Czechs finished voting Saturday in a general election in which the party of self-described “Trumpist” billionaire Andrej Babis is a frontrunner, triggering concerns about Prague’s support for Ukraine and future ties with the European Union.

The head of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah said Saturday that Washington’s plan for a ceasefire in Gaza was “full of dangers”, accusing Israel of using the proposal to achieve what it “failed” to do during the war.

The tomb of Pharoah Amenhotep III, one of the largest in southern Egypt’s Valley of the Kings and Queens, was officially opened to the public yesterday, after years of restoration.

Conservative Sanae Takaichi hailed a “new era” yesterday after becoming head of Japan’s ruling party, putting her on course to become the country’s first woman prime minister.

President Donald Trump has urged Israel to halt its bombing of Gaza after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accepted some key parts of a US peace plan -- a shift that could mean a two-year-old war is finally coming to a close.

Dozens were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza yesterday despite a demand from US President Donald Trump for Israel to stop bombing in response to a declaration by Hamas that it was ready to free hostages under his plan to end the two-year-old war.

Israel yesterday said that it had deported 137 more activists who were detained while taking part in an aid flotilla bound for Gaza.

Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes yesterday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.

The head of Ukraine’s railways yesterday said that Russia was intensifying a campaign of air strikes on the network in an attempt to isolate frontline communities ahead of winter.

The death toll in an Indonesian school collapse rose to 17 yesterday, officials said, as rescuers deployed heavy machinery to recover dozens more victims believed still buried under the rubble.

Protesters in Pakistan’s Kashmir ended days of deadly anti-government demonstrations yesterday after reaching an agreement with the government, officials said.

Six people arrested on suspicion of “terrorism”-linked offences after a fatal car-ramming and knife attack on a UK synagogue remained in police custody yesterday, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged people not to take part in pro-Palestinian protests.

Recalls the photographer-activist’s 2018 imprisonment; calls him a symbol of resistance

Telecomm blackout imposed by the govt gradually lifted throughout the day

Group agrees to prisoner exchange, backs independent Palestinian administration in Gaza

Hopes momentum from Trump's peace plan will pave the way for permanent ceasefire

2.5 million and 3.5 million views recorded on Wednesday and Thursday respectively

Palestinian Islamic Jihad endorsed the group’s response to a US plan

Trump's proposal calls for a halt to hostilities, the release of hostages within 72 hours, a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and Hamas's disarmament.

Calls his move a symbol of Bangladesh’s stand against oppression and injustice