Published On 11 Mar 202611 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo The International Energy Agency has agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil from its members’ strategic reserves, in an attempt to counter soaring global energy prices amid the United States-Israeli war on Iran. … Read more
Benjamin Netanyahu addresses nation hours ahead of hostage release | The Jerusalem Post Jerusalem Post/Israel News The prime minister’s address comes after Israel declared a ceasefire in Gaza on Friday at noon. Prime Minister Netanyahu visits the memorial wall at the National Library,and lit a candle to commemorate the victims and the fallen of the … Read more
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff spoke at Saturday night’s rally in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, the largest crowd reported there since it became the gathering place for relatives of Israelis taken hostage in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Alongside Jared Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump, Witkoff told the crowd President Trump would love … Read more
Hope and fear in Gaza as Israel begins partial pulloutpublished at 07:53 BST 07:53 BST Rushdi AbualoufGaza correspondent, reporting from Istanbul The mood in Gaza has quickly changed from celebration to unease, as Israeli forces begin a partial withdrawal from parts of the territory following the announcement of a ceasefire and prisoners-hostages exchange deal with … Read more
Hamas Demands Full Israeli Withdrawal From Gaza at Same Time as Release of Last Hostage Haaretz Hamas says on war anniversary it’s ready to reach a Gaza deal, but conditions remain Reuters In rare interview from Egypt, Hamas head says group demanding ‘real guarantees’ on ending war The Times of Israel Hamas Says It Wants ‘Fair Hostage Exchange’ … Read more
Facebook Tweet Email Link London Reuters — British police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, a three-year-old British girl who vanished from Portugal’s Algarve region in 2007, said a 49-year-old German man remains a suspect in their investigation. The German suspect, Christian Brueckner, lived in the Algarve at the time when McCann vanished, and is … Read more
The new pontiff talks of witnesses ‘who report on war even at the cost of their lives’. Pope Leo XIV has called for the release of journalists imprisoned for doing their work while affirming free speech. Leo, who was elected pontiff on Thursday after the death of Pope Francis, gave his first news conference at … Read more
Mahmoud Khalil’s wife Noor Abdalla accuses US government of trying to silence pro-Palestinian activism. Mahmoud Khalil, the pro-Palestinian activist who has been detained in the United States pending his deportation, has missed the birth of his son after being refused temporary release to attend the birth, his wife has said. Noor Abdalla said on Monday … Read more
Is This What We Want features recordings of empty studios, performance spaces, highlighting danger to creative trade. More than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, Cat Stevens and Annie Lennox, have released a silent album in protest of the proposed changes to British copyright laws around artificial intelligence (AI), which they warned could lead to legalised … Read more
Future of Gaza ceasefire at risk after Israel suspended the release of Palestinian prisoners. Israel has postponed the release of 620 Palestinian prisoners despite Hamas setting free six Israeli captives on Saturday. The group says Israel’s far-right government is “playing dirty games and sabotaging” the agreement. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the captive handover … Read more