After 15 months of a grueling war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, Israel and Hamas agreed to phase one of a ceasefire deal on Wednesday. The agreement will create a pause in fighting that will allow critical aid to reach Gaza, and begin an exchange of hostages held in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

President Donald Trump’s first week in the White House has been a whirlwind of executive orders on a range of issues, pulling the U.S. out of the World Health Organization and the Paris Climate Agreement.

Mediator Qatar says an agreement has been reached to release an Israeli civilian hostage and allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza.

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The Israeli military killed two Palestinian fighters in the West Bank that it said had been involved in a deadly shooting of Israeli civilians as a major" anti-terror" operation in Jenin entered a third day.

DONALD Trump has begun his first official day as the 47th President of the United States. He appeared at The Washington National Cathedral around 11am on Tuesday for a national prayer service.

Four female Israeli soldiers taken hostage during the October 7 attack have been released by Hamas in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners being held by Israel. NBC’s Daniele Hamamdjian reports for TODAY.

The Union Ministry of Mines on Thursday announced that it has decided to annul the auction of tungsten mineral block at Nayakkarpatti in Madurai district. It may be recalled that locals had carried out a massive rally in Madurai district against the proposal and the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly had last month unanimously adopted a special resolution urging the Union government to immediately cancel the tungsten mining rights granted.

Donald Trump was sworn in Monday as the 47th president of the United States in one of the most remarkable political comebacks in U.S. history.