Dubai’s $35bn Al Maktoum airport plan: Cost, capacity, timeline and what to expect | World News

Dubai’s Al Maktoum International (DWC) is a $35bn mega-airport project designed to handle up to 260 million passengers and huge cargo volumes / Illustrative image generated with AI Al Maktoum International also called Dubai World Central (DWC) is Dubai’s giant airport project: a Dh128-billion (about $35 billion) expansion that will eventually include five parallel runways, […]

Gaza peace deal: Netanyahu hails hostage release plan, calls Trump; Hamas says states should ensure Israel implements ceasefire- Key points

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Israel and Hamas had agreed on the first phase of his Gaza peace plan, hailing it as a “historic and unprecedented” step to ending the two-year-old war. “I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace […]

Can Gaza Peace Plan help Donald Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize on October 10? | World News

FILE – President Donald Trump, left, speaks as Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves upon leaving the West Wing of the White House, April 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) If Donald Trump could trademark “peace,” he would. Ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on October 10, the president is campaigning harder […]

Hamas agrees to Gaza plan in part, says will release hostages

A demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians in Barcelona on Saturday Hamas agreed to release the last of the hostages from its 2023 attack on Israel but said the rest of a US peace plan would be subject to negotiation, a stance that offered uncertain hopes for an end to the conflict in Gaza. Hamas is […]

Hamas Partially Accepts Trump’s Peace Plan

new video loaded: Hamas Partially Accepts Trump’s Peace Plan Hamas said it would release all Israeli hostages but wants to negotiate elements of President Trump’s peace plan for Gaza. Adam Rasgon, a reporter for The New York Times in Jerusalem, explains where negotiations stand. By Adam Rasgon, Christina Shaman, Jon Hazell, Melanie Bencosme and June […]

Gaza peace plan: Netanyahu says negotiators to head to Egypt for talks; pins hope to bring hostages back ‘in coming days’ | World News

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a negotiating team from Israel will travel to Egypt to discuss a potential Gaza deal, as indirect talks with Hamas gained momentum under a new US-brokered peace plan. “I have instructed the negotiating team to go to Egypt to finalise the technical details. The intention is to limit the […]

Gaza Peace plan: US envoy to lead talks in Cairo as Hamas agrees to release hostages – report | World News

US special envoy Steve Witkoff to lead a delegation into Cairo to hold high-stakes talks with Israeli and Hamas negotiators to end two-year-long war in Gaza, focusing first on “the immediate release of all hostages,” according to media reports. “Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel to Egypt later today to finalize the technical details […]

Gaza peace plan: From governance to demilitarization- How Hamas differs from Trump’s 20-point proposal

AP file photo Hamas has responded to US President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire proposal, agreeing to release all Israeli captives while seeking negotiations on other elements of the 20-point plan. In response, Trump urged Israel to immediately halt its bombing of Gaza.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel is ready to implement the […]

‘Prepared for immediate implementation’: Israel ready to launch first stage of Donald Trump’s hostage plan; Netanyahu pledges ‘full cooperation’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office released an overnight statement noting that Israel is ready to begin the first stage of Trump’s plan to secure the immediate release of all hostages.“Israel is prepared for the immediate implementation of the first stage of Trump’s plan for the immediate release of all the hostages,” the statement from […]

Gaza peace plan: Hamas agrees to release all Israeli hostages; nods for further talks

Hamas on Friday announced it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or deceased, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and expressed readiness to immediately enter mediated talks to finalise the details, reported news agency Reuters.The announcement came shortly after Trump issued an ultimatum to Hamas, warning that unless it […]