Pope Francis spent Saturday night calmly after a bronchospasm crisis and related deterioration of his breathing he did not experience another crisis and his condition is stabilizing, according to the Vatican. The Vatican issued a statement late Saturday about the condition of the 88-year-old...

Palestinian militant group Hamas told AFP Sunday it insists on the implementation of a second ceasefire phase after Israel endorsed a temporary extension of the initial phase. “The only way to achieve stability in the region and the return of the prisoners is to complete the...

Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey, following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, asking the group to disband. It was the first reaction from the PKK after Ocalan this week called for the dissolution of his Kurdistan Workers’ Party...

Hamas’s armed wing on Saturday released footage showing what appeared to be several Israeli hostages in Gaza, as the first phase of a fragile ceasefire neared its expiry amid uncertainty over the next steps. The video released by the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, which AFP was unable to...