Skip to content
Search
Human content, AI powered search.

Latest Stories

Global Stage LIVE from United Nations WATCH REPLAY

What We're Watching

Biden says cease-fire deal is just around the corner

President Joe Biden walks on the South Lawn to Marine One to start his trip from the White House to New York City.

President Joe Biden walks on the South Lawn to Marine One to start his trip from the White House to New York City.

SOPA Images
Riley Callanan
By Riley CallananFebruary 27, 2024
Riley Callanan

Riley is a former writer and reporter for GZERO. When she isn’t writing about global politics, you can find her conducting research on American politics or persisting in her lifelong quest to learn French. Riley spends her time outside of work grilling, dancing, and wearing many hats (both literally and figuratively).

See Full Bio
Make us preferred on Google
As the war in Gaza nears its 5-month mark, US President Joe Biden says he hopes to have a temporary cease-fire in Gaza within the week. The proposed deal would involve aid deliveries to Gaza in exchange for the release of roughly 40 Oct. 7 hostages.

Israel has also signaled it could release a group of high-profile Palestinian prisoners as a part of the deal. Israel has resisted such a concession in the past because releasing Palestinians convicted of terrorism could attract significant domestic criticism. But it could go a long way toward temporarily pausing the fighting.

However, the most important parts of the deal for Hamas – including the length of a cease-fire and Hamas’s demand for a complete withdrawal of Israeli military forces from Gaza — are still under discussion. Hamas officials have indicated the two sides are not as close to a deal as Biden suggests.

hamascease-firemiddle-eastusisrael

Latest Videos

What Trump and Xi each want from their meeting
ask ian

What Trump and Xi each want from their meeting

Powering what's next
Video

Powering what's next

Trump climbs down on Greenland
GZERO Europe

Trump climbs down on Greenland

Why Trump’s Greenland deal signals a shift
Quick Take

Why Trump’s Greenland deal signals a shift

António Guterres: Superpowers can't always get what they want
GZERO World Clips

António Guterres: Superpowers can't always get what they want

More For You

Netanyahu takes to the podium at the UN, Trump tells Venezuela to hold elections, Rogue AI agent hacks Australia’s public health website

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a toast-raising event hosted by his Likud party, in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a toast-raising event hosted by his Likud party, in Tel Aviv, Israel, September 17, 2026.

REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Netanyahu to address the UN today with Israeli elections in mindIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the UN today during a whirlwind eight-hour trip to New York. As some of Israel’s traditional allies – including many European countries – distance themselves from the country over the war in Gaza and rising settler violence in the [...]

Iran and Ukraine address the UN today, Philippines moves closer to impeaching VP Duterte, Ethiopia on the brink of new conflict

Iran and Ukraine address the UN today, Philippines moves closer to impeaching VP Duterte, Ethiopia on the brink of new conflict

Masoud Pezeshkian speaking at the UN on Sept. 23, 2026

United Nations
At the UN podium today: Iran and Ukraine The presidents of two different countries currently at war with nuclear superpowers are at the mic today, as Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky address the hall. Pezeshkian gave Iran’s side of the story, calling out US President Donald Trump by name and defiantly declaring Iran [...]

Diesel prices fuel Transatlantic problems, Brits offer a spot of help to the Saudis, Brazil to bar candidates with criminal ties from election

Fuel pumps at a Total station on Avenue de Grande Bretagne in Toulouse, France, on 22 September 2026, amid a reported fuel shortage.

Fuel pumps at a Total station on Avenue de Grande Bretagne in Toulouse, France, on 22 September 2026, amid a reported fuel shortage.

Hans Lucas via Reuters Connect
Diesel shortages fuel Transatlantic panicPrices for diesel, an essential fuel for heavy-duty shipping and farming, are at record highs in the US and Europe, leaving leaders in both places scrambling for a solution. Donald Trump has blamed Ukraine for striking Russian diesel plants, although data show the US-led war in Iran has deleted more than [...]

Germany’s political center suffers historic blow, Turkey weighs coming to Saudi Arabia’s aid, Major TV networks support outlets banned from White House

Germany’s political center suffers historic blow, Turkey weighs coming to Saudi Arabia’s aid, Major TV networks support outlets banned from White House
ddp/dts Nachrichtenagentur via Reuters Connect
Populist wave continues to crash through German electionsTwo weeks ago, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was “shocked” when his conservative CDU party got creamed by the hard right AfD in local elections in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. That was just the start. Now his shock has given way to “disaster” as the CDU failed to even pass the 5% threshold [...]