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‘Nowhere is safe,’ warns UN’s aid agency for Palestinians with nearly 450,000 displaced from border city

Qatar's warning that it was reassessing its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas has raised concerns about the prospects for a ceasefire and the return of hostages.

Martin Griffiths lamented ‘the unconscionable prospect of further escalation in Gaza, where no one is safe and there is nowhere safe to go’

American and Israeli negotiators were expected in Cairo over the weekend for a renewed push to reach a ceasefire-hostage deal in a war that has raged for nearly half a year.

In this exclusive interview with Qatar's Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, he discusses the proposed ceasefire in Gaza and the role...

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The comments come as 31 ‘very sick’ premature babies were evacuated from Gaza’s largest hospital

'The challenges facing the agreement are just practical and logistical,' Qatari prime minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said

The Qatari prime minister held secret talks with the supreme leader of the Taliban this month on resolving tension with the international community, a source briefed on the meeting said, signaling a new willingness by Afghanistan's rulers to discuss ways to end their isolation.

Qatar's prime minister said on Thursday that the original basis for the 2011 suspension of Syria's membership in the Arab League still stands and he reiterated Doha's stance against normalisation with Syria unless there is a political solution.