Ansari discusses the Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal, the Trump administration's role in implementing it and the future of Hamas' political office in Doha.

Palestinian militant group Hamas released the names of three Israeli hostages to be freed on Saturday (Feb 1). Israel confirmed the three hostages are Ofer Calderon, Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas, ...

On Sunday, President Donald Trump floated a fantastic idea. Arab nations, he noted, should accept Gazans as refugees, a move that “could be temporary or long term.” The accommodation would allow ...

The rejection of Trump's trial balloon is telling. In May 2024, Cairo joined South Africa in its spurious legal case at the International Court of Justice, accusing Israel of war crimes—without any ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will become the first world leader to visit the White House on Tuesday when he ...

The Rafah crossing has been shuttered for over eight months before as part of the cease-fire agreement between Israel and ...

President Donald Trump sounded a defiant and confident tone on Thursday after the leaders of Egypt and Jordan stated they ...

A day later, Trump repeated the claim.  "We identified and stopped $50 million being sent to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas. $50 million," Trump told reporters Jan. 29. "You know what has ...

"There are still many issues remaining to be resolved and we will be settling them as they keep emerging," Anatoly Viktorov said ...

Thousands of people demonstrated at the Rafah border crossing on Friday, an eyewitness told Reuters, in a rare ...

Arbel Yehoud, a 29-year-old Israeli, was freed from Hamas captivity Thursday. Her friend, whose grandfather is still being ...

Photo: Alamy The first American-Israeli hostage held by Hamas in Gaza is expected to be released on Saturday as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel. Keith Siegel, 65, was taken hostage on Oct. 7, ...