Category: 3. Middle East

The statement did not indicate when the 21-year-old Alexander would be released.

Hamas has said it will release a US-Israeli captive held in Gaza, as the group confirmed it was engaged in direct talks with the United States towards securing a…

Hamas said it would release a US-Israeli hostage held in Gaza as the group revealed it was engaged in direct talks with the United States towards a ceasefire in the war-battered territory.

“Israeli soldier Edan Alexander, a dual US national, will…

The Eurovision Song Contest burst into Basel on Sunday, but a parade launching a week of build-up to the grand final was marked by protests over Israel’s participation.

The Swiss city is hosting the 69th edition of the world’s biggest annual live…

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there would be no ceasefire in exchange for Hamas’s release of a US-Israeli hostage, who a source close to the group said could be freed Monday.

Hamas on Sunday said it would release Edan Alexander,…

Feelings of relief and hope are sweeping India and Pakistan.

The latest flare-up in hostilities that killed at least 60 people across the two countries has come to a…

Donald Trump plans to accept a luxury Boeing jet from the Qatari royal family for use as Air Force One and then continue flying in it after his tenure, despite strict rules on US presidential gifts, media reported Sunday.

Calling the plane a…

Donald Trump intends to accept a luxury Boeing jet from the Qatari royal family for use as Air Force One then continue flying in it after his tenure, despite strict rules on US presidential gifts, media reported Sunday.

Calling the plane a “flying…

Israel has attacked Yemen’s Hodeidah Sunday night after the Israeli military said it warned residents in the areas of three ports under Houthi control to evacuate, according to the Houthi Interior Ministry.

The attack on Sunday night was the…

Since returning to the White House, US President Donald Trump has touted corporate and foreign US investment announcements as proof he is ushering in “the golden age of America”.

On January 21, Trump said that before he’d finished the…

The victims were mostly children and elderly people, with an additional 28 injured.

Heavy overnight floods have washed away several villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing more than 100 people, according to local officials, in a…