Turkey will on Monday engage leaders from the Islamic world to leverage their influence over Gaza’s future, amid growing concerns about the stability of a ceasefire that has lasted just a few weeks. The truce, brokered on October 10 by US President Donald Trump to end the two-year-long Israel-Hamas conflict, has been increasingly fragile, challenged…
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) rebounded strongly on Friday, ending a string of declines as investor confidence received a boost following Pakistan and Afghanistan’s agreement to extend the ceasefire. During intraday trading, the benchmark KSE-100 index surged 2,746.62 points, a 1.72% gain, closing at 159,479.49 points. This came after a steep 1,732-point drop the previous…
Israel reaffirmed on Sunday that it will retain full control of security inside Gaza, despite agreeing to a US-mediated ceasefire that envisions the deployment of an international peacekeeping force. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told cabinet ministers that Israel alone would decide when and where to strike its enemies and which nations would be permitted to…
Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday that the peace agreement in Gaza is going better than he expected, despite apparent conflict and tension between Israel and Hamas in recent days. Vance, Jared Kushner and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff are in Israel this week as they try to shore up the fragile ceasefire. “Look, I think…
The Israeli military announced on Sunday that a ceasefire in Gaza had resumed following an attack that killed two of its soldiers and triggered airstrikes that Palestinians said left 26 people dead, marking the most serious test of this month’s truce. US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire he brokered remained in place and suggested…
The United Nations’ humanitarian chief on Saturday assessed the enormous challenge of restoring essential services across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, as Israel received the remains of another hostage from the October 7 attack, marking the second week of the ceasefire. In a small convoy of white UN vehicles, relief coordinator Tom Fletcher and his team…
