• Total solar eclipse will sweep over Spain, Iceland and Greenland in August

    Total solar eclipse will sweep over Spain, Iceland and Greenland in August

    Aug 03, 2026 05:40 PM EDT

    ... of Spain will take center stage on Aug. 2, 2027, with up to six minutes and 23 seconds of totality extending into Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia. Then on Jan. 26, 2028, a ring-of-fire eclipse will round out Spain’s celestial trifecta — “a lucky ...

  • Trump claims Iran talks will start Monday, and other developments in the Middle East

    Trump claims Iran talks will start Monday, and other developments in the Middle East

    Aug 03, 2026 01:32 PM EDT

    ... inside the tents. Our tent is made of nylon,” said Aida Abu Hadeesha, a woman displaced from the town of Rafah, near the border with Egypt. “There is no breeze, nothing, and our kids are suffering," she said, adding that the stifling heat continued all night. "The flies and the ...

  • Fact-checking Trump's claims about how the Iran war is going

    Fact-checking Trump's claims about how the Iran war is going

    Aug 02, 2026 05:12 PM EDT

    ... in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait between Saudi Arabia and Africa — one of the primary alternative shipping routes to the Strait of Hormuz. And an Egyptian port near the Suez Canal was attacked July 29, believed to be by a drone; it’s unclear whether Iran or one of its ...

  • Trump threatens more strikes on Iran. Tensions from Hormuz to Kuwait and Gaza lead to more warnings

    Trump threatens more strikes on Iran. Tensions from Hormuz to Kuwait and Gaza lead to more warnings

    Aug 01, 2026 06:23 PM EDT

    ... Friday, Israeli far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir called the deal “unacceptable” and said the killings in Gaza must continue. “Israel must win,” he said. Egypt, a key Gaza ceasefire mediator, lauded Hamas and other Palestinian groups for “their positive response” in the phased peace plan, Egyptian state-run media ...

  • Hamas says it will disarm if Israel halts strikes and withdraws from Gaza, but obstacles remain

    Hamas says it will disarm if Israel halts strikes and withdraws from Gaza, but obstacles remain

    Jul 31, 2026 06:21 PM EDT

    ... guarantee the ceasefire. The person spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss the agreement. The deal's guarantors are the U.S., Turkey, Egypt and Qatar. It could take years for Hamas to disarm On Thursday, U.S. and Board of Peace officials, describing the deal to reporters ...

  • WATCH: Trump hosts Cabinet meeting at Camp David

    WATCH: Trump hosts Cabinet meeting at Camp David

    Jul 31, 2026 03:01 PM EDT

    ... history have turned to Camp David when they needed security and privacy for sensitive diplomatic talks with foreign leaders. Jimmy Carter took the leaders of Egypt and Israel there in 1978 for talks that produced the Camp David Accords, a peace agreement between the two countries.Camp David is also ...

  • U.S. and Iran strikes intensify as war opens new fronts

    U.S. and Iran strikes intensify as war opens new fronts

    Jul 30, 2026 10:55 PM EDT

    ... spread to the Mediterranean, Egypt confirming that a drone caused yesterday's massive fire that engulfed two natural gas vessels. It struck Damietta Port on Egypt's northern coast, about 30 miles from where the Suez Canal meets the Mediterranean Sea. One of those ships was American-owned. Egyptian officials ...

  • How views on Trump's handling of Iran have shifted, according to this poll

    How views on Trump's handling of Iran have shifted, according to this poll

    Jul 30, 2026 08:07 PM EDT

    ... the conflict, which has dragged on far longer than he originally predicted. WATCH: Brief pause in Iran war ends with new attacks in Iraq and Egypt About two-thirds of U.S. adults say the war with Iran, which began Feb. 28, has not been worthwhile, according to the new ...

  • U.S.-Iran conflict enters new phase as Saudi Arabia helps hit proxies and diplomacy stalls

    U.S.-Iran conflict enters new phase as Saudi Arabia helps hit proxies and diplomacy stalls

    Jul 30, 2026 03:50 PM EDT

    At the same time, the defense minister underscored to Trump and Vance that the Saudis want to see a de-escalation in the war and want Washington and Tehran to return to negotiations. Drone strikes also ignited fires on two natural gas vessels at a port in Egypt, a close ...

  • U.S. and Iran trade missile barrages as hopes dim for a quick resolution to war

    U.S. and Iran trade missile barrages as hopes dim for a quick resolution to war

    Jul 30, 2026 03:44 PM EDT

    The office of the Egyptian prime minister said initial investigations showed the fires on the two vessels had been caused by a drone. Egypt, a close U.S. ally and regional mediator, is one of the only countries in the Middle East to have been spared direct military action during ...