The Return of the Hostages and a Call to Deepen the Diaspora’s Connection to Israel

Like many Jews across the globe, I sat transfixed to my screen watching the waves of living hostage releases on Sunday night into the early hours of the morning with the sheer adrenaline of centuries of collective suffering and triumph coursing...

Israel ‘will not compromise on return of dead hostages’ — as it happened

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has released a statement saying it has complied with its commitments to return Israeli hostages under Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan.The statement said: “The resistance has adhered to what was agreed...

Syrian president Sharaa asks Putin to hand over Assad

Syria’s president told President Putin on Wednesday that he wanted to “redefine relations” with Moscow on his first visit to the Kremlin since seizing power last year. President al-Sharaa, a former al- Qaeda commander whose rebel forces overthrew...

LOWRY/Has a president been more pro-Israel?

By RICH LOWRY Donald Trump has held many rallies, but never one in the parliament of a foreign nation. President Trump’s speech to the Knesset on Monday was a raucous, celebratory affair with the audience of Israeli lawmakers showering him with...

Trump says Modi has assured him India will not buy Russian oil

[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to stop buying oil from Russia, and Trump said he would next try to get China to do the same as Washington intensifies efforts to cut off...

Punitive travel restrictions hinder journalists in Turkey, union warns

The Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS) has raised concerns over the increasing use of judicial control measures against reporters, stating that such restrictions are hindering press freedom and interfering with professional journalism. At a press...

Israel accuses Hamas of releasing Palestinian body instead of hostage

Israel has claimed that Hamas substituted the body of a Palestinian from Gaza for that of a dead Israeli hostage as both sides accused each other of mistreating the dead and breaching the terms of the ceasefire agreement.Negotiations for the...

Turkmenistan aims to expand cooperation with the African Union

On October 14, 2025, in Addis Ababa, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ambassador of Turkmenistan Mekan Ishangulyyev met with Mohamed El-Amine Suef, Vice-Chairperson of the African Union Commission. During the meeting, the parties discussed...

Denial and amnesia: Is the global community ready to welcome Israel back? 

In both Israel and among its Western allies, the Gaza ceasefire deal is seen as an opportunity – to move on from the accusations of genocide against it, and to restore close relations weakened as a result of public anger. Over two years of its...

Pakistan’s Role in Middle East Security

When the air cooled in the Gulf capitals this year, Pakistan’s silhouette loomed larger than ever before. Once regarded as a distant partner, Islamabad has in 2025 quietly transformed into a pivotal actor in the evolving security architecture of...

Israel Limits Aid and Keeps Rafah Crossing Closed in Dispute over Hostage Remains

The fragile ceasefire in Gaza faced its first test on Tuesday when Israel said the flow of aid into the devastated Palestinian territory would be cut by half and the crucial Rafah border crossing with Egypt would not open as planned, accusing...

Europe's ripple effect: Media freedom reimagined

This article was originally published on the South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM) website We live in an era when the very foundations of journalism are being renegotiated—between the demands of digital capitalism,...

CT residents react to Israel-Hamas ceasefire

Connecticut residents with ties to Israelis and Palestinians are reacting with guarded optimism as the latest ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appears to be holding. Myra Clark-Siegel, regional director of the American Jewish Committee’s...

Israel threatens to resume fighting if Hamas does not respect Gaza truce deal

Israel's defence minister on Wednesday threatened to resume fighting if Hamas does not honour the terms of a US-backed ceasefire that halted the war in Gaza. The statement from Defence Minister Israel Katz's office came after Hamas handed over the...

Israel returns Palestinian bodies showing signs of torture and execution

Bodies of Palestinians returned by Israel show signs of torture, execution and being run over by tanks, Middle East Eye has learned. Israel handed over the unidentified remains of around 45 individuals to Gaza on Tuesday as part of its prisoner...

French-Jewish TV star Arthur Essebag accuses France: 'The country is blind to Jewish fear'

He is one of France’s most popular television and radio hosts—sharp, current, and always funny. But now Arthur Essebag is presenting his indictment against France. His new book, I Lost a Bedouin in Paris, reveals the emotional turmoil the Jewish...

Video shows Hamas executing Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel

In the wake of its peace deal with Israel, the terrorist group Hamas is back on the streets of the Gaza Strip in an attempt, it says, to restore law and order, as well as to send a message. In one video obtained by CBS News on Wednesday, Hamas...

Leon Panetta outlines what it will take to achieve peace in the Middle East

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Syrian leader seeks reset in Russia relations

Agence France-Presse . Moscow, Russia 15 October, 2025, 22:50 Russian president Vladimir Putin and Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa hold a meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on Wednesday. | AFP photo Syrian president Ahmed...

Q&A: For Fox News’ Trey Yingst, covering the Middle East ceasefire is only the beginning

This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. It was interesting to see how news organizations categorized what happened Monday in the Middle East. Most certainly, it was an...