Trump envoy Witkoff says US cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks and bringing its negotiating team home…
Columbia University reaches a deal with Trump to restore federal research funds
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University announced Wednesday it has reached a deal with the Trump administration to…
Ultra-Orthodox Jews block highway in Jerusalem to protest enlisting for military service
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocked a major highway in Jerusalem on Wednesday to protest against enlisting for…
Syria asks Turkey for defense support after sectarian clashes, Turkish officials say
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Syria’s interim government has requested Turkey’s support to strengthen its defense capabilities, Turkish officials…
Trump ‘caught off guard’ by recent Israeli strikes
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was “caught off guard” by the recent Israeli strikes in Syria and…
Iran sends a satellite-carrying rocket into a suborbital test flight
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran tested one of its satellite carrying rockets with a suborbital flight on Monday,…
UK, Canada and 23 other countries say the war in Gaza ‘must end now’
LONDON (AP) — Twenty-five countries including Britain, Japan and a host of European nations issued a joint statement…
Israeli forces push into parts of a central Gaza city that the war had largely spared
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli ground troops for the first time Monday pushed into areas of…
Israel orders evacuations in central Gaza as ceasefire talks stall and military offensive widens
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military published new evacuation warnings for areas of central Gaza…
Tehran resident says targeting of residential building shows Israel’s ‘desperation, weakness and fear’
The impact of the 12-day war between Israel and Iran was still visible in Tehran on Saturday. Several…
Syria’s leader urges Bedouin tribes to commit to a ceasefire ending clashes with the Druze
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa urged Sunni Muslim Bedouin tribes Saturday to “fully commit” to…
Druze-Bedouin clashes flare up again after government forces pull out of southern Syria
MAZRAA, Syria (AP) — Government forces in Syria prepared to return to a southern region Friday after renewed…