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October 13, 2025 9:56 PM

Trump says Holy Land at peace as last Israeli hostages swapped for Palestinian detainees

Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday under a ceasefire deal and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees, as U.S. President Donald Trump told Israel's parliament that peace had arrived in the Holy Land. The Isra...

October 13, 2025 12:57 PM

Hamas publishes names of 20 Israeli hostages to be released

Palestinian group Hamas published on Monday the names of the 20 Israeli hostages to be released under the first phase of a ceasefire agreement with Israel. The names included Bar Abraham Kupershtein, Evyatar David, Yosef-Chaim Ohana, Seg...

October 13, 2025 1:04 PM

UK pledges $27 million in latest aid package for Gaza

Britain will provide a 20 million pound ($27 million) aid package to deliver water, sanitation and hygiene services in Gaza, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday, as he arrived in Egypt for a world leaders' summit on ending the conflict...

October 14, 2025 12:29 PM

Trump declares end of Gaza war as last Israeli hostages swapped for Palestinian detainees

Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday under a ceasefire deal and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees, as U.S. President Donald Trump declared the end of the two-year long war that has upended the broader Midd...

October 13, 2025 10:56 AM

Trump may approve Tomahawks for Ukraine if Russia continues war

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he may offer long-range Tomahawk missiles that could be used by Kyiv if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not end the war in Ukraine. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he flew to Israel that ...

October 13, 2025 9:41 AM

Union Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh arrives in Cairo to attend Gaza Peace Summit at Sharm El-Sheikh

Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh has arrived in the Egyptian capital of Cairo to represent India at the Gaza Peace Summit at Sharm El-Sheikh. In a post on X, the Minister said, “Arrived in the ...

October 13, 2025 8:47 AM

Trump to be lauded in Israel as long-held hostages return home

U.S. President Donald Trump will receive a hero's welcome in Israel's parliament on Monday as a fragile Gaza ceasefire he helped to broker enters a fourth day, with the expected release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners marking tentative ...

October 11, 2025 3:17 PM

Gazans trek to ruined homes as Israeli forces pull back under ceasefire

Thousands of displaced Palestinians trekked over the wastelands of Gaza to return to the ruins of their abandoned homes on Friday, after a ceasefire took effect and Israeli troops began pulling back under the first phase of an agreement to end the wa...

October 11, 2025 3:05 PM

Ocean conservation gains global momentum as climate solution at IUCN Congress

Investment interest in ocean conservation and sustainable marine industries is surging, as the blue economy emerges as a critical pathway to address climate change, biodiversity loss, and economic transformation. Speaking at the IUCN World Conservati...

October 10, 2025 6:06 PM

India Calls for Integration of Indigenous Knowledge in Climate Action at IUCN Summit

Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh led India’s intervention at a high-level roundtable with IUCN President Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak during the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi. The se...

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