World Apr 25 Top Hamas official says group would agree to truce if independent Palestinian state established along pre-1967 borders A top Hamas political official has told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a five-year truce with Israel and that it will lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an…
Politics Mar 07 WATCH: Biden directs U.S. military to build temporary pier in Gaza for humanitarian aid While reiterating his support for Israel, President Joe Biden used the announcement and the bright spotlight of his State of the Union speech to renew months of U.S. calls to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to change how he conducts…
World Mar 07 Hamas says cease-fire delegation has left Cairo, talks to resume next week Egyptian officials say the negotiations reached an impasse over Hamas' demand for a phased process culminating in an end to the war.
World Feb 01 Israel and Lebanon are prepping for war, but neither wants the conflict many fear is inevitable Israel and Hezbollah each have lessons from their last war, in 2006. The monthlong conflict ended in a draw.
World Jan 27 Iraq and U.S. start formal talks to end coalition mission created to fight the Islamic State The United States and Iraq held a first session of formal talks Saturday in Baghdad aimed at winding down the mission of a U.S.-led military coalition formed to fight the Islamic State group in Iraq.
World Jan 22 U.S. sanctions Iraqi airline Fly Baghdad, its CEO and Hamas cryptocurrency financiers The sanctions come as Israel's bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip continues and Iranian-backed militias in Iraq launch regular strikes against bases housing U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria.
World Jan 21 Strike kills civilian, Hezbollah fighter as Israel seems to shift to targeted killings in Lebanon An Israeli airstrike hit two vehicles near a Lebanese army checkpoint in south Lebanon on Sunday, killing a Hezbollah member in one car and a woman in the other and wounding several other people, Lebanese state media and health officials reported.
World Dec 30 Airstrikes hit central Gaza camps as U.S. moves ahead with new weapons sale to Israel Israeli warplanes struck two urban refugee camps in central Gaza on Saturday, as the Biden administration approved a new emergency weapons sale to Israel despite persistent international cease-fire calls over mounting civilian deaths, hunger and mass displacement in the enclave.
World Dec 06 Senior UN official denounces ‘blatant disregard’ in Israel-Hamas war after many refugee sites are hit The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says there's no safe haven in Gaza for civilians — not even U.N. shelters and "safe zones" designated by Israel.
World Nov 21 Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon kill 2 journalists for a pan-Arab TV channel, 4 Palestinian militants The airstrike that hit the journalists also killed a Lebanese civilian, Hussein Akil, according to Al-Mayadeen and Lebanon’s state media.