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Israel and Hamas have agreed on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal following 15 months of war, mediators Qatar and the US say. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin…

Gulf countries, including Qatar, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia, have strongly condemned an Israeli map published on official social media accounts that asserts “historical territorial rights” over Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon,…

The Palestinian group Hamas and Israel traded blame over their failure to conclude a ceasefire agreement despite progress reported by both sides in the past days. Hamas said that Israel…

Hamas said talks in Qatar on Tuesday aimed at a truce and hostage-prisoner exchange in Gaza were “serious and positive”, a day after an Israeli delegation arrived in Doha to…

Saudi Arabia was confirmed as host of the 2034 World Cup by FIFA on Wednesday, underlining the Gulf kingdom’s growing influence in world sport. At the same time, a virtual…

Palestinian officials said Tuesday that Fatah and the militant group Hamas were close to an agreement on a plan for administering post-war Gaza. The plan would see Fatah, which governs…

Blinken met with Saudi leader Mohammed bin Salman for an hour in Riyadh and is heading to Qatar and then Britain for further talks with officials to try to broker…

Hamas has rejected “new conditions” in a Gaza ceasefire proposal that US-led mediators presented during two days of talks in Qatar. Diplomatic efforts have so far failed to alleviate the…

Qatar is set to host Gaza ceasefire talks on Thursday, seeking a so-far elusive agreement that the United States hopes would stop Iran from striking Israel and avert a wider…

U.S. President Joe Biden says the goal of peace in Gaza appears increasingly elusive, despite the White House and key mediators Egypt and Qatar intensifying efforts to push Israel and…