A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges, officials said Tuesday.

A Gaza ceasefire agreement has been reached, Qatar has confirmed - as President Joe Biden announced the imminent release of US and Israeli hostages.

In these final actions of his presidency, Biden is asserting his domestic and foreign-policy principles before Trump takes charge.

In the very last hours of President Joe Biden’s time in office, a prisoner exchange years in the making was finally struck: the Taliban agreed to swap two Americans being held in Afghanistan for one Taliban member serving a life sentence in a US prison.

President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that a Gaza ceasefire deal 'has been reached' between Israel and Hamas.

A ceasefire agreement has been reached between Israel and Hamas, involving a halt of the fighting and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza. Following the announcement, both US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump claimed credit for the Gaza ceasefire.

Ceasefire to begin on Sunday Gazans rejoice on streetsHostage families express joy 600 aid trucks a day to be allowed into Gaza33 Israeli captives, including civilian women

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden bid goodbye to the American people Wednesday ... The Biden administration brokered the deal, along with Qatar and Egypt. Biden started his speech by reflecting for a few minutes on that agreement, which he said had ...

As news broke that the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas had finally been reached after seven months of high-stakes negotiations in Qatar, President Joe Biden was preparing to make his farewell address to the American people from the Oval Office. President-elect Donald Trump was getting ready to redecorate the room.

The two were exchanged for a man arrested in eastern Afghanistan two decades ago who has been serving a life sentence in a California prison.

Donald Trump inherits a Middle East that looks dramatically different from the one his administration left in 2021.

Two hundred Palestinian prisoners have also been released today by Israel in the latest stage of a ceasefire deal.