The United Arab Emirates has successfully mediated the largest exchange of captives between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Ukraine since the outbreak of their conflict in 2022, bringing the total number of individuals exchanged through UAE efforts to 3,771.
In a moving display of faith and unity, Pope Tawadros II, head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, presided over the Easter Mass on Saturday evening at the historic St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo’s Abbasiya district.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Ukrainians on Easter Sunday not to give up hope that peace will return to their country and to persevere to overcome the difficult path of war on which they have been travelling for 1,152 days.
The father of a U.S.-Israeli hostage held in Gaza said on Saturday he remains hopeful his 21-year-old son was still alive after Hamas said it could not account for his status.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday he had instructed the military to intensify pressure on Hamas after the Palestinian terrorist group this week rejected an Israeli proposal for another temporary truce, instead demanding a deal to end the war in exchange for the release of hostages.
The United Nations Development Programme is hoping to deliver $1.3 billion over three years to support war-ravaged Syria, including by rebuilding infrastructure and backing digital start-ups, its assistant secretary-general told Reuters.
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, ordering his forces to end hostilities at 6 p.m. Moscow time (1500 GMT) on Saturday until the end of Sunday.
Iran and the United States agreed on Saturday to task experts to start drawing up a framework for a potential nuclear deal, Iran's foreign minister said, after a second round of talks following President Donald Trump's threat of military action.
The past few days have unfolded like a geopolitical drama of historic proportions in Lebanon, where Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Shia militia long considered untouchable, appears to be teetering on the edge of a seismic shift.
Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said is set to visit Moscow on Monday, days after the start of a round of Muscat-mediated nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran.
In a move raising eyebrows far beyond the halls of academia, Georgetown University awarded Sheikha Moza bint Nasser its President’s Medal on April 16 during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of its Qatar campus.
In a bold and unambiguous statement during a recent meeting in Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reaffirmed what has increasingly become the international consensus: the sovereignty of Morocco over Western Sahara is not up for debate.
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