May 7, 2024 The Israeli government was taken aback that Hamas accepted the latest Gaza ceasefire proposal, formed by Qatari and Egyptian mediators, as the country was only briefed on the Palestinian movement’s response an hour after its release. The Axios news outlet reported this on Tuesday, citing three IsraeliContinue Reading
By Aluta News Nov. 27, 2023 Hamas handed over a third group of hostages to Red Cross staff on Sunday as part of a four-day ceasefire agreement in the Gaza war, raising hopes of an extended truce with the release of further hostages in the coming days. With the releaseContinue Reading
By Aluta News May 4, 2023 A ceasefire in Sudan that came into force on Thursday has already been broken, with airstrikes and heavy shelling reported near the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum in the morning, according to Al-Jazeera. Artillery fire was also heard in the neighbouring town ofContinue Reading
By Aluta News Mar, 31, 2022 The Ukrainian government has dispatched a convoy of buses to the besieged south-eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, in the hopes of evacuating citizens still stuck there. Iryna Vereshchuk, the deputy prime minister of Ukraine, said 45 buses would be sent to Mariupol onContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 3, 2022 The European region is approaching “a plausible endgame’’ in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic while the cases are still surging. A senior official of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said this on Thursday. “For now, the number of deaths across the Region isContinue Reading
By Aluta News Nov. 9, 2021 A temporary but extendable ceasefire between Pakistan and Islamist militants fighting the country’s security forces for decades came into force on Tuesday for one month, raising hopes for a peace deal. The Pakistani Taliban or Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella organisation for more thanContinue Reading
