Hamas has released eight hostages five Thai farm workers and three dual German-Israeli nationals. That's in exchange for 110 ...

Trump sent Witkoff to ensure the ceasefire agreement advances to the second phase, which will require hashing out more thorny ...

Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Wednesday abolished the country’s constitution and declared himself president ...

Hamas is rushing to reassert control over the territory it has ruled since 2007. Its leaders are exuberant—at least in public ...

Wealthy Arab nations consider bankrolling Gaza’s reconstruction, but they want assurances Palestinians will lead in the ...

President Trump has floated the idea of relocating Gazans to other Muslim countries so that reconstruction can get underway.

A warning has gone out to seafarers in the Persian Gulf over what appear to be attempts by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 26 The Washington Post on Trump's “energy emergency” Oil and gas production in the United States is hitting record highs, ...

Top container shippers avoid Red Sea despite Houthi pledge. Maersk, MSC, and CMA CGM wary of security risks in the region.

Russia and Iran signed a mutual defense and security cooperation pact on Jan. 17 — just days before President Trump’s ...