Myanmar’s military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), a rebel group in Shan State, have signed a formal ceasefire agreement near the border between China and Myanmar. The agreement took effect on Saturday, China’s Foreign Ministry said. The two sides held talks in Kunming, a city in southwestern China’s Shan State, where they […]
Read MoreOutgoing US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken thanked Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani for his important role as a mediator in the ceasefire in Gaza. US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller reported this information. Al Jazeera News. According to the report, outgoing US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken released […]
Read MoreThousands of displaced Palestinians from different parts of Gaza have started returning to their homes after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect. But the homes of Gazans have been completely razed to the ground by the Israeli forces. Where only rubble is everywhere. Rana Mohsen, 43, fled Gaza City and took refuge in […]
Read MoreHamas has released three Israeli female hostages on the first day under a ceasefire agreement. The Palestinian independence group handed over the three hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza on Sunday (January 19). According to an NDTV report on Monday, citing Israeli media, the ‘gift bags’ given to the hostages contained photos of them […]
Read MoreThe Otzma Yehudit party, led by the hardline Itamar Ben-Gavi, has withdrawn from Netanyahu’s coalition government, opposing the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement with the Palestinian independence movement Hamas. Ben-Gavi withdrew his party on Sunday, the day the Gaza ceasefire took effect. Earlier, on Friday, Ben-Gavi had threatened to leave the ruling coalition government. The […]
Read MoreIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his forces are ready to resume fighting against the Palestinian militant group Hamas if the second phase of talks on a ceasefire collapses. He made the warning in a televised address hours before the ceasefire was due to begin, the BBC reported. Netanyahu insisted the ceasefire was “short-lived” […]
Read MoreA report by a group of UK MPs criticising Bangladesh’s interim government has been withdrawn after allegations emerged that it was prepared in favour of the government of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The report, which was released by the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Commonwealth Affairs (AAPG) in November, criticised the current interim government […]
Read MoreIn Tel Aviv, thousands of Israelis cheered, embraced or wept in a square outside the defence headquarters as they watched live video on a giant screen showing three female hostages exiting a vehicle surrounded by armed Hamas men. Palestinians poured into the streets to celebrate and return to the rubble of their bombed-out homes on […]
Read MoreAfter the Palestinian group Hamas carried out the worst attack in Israeli history on October 7, 2023, Israel launched a devastating military campaign in the Gaza Strip. Before a ceasefire began on Sunday, only the second truce in 15 months of war, Israel’s air and ground campaign killed at least 46,899 people, according to figures […]
Read MoreEgypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Atti said 50 fuel trucks would enter the Gaza Strip when a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas begins tomorrow. The deal brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the United States will allow 600 trucks to enter Gaza daily, 50 of which will carry fuel, he said at a joint news conference on […]
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