Is the end near? Our planet is the closest it has ever been to a global nuclear holocaust, members of the scientific community have warned over the past two years. Sometime this month, they will announce whether we have moved steps closer to annihilation.

Hamas said a new round of indirect talks on a Gaza ceasefire resumed in Qatar's Doha on Friday, stressing the group's seriousness in seeking to reach a deal as soon as possible, senior Hamas official Basem Naim said.

Hamas released a video Saturday indicating that 19-year-old hostage Liri Albag is possibly still alive — and showing her hanging her head in despair as she talks of “living in a nightmare.”

Hamas terrorists were able to watch their Israeli ... and that terrorist organizations are not Russia or China,” Nathaniel Palmer, a senior lecturer in the Middle East Studies department at ...

"Hamas has not transferred a name list of (Israeli) hostages so far," Netanyahu's office said in a statement, denying previous media reports, which, citing a Hamas official, said the group agreed to release 34 hostages.

Hamas has also said indirect negotiations will resume in Doha, Qatar, on Friday, emphasizing “its seriousness” to reach a deal. Hamas “confirms, as every time, its seriousness, positivity ...

Israel contests Hamas statement on hostage list More than 100 people die in Israeli strikes this weekend, medics say Israeli military says it killed dozens of Hamas militants State Department says ...

Israel and Hamas wrangle over the details of a deal to halt fighting in the Gaza Strip and return hostages home.

President-elect Donald Trump staged a press conference Tuesday where he answered questions about hostages held by Hamas, President Joe Biden’s drilling ban, and pardons for Jan. 6 offenders.

Amid Iranian defeats across the Middle East, the Houthi rebels in Yemen are increasingly turning to China for missile components to use against the West.

Sitting down to write my annual assessment on trends in terrorism in early 2025, I’m struggling more than usual, fresh off the horrors of an Islamic State