After 15 months of conflict, Hamas and Israel have reached a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release agreement, mediators confirmed. The deal would come into force on Sunday so long as it was approved by the Israeli cabinet, the BBC quoted Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani as saying. The truce would More
Soon the Hamas-Israel ceasefire and hostage release deal, at least 30 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air airstrikes on Gaza, say media reports. The UN welcomed the ceasefire and hostage release agreement between the warring parties in the troubled Palestinian enclave. Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, told More
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol has been arrested by investigators over accutions of insurrection for briefly imposing matial law, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday. “The Joint Investigation Headquarters executed an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk-yeol today [January 15] at 10:33 am [01:30 GMT],” the authorities said in a statement on Wednesday, making Yoon More
Tehran and Moscow are set to ink a comprehensive strategic agreement on Friday, Iranian media reported on Tuesday. ISNA said Russian President Vladimir Putin would meet his Iranian counterpart Massoud Pezeshkian on a number of issues of common interest. The two leaders would also sign a comprehensive strategic agreement between their countries, the report added. More
US President Joe Biden has says a ceasefire and hostage release deal is “on the brink” of completion, following optimism from Israel and Hamas officials as negotiations are underway in Qatar, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. Biden’s remarks came a day after he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the negotiations, with More
Three major blazes continue to devastate Los Angeles, with the Palisades Fire having already burnt more than 23,000 acres, the BBC reported on Tuesday. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced “urgent preparations” were underway as high winds were expected to peak on Tuesday, complicating firefighting efforts. At least 24 people have been confirmed dead, and More
Eleven bodies have been recovered from a collapsed coal mine near Quetta, the capital city of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, according to reports on Sunday. A gas explosion in a mine in the Sanjeedi area of Quetta caused a section of the mine to collapse, trapping twelve miners. Pir Muhammad Kakar, one of the leaders of More
Six people have been killed and eight others injured as a result of a gas cylinder explosion at a restaurant in northwestern Czech Republic, a media report said on Sunday. Reuters reported the Czech Republic’s fire department as saying that the restaurant building caught fire after a gas cylinder explosion, and people around the building More
The death toll from Los Angeles wildfires in California has risen to 16, with over 12,000 houses burnt to ashes, a media report said on Sunday. As the blaze continues to rage, NBC News reported Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, Kent and Lidia counties were the worst-affected areas. Local officials asked residents to avoid returning home in More
Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in as Venezuelan president for a third term despite a six-month-long election dispute and an increase in US reward offered for his capture, says a media report. Maduro, who has been in power since 2013, was declared the winner of the July election by both Venezuela’s electoral authority and the More
