Israel’s military has set up sites to receive hostages while aid groups prepare to use the cease-fire to increase deliveries into Gaza.

Envoy Steve Witkoff, carrying a message from Donald Trump, broke through the impasse in long-futile cease-fire talks.

Gazans are curbing their optimism, having experienced other times throughout the war when a cease-fire was thought to be within reach, only for it to fall apart.

The last time Trump hit China with tariffs, Beijing devalued the yuan, blunting the impact. This time, Xi Jinping has signaled the country should defend its currency.

The volunteers risked their lives to venture thousands of feet underground and retrieve their neighbors. What they found was horrific.

Chrystia Freeland blew up the career of her top political ally, Justin Trudeau. Now, she is taking on an old friend, the former central banker Mark Carney.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke with President-elect Donald Trump on Friday on the heels of Beijing’s plan to dispatch the nation’s vice president to next week’s inauguration.

The country’s population fell for a third straight year as deaths outpaced births.

Israel and Hamas have yet to agree on a host of issues, deferring them to later stages of the multiphase cease-fire deal.

Three lawyers who defended the Russian opposition leader before his death were sentenced to up to five years as the biggest crackdown on dissent since the Soviet era deepened.

China said that its economy expanded by 5% last year, but a variety of weak signals have made some outside economists dubious.

In a quiet corner of the island, locals suddenly find themselves at the center of a geopolitical power play.

The American filmmaker drawn to the dark and surreal created movies and TV shows that became cult classics.

Carney promised an economic agenda focused on lifting the country from a period of stagnant growth.

The move comes after the Biden administration last week accused a Sudanese rebel group of committing genocide.

Prime minister’s maneuverings reflect divide in Israeli society over a deal.

A government inquiry called for legal action against an unnamed person involved in the foiled conspiracy.

Netanyahu’s office says the cease-fire agreement will go into effect Sunday.

As Donald Trump prepares for his second term, China’s dominance of global manufacturing is greater than ever.

Facilities have been preparing by conducting simulations and poring over medical records and Hamas videos.

The harsh climate, hazardous shipping, limited infrastructure and tiny local workforce have for years left a promised gold rush frozen in its tracks.

Terms of the cease-fire deal that Israel and Hamas reached after a year of fruitless talks aren’t very different from what was available to each side last spring. What changed was everything else.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who said this month he would step aside as leader of the country and Liberal Party, said he won’t run in the election that must be held this year.

Ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, banned from leaving Brazil due to allegations he plotted a coup, has appealed to the Supreme Court to attend the Jan. 20 ceremony in Washington.

The deal would open a pathway to end the 15-month and begin with an exchange of some of the hostages in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.