International

New Delhi: With all 20 remaining living hostages returning to Israel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday welcomed their release and said India supports US President Donald Trump's "sincere efforts" to bring peace to the region. Hamas released the hostages after two years in captivity as...

Tel Aviv: US President Trump Monday was greeted with a thunderous applause and a standing ovation by Israeli lawmakers as he arrived at a special session of the Knesset following the release of 20 hostages by Hamas, earlier in the day. "This is the historic...

Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip) An Egyptian official says 154 Palestinian prisoners who were released by Israel have been sent to Egypt. The prisoners were among more than 1,900 Palestinians being freed by Israel in exchange for Hamas' release of its remaining hostages. The freed prisoners...

Karachi: The Pakistan Stock Exchange crashed Monday in the wake of military action in Afghanistan and countrywide protests by an extremist religious party, creating uncertainty among investors. The KSE-100 index plunged nearly 3,000 points at the opening, falling to 160,126 from Friday's close of 163,000,...

Stockholm: Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics Monday for “having explained innovation-driven economic growth.” Mokyr is from Northwestern University, Aghion from the College de France and the London School of Economics, and Howitt from Brown University. The...

Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza Monday, as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that pummeled the territory, killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, and had left scores of captives in militant hands. Seven...

Deir Al-Balah: The Israeli military said Monday that the Red Cross was on its way to a point in the southern Gaza Strip to take custody of the second group of living hostages. That comes after seven hostages were returned to Israel. Hamas released seven...

Tel Aviv: President Donald Trump arrived in Israel Monday to celebrate the US-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, an agreement that he declared had effectively ended the war and opened the door to building a durable peace in the Middle East. As...

Cairo: Hamas released seven hostages Monday, the first to be released as part of a ceasefire that paused two years of war between Israel and Hamas in the devastated Gaza Strip. There was no immediate word on the condition of those freed. Hamas has said...

Cairo: Hamas Monday published list of over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners it said will be released in Israel-Hamas war ceasefire. The release comes after the militant group offered a list of the 20 living hostages it would release as part of the deal. The International Committee...