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…
Israel’s cabinet was expected to meet Thursday to approve a ceasefire and hostage-release deal with Hamas, Israeli media reported, a day after mediators announced an agreement they hope will lead to a permanent end to the Gaza war. The truce would take effect on Sunday and involve the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, after which…
In a fiery session at the Future Minerals Forum, Alcoa CEO William Oplinger dropped a warning about what he forecasts could be dire consequences of former US President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on minerals, just days before he returns for a second term. The forum, the largest of its kind, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,…
Gaza’s civil defense agency said at least 20 people were killed in Israeli strikes after a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was announced on Wednesday. Agency spokesman Mahmoud Bassal told AFP that several strikes hit the territory, killing at least 20 people, including 18 in Gaza City. The raids “did not stop despite the…
A senior Biden administration official said Wednesday that the key to reviving talks on a deal to end the Gaza war was the Israeli military campaign in Lebanon last September. “The catalyst for this intensive diplomacy was the defeat of Hezbollah, the ceasefire in Lebanon and the massive isolation of Hamas,” the official told reporters in a…
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Wednesday that Turkey had the power and ability to “crush” all terrorists in Syria, including ISIS and Kurdish militants, while urging all countries to “take their hands off” Syria. Since last month’s fall of Bashar al-Assad, Turkey has said repeatedly it was time for the Kurdish YPG militia to…
