Middle East

Thousands of mourners flock to funeral of slain Hezbollah leader in Beirut

Mourners dressed in black, some waving Hezbollah flags or clutching portraits of the group's slain leader Hassan Nasrallah, gathered in their thousands to attend his funeral on Sunday in a stadium on the outskirts of Beirut.

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  Editors Desk

Hamas hands over bodies of four Israeli hostages, including children

Members of the Bibas family — a mother and her two children, who were 4 years and 8½ months old when they were taken — are expected in the release.

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  Editors Desk

The nightmare of a Trump-Putin deal leaves Europe in shock

At an emergency meeting in Paris there are splits on sending troops to Ukraine 

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  Editors Desk

Hamas releases three hostages, including Russian citizen

Alexander Trufanov has been freed following diplomatic efforts by Moscow

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  Editors Desk

Hamas says it will release hostages as planned, potentially resolving ceasefire spat with Israel

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  Jeremy Diamond, Sarah Sirgany, Nadeen Ebrahim and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN

Hamas faces hard choice over next hostage release as ceasefire falters

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  Editors Desk

Trump stands by his Gaza plan in meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah

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  Kevin Liptak, CNN

Hamas says it is postponing next hostage release, claims Israel broke cease-fire deal

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  Ronny Reyes

Hamas Releases Three More Israeli Hostages for 183 Palestinian Prisoners in Gaza Cease-Fire

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  Editors Desk

Israeli hostages released in bizarre parade

Hamas militants handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday as part of the fifth exchange under a fragile Gaza ceasefire.

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  Editors Desk

Trump says US will ‘take over’ Gaza Strip in shock announcement during Netanyahu visit

President’s plan, which critics said was ‘ethnic cleansing by another name’, would involve the permanent resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza to neighbouring countries

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  David Smith in Washington

Trump proposes 'permanently' displacing Palestinians so U.S. can take over Gaza

U.S. president's comments come after his meeting with Israel's prime minister

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  The Associated Press

As Netanyahu and Trump meet in Washington, doubts remain about how much Israel's leader wants to end the war

Israel and Hamas are beginning talks to prolong the ceasefire in Gaza. Here's how those could play out

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  Editors Desk

Hezbollah is not defeated and is re-emerging in Lebanon - analysis

The goal of Hezbollah was to keep quiet and make it seem that the ceasefire deal was achieving something.

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  SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Trump suggests his plan for Gaza Strip is to ‘clean out the whole thing’

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  Editors Desk

Israeli hostages freed by Hamas

The four Israeli women hostages freed by Hamas as part of a Saturday swap are now in the custody of Israeli forces in Gaza

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  Editors Desk