Oil tanker Sounion 'poses environmental risk' after Houthi attack in Red Sea
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DUBAI/ATHENS - A Greek-flagged oil tanker carrying 150,000 tonnes of crude that was evacuated by its crew after being attacked in the Red...
- Aug 23
- 2 min
US envoy tells UN: Gaza ceasefire deal 'now is in sight'
UNITED NATIONS - A Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal "now is in sight," the U.S. envoy to the United Nations told the Security...
- Aug 22
- 2 min
Tanker adrift after multiple attacks in Red Sea, UK maritime agency says
DUBAI - A Greek-flagged tanker was adrift in the Red Sea on Wednesday after repeated attacks that started a fire on the vessel and caused...
- Aug 22
- 3 min
Biden presses Netanyahu on need to reach Gaza truce deal
CAIRO/JERUSALEM - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the urgency of sealing a...
- Aug 22
- 1 min
Israeli PM says troops will not leave Philadelphi corridor in Gaza
JERUSALEM - Israel has not agreed to withdraw its troops from the so-called Philadelphi corridor along the border between Egypt and Gaza,...
- Aug 21
- 4 min
Blinken wraps up Mideast trip with Gaza deal still elusive
DOHA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought during a whirlwind trip to the Middle East to inject urgency into efforts to broker...
- Aug 19
- 2 min
Factbox-Gaza ceasefire talks: The main sticking points
JERUSALEM/CAIRO - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel stepping up diplomatic pressure in a last-ditch attempt to secure a...
- Aug 17
- 4 min
Gaza ceasefire talks paused with resumption planned next week
DOHA/CAIRO - Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha paused on Friday with negotiators to meet again next week seeking an agreement to end fighting...
- Aug 16
- 3 min
Gaza ceasefire negotiations extend to another day as death toll exceeds 40,000
DOHA/CAIRO - Negotiators were to meet in the Qatari capital Doha again on Friday in an effort to hammer out a Gaza ceasefire agreement as...
- Aug 16
- 2 min
Trump says he told Netanyahu to end Gaza war but criticizes ceasefire call
WASHINGTON/ BEDMINSTER, New Jersey - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he told Israeli Prime Minister...
- Aug 16
- 1 min
British and French foreign ministers to visit Middle East to urge de-escalation
LONDON - British and French foreign ministers will travel to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories to call for an urgent...
- Aug 16
- 3 min
Negotiators seek Gaza ceasefire deal in Qatar talks as death toll surpasses 40,000
DOHA/CAIRO - A new round of Gaza ceasefire talks was under way in the Qatari capital Doha on Thursday, officials said, with Israel's spy...
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