Houthis, Yemen Government to Exchange Nearly 3,000 Prisoners: Officials

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Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels and its internationally-recognised government have agreed to a prisoner swap that includes nearly 3,000 people in total, including seven Saudis, officials from both sides said Tuesday. The deal came after nearly a fortnight of discussions between Yemeni officials from both sides in Muscat, the capital of ...

US, Qatar, Turkey, Egypt to hold Gaza talks in Miami on Friday: official

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Israeli Military Sacks Several Generals Over October 7 Attack

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Israel's military announced the dismissal of three generals and disciplinary actions against several other senior officers over their failure to prevent the October 2023 assault by Hamas, the deadliest attack in the country's history. The move comes two weeks after Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir called for a "systemic ...

Sudan Army Chief Slams Quad Truce Proposal as 'Worst Yet'

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Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Sunday the latest truce proposal sent by US envoy Massad Boulos on behalf of a group of mediators was the "worst yet" and unacceptable to his government. In a video address released by his office, he said the Quad, which in addition to the United States includes Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United ...

Paramilitary Drone Attacks Target Town in Northern Sudan

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Sudanese paramilitary forces on Thursday launched several drone strikes on the northern town of Merowe, targeting a major dam in army-held territory, the army and other sources said. Drones "targeted the army headquarters, the airport and the Merowe Dam", an army statement said, adding that it had intercepted the attacks that it blamed ...

Israel Accuses Hamas of Truce Breach After Partial Hostage Remains Returned

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Nawaf Salam Hamas Conflict Hostages Gaza

Hamas on Tuesday faced accusations of breaching the Gaza ceasefire after returning partial remains of a previously recovered hostage instead of the body of another deceased captive, as demanded by Israel. Hamas handed over late on Monday what it said was the 16th of 28 hostage bodies it had agreed to return under the US-brokered ceasefire deal, ...

PKK Withdrawal Ended First Peace Process Phase

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Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party on Monday hailed the withdrawal of PKK fighters from Turkish soil as a "critical" step that completed the first phase of Ankara's peace process with the Kurdish militants. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has pursued four decades of violence against the government, began withdrawing its forces on Sunday, ...

Sudan's RSF Claims Control of Last Army Stronghold in Darfur

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Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said Sunday it had seized full control of El-Fasher, the last major city in the expansive Darfur region not in its hands, in a potential turning point in the country's unrelenting civil war. The announcement came just hours after it claimed to have captured the army's main base in the city, which it ...

Israeli Lawmakers Approve Advancement of West Bank Annexation Bills

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Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favour of advancing two bills on annexing the occupied West Bank, an ambition openly promoted by far-right ministers in recent months. The vote came with US Vice President JD Vance visiting Israel to shore up a Gaza ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump, who has made clear he would not back ...

The Kremlin Says it is Working to Organize a Putin-Trump Summit.

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The Kremlin said Thursday it is working to arrange a new meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, possibly in Budapest, after a lengthy phone call between the two leaders that Moscow described as “extremely frank and marked by mutual trust.” The conversation, initiated by Russia, took place on the eve of Trump’s scheduled meeting ...

Yemen's Houthis Say Military Chief Killed in Israeli Attack

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Nawaf Salam Houthi Conflict Yemen

The military chief of Yemen's Houthi rebels has been killed in an Israeli attack, the Iran-backed group said on Thursday, threatening revenge. Major General Mohammed al-Ghamari died in "honourable battle against the Israeli enemy", a military statement said, without giving further details. His death was announced days into a ...

Negotiation: The Art of Compromise

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This week, negotiation took center stage. After nearly two years of war in Gaza, Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on a ceasefire and the release of hostages — a breakthrough brokered in Egypt with the support of the United States, Qatar, Egypt and Turkey. The deal marks the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace ...