On Monday, Hamas released Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old New Jersey-born IDF soldier who was captured during the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel. Alexander was handed over to the Red Cross, which transferred him to the Israeli military. He was freed as a result of...
UN aid agencies have condemned a US-Israeli plan to use aid as "bait" to forcibly displace Palestinian civilians into a small area of southern Gaza. US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee unveiled the plan on Friday, although there's no clear timeline, and Gaza remains...
On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed starting direct peace talks with Ukraine without preconditions in Turkey this Thursday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky initially responded by saying there must be a ceasefire before talks could be held. He...
Updated on May 11, 2025, at 7:05 pm EST Hamas said on Sunday that it would release Edan Alexander, a dual US-Israeli citizen and IDF soldier who was captured during the October 7 attack, and confirmed that it had been in direct talks with the US on a potential Gaza...
Sectarian violence against Syria’s Alawite minority became a huge matter in early March, when massacres left well over 1,300 people dead and the ruling Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) insisting the matter was over and an investigation would happen. The probe has been...
Iran said on Sunday that the fourth round of negotiations it held with the US earlier in the day were "difficult but useful," and both sides have agreed to hold more talks. "The fourth round of indirect Iran-US negotiations is concluded; difficult but useful talks to...
Pope Leo XIV called for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the Israeli blockade of aid on Sunday in his first Sunday blessing since being elected pontiff last week. "I am deeply pained by what is happening [in Gaza," Leo said from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica....
Since the ceasefire began in late November, Israel has carried out enormous numbers of airstrikes against southern Lebanon. The strikes have continued in recent days, but there are signs of even further escalation as bunker-buster bombs are increasing utilized. Major...
Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least 68 Palestinians and wounded 290 over the past three days, according to daily death toll updates released by Gaza's Health Ministry. In that same time period, at least two bodies of Palestinians killed by previous attacks...
President Trump on Thursday called for a 30-day "unconditional" ceasefire in Ukraine and threatened sanctions if it is not "respected." Trump made the call in a post on Truth Social shortly after holding a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "Talks with...
