World leaders and business executives left the Swiss mountain resort of Davos after a week of discussions dominated from a distance by Donald Trump's return as U.S. President. There was real talk of regional peace,

We are closing our live coverage of the 2025 Word Economic Forum in Davos. Goodbye. Al Hassaina Mosque on December 3, 2021, and the mosque after its destruction in an Israeli strike during the war, in Gaza City, January 22, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/Mahmoud Al-Basos

Israel says it has killed thousands of the armed group’s members and destroyed much of its infrastructure, but since the cease-fire started Hamas has shown it still holds power in the enclave, as the NYT reports. The head of Ukraine’s Defense ...

A victory for Putin means, in due time, a re-charting of the entire map of Europe, to suit his vision of a Russian empire that never lost the Cold War. The only way to end the war in Ukraine is to ensure that Russia loses and that Ukraine wins.

DAVOS - The Israel-Hamas war has put back development in Gaza by 60 years and mobilising the tens of billions of dollars needed for reconstruction will be an uphill task, the United Nations said.

Davos, Switzerland — Billionaires' wealth grew ... along with hopes for a continuation of a cease-fire that began on Sunday between Hamas and Israel, pausing their devastating 15-month war ...

They are all female soldiers, 19 or 20 years old and are expected to be exchanged for 200 Palestinian detainees held in Israeli prisons. 89 hostages are still left in Gaza.

Iran has said that its allies including Hamas and other resistance groups have not been destroyed as is being claimed by Israel and its allies including US. This was said during by Javad Zarif, Vice-President for Strategic Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran,

Catch up on Wednesday’s news, views and action from day three of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 24 (Reuters ... There was real talk of regional peace, driven by Israel's ceasefires with Hamas and Hezbollah, with friends and foes agreed that if anyone can push ...

The head of the UN's Development Programme Achim Steiner says that the Israel-Hamas war has put back development in Gaza by 60 years. Around two-thirds of all buildings in the Gaza Strip have been "entirely destroyed or damaged",

The Hamas militant group has published the names of four hostages it says it will release on Saturday as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. There was no immediate confirmation of the names from Israel.