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Israel launched more deadly strikes on besieged Gaza on Thursday as Western governments unveiled sweeping sanctions against Iran's military drone...
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday announced new sanctions on Iran in response to last week’s aerial attack on Israel. The...
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday announced new sanctions on Iran in response to last week’s aerial attack on Israel. The...
The United States said Tuesday it would soon impose new sanctions on Iran's missile and drone program after its weekend attack on Israel, and that it...
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will announce sanctions on Iran “in the coming days” in response to the country’s unprecedented aerial...
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden cautioned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “think carefully and strategically about the risk of...
WASHINGTON — More than six months after Hamas launched its deadly attack on Israel, the Biden administration has sanctioned the militant group’s...
WASHINGTON — A group of House Democrats is urging the Biden administration to help secure the release of Elizabeth Tsurkov, a doctoral student at...
WASHINGTON — Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children, the International Rescue Committee, and now, World Central Kitchen. They are among the...
WASHINGTON — Senior US officials were expected to use a virtual meeting with Israeli counterparts on Monday to present alternatives to a major...
WASHINGTON — The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution calling for an “immediate” cease-fire in the Gaza Strip during the Muslim...
After more than five months of war, the UN Security Council for the first time Monday demanded an immediate ceasefire after the United States,...
WASHINGTON — The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution calling for an “immediate” cease-fire in the Gaza Strip during the month...
Israel plans to send troops into Gaza's Rafah even without US support, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Antony Blinken on Friday, as Washington...
WASHINGTON — Russia and China used their veto power at the UN Security Council on Friday to block a resolution drafted by the United States calling...
WASHINGTON — For months, the Biden administration has said Israel should be doing more to minimize civilian harm and expand humanitarian aid access...
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Saudi Arabia and Egypt this week to push for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and make...
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on two West Bank outposts and three settlers, intensifying an effort to punish...
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Israel to “open as many access points as possible” and ease “unnecessary...
WASHINGTON — A group of Senate Democrats say the continued supply of American weapons to Israel violates the federal law barring military assistance...
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address included a plea for Israel to “do its part” to ease the humanitarian crisis...
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WASHINGTON — US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ease restrictions in the West Bank...
WASHINGTON — In an effort to further squeeze the Kremlin’s war machine, the United States has sanctioned a network it says is working to mass...
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WASHINGTON — The United States vetoed on Tuesday an Arab-backed UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip...
WASHINGTON — The White House says Israel needs a "credible plan" to protect Rafah's civilians before launching its offensive there, walking back a...
WASHINGTON — Qatar has received a “positive” response from Hamas on a proposed framework for a hostage deal with Israel, the Qatari prime...
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has signed a new executive order paving the way for the US government to impose sanctions on extremist Jewish...
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is facing growing calls from his Republican opponents in Congress and on the campaign trail to strike Iran...
WASHINGTON — The prime minister of Qatar will visit Washington next week as the Biden administration pursues a breakthrough deal to end the war...
WASHINGTON — The State Department has paused additional funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees while it reviews allegations that 12 of...
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has redesignated Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a “specially designated global terrorist” group in a move...
WASHINGTON — After a group of federal employees declared Tuesday a “Day of Mourning” to protest US support for Israel’s war in Gaza, Secretary...
WASHINGTON — Nearly three years after President Joe Biden announced that ending the war in Yemen would be among his top foreign policy priorities,...
WASHINGTON — The White House dispatched senior advisor Amos Hochstein to Lebanon on Thursday as the Biden administration works to prevent...
WASHINGTON — The White House dispatched senior advisor Amos Hochstein to Lebanon on Thursday as the Biden administration works to prevent...
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to Israel and carrying the same message he delivered on each of his four previous visits...
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to the Middle East on Friday in a high-stakes trip aimed at preventing Israel’s...
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WASHINGTON — The US State Department on Tuesday slammed comments made by far-right Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir advocating...
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The United States on Monday announced a 10-nation coalition to quell Huthi missile and drone attacks on ships transiting the Red Sea, with Britain,...
WASHINGTON — The United States is seeking China's help in deterring attacks by Yemen’s Houthis that are targeting Israel and commercial shipping...
WASHINGTON — The United States is pursuing a “number of initiatives” to get the hostage talks between Israel and Hamas back on track two weeks...
DOHA, Qatar — A senior Hamas official suggested the Gaza-based militant group would recognize Israel as a step toward ending the long-running...
WASHINGTON — Any discussion of Gaza’s future must include an “irreversible plan” for Palestinian statehood, Jordan’s foreign minister told...
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WASHINGTON — The US State Department will deny visas to Israeli settlers attacking and displacing Palestinians in the West Bank under a new policy...