Washington: The Trump administration said Wednesday it is eliminating more than 90% of the US Agency for International Development's foreign aid contracts and USD 60 billion in overall US assistance...

Cairo:  Hamas will return the bodies of four dead Israeli hostages on Thursday in exchange for Israel's release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, the group said, just days before the...

Beijing: China on Tuesday appeared not keen to join US President Donald Trump's proposal for a 50 per cent cut in defence budget by the US, Russia and China saying...

Beit Lahiya (Gaza Strip):  When night falls over northern Gaza, much of the cityscape of collapsed buildings and piled wreckage turns pitch black. Living inside the ruins of their home,...

Qabatiya (West Bank):  Israel's defence minister said Sunday troops would remain “for the coming year” in parts of the occupied West Bank where they have launched a weekslong offensive and...

Kyiv:  Preparations are underway for a face-to-face meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin, Russia's deputy foreign minister said Saturday, marking a dramatic shift away from Western...

Tel Aviv:  Hamas freed all six hostages in the latest exchange on Saturday, even as heightened tension between the adversaries clouded the future of the fragile ceasefire deal. The six...

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge Friday for what he described as a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ceasefire agreement after a body that Hamas released as...

Khan Younis (Gaza Strip): Hamas on Thursday released the bodies of four Israeli hostages, said to include a mother and her two children who have long been feared dead and...

Riyadh: Russia and the US agreed on Tuesday to start working toward ending the war in Ukraine and improving their diplomatic and economic ties, the two countries' top diplomats said...