Israel released 596 Palestinian inmates on Thursday and is due to free another 46 women and minors in exchange for the return of the bodies of four hostages held in Gaza, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club advocacy group said.
Israel has so far released 596 prisoners in the latest swap, and “there are 46 left (to be released) in exchange for the return of the bodies, all women and minors from Gaza” arrested after October 7, 2023, the group said in a statement.
The information Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed in the Signal chat of top Trump national security officials was highly classified at the time he wrote it, especially because the operation had not even started yet, according to a US defense official familiar with the operation and another source who was briefed on it afterward. The…
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and US President Donald Trump discuss Gaza ceasefire efforts, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reports. The two leaders also discussed ways to strengthen strategic ties between Washington and Abu Dhabi as well as follow up on the recent visit of National Security Advisor Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed to the United…
Taiwan will use this year’s events to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two to bolster public sentiment on the need to defend the island from Chinese threats – and remind the world it was not the government in Beijing that won the war. World War Two, and the full-scale Japanese invasion of…
Increased fighting between Hezbollah and Israel poses a significant threat to Lebanon’s “fragile stability” and the political progress seen after Joseph Aoun’s election as president in January. According to the annual threat assessment by the US intelligence community, a resumption of sustained Israeli operations in Lebanon could trigger a sharp rise in sectarian tensions, weaken Lebanese security…
US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Newsmax on Tuesday that he thought Russia wanted to end its war with Ukraine but acknowledged that Moscow could be dragging its feet. “I think that Russia wants to see an end to it, but it could be they’re dragging their feet. I’ve done it over the years,”…
Russia’s new ambassador to the United States Alexander Darchiev will leave for his post in Washington on Wednesday, Russian state TASS news agency reported, citing unnamed diplomatic sources. Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Darchiev, a veteran diplomat known in the past for public denunciations of the West, as ambassador to the United States on March…
