Secretary of State Blinken to push cease-fire proposal in eighth urgent Mideast trip since war in Gaza erupted
The State Department says Blinken will fly from Paris to Cairo on Monday before traveling to Israel, Jordan and Qatar.
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Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah ‘with or without a deal’ as cease-fire talks with Hamas continue
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the almost 7-month-long...
Secretary of State Blinken says Israeli assault on Rafah would be a ‘mistake’ and isn’t needed to defeat Hamas
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that a major Israeli ground assault on the southern Gaza town of Rafah would be “a mistake” and unnecessary to defeating Hamas.
Netanyahu rejects Hamas’ demands, complicating efforts toward a cease-fire and hostage-release deal
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says a cease-fire and hostage-release agreement between Israel and Hamas is still possible, despite the two sides being far apart on the central terms...
Investigate us for wartime abuses in Afghanistan? We’ll ban you from the United States, Pompeo says.
The United States will revoke or deny visas to International Criminal Court personnel seeking to investigate alleged war crimes and other abuses committed by U.S. forces in Afghanistan or elsewhere,...
Speaker Pelosi cancels commercial Afghanistan trip, cites Trump’s ‘leak’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday canceled her plans to travel by commercial plane to visit U.S. troops in Afghanistan, saying President Donald Trump had caused a security risk by...
Trump administration reimposes all Iran sanctions lifted under nuclear deal
The Trump administration on Friday restored U.S. sanctions on Iran that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, but carved out exemptions for eight countries that can still import...
Trump says it ‘certainly looks’ like Saudi writer killed, vows ‘very severe’ consequences if true
President Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday it "certainly looks" as though missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead, and he threatened "very severe" consequences if the Saudis are found to have...
Trump delays proposed Putin meeting until 2019, citing ‘Russia witch hunt’
The Trump administration on Wednesday sought to fend off accusations the president is too soft on Russia, putting off a proposed second summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and declaring...
Iran deal comparisons cloud Trump’s North Korea summit
President Donald Trump's triumphant assertions about the success of the unprecedented Singapore summit are being met with skepticism and outright derision from critics seizing on the contradiction between his withdrawal...