Every holiday or festival causes streets and squares to change their appearance. Though no other occasion but Christmas transforms the whole of Budapest. A cup of mulled wine and a delicious Christmas ...

Key mediator Qatar said negotiations for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal were in their "final stages" on Tuesday. Hamas will free 33 hostages held in Gaza, while Israel will release about ...

Key mediator Qatar said negotiations for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal were in their "final stages" on Tuesday, adding that it was hopeful an agreement could be reached "very soon".

Qatari mediators have sent Israel and Hamas a draft proposal for an agreement to halt the fighting in Gaza and exchange hostages for Palestinian prisoners as a first step towards an end to the ...

Incoming US President Trump had demanded a truce deal between Israel and Hamas before he took office on January 20, and the Biden administration has been trying to work closely with his team on ...

Mediators have presented Israel and Hamas with a final draft in Doha to end the year-long conflict in Gaza. Talks attended by officials from both Joe Biden's and Donald Trump's teams are at a ...

Hamas has approved a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, Palestinian sources close to negotiations said Wednesday, after mediator Qatar expressed hope an agreement to end the war could be reached ...

Plenty of challenges remain: Israel’s hard-right finance minister said on X Monday that he would not support any truce that halted his country’s war in Gaza. Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20 has served ...

A Gaza truce and hostage release deal is close and could be finalized in the final week of US President Joe Biden’s term, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Monday.

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani held a phone call today with the UN Secretary-General HE Antonio Guterres.