Oil prices fell in early morning trade on Thursday in Asia as Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in fighting and a hostages-for-prisoners exchange, under a framework advanced by the Trump administration. Under the agreement, Hamas will release as many as 20 living hostages this weekend, and Israel will pull back forces to a…
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are planning to head to Egypt on Tuesday and arrive there Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the matter, as indirect peace talks between Israel and Hamas continue. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said on Monday that Witkoff and Kushner were on hand to take…
CAIRO (AP) — Israeli and Hamas officials are meeting in an Egyptian resort Monday in hopes of hammering out a potential ceasefire in Gaza on the eve of devastating war’s second anniversary. The indirect negotiations will take place in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where the Israeli delegation, headed by top negotiator Ron…
Netanyahu signals that Gaza peace deal could be close – CBS News Watch CBS News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hoped to announce the release of all the hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza in one fell swoop in the coming days. Debora Patta reports on the latest from the Middle East….
Pakistan appears to have made a sharp U-turn on US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan. First foreign minister Ishaq Dar said it diverged from what Muslim-majority nations had originally put forward, then Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hailed it as a step towards ending the bloodshed. US President Donald Trump during a meeting with Pakistan…
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin Rejects Ceasefire and does not want peace for Ukraine. He emphasized that ongoing diplomatic efforts remain largely “wishful thinking,” as no meaningful breakthrough has been achieved in the war. Pistorius stressed the importance of supporting and strengthening Ukraine’s defence, saying, “Our goal is…
“We are exceptionally close to the end,” Keith Kellogg, America’s special envoy to Ukraine, said at a recent conference in Kyiv. As Russia battles to complete its conquest of Ukraine’s south-eastern Donbas region, both countries are approaching the limits of what is achievable by military means. The public mood in each country shows little enthusiasm…
New satellite imagery released by Planet Labs on Wednesday showed damage to a residential complex hosting Hamas leaders whom Israel targeted in strikes on Doha on Tuesday. Authorities in Qatar said they were retrieving body parts and were working on identifying them. There is no confirmation that Israel’s attack killed senior Hamas leaders who were…
Israel is on the brink of launching another major offensive, this time in famine-stricken Gaza City. Israeli army main battle tanks are positioned near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on August 27, 2025. Israeli military pressed operations around Gaza City on August 27, as President Donald Trump prepared to host a…
After berating the media on Truth Social this morning for its coverage of his summit with Putin, Trump offered a rare compliment during an open session with European leaders. “The media’s been actually very fair, generally speaking, very fair,” the US president said. “I think it’s very important that they’re fair, because this is a…