By Matt Spetalnick, Trevor Hunnicutt and Nidal al-Mughrabi WASHINGTON/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -President Donald Trump secured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s backing on Monday for a U.S.-sponsored peace proposal to end a nearly two-year-old war in Gaza, but questions loomed over whether Hamas would accept the plan. Speaking at a joint White House press conference following a…
Updated on: Sept 26, 2025 09:52 pm IST Donald Trump’s claim came just after Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu slammed world leaders who have announced recognition of Palestine as a sovereign state. US President Donald Trump on Friday claimed that a deal was in place for ending the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, even…
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…
Published on: Aug 16, 2025 04:45 pm IST In the hours after the Alaska summit, a lot has happened, including an agreement on bilateral talks between the US and Ukraine. US President Donald Trump has said that the best way to end the Russia-Ukraine war would be through a peace deal rather than a ceasefire,…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin for trying to ‘legalise the occupation’ of Kyiv’s territories as the attempts to reach a peace deal gather pace. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blasted his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, saying that he wants territorial gains and the legalisation of occupation. (AFP) Zelensky said that…
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday dismissed the planned summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning that any peace deal excluding Kyiv would lead to “dead solutions.” The Trump-Putin meeting, scheduled for Friday in Alaska, has been cast as a potential breakthrough in the nearly 3½-year war. Trump had previously agreed…
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are set to sign a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decadeslong deadly fighting in eastern Congo. The deal, to be signed in Washington Friday, would also help the U.S. government and American companies gain access to critical minerals in…