Qatar, a key negotiator in the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement, confirmed Saturday that the first hostages will be released in less than 24 hours. Qatari Foreign Minister Majid al-Ansari

President-elect Donald Trump said mass deportations will begin “very quickly” after taking office, one of a number of plans he discussed in a phone interview with NBC News on Saturday.

From the US Supreme Court’s ruling on TikTok and Israel’s cabinet okaying a ceasefire pact with Hamas to US President Joe Biden commuting the sentences of thousands, several important events took place in the world this week.

After more than a year of talks, a deal that would halt Israel’s bombardment of Gaza and return Israeli hostages home has been reached.

Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire deal in the Gaza war which has now gone on for more than a year. Ceasefire negotiations have dragged on, with Qatar acting as an intermediary and President Joe Biden heavily pushing the two sides to reach an agreement and secure the release of hostages still being held by Hamas.

The Israeli security cabinet meeting to vote on a ceasefire deal with Hamas, which was delayed yesterday, is set for today. And, frigid temperatures are expected to envelop much of the U.S. next week.

This week in politics, President Joe Biden delivered his farewell address, the Senate conducted confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's nominees, the Supreme Court upheld the looming TikTok ban,

For the first time in history, a state is paying a strategic battlefield price for its citizens’ return.

The office of the Prime Minister of Israel has announced that the release of hostages under the agreement with Hamas will begin without delay. It is expected that the first hostages will be freed on January 19,

Trump had called on the court to keep the ban on hold until after he takes office and the Biden administration signaled it won't enforce the law beginning Sunday.

The decision came a week after the justices heard a First Amendment challenge to a law aimed at the wildly popular short-form video platform used by 170 million Americans that the government fears could be influenced by China.