Day: January 13, 2025

A three-stage deal to release the hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza has been reached, and parties are

The first stage of a three-phase deal would see the release 34 living hostages over a 42-day ceasefire in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

Critical fire weather is expected to continue until Wednesday at the earliest, increasing the risk that fires will spread further.

Over about the next six weeks, at least 400 million Hindu pilgrims will gather at the confluence of three sacred rivers, hoping to be released from the cycle of rebirth.

Israel and Hamas are understood to be making progress but uncertainty remains over aspects of a deal.

Donald Trump’s silly season has already caused irreparable damage to United States national security. Despite not yet holding office for a minute, Trump has made it plain that in his second term the U.S. will be an unreliable partner swayed by his personal whim, that he has no respect for historic alliances and that he has contempt for the rule-based international order that the U.S. has led since the end of World War II to prevent the…

The Maha Kumbh Mela began today at Sangam, where the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati rivers meet.