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A U.S. strike on a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific killed four men, marking the latest escalation in President Donald Trump’s...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that the conflict in Gaza “has not yet” ended, calling the release of hostages held by Hamas only the first phase of President Donald Trump’s proposed peace plan.
He noted that while progress had been made, the next steps remained uncertain and would require detailed negotiations.Speaking on NBC’s Meet the Press, Rubio said Hamas had “basically” accepted Trump’s framework for a hostage release, and that discussions were now focused on the logistical arrangements. “They have also agreed, in principle, to what comes next,” he said, adding that “a lot of details are going to have to be worked out.”
In a separate interview with Fox News Sunday, Rubio cautioned that the outcome was not guaranteed. “No one can tell you it’s a 100 percent certainty,” he said. He told NBC that Washington would soon know “very quickly” whether Hamas was genuinely committed to the agreement, as technical talks on the release continued.
“The immediate goal — and one we believe can be achieved soon — is the release of all hostages in exchange for Israel’s withdrawal to the yellow line, where it stood inside Gaza in mid-August,” Rubio explained.
He described the second phase, dealing with Gaza’s long-term governance, as “even harder.” “The challenge will be establishing a Palestinian technocratic authority that isn’t Hamas, disarming militant groups, and ensuring they don’t rebuild tunnels or resume attacks,” he said. “That’s the critical part — without it, there won’t be lasting peace.”
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At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
A shooting in Nice, southeastern France, left two people dead and five injured on Friday, authorities said.
A U.S. strike on a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific killed four men, marking the latest escalation in President Donald Trump’s expanding campaign against narcotics networks across the Americas, according to international media.
Hurricane Melissa tore across the northern Caribbean on Wednesday, devastating Jamaica, battering Cuba’s east, and flooding parts of Haiti, where at least 25 people were killed.
New Zealand announced on Thursday that it would broaden sanctions against Russia’s oil sector and its so-called shadow fleet, during a meeting with the foreign ministers of the five Nordic countries in Stockholm.
Indonesian authorities are investigating food poisoning cases involving nearly 700 children in Yogyakarta province this week, after students ate meals prepared under President Prabowo Subianto's key free school meal programme, an official said.
Britain said on Wednesday it had agreed to a deal with Vietnam to curb illegal migration in what it described as the strongest Hanoi had ever agreed with another country.
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