DOHA/TEL AVIV/GAZA, (Reuters) – Hamas has proposed a ceasefire to quiet the guns in Gaza for four-and-a-half months, during which all hostages would go free, Israel would withdraw its troops from the Gaza Strip and an agreement would be reached on an end to the war.
DOHA/GAZA, Feb 7, (Reuters) – U.S., Qatari and Egyptian mediators prepared a diplomatic push to bridge differences between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire plan for Gaza after the Palestinian group responded to a proposal for an extended pause in fighting and hostage releases.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives delivered a blow to Republican Speaker Mike Johnson when it voted yesterday against impeaching Democratic President Joe Biden’s top border official.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump does not have immunity from charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat, a federal appeals court ruled today, bringing the former U.S.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Countries led by Britain, France and the United States and tech firms including Google, Microsoft and Meta today signed a joint statement recognising the need for more action to tackle malicious use of cyber spying tools.
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 29 associates were charged today with the murder of 191 children whose bodies were found among more than double that number buried in a forest.
DOHA/RIYADH, (Reuters) – The top U.S. diplomat met Saudi Arabia’s de-facto ruler yesterday during a Middle East visit Palestinians hope will clinch a truce before a threatened Israeli assault on Rafah, a border city where about half the Gaza Strip population is sheltering.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Hundreds of Haitians took to the streets yesterday to protest the unelected government of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, whose administration has seen alliances of violent gangs expand control across most of the capital and spread to nearby areas.
LONDON, (Reuters) – King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and will postpone public engagements to undergo treatment, Buckingham Palace said yesterday, but added he remained “wholly positive” about the scare less than 18 months into his reign.
(Reuters) – Firefighters in central Chile yesterday battled to quell fierce forest fires that have killed 123 people so far and razed entire neighborhoods, while President Gabriel Boric warned the country faces a “tragedy of very great magnitude”.
SYDNEY/BEIJING, (Reuters) – A Beijing court today handed Australian writer Yang Hengjun a suspended death sentence on espionage charges, threatening a recent rebound in bilateral ties that followed several years of strained relations between Beijing and Canberra.
WASHINGTON/ADEN/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The United States intends to launch further strikes at Iran-backed groups in the Middle East, the White House national security adviser said on Sunday, after hitting Tehran-aligned factions in Iraq, Syria and Yemen over the last two days.
BEIJING (Reuters) – Many Chinese are venting their frustration at the slowing economy and the weak stock market in an unconventional place: the social media account of the U.S.
(Reuters) – Canada on Sunday announced a two-year extension to a ban on foreign ownership of Canadian housing, saying the step was aimed at addressing worries about Canadians being priced out of housing markets in cities and towns across the country.
DOHA/GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Palestinian gunmen kept up attacks against Israeli forces today in the Gaza Strip’s two main cities, weeks after they were overrun by troops and tanks, in a sign Hamas still maintains some control ahead of any potential truce.
DOHA/GAZA, (Reuters) – Israeli airstrikes killed 18 Palestinians in the Gaza cities of Rafah and Deir Al-Balah, Gaza health officials said yesterday, as residents of the enclave feared Israel would expand its ground offensive into those last remaining areas where people have sought shelter.
BELFAST, (Reuters) – Northern Ireland’s parliament appointed an Irish nationalist as First Minister for the first time yesterday, a historic milestone in a state established a century ago to ensure the dominance of pro-British unionists.