Israel’s demand that Hamas return the remains of all deceased captives has stoked fresh doubts over the Gaza ceasefire, with Defence Minister Israel Katz instructing the military to prepare a “comprehensive plan” to defeat Hamas if the truce collapses.  Officials

United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed he has authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct covert operations in Venezuela and said his administration is considering land-based military action, amid spiralling tensions with Caracas following recent lethal U.S.

The bodies of three Israeli hostages returned by Hamas overnight have been formally identified as Tamir Nimrodi, Etian Levi, and Uriel Baruch, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.  A fourth body was also handed over, but its identity has not yet been released.

Hamas has sought to reassert itself in Gaza since a ceasefire took hold, killing dozens of people in a crackdown on groups that have tested its grip and appearing to get a US nod to police the shattered enclave temporarily. Pummelled by Israel during the war ignited by the Oct. 7,

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have won the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for “explaining innovation-driven economic growth,” including the dynamics of creative destruction, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Monday (Oct 13). 

Hamas has released all 20 living captives it held in the Gaza Strip, while Israel began freeing about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners under a ceasefire deal now being implemented by both sides. Cheers erupted in Israel early Monday as television stations reported that an initial group of

At least 42 people have been killed after a bus left a steep mountain road and plunged down an embankment on the N1 highway near the town of Makhado in South Africa’s Limpopo province on Sunday evening.  The vehicle came to rest upside down as emergency crews worked through

Hamas has freed seven Israeli captives into the custody of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), launching the first phase of a ceasefire-and-exchange arrangement aimed at ending the war in Gaza.  Crowds across Israel cheered at public screenings as broadcasters

US President Trump arrived in Israel on Monday to meet families of hostages as transfers of captives from Gaza got underway under what officials described as part of his administration’s peace plan to end the war.  A first group of seven living hostages was handed to the

The transfer of 48 Israeli hostages from Gaza to the International Committee of the Red Cross has begun, marking a significant development in the ongoing negotiations between Israel and Hamas.  According to officials, only 20 of those hostages are believed to be alive. The Red

At least 27 people have been killed in some of the deadliest internal fighting in Gaza in recent months, as security forces loyal to Hamas clashed with armed members of the influential Dughmush family in the southern districts of Gaza City. According to eyewitnesses, intense gun

Jordan announced on Sunday the arrival of 45 foreign nationals whom Israel deported after being detained aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, which attempted to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza in early October. The Ministry of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs announced that 45 nationals

At least 58 Pakistani soldiers died in the exchange of fire at Afghanistan-Pakistan border as trouble intensified on Saturday night between the forces of two countries, said Afghanistan. Afghan troops launched a ‘revenge operation’ days after Islamabad’s Kabul bombing,

Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will co-chair an international summit in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday to discuss the US president’s proposal to end the war in Gaza. Egypt said leaders from more than 20 countries are expected to attend.  The meeting

Qatar is set to build an air force training facility at Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho, marking a significant expansion of its defense partnership with the United States, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday. Speaking alongside Qatari Defence Minister Saoud bin

Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are returning to the ruins of their homes in northern Gaza following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which marks the first phase of a broader peace agreement brokered with the involvement of US President Donald Trump. The Israeli

Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado has dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize to both the people of Venezuela and US President Donald Trump, praising his “decisive support” for her country’s pro-democracy struggle. “I dedicate this prize to the

US President Donald Trump has announced plans to impose an additional 100% tariff on Chinese imports beginning next month, further intensifying economic tensions between Washington and Beijing. In a post shared on social media, Trump also revealed forthcoming export controls on

President Donald Trump on Friday did not win the Nobel Peace Prize he has long sought, with the award going to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. Trump this year has forcefully lobbied for the prize, claiming to have solved seven to eight wars over the course of

Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday, citing “his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.” The prize, awarded