UN seeks aid for over 10 million Yemenis
The United Nations and partners have kickstarted the 2025 Yemen Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, which is urging for humanitarian...
Ariana Hashtrudi, Middle East News Editor
Hamas poised to release next set of hostages
Hamas said on January 20th that it would next be freeing hostages held in Gaza on January 25th, after an...
Rebuild of Gaza will take “an awful lot of time” – UN official
The rebuild of Gaza which has been devastated by war will "take an awful lot of time", even though an...
Libyan police head arrested in Italy
The Italian police have arrested the head of Libya's judicial police who leads Tripoli's Mitiga Detention centre, Italian news reports...
Israel: Nearly 75% support ceasefire, prisoner exchange deal
A poll which was published on January 18th found that 73% of Israelis are in favour of the prisoner exchange...
Millions of captagon pills destroyed by Syrian security forces
Syrian security forces destroyed seized drugs on January 19th including around 100 million captagon pills, with the production and trafficking...
Palestinian Authority detains Al Jazeera journalist
A well-known Al Jazeera journalist was reportedly detained by the Palestinian Authority whilst covering day one of the ceasefire between...
Ceasefire deal a “serious mistake,” says Smotrich
Israel's far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said on January 19th that the ceasefire that has been under way with Hamas...
Body of soldier held in Gaza since 2014 retrieved by Israel
According to the Israeli military, the country's special forces have retrieved the body of a soldier killed in 2014 during...
Israel frees 90 Palestinians, Hamas releases three Israelis
Hamas freed three Israeli hostages and Israel freed 90 Palestinian prisoners on January 19th which is day one of the...
Israeli forces killed 193 journalists in Gaza since October 2023
At least 193 journalists have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since October 2023, with some intentionally targeted, a...
Over 630 trucks of humanitarian aid enter Gaza, UN says
United Nations humanitarian officials have said that over 630 trucks of humanitarian aid have passed into the Gaza strip, in...
Israel second highest jailer of journalists, report finds
Israel was the second highest jailer of journalists in 2024, according to a annual report from the press freedom organisation,...
Ceasefire deal approved by Israeli security cabinet
The Israeli security cabinet approved a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal on January 17th, recommending that the wider government...
Hamas poised to release first hostages under deal, Israel says
The Palestinian group Hamas is expected to free its first hostages on January 19th under a Gaza ceasefire deal, the...
