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...
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Aug 201 min read
Israeli military retrieves bodies of six hostages held in Gaza
JERUSALEM - Israel retrieved the bodies of six hostages from the Khan Younis area in southern Gaza overnight, according to statements...
Aug 194 min read
Blinken warns Israel and Hamas of last chance to end Gaza war
JERUSALEM/CAIRO - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned on Monday that the latest push for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release...
Aug 192 min read
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 174 min read
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 163 min read
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 162 min read
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 161 min read
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 163 min read
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...
Aug 121 min read
Israeli minister tells US that large-scale Iranian attack expected, Axios reports
WASHINGTON - Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday that Iran was making preparations...
Aug 123 min read
Israel orders more Gaza evacuations after school shelter attack kills scores
CAIRO - Israel expanded evacuation orders in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinian...
Aug 73 min read
Hamas names Oct 7 mastermind Sinwar as leader after Haniyeh assassination
CAIRO - Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as successor to former political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran...
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