Israel ready to resume Gaza war, PM warns after truce delay

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel was prepared to resume fighting against Hamas after the Palestinian group accused it of endangering a five-week-old Gaza truce by suspending prisoner releases. The first phase of the truce, which has largely halted more than 15 months of devastating war in the

Hamas to release 6 Israeli hostages as Israel frees 600 Palestinians

Hamas is set to release six more Israeli hostages from Gaza on Saturday, though the exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners is overshadowed by heightened tensions that threaten the fragile ceasefire. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed retaliation following what he called “a cruel and malicious violation” of the agreement, referring

Pakistan separatists claim killing of 7 Punjabi travellers

A separatist group in Pakistan's volatile southwest claimed responsibility on Thursday for an attack which officials said saw seven bus passengers lined up and shot dead. Security forces have for decades battled ethnic and separatist violence in impoverished but mineral-rich Balochistan, which borders Afghanistan and Iran. Attacks have risen sharply in recent

Trump accuses Zelensky of treating US envoy ‘rudely’

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday his treasury secretary was treated "rudely" during an official visit to Kyiv, accusing Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky of "sleeping" and failing to make a deal. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met Zelensky in Ukraine's capital last week to discuss granting Washington access to rare earth

New Zealand fast bowler Lockie Ferguson to miss the Champions Trophy with a foot injury

New Zealand has had another setback ahead of the International Cricket Council's Champions Trophy in Pakistan, losing fast bowler Lockie Ferguson to a foot injury. Ferguson was injured in a warm-up match against Afghanistan on Sunday. He will return home immediately and his place in the New Zealand squad will be

Putin ready to talk to Zelensky ‘if necessary’: Kremlin

The Kremlin said Tuesday that Russian leadeer Vladimir Putin was ready to talk to Volodymyr Zelensky "if necessary" but repeated its questioning of his legitimacy as Ukrainian president. "Putin himself said that he would be ready to negotiate with Zelensky if necessary but the legal basis of agreements needs discussion considering

200 killed in three-day Sudan paramilitary assault: lawyer group

Sudanese paramilitaries have  killed more than 200 people including women and children in a three-day  assault on villages in the country's south, a lawyer group monitoring the war  said Tuesday. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), locked in a nearly two-year war  with the regular army, "attacked unarmed civilians in areas