President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan is set to enter a new phase within weeks, but crucial pieces of the agreement remain undefined as Israel tightens its military grip on the battered enclave.

Germany will host U.S. and Ukrainian delegations over the weekend for talks on a ceasefire in Ukraine, before a summit with European leaders and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Berlin on Monday, a German official said.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told an international conference in the Qatari capital that international mediators, led by the U.S., are working toward the second phase of peace deal.

Analysts warn that Phase 2 of the ceasefire presents a host of complex challenges that could slow or even stall the process.

SPAN seeks to model civil dialogue and bipartisan coöperation in an age of inflamed debate. But is getting along a worthwhile goal?

The escalation broke the ceasefire brokered in July by Trump who threatened to halt trade talks with the two countries unless they ended the fight.

Archaeologists finished excavating foundations of the ancient wall that surrounded Jerusalem when the story of Hanukkah took place.

MOSCOW, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Kremlin foreign policy ‌aide ​Yury Ushakov said on ‌Friday that a ceasefire in Ukraine is only possible ​after Kyiv's forces withdraw from the entire Donbas region, with the area they ‍currently control taken over ​by Russian National Guard, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported.