Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered a defiant speech at the United Nations as Tehran downplayed talks with the United States about their seven-month-long war.
Middle Eastern leaders are gathering in New York for the United Nations General Assembly as conflicts in the region continue.
The Netherlands is making preparations for the United States to sanction the International Criminal Court, in the last escalation of the Trump Administration’s attacks on the global tribunal.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is pleading for “a world built on interdependence” as he makes his final address to the General Assembly gathering of world leaders.
The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee says he’s going to block a proposed sale of $2.8 billion in heavy weaponry to Israel over concerns that powerful bombs may not be used in line with U.S. and international law.
The Trump administration is planning to deliver powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has defended the decision to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, emphasizing fairness and justice.
An Israeli newspaper says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was directly warned by the president of the United Arab Emirates that Hamas was planning a major offensive just days before the militant group attacked on Oct. 7, 2023.
The United Kingdom has banned trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, where it says “settler terrorists” are carrying out “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians.
Israel has released four prisoners to the International Committee of the Red Cross as part of a deal with Lebanon.
A Lebanese man held in Israel has been released, marking the first such handover since the Israel-Hezbollah conflict began six months ago.
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks reelection, his main concern these days isn’t his political rivals.
Iran’s supreme leader has called for Muslim countries to stand together against Israel and the United States.
Israel’s prime minister has spoken out after weeks of settler violence in the occupied West Bank and condemned the criminal actions of a “handful of rioters.”.
President Donald Trump has submitted an agreement to Congress aimed at boosting Saudi Arabia's civilian nuclear program.
Iran is again warning about consequences in response to new U.S. economic sanctions, including for its neighbors.
Israeli settlers have killed a Palestinian teenager after a rock-throwing incident in the occupied West Bank.
Deadly airstrikes in Gaza on Wednesday have raised doubts about new U.S. efforts to advance a ceasefire there.
Disney has filed sui against the Federal Communications Commission says every media outlet in the nation is at risk due to the Trump administration's retaliation over Jimmy Kimmel's satire.
The Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers criticized Israeli forces for not clearing them from his property 10 days since it began.
A Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers for over a week has arrived there to help family members defend the property.
Iran says it's working to finalize a joint statement with Oman on a plan to manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
A marathon meeting between U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left the fate of the Gaza ceasefire unclear.
U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner has held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief in Egypt in a push to make progress on the stalled Gaza ceasefire.
An extremist official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet has advocated for killing “30 to 40” people in Gaza each night.
A dayslong standoff in the occupied West Bank points to Israel's reluctance to rein in settler violence against Palestinians.
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and negotiator Jared Kushner will travel to the Middle East next week to try to advance plans for an end to the conflict in Gaza after a deal recently announced by the Trump administration ran into Israeli opposition.
Human Rights Watch and three other advocacy groups have sued the Trump administration to challenge its campaign against the International Criminal Court.
Israel’s prime minister is rejecting President Donald Trump’s announced deal for Gaza and says Israeli forces won’t withdraw from the Palestinian territory until Hamas disarms.
A new report by Physicians for Human Rights Israel warns that Israel’s policies in the occupied West Bank have pushed the territory’s health system to the brink of collapse.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not withdraw from its current lines in Gaza until Hamas has completely disarmed.
The Board of Peace official overseeing Gaza’s postwar transition has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced an agreement for disarmament of Hamas in Gaza and Israel's withdrawal from the area.
The stop-start fighting between the United States and Iran appears to have entered a new phase as Saudi Arabia has publicly joined military escalations against Tehran-backed proxies.
Right-wing Israeli activists are ramping up their fringe campaign to establish Jewish settlements inside Syria by staging frequent incursions across the border.
The U.S. military says Iran launched multiple ballistic missiles at American forces in the Middle East on Tuesday.
Mediators have made progress in efforts to bring the United States and Iran back to negotiations and prevent an all-out war in the Middle East.
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu says New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is “fomenting hate” by calling the prime minister a war criminal who should be arrested if he visits the city.
