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Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan hits a critical test over who governs and who disarms

Force in Play

Key mediator and host of indirect talks; warns ceasefire is incomplete and fragile

Hamas's October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel triggered a war that lasted more than two years. A U.S.-brokered ceasefire took effect October 10, 2025. At least 460 Palestinians have been killed and over 1,200 injured since the truce began.

Updated 6 days ago

Colombia's total peace gambit

Rule Changes

Hosting suspended Colombia-Gulf Clan negotiations

For five months, Colombia's largest drug cartel sat across from government negotiators in Qatar, working toward something unprecedented: a peace deal with an organization the United States had just labeled a terrorist group. On February 4, the Gulf Clan walked away from the table, accusing President Gustavo Petro of betraying the talks by handing their leader's name to the Trump administration as a joint military target.

Updated Feb 4