Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday the Palestinian Authority is ready to assume “full responsibility” in post-war Gaza, in his first statement since the Gaza ceasefire deal was announced. “The Palestinian government, under president Abbas’ directives, has completed all preparations to assume full responsibility in Gaza,” including the return of the displaced, providing basic…
UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Friday that Israel’s military operations and “occupation” in south Lebanon must cease, nearly two months after the truce that ended the war with Hezbollah. “The continued occupation by the Israel (military) inside the UNIFIL area operations and the conduct of military operations in Lebanese territory are violations of resolution…
One of Russia’s key economic figures, Kirill Dmitriev, who leads the country’s sovereign wealth fund, has voiced a positive outlook on the potential for cooperation between Russia and the United States under incoming US President Donald Trump. In an exclusive interview with Hadley Gamble, International Anchor, at the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,…
Hamas is expected to release the first hostages under a Gaza ceasefire deal on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Friday. If successful, the ceasefire would halt fighting that has razed much of heavily urbanized Gaza, killed over 46,000 people, and displaced most of the tiny enclave’s pre-war population of 2.3 million several times over,…
France’s President Emmanuel Macron Friday announced that Paris would in coming weeks host an international reconstruction conference after a war between militant group Hezbollah and Israel. After more than two years of a political vacuum at the top of the small Mediterranean country, Joseph Aoun was elected president on January 9 and chose Nawaf Salam…
Israel’s security cabinet approved in a vote on Friday a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal that should take effect this weekend, the prime minister’s office said. The agreement, which must now go to the full cabinet for a final green light, would halt fighting and bombardment in Gaza’s deadliest-ever war. It would also launch on Sunday…
European diplomats are scrambling to see if there is a way to minimize the risk of a military attack on Iran’s nuclear program ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House. “We believe Israel has taken the decision to attack following the developments in the Middle East over the last several months,” one senior…
Previously, the media reported that Donald Trump invited Xi Jinping to his inauguration Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke over the phone with US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday, the Xinhua news agency reported. No further details about the phone call have been provided. Previously, the media reported that Donald Trump invited Xi Jinping to his inauguration. However,…
The document is expected to bring relations between Moscow and Tehran to a new level, establishing a legal framework for the further development of cooperation in the long term The Russian and Iranian presidents, Vladimir Putin and Masoud Pezeshkian have signed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty. The ceremony was held following the talks in the…
South Korea’s anti-corruption agency will resume questioning President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday as part of a criminal probe into whether he committed insurrection, while the Constitutional Court holds a second hearing of the embattled leader’s impeachment trial. South Korea is grappling with its worst political crisis in decades, sparked by Yoon’s brief attempt to impose martial law…
Canada could impose countermeasures on up to C$150 billion ($105 billion) worth of US imports if President-elect Donald Trump puts tariffs on Canadian goods and services, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Canada has drawn up a list of targets but would hold public consultations before acting, said the source, adding the extent…
The United States on Wednesday imposed hundreds of sanctions targeting Russia, seeking to increase pressure on Moscow in the Biden administration’s final days and protect some sanctions previously imposed. The US State and Treasury departments imposed sanctions on over 250 targets, including some based in China, taking aim at Russia’s evasion of US sanctions and…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Kyiv on Thursday on an unannounced visit to shore up support for Ukraine after nearly three years of war, officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been holding a flurry of meetings with his country’s allies ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House next week. Starmer…
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Thursday hailed a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Israel and the Hamas fighters as a “victory” for Palestinians and a “defeat” for Israel. “The end of the war and the imposition of a ceasefire… is a clear victory and a great victory for Palestine and a bigger defeat for the…
US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump both claimed credit on Wednesday for a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal that was months in the making but was helped across the line by a Trump envoy. In announcing the ceasefire, Biden noted the final deal largely mirrored the framework of a proposal he made back in May. He smiled when…
