Trump’s role in halting Gaza’s suffering was driven by self-interest. Will that be enough for him to finish the job?

We can only rejoice that, for now, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has halted. The killing has stopped. Food is being allowed in, easing the starvation. Palestinians forcibly displaced from their homes are returning to their cities, if not their homes,...

Greece ‘one step closer’ to recognizing Palestinian state, says foreign minister

Greece is “already one step closer to its declared position on the recognition of the State of Palestine” with the launch of the first phase of a political solution for the region, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis has told his visiting...

Trump Forged Gaza Deal by Dropping His Rejection of Palestinian State

Joe Conason Donald Trump deserves ample credit for brokering the ceasefire in Gaza, the return of Israel’s hostages, and the surge of humanitarian aid that may prevent a worse catastrophe for the suffering Palestinians. Should he feel that he has...

A fragile Gaza ceasefire is tested after Israel and Hamas swap detainees and hostages

Updated October 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM MDT Israel and Hamas took steps toward ending the two-year war that has devastated the Gaza Strip and sent shockwaves through the Middle East with an exchange of hostages and detainees, but a "peace summit"...

A Gaza ceasefire largely holds after Israel and Hamas swap detainees and hostages

Updated October 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM CDT Israel and Hamas took steps toward ending the two-year war that has devastated the Gaza Strip and sent shockwaves through the Middle East with an exchange of hostages and detainees, but a "peace summit"...

Recognising Palestinian state helped get ceasefire, PM says

Brian WheelerPolitical reporter ShareSave The UK's decision to recognise Palestinian statehood helped to bring about the ceasefire deal in Gaza, Sir Keir Starmer has told MPs. Speaking after a summit in Egypt, the PM stressed that the agreement...

Israel’s ‘apartheid at its worst’: Over 10,000 Palestinians still ‘unlawfully’ in jail

Palestinian officials say that despite the ongoing prisoner exchange deal with Israel, more than 10,000 Palestinians remain unlawfully detained in Israeli prisons. Officials reported on Sunday that 1,968 Palestinian abductees have been released...

Lavrov skeptical of Trump peace plan, calls for Palestine recognition

Lavrov said that focusing on reconstruction is better than continuing to allow Gazans to live under constant Israeli shelling Tamara Aboalsaud MOSCOW: US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan is the “best thing to end bloodshed” and allow...

Starmer says he expects debate about ‘full horror’ of what happened in Gaza when media allowed in – as it happened

Starmer says, when media admitted to Gaza, he expects further debate about 'full horror' of what happened thereEd Davey, the Lib Dem leader, asks for more detail of what the UK is doing to help ensure more aid gets into Gaza. He says all the...

Saudi foreign minister, Donald Trump discuss Gaza peace plan

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister prince Faisal Bin Farhan, on Monday, October 13, discussed the Gaza Peace Plan with United States President Donald Trump. The two leaders discussed the plan on the sidelines of the Gaza Peace Summit in Egypt. At the...

The Fragile Gaza Ceasefire Is Holding — But This 1 Thing Threatens To Topple It

LOADINGERROR LOADING TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war was holding Tuesday even as complex issues remained ahead, a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living...

Recognising Palestine paved way for peace deal, Starmer claims

Britain’s recognition of the state of Palestine contributed to the peace process in the Middle East, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The Prime Minister said the formal recognition of Palestine last month “helped lead to the historic New York...

UN says movement of humanitarians in Gaza improving, but aid scale-up still pending

GENEVA The humanitarian movement in Gaza has improved in recent days, with teams now able to "reach areas that were previously cut off," the UN humanitarian affairs office said on Tuesday. Speaking at a UN briefing in Geneva, Jens Laerke,...

Feature: Released but broken -- freed Palestinian prisoners return to land of loss, ruins

GAZA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- At dawn on his first day of freedom, Mohammed Zaqout stood outside a tent in Khan Younis City in the southern coastal enclave and drew a long, trembling breath. The air felt damp with sea breeze and dust, yet to him, it...

Egyptian foreign minister: Members of post-war Gaza governing council have been selected

Palestinians return to their homes following a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 11, 2025. (Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90) Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told the Associated...

Why was the president of FIFA at the Gaza summit?

Along the raised dais in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where world leaders flanked President Trump to mark the ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip, one man stood out who was neither head of government nor Arab royalty. Gianni Infantino, president of global...

Gaza challenges remain despite Trump peace summit

US President Donald Trump led a “peace summit” of world leaders on a whirlwind trip to the Middle East, hailing the end of the war in Gaza, but analysts said major sticking points could block lasting peace. Trump flew to Israel and then Egypt to...

Israel to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for fragile cease-fire

But now attention in Israel has turned to when Hamas will return all the bodies of hostages who died in captivity. While Israeli officials had understood there could be some delay in the recovery effort, the families of hostages and their...

Israeli forces injure two Palestinians as regime expands West Bank raids

At least two Palestinians have been injured when Israeli military forces opened fire on local residents while carrying out overnight raids in several towns and villages of the West Bank, as they ramped up their deadly raids across the occupied...

Palestinian Journalist Saleh Al-Jaafarawi Killed in Gaza Clashes | Egyptian Streets

Palestinian journalist Saleh Al-Jaafarawi was fatally shot on Saturday 12 October in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, just days after the announcement of a Gaza ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel. Al-Jaafarawi, a prominent journalist...