Ukraine and Russia agreed to a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner swap — the war’s largest — at direct peace talks in Istanbul.
![In this handout photo released by Turkish Foreign Ministry, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, center, chairs a meeting between delegations from Russia, right, and Ukraine, left, at Dolmabahce palace in Istanbul, Turkey on May 16, 2025. [Murat Gok/Turkish Foreign Ministry/AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-1747427843.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Governments of Senegal and Mali are angry at how their nationals are being treated in the northwest African nation.
One in five in Gaza face famine as Israel’s blockade continues. What does starvation do to the human body?
These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on the occupied West Bank for Thursday, May 15.
![Mourners pray over the shrouded bodies of victims of Israeli strikes on Jabalia, at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip [Bashar Taleb/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/AFP__20250515__46UB7CP__v2__HighRes__PalestinianIsraelConflict-1747372700.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
New attacks kill at least 115 in Gaza as Israeli far right urges occupied West Bank assault on Nakba anniversary.
Trump won’t visit Israel on his Middle East tour because he knows Netanyahu is bluffing, says analyst Akiva Eldar.
![US President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the entrance of the White House in Washington, D.C. on April 7, 2025. [Leah Millis/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-1747251354.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Video shows the moment an Israeli missile hits Gaza’s European Hospital in Khan Younis.
![Video shows the moment an Israeli missile hits Gaza’s European Hospital in Khan Younis. Anas Al-Sharif/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-1747245654.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Hamas frees Edan Alexander as Israel presses on with its Gaza assault and 71-day blockade of all aid.
![An image from video shows Edan Alexander, Hamas fighters and a Red Cross representative in southern Gaza [Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-1747070877.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The victims were mostly children and elderly people, with an additional 28 injured.
Port Sudan, el-Fasher, West Kordofan and West Darfur have all seen heavy fighting.
India and Pakistan have been trading drone and artillery strikes in some of the most intense fighting in nearly 30 years
![Pakistani investigators examine at a cordoned off site, where Pakistan's air defense system shot down a suspected Indian drone, in Karachi, Pakistan on May 8, 2025. (Fareed Khan/AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-1746824232.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
US-backed Gaza foundation proposal aimed to keep aid from Hamas, but critics slam bypass of UN, danger to Palestinians.
Abu Dhabi has long rejected accusations that it is arming the RSF in its war with Sudan’s military rulers.
Pakistan’s military says it brought down 25 Indian drones over cities including Karachi and Lahore.
![A police officer walks as local residents gather at an entry point to a garrison area, where a suspected Indian drone crashed, in Lahore, Pakistan, on May 8, 2025. [K.M. Chaudary/AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-1746739587.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)