The UK plans to ease sanctions on Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad, under a new plan announced by the government on Thursday. Still weighed down by heavy international sanctions, the new Syrian government is aiming to persuade Western capitals that the extremist origins of the...

Hamas spokesman Abdul Latif al-Qanou says the group wants to prevent the Gaza ceasefire agreement from falling through. “We are not concerned with the collapse of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, and we are eager to implement it and oblige the occupation to fully implement...

United States President Donald Trump has signalled a major shift in three years of US policy towards Kyiv, saying that he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin had spoken by phone and agreed to begin negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine. Trump said he spent more than an hour on the...

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for “respect” for Palestinians, rejecting US President Donald Trump’s reported plans for the mass deportation of Gazans. Speaking to CNN on Tuesday, Macron said: "You cannot say to 2 million people, 'okay, now guess what? You will move',"...