Two mosques have been set on fire in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in an apparent Israeli settler attack following a spate of deadly violence that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers.
Former Rep. Cori Bush, outside the courthouse where the Dred Scott case was argued, promises to reverse her ouster from Congress.
The U.S. military has paused its airstrikes on Iran after nearly two weeks of intensifying bombing.
Supporters of the International Criminal Court are trying to chart a course forward following the removal of the global institution’s chief prosecutor over allegations of sexual misconduct.
Diplomats from around the world are gathering at United Nations headquarters in New York on Friday to decide whether to permanently remove the embattled chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani says that the city will not be able to arrest Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu under a warrant issued by the world’s top war-crimes court.
U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens is benefiting from tens of millions in pro-Israel spending in her race to be the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan.
Two human rights groups say Trump administration sanctions imposed on the International Criminal Court over its investigations of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza have illegally impeded their ability to advocate for Palestinians.
NATO allies, Ukraine and Israel have paid tribute to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham as a friend and advocate of trans-Atlantic ties.
President Donald Trump says he's ordered the U.S. military to destroy Iran if he were to be assassinated.
The U.S. is demanding that Iran make a public statement saying the Strait of Hormuz is open and that ships crossing the vital corridor won’t be attacked anymore.
Eight men have been indicted on murder and terrorism conspiracy charges for their alleged roles in a thwarted drone and sniper attack on the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House in June.
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have spoken about Turkey as well as U.S. moves in the Persian Gulf.
Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate, warns that Israel is becoming isolated due to its leadership.
Potential Democratic presidential candidate Rahm Emanuel plans to deliver a strong message in Tel Aviv about U_S_-Israeli relations being "at a crossroads."
President Donald Trump insists the United States should control Greenland instead of Denmark, renewing tensions in Europe at a NATO summit.
President Donald Trump has berated and belittled many of the European leaders who are expected to attend the upcoming NATO summit in Turkey.
Gadi Eisenkot, a former general, has emerged as a significant challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel's upcoming election.
Democratic congressional primary results in New York City are accelerating the party's debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
High-level negotiations in Switzerland seeking a permanent end to the Iran war ended with lower-level talks planned for the rest of the week.
U.S. and Iranian negotiators are on their way to a venue in Switzerland to discuss details of their interim agreement to halt the war.
A new AP-NORC poll finds that Trump’s approval on Iran remained low, at 34%, even as a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart negotiations materialized.
Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group agreed to halt the heavy fighting in southern Lebanon that had threatened to unravel an interim peace agreement between the United States and Iran.
An initial agreement to end the war between the United States and Iran calls for Tehran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and would waive sanctions on the country, immediately allowing Iran to sell its oil freely.
President Donald Trump seems to be testing their friendship as he pressures Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to sink the agreement with Iran to end the war.
Some residents of the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh have returned to find their homes have been destroyed or damaged by war.
Iran’s top diplomat says the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon — a condition Israel has already rejected and that could sink the agreement.
Israelis from across the political spectrum are angry about the interim deal between the U.S. and Iran, calling it a disaster for Israel and directing their fury at one man: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
President Donald Trump says the U.S. is close to signing a deal with Iran to wind down the war, with a memorandum of understanding to be signed in Europe as soon as this weekend.
Pakistan's prime minister says the United State and Iran have agreed to wording of an agreement aimed at ending their war in the Middle East.
U.S. President Donald Trump has called off new military strikes on Iran, hours after threatening to escalate the war.
The U.S. has launched airstrikes against Iran, and President Donald Trump says more are coming, as Tehran fired back at countries in the region.
Amnesty International has accused Israel of carrying out a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank.
Israel and Iran have exchanged fire, marking the first such incident since a ceasefire two months ago.
Israel and Iran appear to be backing away from further strikes, just hours after they traded fire for the first time since the U.S. and Tehran agreed to a ceasefire two months ago.
Israel says Iran has launched missiles at it in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, complicating mediation efforts for a deal to end the war.
Lebanon’s president and prime minister are criticizing Iran for rejecting the latest ceasefire deal between the Lebanese government and Israel.
