scale Iranian attack expected, Axios reports
WASHINGTON - Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday that Iran was making preparations...
Aug 12, 20241 min read


Israel orders more Gaza evacuations after school shelter attack kills scores
CAIRO - Israel expanded evacuation orders in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinian...
Aug 12, 20243 min read


Analysis-In deluge of protests, fuel subsidies prove hard to abolish
LONDON - Like thousands of Nigerians and millions of others across the developing world, higher fuel costs have irked Antonia Arosanwo. ...
Aug 9, 20244 min read


Hamas names Oct 7 mastermind Sinwar as leader after Haniyeh assassination
CAIRO - Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as successor to former political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran...
Aug 7, 20243 min read


US says military moves in Middle East aimed at de-escalating tensions
WASHINGTON - The U.S. is deploying additional military might in the Middle East as a defensive measure with a goal of de-escalating...
Aug 6, 20243 min read
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