U_S_ Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel to press for a cease-fire deal with Hamas, saying "the time is now." ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dominated his country’s politics for the last four decades, and his influence will not end even if Israelis vote him out of office. Over the course of his ...

A U.S. official says the United States conducted defensive strikes on some Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday night that the Iranian regime must be overthrown once and for all, following preparations in recent weeks by the U.S. military for possible ...

First Lady Melania Trump gathered leaders from Russia and Ukraine at the White House today. The occasion is believed to mark the first time in American ...

Mediators met for a third consecutive day of talks on Sunday in the latest diplomacy push aimed at preventing a resumption of ...

Blocs led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger, Gadi Eisenkot, were roughly even as vote counting ...

Despite Israel's inconclusive elections and the absence of a clear political winner, Lebanon doesn't anticipate a significant ...

Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Nov. 2, 2026 Some key things to watch today:9:30 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.: Parliamentary meetings: joint ...

President Donald Trump doubled down on the importance of the Iran war on Tuesday night while insisting that it was necessary to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

US President Donald Trump, with roughly two months before a Democratic Congress takes control, faces a set of less-than-ideal options with the Iran war: negotiate, escalate, or sit tight.

First lady Melania Trump's office on Friday said she — not President Trump or another top official — has secured a temporary ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine for the Russian-occupied Ukrainian ...