President-elect Donald Trump said mass deportations will begin “very quickly” after taking office, one of a number of plans he discussed in a phone interview with NBC News on Saturday.
While the deal has been announced by mediators, it still needs to go through a four-step ratification process in Israel before it can go into effect.
From the US Supreme Court’s ruling on TikTok and Israel’s cabinet okaying a ceasefire pact with Hamas to US President Joe Biden commuting the sentences of thousands, several important events took place in the world this week.
CAIRO — The cease-fire between Hamas and Israel will go into effect Sunday at 8:30 a.m. local time, mediator Qatar announced Saturday, as families of hostages held in Gaza braced for news of loved ones, Palestinians prepared to receive freed detainees, and humanitarian groups rushed to set up a surge of aid.
The Biden administration called for a final push before the president leaves office, with many seeing the Trump inauguration as an unofficial deadline.
This week in politics, President Joe Biden delivered his farewell address, the Senate conducted confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's nominees, the Supreme Court upheld the looming TikTok ban, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire, Trump's inauguration was moved indoors and more.
In oral arguments for a First Amendment case before the Supreme Court Wednesday, Justice Samuel Alito pursued an odd line of questioning regarding free speech and pornography.
Preparations continue for the Gaza ceasefire that begins Sunday between Israel and Hamas. Mediator Qatar says it will go into effect at 8:30 a.m. local time. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Phase 1 of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas entails the release of 33 Israeli hostages, including all women, children and men over 50, in exchange for roughly 1,900 Palestinian prisoners. Efrat Machikawa,
Qatar says the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will go into effect at 8:30 a.m. local time (0630 GMT) on Sunday. This will pause the fighting after 15 months of