Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ready to consider a ceasefire in Gaza as early as April 2024, six months into the war, according to a report by The New York Times. The plan, which included a proposed six-week truce and the release of hostages held by Hamas, was drafted and shared secretly with Egyptian […]

The US State Department is firing more than 1,300 employees on Friday in line with a dramatic reorganisation plan from the Trump administration that critics say will damage America’s global leadership and efforts to counter threats abroad. The department is sending layoff notices to 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers with domestic assignments in the United […]

Lebanon has no plans to have normal relations with Israel at the present time, and Beirut’s main aim is to reach a “state of no war” with its southern neighbour, the country’s president said Friday. President Joseph Aoun’s comments came as the Trump administration is trying to expand the Abraham Accords signed in 2020 in […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington this week netted President Donald Trump another nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize he covets, but the ceasefire the U.S. leader sought for the war in Gaza didn’t emerge. Despite Trump throwing his weight behind a push for a 60-day truce between Israel and Hamas, no breakthrough […]