Author: Daily Sabah With Reuters
Hamas will release the Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander held in Gaza as a part of efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement and allow humanitarian aid to enter the besieged enclave, a senior Hamas official told Reuters on Sunday. In a statement, the exiled Gaza Hamas chief Khalil Al-Hayya said efforts to facilitate the release have been jointly carried out by Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey. “The movement affirms its readiness to immediately start intensive negotiations and make serious efforts to reach a final agreement to end the war, exchange prisoners in an agreed-upon manner,” Hayya added.
Inter Milan kept their Serie A dream alive with a confident 2-0 win at Torino on a rain-drenched Sunday as they showed no signs of letting up in the title race. With two rounds remaining in Serie A for the Champions League finalists, they are now level at the top on 77 points with Napoli, who host Genoa later on Sunday. Inter, who reached the Champions League final by beating Barcelona in a thrilling encounter on Tuesday, left several key players on the bench and rested others as they looked to keep the squad fresh ahead of the final stretch…
The conflict in Gaza cannot be solved by military means and a political solution must be found to end the war permanently, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said in Jerusalem on Sunday. “I do not believe that this conflict can be permanently resolved by military means,” Wadephul said. “Nevertheless, it is urgently necessary that Hamas is disarmed and that it can no longer have military control over Gaza.” He said that Germany would do whatever it takes to guarantee Israel’s security, but this does not mean that his country cannot criticise Israel’s course of action, adding that this “must not…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone on Sunday, the Kremlin said, where they discussed Putin’s proposal to hold Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Istanbul on May 15. The Kremlin said Erdoğan told Putin he “fully supported” the proposal and was ready to host the talks in Istanbul.
Inter Milan kept their Serie A dream alive with a confident 2-0 win at Torino on a rain-drenched Sunday as they showed no signs of letting up in the title race. With two rounds remaining in Serie A for the Champions League finalists, they are now level at the top on 77 points with Napoli, who host Genoa later on Sunday. Inter, who reached the Champions League final by beating Barcelona in a thrilling encounter on Tuesday, left several key players on the bench and rested others as they looked to keep the squad fresh ahead of the final stretch…
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate ceasefire” after a fourth day of strikes and counter-strikes against each other’s military installations. This is what global leaders have said about the latest development between the nuclear-armed neighbours: U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP “After a long night of talks mediated by the United States, I am pleased to announce that India and Pakistan have agreed to a FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE. Congratulations to both countries on using common sense and great intelligence. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” U.S. SECRETARY…
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday that if the United States’ goal is to deprive Tehran of what he said were its nuclear rights, Tehran will not back down from “any of our rights”. Araqishi was speaking in Doha a day ahead of another round of planned nuclear talks between Iran and the U.S. in Oman.
Türkiye is ready to undertake the duty to observe a possible ceasefire in Ukraine, its foreign minister said during a “coalition of the willing” call with Kyiv’s partners on Saturday, a Turkish foreign ministry source said. The leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Poland -the so-called “coalition of the willing”- and Ukraine have met in Kyiv on Saturday. They agreed to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire on May 12 with the backing of U.S. President Donald Trump, threatening President Vladimir Putin with new “massive” sanctions if he failed to comply. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan joined the coalition of the willing call…
U.S President Donald Trump’s administration has fired the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, a source briefed on the matter said on Friday. Hayden, who was the first woman and first African American in the role, headed an office that has overall management responsibility for the library and sets out policy on its programs and activities. Democratic President Barack Obama appointed her in 2016 to a 10-year term in the role that needed Senate confirmation. Neither the Library of Congress nor the White House immediately responded to a request for comment from Reuters. The New York Times first reported the firing.…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has proposed that alliance members meet higher targets for defence spending by 2032, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on Friday. Reuters reported last week that Rutte had proposed NATO members raise defence spending to 3.5% of their GDP, and a further 1.5% on broader security-related items to meet U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand for a 5% target. Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting, Schoof confirmed those figures, which would represent a major increase from the current NATO goal of spending 2% of GDP on defence. NATO aims to agree the new targets at…