United States President Donald Trump has issued a threat to Hamas and the people of the Gaza Strip as part of a demand to release all Israeli captives in the besieged territory.
The administration of President Donald Trump has approved a waiver for $95m in military assistance to Lebanon in a sign that it sees it's making progress against Hezbollah.
Washington is engaging in direct talks with Hamas as negotiations on a ceasefire accord between the Palestinian armed group and Israel are hanging by a thread.
A poll has shown Britons’ fury at US President Donald Trump’s second state visit invitation, with almost half saying it should be cancelled after his White House clash with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.
U.S. President Donald Trump has stated he appreciates Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's statement in support of peace talks, but did not directly discuss his decision to halt military aid to Ukraine in his address to a joint session of the Congress.
The United States State Department has reinstated the “foreign terrorist organization” designation for Yemen’s Houthi group, fulfilling an order announced by President Donald Trump shortly after he took office.
The Pentagon has denied that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a halt to cyber operations against Russia, Bloomberg reported, citing an unnamed senior defense official.
The White House has directed the State and Treasury departments to draft proposals for easing certain sanctions on Moscow, Reuters has reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has warned Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky not to test the limits of Washington’s patience, financial support, and military resources, arguing that now is the time to shift towards negotiations rather than prolonging the conflict with Russia.
Only 4 percent of surveyed Americans say they support Russia in the war in Ukraine, while 44 percent say they do not support Ukraine, according to a CBS News/YouGov poll.
Some EU countries would favor the war between Russia and Ukraine to drag on longer in order to weaken Moscow, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has claimed, stressing that Washington’s goal is to end the hostilities.
Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have been fired or feel they could be soon, according to four people familiar with recent US intelligence on the issue and a document reviewed by CNN.
The State Department has terminated a US Agency for International Development (USAID) initiative that has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to help restore Ukraine's energy grid following attacks by the Russian military, according to two USAID officials working on the agency’s Ukraine mission.
US President Donald Trump said “every single one” of the military generals involved in the US withdrawal from Afghanistan must be fired, seated next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a Cabinet meeting.
The United States has opted not to support a joint World Trade Organization (WTO) statement, decrying Russia’s “aggression against Ukraine”, according to a diplomatic source and a Geneva trade official, cited by Reuters.
The US could lift sanctions against Russia “at some point” during the Ukraine peace negotiations, President Donald Trump has said. He noted, however, that no decision has been made so far.
A US-based NGO has urged the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate former US President Joe Biden and two of his administration’s top officials, accusing them of acting as accessories to Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
US President Donald Trump chose not to label his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a dictator, while talking to journalists on the sidelines of a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Western security services and politicians are worried about a potential exit of US troops from NATO member states in Central and Eastern Europe, Bild has reported, citing unnamed sources. The tabloid suggests that Russia is trying to get the US to radically downgrade its military presence on the continent.
U.S. President Donald Trump has stated that he believes Ukraine should hold new elections as he apparently laid blame for the ongoing war on President Volodymyr Zelensky's wartime leadership.
The US and its allies will have to address the sanctions imposed on Russia in order to achieve an “enduring, sustainable” solution to the Ukraine war, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told journalists in Riyadh. Washington is interested in developing economic cooperation with Moscow after the hostilities are brought to an end, he added.
High-level Russian-US talks have kicked off in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh, TASS reported. The meeting started without preliminaries and handshakes in the presence of the press.
