While U.S. President Donald Trump has reiterated his pledge to take control of Gaza, pressure grew for Israel and Hamas to extend the fragile ceasefire beyond its initial stage. A United Nations official said famine has largely been averted, with more than 12,600 aid trucks entering the enclave since the ceasefire began. But if the…
A new benchmark was reached Sunday in the tenuous Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza, with Israeli troops withdrawing from the Netzarim corridor, a narrow strip of land that bisects the territory. It allowed more Palestinians to return to the northern sector where they once lived, but much of the land has been leveled by 15 months…
Kosovars cast their votes Sunday in a parliamentary election considered a key test for Prime Minister Albin Kurti as talks on normalizing ties with rival Serbia remain stalled and foreign funding for one of Europe’s poorest countries in question. Kurti’s left-wing Vetevendosje, or Self-Determination Movement Party, is seen as the front-runner but is not expected…
The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali rather than change it to Mount McKinley. Trump, on his first day in office, signed an executive order calling for the name to revert to Mount McKinley, an identifier…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not confirmed that he will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump next week but said the coming weeks may be “very intensive in diplomacy.” Trump said on Feb. 7 that he is likely to meet with Zelenskyy next week. The site of the meeting “could be Washington,” he said, adding…
Hamas released three more Israeli hostages on Saturday as part of a fragile ceasefire agreement, even as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to promote his plan to take ownership of the Gaza Strip. This is the fifth exchange since a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect last month. Fifty-two-year-old Eli Sharabi and 56-year-old Ohad…
Israel’s defense minister has ordered the Israel Defense Forces to devise a plan for Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for how the devastated territory would be administered. “I have instructed the IDF to prepare a plan to enable voluntary departure for Gaza residents,” Defense Minister Israel Katz said…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday authorized economic and travel sanctions targeting people who work on International Criminal Court investigations of U.S. citizens or U.S. allies such as Israel, repeating action he took during his first term. The move coincides with a visit to Washington by Israel’s Prime Minister Benajmin Netanyahu, who — along with…
Justin Baldoni is facing serious financial and emotional consequences from his legal conflict with Blake Lively, his co-star in the film “It Ends with Us”. Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, stated during a court hearing in Manhattan that his client and his partners at ‘Wayfarer Studios’ have lost millions of dollars and are “financially devastated”. He…
Panama has denied making changes to allow US government ships to transit the Panama Canal for free, following claims by the White House that it had agreed to such a move. The State Department said in a statement on X, that its government ships “can now transit the Panama Canal without fees, saving the US…