ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL has backed calls for an immediate ceasefire and international players to back an urgent UN-led humanitarian relief effort in Gaza. The move was brought by Labour councillor Simon ...

Under the terms of the ceasefire, Hamas has agreed to return 33 hostages within the first 16 days, and then negotiate to ...

Officials now say they are closer than ever to reaching an agreement to pause the Israel-Hamas war and release hostages held in the Gaza Strip.