NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Yossi Mekelberg of Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa Program, about the Israeli political response to a negotiated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

The Israeli government approved a ceasefire deal that could bring an end to the 15 months of war in Gaza. It's slated to go into effect Sunday morning.

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s nominee for the next U.S. attorney general, refused to give a basic yes or no answer, during her ...

President-elect Trump's picks for his national security team will soon start confirmation hearings, after his remarks about buying Greenland, taking over the Panama Canal and making Canada a state.

Basem Naim, a Hamas official, told a press conference that the terror group is "serious and optimistic" about reaching a prisoner swap-ceasefire deal. He added that ...

On Friday, US President Joe Biden’s administration, which is helping to broker the talks, urged Hamas to agree to a deal. Hamas said it was committed to reaching an agreement, but it was unclear ...

The Hamas terror group on Saturday published a sign of life from hostage Liri Albag - 456 days after she was kidnapped from the Nahal Oz military base near the Gaza ...

Boric arrived at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Friday ... Netanyahu: Israel-Hamas hostage release, cease-fire deal signed by all parties in Qatar Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A cease-fire and hostage ...

Two Israeli soldiers survived battles with Hamas and Hezbollah in their homeland after Oct. 7 — only to be severely injured in the ISIS-inspired rampage in New Orleans while on vacation.

American, Qatari and Egyptian mediators have spent nearly a year trying to broker a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas but those efforts have repeatedly stalled with both ...

CAIRO, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Hamas said a new round of indirect talks on a Gaza ceasefire resumed in Qatar's Doha on Friday, stressing the group's seriousness in seeking to reach a deal as soon as ...