President Trump to visit Middle East amid US-mediated ceasefire President Trump plans to visit the Middle East to address the Israeli parliament, meet with hostage families, and lead a peace summit in Egypt as a U.S.-mediated ceasefire unfolds. Updated: 8:31 AM EDT Oct 12, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ President Donald Trump is set to travel…
Alaa Khalil, a 49-year-old Palestinian living in a tent camp in Gaza, doesn’t like the terms of President Trump’s peace plan. But she likes the war even less. PREMIUM Gazans Have a Message for Hamas: End the War Now A mother of six who had to flee her home in Gaza City because of the…
LONDON — Britain and Portugal were on Sunday expected to recognize a Palestinian state, ahead of a key week at the UN’s gathering where a suite of nations are set to do the same to pressure Israel over Gaza. A growing number of longtime Israeli allies have shifted positions in recent months as Israel has…
It was born as the Islamic Resistance Movement. It is more usually known by its Arabic acronym, Hamas. But talks taking place in Cairo could determine whether the Palestinian militants drop the middle word, abandon their 22-month war in Gaza against Israel and reinvent themselves as a political party. PREMIUM Photograph: AFP On August 12th…
China has called on Israel to “immediately halt” its actions in the Gaza Strip while urging greater unity among Arab countries over the Palestinian territory, amid reports that Israel’s prime minister and top security officials are weighing a full occupation of Gaza. A complete takeover, which reportedly would include areas where hostages might be held,…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received a phone call this evening from UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who informed him that the UK will recognize the State of Palestine next September unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the horrific situation in Gaza. The Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported that Starmer affirmed to Abbas…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the Iranian issue during a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office. The call comes hours after US President Donald Trump met in northern Scotland with British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who said that Iran had been sending out “nasty signals.”…