Axios also reported White House envoy Steve Witkoff hosted the meeting, with Mossad spy chief David Barnea representing Israel and...
- US President Donald Trump said Sunday there was a "good chance" of a deal to end the war in Ukraine...
Years of diplomacy between the Caucasus rivals Azerbaijan and Armenia had failed to reach a breakthrough, but negotiations have resumed...Top diplomats from Turkey and Azerbaijan held talks in the capital Ankara on several sticking issues including ongoing peace negotiations between Baku and Yerevan
The Caucasus rivals fought two wars -- in the 1990s and in 2020 -- over control of Nagorno-Karabakh, which had been predominantly populated by ethnic Armenians
- "After the follow-ups and consultations conducted by the president and with his written order, I will continue to exercise my...
Pezeshkian named Zarif as his vice president for strategic affairs on August 1, but the former top diplomat resigned less than two weeks later
Conservatives in Iran have criticised Pezeshkian for choosing Zarif, who became known for his vital role in negotiating the landmark 2015 nuclear deal
Cairo, a key mediator in efforts to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, "reiterated to all parties...A key sticking point in the ceasefire talks have been calls for Israel to withdraw its forces from the border area, including the Rafah crossing
Israeli forces seized the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing in early May, a move that has cut off a crucial aid route and drawn repeated condemnation from Egypt
- The result was perhaps the biggest exchange of fire in 10 months of a war which began with a Hamas...
Hizbollah, the powerful Iran-backed Lebanese armed group, denied that thousands of launchers had been destroyed or that Israel had thwarted a larger attack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet the strikes were "not the final word" in the campaign against Hizbollah
- "The declaration on the state of emergency enables the IDF (Israeli military) to issue instructions to the citizens of Israel,...
"I hereby declare a special situation on the home front in other areas of the country. The situation is valid for 48 hours starting at 6:00 am," Gallant said
In a separate statement, the defence ministry said Gallant briefed US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin on the overall situation
Harris also pledged to "always stand up for Israel's right to defend itself." Some pro-Palestinian activists, who rallied on the...The US Democratic candidate vowed to "not cozy up to tyrants and dictators" who can flatter Trump as he "wants to be an autocrat himself."
Harris won the biggest applause lines in her foreign policy section when she spoke of the suffering of Palestinians
- Jerusalem, Undefined - As their first birthday approaches, the triplets Gaza-native Hanane Bayouk gave birth to in Jerusalem before the war...
Israeli travel restrictions and the ongoing conflict have left Palestinian mothers from Gaza struggling to access their children in Jerusalem
The number of births at the hospital has fallen sharply as Israel has stopped issuing travel permits to mothers from Gaza and slashed the number given to mothers
- "It is India's strong belief that no problem can be resolved on a battlefield," Modi said in Poland, a staunch...
Modi is expected to use his landmark visit to campaign for a "peaceful" solution
Modi added his country supported "dialogue and diplomacy for restoration of peace and stability"
The Israeli military killed a senior Palestinian militant in Lebanon on Wednesday, leading to accusations from the Fatah movement that...The strike killed Khalil Maqdah, described by Fatah as "one of the leaders"
Israeli bombardment elsewhere in Gaza killed at least 24 people on Wednesday
- Iran's army in May similarly said it had found no evidence of criminal activity in the crash that also killed...
The helicopter carrying 63-year-old Raisi crashed on a fog-shrouded mountainside in northern Iran, killing the president and seven others, and triggering snap elections
Fars news agency, quoting an informed security source with knowledge of the conclusions of the probe, said overloading was also behind crash
