Category: World News
Live briefing: Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal at ‘closest point,’ Qatar says
Washington Post The first phase, spanning a 42-day ceasefire, would see the exchange of 33 Israeli hostages in Gaza for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, U.S. officials said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/15/israel-war-gaza-ceasefire-hostages-news-hamas/
Read MoreTrump moves the needle on a Gaza ceasefire
Washington Post For months, Israel’s Prime Minister made a ceasefire deal seem impossible. Trump’s imminent return changed that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/15/netanyahu-trump-gaza-ceasefire/
Read MoreSouth Korean investigators make second attempt to detain impeached president
Fox News Authorities investigating suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived at his residence Wednesday in a second attempt to detain him over his ill-fated martial law declaration last month. Police dispatched some 3,200 officers to the president’s sprawling hillside estate in Seoul, according to Reuters, where he has spent weeks in hiding whilst…
Read MoreIn Greenland, a cold shoulder for Trump, but curiosity about U.S. ties
Washington Post Greenland residents spoke to The Washington Post about President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed acquisition. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/14/trump-want-greenland-response/
Read MoreIsrael and Hamas in ‘final stages’ of Gaza ceasefire talks, officials say
Washington Post U.S., Qatari and Egyptian mediators shuttled between the Israeli and Hamas delegations in Doha on Tuesday, where officials said a deal to halt the war is near. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/14/gaza-ceasefire-israel-hamas-qatar/
Read MorePhebe Marr, scholar of Iraq’s history and upheavals, dies at 93
Washington Post A bus trip to Baghdad in the late 1950s began Dr. Marr’s path to become one of the leading American experts on Iraq. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/01/14/phebe-marr-iraq-dies/
Read MoreDozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine as hundreds remain underground
Fox News Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and emaciated survivors to the surface Tuesday with hundreds more still believed to be underground, many of them dead and others too weak to come out on their own. At…
Read MorePrincess Kate says her cancer is in remission
Washington Post The Princess of Wales, who revealed in March that she had been diagnosed with cancer after speculation surrounding her whereabouts, said on Tuesday she is in remission. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/14/britain-princess-kate-remission-cancer/
Read MoreSouth Korean police launch huge predawn operation to detain impeached president
Washington Post Police are trying to enter the presidential residence to detain Yoon, who was impeached after imposing martial law but has refused to cooperate with investigations. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/14/south-korea-president-detain-insurrection-charges/
Read MoreWhite House to lift state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba
Washington Post Less than a week before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden is lifting the state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/14/cuba-terrorism-sanctions-biden-rubio/
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