ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s Defence Minister said on Monday economic sanctions against Russia had failed and called on the West to try harder to negotiate a diplomatic solution with President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Guido Crosetto told daily Il Messaggero that the West had wrongly believed its sanctions could stop Russia’s […]
A Hamas official said Sunday the group’s delegation for Gaza truce talks in Cairo was leaving for Qatar, after public disagreement with Israel intensified over demands to end their seven-month war. Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “surrendering” to a demand to end the war would amount to defeat. The Qatar-based political chief of […]
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken has urged Hamas to accept a Gaza truce plan despite an Israeli warning that the army will keep fighting the Palestinian militant group after any ceasefire. Mediators have proposed a truce deal that would halt fighting for 40 days and exchange dozens of hostages for many more Palestinian prisoners. Hamas […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Israel for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders, expressed his determination to secure an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as part of a deal that would see more hostages held by Hamas released. “Israel has made very important compromises in the proposal that’s on the table,” […]
By Humeyra Pamuk and John Irish RIYADH (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Hamas on Monday to swiftly accept Israel’s latest and “extraordinarily generous” proposal for a Gaza truce to secure a release of hostages, amid a diplomatic drive to end the . Hamas negotiators were expected to meet Qatari and Egyptian mediators […]
While Macy’s Inc. and Arkhouse Management brokered peace in their proxy war — with the retailer agreeing to add a couple of the activist’s chosen experts to its board — it’s a battle that also sets up the next showdown. Arkhouse and its partner, Brigade Capital, are still trying to take Macy’s private and have now […]
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ahmed Mohamed Hassan CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas rejected an Israeli ceasefire proposal made at talks in Cairo, a senior Hamas official said on Monday, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a date was set for an invasion of Rafah, Gaza’s last refuge for displaced Palestinians. Israel and Hamas sent teams to […]
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli strikes killed 77 Palestinians in Gaza in the past 24 hours, health authorities said on Sunday, as Egypt hosted an Israeli delegation for a new round of talks in a bid to secure a truce with Gaza’s Hamas rulers. The Israeli military said it killed a senior Islamic Jihad […]
By Dan Williams and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -The United States has made a “bridging proposal” for the number of jailed Palestinians to be released by Israel in exchange for every hostage freed by Hamas in any new Gaza truce, an Israeli official briefed on the Qatar-hosted talks said on Saturday. An Israeli delegation led […]
STORY: The first ship carrying food aid for the Gaza Strip reached its coast on Friday (March 15). It comes as hopes for a ceasefire to save the population from starvation suffered a new blow, after Israel rejected the latest truce counter-proposal from Hamas. The charity World Central Kitchen hopes to deliver the aid to […]
By Bassam Masoud, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Samia Nakhoul GAZA STRIP/CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) – The first ship carrying food aid reached the coast of the Gaza Strip on Friday, where hopes for a ceasefire to rescue the population from starvation suffered a new blow after Israel rejected the latest truce counter-proposal from Hamas. The Open Arms vessel, […]
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has downplayed the chances of a truce in Gaza after Hamas gave what it called a “comprehensive vision” to mediators. Mr Netanyahu’s office said Hamas was still “holding to unrealistic demands”. Hamas wants a permanent end to the war and full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. On Thursday night Gaza’s Hamas-run health […]