Gaza Ceasefire Talks Paused With Resumption Planned Next Week
By Andrew Mills and Nidal al-Mughrabi
DOHA/CAIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha paused on Friday with negotiators to meet again next week seeking an agreement to end fighting between Israel and Hamas and free remaining...
Israeli Strike in South Lebanon Kills 10 Including 2 Children, State News Agency Says
BEIRUT, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Around 10 people were killed, including two children, and five were wounded by an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in the city of Nabatieh in south Lebanon, state news agency...
US Imposes Sanctions Targeting Houthi, Hezbollah Trade
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday issued more sanctions targeting Houthi and Hezbollah trade networks, the U.S. Treasury Department said, as Washington increases pressure on Tehran and the Iranian-backed groups.
The U.S. Treasury...
Trump Says He Told Netanyahu to End Gaza War but Criticizes Ceasefire Call
By Kanishka Singh and Nathan Layne
WASHINGTON/ BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their last meeting in July to...
British and French Foreign Ministers to Visit Middle East to Urge De-escalation
LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - British and French foreign ministers will travel to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories to call for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza and a de-escalation in any wider conflict in the...
Trump, Netanyahu Speak About Gaza Hostage-Ceasefire Deal, Axios Reports
WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and discussed the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, Axios reported, citing two U.S....
US Approves Sale to Israel of $20 Billion Weapons Package
By Kanishka Singh and Mike Stone
WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday approved the sale of $20 billion in fighter jets and other military equipment to Israel as it prosecutes a 10-month-old war...
Israeli Forces, Palestinian Militants Clash in Occupied West Bank
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said it had carried out an airstrike on Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday while Hamas said its fighters were engaged in fierce...
Hamas to Stay out of Gaza Truce Talks, Iran Government Considers Israel Attack
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
CAIRO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said on Wednesday it would not take part in a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks slated for Thursday in Qatar, dimming hopes for a negotiated...
US Publicly Announces Submarine Move to Middle East Amid Israel-Iran Tensions
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart
WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of a guided missile submarine to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Sunday, as the region...
