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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel vowed to keep striking the Lebanese militants, who began launching rockets across the border almost a year ago in support of their Hamas allies [...]

Byline: Francesca Ebel, Serhii Korolchuk POKROVSK, Ukraine - As Russian forces advance through Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, the pressure is increasing on Kyiv to sit down at the table with [...]

For both Ukraine and Russia, battlefield gains now might provide an upper hand in any negotiations later. That's reflected in their discussions over arms with allies. President Volodymyr Zelensky of [...]

Byline: Kim Hjelmgaard and John Bacon, USA TODAY A militant filmed drinking cola from an Israeli family's refrigerator after killing the father in the Oct. 7 assault on Israeli border [...]

In strikes and protests, many Israelis are pushing their government to prioritize the release of hostages above the immediate defeat of Hamas. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to [...]

Yahya Sinwar, the group's political chief, was charged with carrying out the attacks that resulted in the killing of at least 43 Americans. Five other Hamas senior leaders were also [...]

Byline: Ishaan Tharoor In a war marked by one calamity after the other, we have a new grim milestone. On Thursday, the Gaza Health Ministry announced that the enclave's death [...]

Byline: Louisa Loveluck, Adela Suliman, Frances Vinall Negotiations over a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal - framed by U.S. officials as a 'final stage' bid to end the conflict [...]

Byline: Karen DeYoung The leaders of the United States, Qatar and Egypt issued a joint statement Thursday evening calling on Israel and Hamas to return to the negotiating table on [...]

Hamas will need to scramble to replace Ismail Haniyeh following his killing in Tehran, analysts say, but the group has recovered from past assassinations of its political and military leaders. [...]

A visit by the foreign minister of Ukraine to Guangzhou this week signals Kyiv's desire to involve Beijing in peace talks that China has thus far largely snubbed. Ukraine's top [...]

Byline: Mikhail Klimentov In a letter to the European Council president, Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban said that former president Donald Trump was prepared to âimmediatelyâ negotiate for peace in [...]

Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary has been on a self-appointed diplomatic mission that aligns with Donald J. Trump's preferences in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. After meeting with Donald J. Trump [...]

Byline: JUSTIN SPIKE, VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV; ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visited Moscow to discuss prospects for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin, [...]

Israel's military leadership wants a cease-fire with Hamas in case a bigger war breaks out in Lebanon, security officials say. It has also concluded that a truce would be the [...]

Byline: Isabelle Khurshudyan, Kate Brady KYIV - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the European Union's most prominent critic of providing Ukraine with military aid, arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday in [...]

After more than two years of death and destruction, neither side in the war in Ukraine appears close to victory: Russia will not achieve its imperial conquest of Ukraine, and [...]

There are two things I believe about the widening crisis in the Middle East. We are about to see a new Biden administration strategy unfold to address this multifront war [...]

Byline: URI DROMI RAMAT HASHARON, ISRAEL -- Founder and president of the Jerusalem Press Club, and former spokesman of Israel's Rabin and Peres governments. Although the Gaza war was initiated [...]

Byline: Karen DeYoung The U.N. Security Council struggled Tuesday to come up with a resolution that will stop the fighting in Gaza - at least for long enough to implement [...]

After meeting with the Africans, including some who have close ties to Moscow, President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested that their peace plans were unrealistic. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and African [...]

Byline: GEOFFREY YORK; Staff JOHANNESBURG -- The founder of one of South Africa's biggest weapons manufacturers is playing a key backroom role in an international peace mission to Ukraine and [...]

Byline: Loveday Morris Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti on Thursday criticized 'harmful' statements from Washington and other allies rebuking his government for heightening tensions in majority-Serb areas of the country, [...]

Byline: Ishaan Tharoor The leaders summit of Group of Seven nations in Japan taking place at the end of this week has one issue at the top of its agenda: [...]

South Africa's president said officials from six nations would visit Kyiv and Moscow as part of the initiative. The time frame remained unclear. JOHANNESBURG -- As South Africa faces increasing [...]

After the militant organization Islamic Jihad fired hundreds of projectiles at Israel, Israeli forces stepped up its campaign of killing top commanders of the group in airstrikes. The Israeli military [...]

The battle has sent 100,000 refugees fleeing across borders. Now, neighboring South Sudan says both sides have agreed to name representatives to peace talks, but neither side has publicly confirmed. [...]

Byline: Niha Masih and Rachel Chason Sudan's former military leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir was moved to a secure military hospital before fighting between Sudan's two most power generals began devastating [...]

The clashes have killed more than 400 people and injured thousands more. Those displaced are streaming into nations such as Chad, Egypt and South Sudan, adding to a refugee crisis [...]

Byline: Karen DeYoung The Defense Department is pre-positioning troops near violence-racked Sudan in case U.S. diplomatic and other personnel there need emergency evacuation, Biden administration officials said Thursday. President Biden [...]

The surprise rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, whose rivalry fueled the war, has raised a glimmer of hope for a breakthrough in resolving one of the world's worst crises. [...]

KYIV, Ukraine -- China's leader, Xi Jinping, will discuss his peace proposal for Ukraine with President Vladimir V. Putin, according to the Kremlin, but Ukrainian officials made clear on Monday [...]

China's top leader, Xi Jinping, is expected to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia next week and speak with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. China's top leader, Xi [...]

Tensions over China arise in many gatherings of global leaders and diplomats, as Beijing increasingly plays a spoiler role, often siding with Russia. NEW DELHI -- When the top diplomats [...]

Amid persistent rumors of Ukrainian withdrawal from the war's most prolonged battle, officials said nothing about the size or purpose of the reinforcement. Ukraine is sending reinforcements to the devastated [...]

After a year of brutal fighting, in which thousands of lives have been lost, civilian infrastructure destroyed and untold damage caused, the war has reached a stalemate. Neither side will [...]

Byline: MICHAEL IGNATIEFF MICHAEL IGNATIEFF, CANADIAN ACADEMIC AND FORMER POLITICIAN BASED IN VIENNA After a year of slaughter in Ukraine, influential people believe the right question to ask now is [...]