Washington —US Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a grim assessment of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine on Sunday, conceding that despite Washington’s attempts to engineer a framework...

Washington — The United States has abruptly canceled its August trade talks with India, casting a long shadow over the fragile economic partnership between the world’s two largest democracies....

Gaza — An Israeli airstrike on Saturday struck what was meant to be a designated “safe Zone” in Muwasi, killing a Baby Girl, her Parents, and a Relative. The...

Washington — European leaders will accompany Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House on Monday, in a rare display of collective diplomacy meant to prevent him from being...

Cairo — Thirty-one Arab and Islamic nations, backed by leading regional organizations, have issued a joint statement denouncing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s renewed rhetoric about establishing a so-called...

Gaza City — Israel’s military is preparing to carry out a large-scale expulsion of residents from Gaza City, a move that risks deepening what observers describe as the most...

Anchorage — the Alaska summit between russian president Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump ended without a ceasefire, instead hardening positions and exposing sharp divisions between Washington, Moscow,...

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