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U.S. President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump both claimed credit on Wednesday for a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal that was months in the making but was helped across the line by a Trump envoy.

Cyprus on Thursday hailed a U.S. memorandum allowing military sales, including arms, to the island as a milestone affirming recognition of the island as a pillar of stability in the east Mediterranean region which has been fraught with conflict.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has welcomed the recently signed ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, marking the end of more than a year of intensive conflict and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

Negotiators reached a deal on Wednesday for a ceasefire in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas. Here are the main elements of the ceasefire deal, according to the official briefed on the agreement.

A long-sought Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal emerged at the end of an intense 96 hours of negotiations in Doha brokered by U.S., Egyptian and Qatari diplomats who persuaded Israel and Hamas finally to conclude the agreement.

Turkey is ready to provide support to the new Syrian administration for the management of Islamic State camps in the country, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday.

Negotiators reached a phased ceasefire deal on Wednesday in the war in Gaza between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Here is some reaction to the deal.

Negotiators reached a phased deal on Wednesday to end the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, the U.S. and Qatar said, after 15 months of bloodshed that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and inflamed the Middle East.

Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty is visiting Port Sudan on Wednesday to hold high-level discussions with senior Sudanese officials regarding the ongoing crisis in the country.

Nineteen people have died and 43 others have been hospitalized in Istanbul within 48 hours after consuming tainted alcohol, according to Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency on Wednesday.

The Palestinian Authority must be the sole governing power in Gaza after the war, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa said on Wednesday, as expectations grew that a deal to halt fighting and start returning Israeli hostages was near.

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo inaugurated Finland's new embassy headquarters in Abu Dhabi today, marking a significant milestone in the strong bilateral relationship between Finland and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).