AFTER 466 DAYS OF GRUELING and deadly conflict, Hamas and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire. The deal the two sides agreed on has reportedly not changed much from the framework crafted last year, which would mean that it will proceed in three separate phases.

But in Burns—a 33-year veteran of the Foreign Service, only the second career diplomat to become deputy secretary of state, a former ambassador to Russia and Jordan—Biden got a spymaster with an unusual set of skills.

Mahmud Hassin Muhammed Bushkar, 37, intended to create an explosive belt in order to carry out terrorist attacks in Israel, the police said.

Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreed to "in principle," officials say 02:08 A draft deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and hostage release has been agreed to in principle and, if all goes well, will be ...

President Joe Biden said American hostages will be included in the agreement. Marking an end to more than 15 months of deadly conflict, Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal on Wednesday that ...

Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire and hostage release agreement to halt more than a year of fighting in the Gaza Strip, President Biden and Qatar's prime minister announced separately on ...

The ceasefire has been negotiated for months. After months of negotiations between Hamas and Israel -- with the United States, Egypt and Qatar serving as intermediaries -- a ceasefire negotiation ...

In remarks from the White House, Biden announced that U.S. hostages still in Gaza would be returned home during a 42-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Of the seven Americans held captive in ...