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...

Ordinary Ukrainians were dumbfounded by Friday’s raised-voice confrontation between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his US counterpart Donald Trump at the White House. “I just don’t even have the words,” said 32-year-old Roman Shkanov, an office worker. “For such a strong...

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Friday voiced support for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after his fiery clash at the White House, warning that a cease-fire without security guarantees would open the door to further Russian expansion across Europe. Zelenskyy got into a heated war of...

More than 1,000 Syrians died in detention at a military airport on the outskirts of Damascus, killed by execution, torture, or maltreatment at a site that was widely feared, according to a report to be published Thursday tracing the deaths to seven suspected grave sites. In the report,...