The heartwarming Christmas truce of 1914 resulted in football matches – played between the British and the Germans – and presents being exchanged. Sainsbury’s advert wonderfully renders a scene from ...

This ceasefire, which the guerrillas have decreed for the Christmas period during other peace processes, will be in effect from 6:00 am on December 24, 2022, until 6:00 am on January 2, 2023 ...

Alfred Anderson was the last surviving soldier to have been present when the guns fell silent along the Western Front in the spontaneous "Christmas Truce" of World War I. Born June 25, 1896 ...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said the truce was an attempt to stop his country's military advances. Ukraine war: Kyiv rejects Putin's 'trivial' Christmas truce Ukraine's President Volodymyr ...

Israel and Hamas are set for more indirect talks Sunday on the Gaza ceasefire, but deep divisions persist between the two warring sides on the terms of the fragile truce. Mediated by Qatar ...

In January 2023, Russia proposed a 36-hour Christmas truce, which Ukraine rejected, calling it a "cynical trap." The truce had little effect, as fighting persisted, and the Wagner Group ...

France on Monday said a plan for a one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine would test Moscow's commitment to ending the war it began with its 2022 invasion. A day after European leaders rallied ...

Israel ordered an immediate halt to Gaza's electricity supply Sunday in an effort to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages, even as it prepared for fresh talks on the future of its truce with the ...