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Husham Al-Husainy, who is an Iraqi-American imam from Michigan has been eventually selected to deliver a benediction at US President- elect Donald Trump's inauguration on the date of January 20 of the year 2025, reported Fox News.

Maritime security officials said on Thursday they were expecting Yemen's Houthi militia to announce a halt in attacks on ships in the Red Sea, after a ceasefire deal in the war in Gaza between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

Joe Biden and Donald Trump's Mideast envoys — but even then it seemed it might come apart at the last minute.

The long-awaited ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was reached late Wednesday. The latest deal could end more than a year of bloodshed in the Middle East.Qatar and the United States announced Wednesday the ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas, adding they hoped it would pave the way for a permanent end to the war in Gaza.Qatar's Prime Minister confirmed that the ceasefire in Gaza will begin on Sunday, and that 33 Israeli hostages will be released in the first phase of its truce with Hamas.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Protesters on Tuesday Tel Aviv, called for the return of hostages held by Hamas. The finalizing of the cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas owes much to the impending transfer of power from President Biden to President-elect Donald Trump, sparking a pointed debate over who deserves the credit.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The broad terms of the cease-fire deal that Israel and Hamas finally agreed to Wednesday after a year of fruitless negotiations aren’t substantially different from those that were available to both sides eight months ago. What changed is everything else.

Qatar, Egypt, and the United States in a joint statement on Wednesday confirmed that Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire and hostage release deal.

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Gaza ceasefire talks have resumed in Qatar, with mediator Qatar indicating that a deal between Israel and Hamas is «very close.»

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. TEL AVIV—As the war against Hamas dragged into 2024, there were worries here that investment would dry up in Israel’s globally important technology sector, as much of the world became angry against the casualties in Gaza and recoiled at the unstable security situation. In fact, a new survey found investment into Israeli technology startups grew 28% last year to $10.6 billion.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As India strengthens its strategic position amid evolving global security dynamics, the nation's defence sector stands at a pivotal moment in 2025. The defence ministry has recently declared that 2025 will be the ‘year of reforms’ for Indian defence, suggesting that there could be massive changes in the sector, simpler procurement, and much more.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Cease-fire talks between Palestinian militant group Hamas and the Israeli government have made progress in recent days, raising hopes a deal could be reached to release some of the hostages still held in the Gaza Strip and pause fighting that has dragged on for 15 months. “We are close to a deal and it can get done this week," U.S.

Nvidia has raised worries even as the Biden administration proposed a new framework for the exporting of the advanced computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence, an attempt to balance national security concerns about the technology with the economic interests of producers and other countries.

Donald Trump as the next US President was greeted in the Middle East with a mixture of rapture and dread, especially among Palestinians.

hostage release agreement designed to end the war in Gaza, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters on Monday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Hamas suffered a severe blow last fall when Israel killed Yahya Sinwar, the group’s leader and strategist behind the Oct. 7 attacks.

Joe Biden will likely talk with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu soon, his national security adviser said on Sunday, as U.S. officials race to reach a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal before Biden leaves office on Jan. 20. Jake Sullivan told CNN's «State of the Union» program that the parties were «very, very close» to reaching a deal to halt the fighting in the enclave and free the remaining 98 hostages held there, but still had to get it across the finish line. Biden was getting daily updates on the talks in Doha, where Israeli and Palestinian officials have said since Thursday that some progress has been made in the indirect talks between Israel and militant group Hamas, Sullivan said.

Former US President Donald Trump's legal battles could soon affect his ability to travel internationally, as many countries have strict entry requirements that bar individuals with felony convictions. With Trump facing 34 felony charges related to his involvement in a hush money scheme during the 2016 election, his criminal record could complicate travel to several nations that enforce such policies. According to Newsweek, G7 countries like Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan, along with others such as Israel and China, have policies preventing convicted felons from entering their borders. These restrictions could hinder Trump’s ability to travel abroad if his convictions stand, raising questions about how this might impact his international dealings, especially if he pursues a second term in office. These entry bans vary across countries. Some, like Canada and Japan, will deny entry to anyone with a felony conviction, while others, such as Brazil and Cambodia, may not check criminal records at the border but could deny entry if a conviction is discovered later.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Iran has shipped nearly 3 million barrels of oil from a storage site in China, people familiar with the matter said, in a bid to raise funds that could be used to shore up Iran’s allied militia groups in the Middle East. The oil is from a stockpile of at least 25 million barrels that Iran sent to China in late 2018, when it feared the imposition of new sanctions by the first Trump administration would prevent the country from exporting oil, those people said.

Brig. Gen. Behrouz Esbati has publicly criticized the nation Russia for allegedly misleading Tehran regarding the military operations in Syria. In a pretty recent speech at a mosque in Tehran, Brig. Gen. Behrouz Esbati claimed that Russia assured Iran that its jets were targeting Syrian rebel positions but were actually bombing open desert areas instead. This stark accusation eventually marks a rare deviation from Iran's typically supportive diplomatic stance towards Russia. Brig. Gen. Behrouz Esbati lamented the significant losses Iran faced due to the fall of the government of Bashar al- Assad while stating that ‘We were defeated, and defeated very badly’. At the same time, he also attributed the part of this failure to internal corruption within the leadership of Syria while indicating that bribery was rampant among high-ranking officials.

An oil tanker that burned for weeks in the Red Sea and threatened a massive oil spill has been “successfully” salvaged