Madrid: Chairperson of National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) H E Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah, who is also President of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), held a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain, H E Jose Manuel Albares in Madrid.

The truce between Israel and Hamas was set to begin at 8:30 a.m. local time. The first Israeli hostages were to be released hours later in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

A visual guide to how much has changed in the Gaza Strip since Israel began its military response to Hamas's attacks on 7 October.

HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani discussed bilateral relations and international developments,

Twenty foreign repeat offenders expelled from Spain, govt deactivates app meant to correct gender imbalance in household chores, PM welcomes Gaza ceasefire and more news from Spain on Thursday January 16th.

Waiting for news this week of whether a ceasefire deal between Hamas and the Israeli government must have been agonising for the people of Gaza and for the families of hostages taken in the attack of October 7. All week the talk was that a deal was in the very final stages of negotiation. It would be soon, we were told.

The deadline for the start of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip passed as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas had not lived up to its commitment to provide the names of the three hostages it was set to release later on Sunday in exchange for scores of Palestinian prisoners.

Dozens of people celebrated today in Rabat the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Camera: JALAL MORCHIDI. [Restrictions: Spain, Latin America, or the U.S. Hispanic market]

The Israeli military will no longer identify its forces by name in the media, “fearing the arrest of soldiers abroad.”

BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | The Gaza ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel is a welcome relief and a crucial step toward regional stability. It provides an opportunity to halt the bloodshed and ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

The Israel-Hamas war has devastated the Gaza Strip. Satellite photos offer some sense of the destruction in the territory.