The year was 1914. The warring countries in WW1 had discussed a cease fire to celebrate Christmas, but no agreement was made. However, on the night of Christmas, an unofficial cease fire was declared.

The theme was ‘All together now’ to represent The Farm's song based on the Christmas Day Truce in World War One, when the two sides stopped fighting and played a football match. The ...

"This is the first time I sleep comfortably and I'm not afraid," Barbakh, 35, told AFP a day after a fragile truce in the Israel-Hamas war took hold. "We didn't hear any shelling, and we weren't ...

It remains unclear whether the six-week truce will lead to a permanent cease-fire and the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza, or if fighting will resume. By Aaron Boxerman Reporting from ...

JERUSALEM — Israel on Sunday said a truce with Hamas began in Gaza at 11:15 a.m. local time (5:15 p.m. Manila time), nearly three hours after initially scheduled, following a last-minute delay ...

It is not about to end in a simple ceasefire. The best that can be hoped for is a protracted truce, during which Israel gradually withdraws its forces from the ravaged coastal strip. Delays and ...

Qatar, a key mediator, said negotiations for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal were in their "final stages" Tuesday, expressing hope an agreement could be reached "very soon". Qatar ...

in what appears to be a temporary truce in the archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church over unified Mass and the demand by the rebel group to disband the recently-constituted archdiocesan curia.