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The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday Ukraine and Britain “had no room” for cooperation in the Sea of Azov, commenting on a new 100-year partnership agreement between Kyiv and London the two countries’ leaders announced on Thursday. The Kremlin said on Friday that any placement of British military assets in Ukraine under the new…
Israeli minister Ben-Gvir quits government over Gaza ceasefire deal
Hardline Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and two other ministers from his nationalist-religious party have resigned from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet over the Gaza ceasefire deal, their party said on Sunday. The Otzma Yehudit party is no longer part of the ruling coalition but has said it will not try to bring down…
Gaza ceasefire goes into effect
Israel on Sunday said a truce with Hamas began in Gaza at 0915 GMT, nearly three hours after initially scheduled, following a last-minute delay on the orders of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. During the delay, Gaza’s civil defense agency said Israeli strikes killed eight people. A statement from Netanyahu’s office, issued less than an hour…
Netanyahu says Israel will not proceed with Gaza ceasefire until it gets hostage list
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded that Hamas provide a list of names of hostages to be freed on Sunday before any prisoner swap takes place. “We will be unable to move forward with the framework until we receive the list of the hostages who will be released, as was agreed,” his office said. When…
Thousands gather in Washington to protest Trump inauguration
Several thousand people, mostly women, gathered in Washington on Saturday to protest President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, with some wearing the pink hats that marked the much-larger protest against his first inauguration in 2017. In Franklin Park, one of three kickoff locations for the “People’s March” that will wind through downtown, protesters gathered in light rain…
Israel army says it recovered body of a soldier held since 2014 in Gaza
The Israeli military announced Sunday that it had recovered the body of an Israeli soldier, Oron Shaul, who had been held in Gaza since 2014. “Last night, in a special operation by the Shin Bet (security agency) and the IDF (military)… we brought back to Israel the body of Golani fighter Oron Shaul,” the military…