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Turkey, one of the few countries in the world that most Americans do not visit, probably in response to the 1978 movie ...

Trump’s decision to bomb Iran exposed cracks in his MAGA base. Now he needs a Gaza ceasefire. But whether Israel is ready to ...

The rise of Izz al-Din al-Haddad in the chain of command suggests the group will hold firm to its position demanding a total ...

Fireworks blast in California, Gaza aid scandal, Russia backs Taliban—Thursday evening's headlines span chaos from Esparto to ...

In a bid to end the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, a senior Hamas delegation held a series of high-level diplomatic meetings with Turkish officials in Ankara this week.

The idea of a two-month truce has been discussed since the collapse of the last shortlived ceasefire in March. A similar proposal was floated in May, but Hamas viewed it as an enabling mechanism for ...

Hamas wants to ensure that the latest cease-fire proposal has sufficient guarantees that negotiations will lead to a ...

U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel has agreed on terms for a new 60-day ceasefire with Hamas and that Washington would ...

Israeli TV reports that for first time the gov't is seriously considering ending the war; Netanyahu said expected to ask ...

Israel and Hamas have been at war since October 7, 2023, when the group launched an attack on Israel, killing around 1,200 ...

Hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by Israeli strikes in recent days. And aid distribution has been marred by ...