Key Mediator Egypt Expresses Skepticism of Gaza Cease-Fire Proposal as More Details Emerge Key mediator Egypt expressed skepticism Wednesday as more details emerged of the proposal meant to bridge gaps in cease-fire...
Blinken Ends Latest Mideast Visit Without a Cease-Fire, Warning 'Time Is of the Essence' U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said before leaving Qatar: “Our message is simple. It’s clear and it’s urgent. We need...
Blinken Says Israel Agrees to a US-Backed Proposal for a Cease-Fire and Calls on Hamas to Do Same Blinken spoke after holding a 2 1/2 hour meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier in the day, and was...
Blinken Is Back in the Middle East to Press for the Conclusion of an Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Blinken will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and President Issac Herzog.
Deadly Violence Persists in Gaza Despite Mediators' Hopes for a Truce Officials from the United States, Egypt and Qatar wrapped up two days of cease-fire talks with a message of hope that a deal...
US Official Says Mideast Mediators Are Preparing to Implement Cease-Fire Deal Before Final Agreement A new “implementation cell” was being established in Cairo, which would focus on the deal’s logistics, including the...
As Gaza Death Toll Passes 40,000, Corpses Are Buried in Yards, Streets, Tiered Graves Tiers of graves are stacked deep underground in a bloated Gaza cemetery, where Sa’di Baraka spends his days hacking at the...
US Approves Sale of Fighter Jets to Israel in $18.8 Billion Deal The Biden administration approved the sale of up to 50 F-15 fighter jets, vehicles and ammunition to Israel in a deal valued...
High-Wire Diplomacy on Possible Iran Retaliation in the Israel-Hamas War Draws in World Iran's threatened retaliatory strike on Israel over the assassination of Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh drew major world...
US Beefs Up Middle East Forces Ahead of Gaza Truce Talks Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group, equipped with F-35C fighters, and the USS...
Airmen's Search for Remains Recalls Top Secret WWII Mission to Turn Planes into Flying Bombs U.S. airmen in England assisted with an archaeological dig aimed at finding the remains of an Army pilot lost there during...
Vets with Rare Lung Disease Could Get Benefits More Easily Under Proposed Changes, VA Says The Department of Veterans Affairs is taking steps to remove the specific challenges veterans with constrictive bronchiolitis...
US Aircraft Carrier in the Middle East Is Heading Home The Pentagon's rare move to keep two Navy aircraft carriers in the Middle East over the past several weeks has now finished...
Edwards Air Force Base Set to Get Service's First Commercial On-Base Apartment Complex The base, home to the 412th Test Wing, has faced housing issues for its more than 10,000 military and civilian personnel...
New CIA Workplace Assault Case Emerges as Spy Agency Shields Extent of Sexual Misconduct in Ranks A recent 648-page internal watchdog report that found systemic shortcomings in the CIA’s handling of complaints was...
