He went much further in his Jan. 15 speech, claiming all the credit for ... As this column has often pointed out, the Biden-Blinken team has done nothing to obtain the release of the Hamas ...

Only a full Israeli withdrawal is likely to get all of ... or resume normalisation with Israel. As Blinken said in his speech, such a grand bargain can work only if Netanyahu ignores the demands ...

The 46th president mixed foreign weakness with domestic fecklessness to make his administration an era-defining bad example.

The Israel-Hamas war exposes the complex intersection of power, ideology, and human suffering, with the ceasefire offering ...

Israel’s longest war has so far failed to destroy its main enemy, Hamas, which, despite suffering devastating losses, is framing the Gaza ceasefire agreement as a victory for itself – and a failure ...

Hamas remained in power through four previous wars with Israel. With help from Iran it steadily enhanced its capabilities, ...

The deal also opens the door for further negotiations that could lead to a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza ... said in a speech on Wednesday that Israel had failed to achieve its war goals ...

Beijing can no longer expect to use climate cooperation as a bargaining chip with Washington. But a chance arises to seize ...

Why the Rafah entry was delayed, where the heavy bombs withheld by the White House are located, and how Jerusalem persuaded ...

DONALD Trump has begun his first official day as the 47th President of the United States. He appeared at The Washington National Cathedral around 11am on Tuesday for a national prayer service.

The ceasefire in the Gaza Strip should start on Sunday as planned, despite the need for negotiators to tie up a “loose end” at the last minute, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on ...

Only a full Israeli withdrawal is likely to get all of them out ... need if they're to help stabilise Gaza or resume normalisation with Israel. As Blinken said in his speech, such a grand bargain can ...