NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is hailing the start of a new era in the Middle East after the return of the remains of the final Israeli hostage in Gaza. Israeli police officer Ran Gvili’s remains were returned to Israel on Monday, marking the return of all…
Jan 27 (Reuters) – Israel is preparing for talks with the Trump administration on a new 10-year security deal, seeking to extend U.S. military support even as Israeli leaders signal they are planning for a future with reduced American cash grants, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Gil Pinchas, speaking to the FT before stepping…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israel on Monday confirmed that the remains of Staff Sgt. Ran Gvili, the last Israeli hostage held in Gaza, have been recovered and returned home after 842 days. Gvili, who was 24 at the time of his death, served as an Israel Police officer and was killed…
US Envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with discussions centring on the situation in Gaza and Iran, the Jerusalem Post reported. Senior US officials said ahead of the meeting on Saturday that Kushner and Witkoff had arrived in Israel to review key issues related to the ongoing…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he would join President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace, after previously criticizing the makeup of its executive committee. Netanyahu confirmed that he would join the newly established Board of Peace, which the Trump administration says will supervise the next…
Protests in Iran raged Friday night in the Islamic Republic, online videos purported to show, despite threats from the country’s theocracy to crack down on demonstrators after shutting down the internet and cutting telephone lines off to the world. The protesters appeared to be taking encouragement from repeated declarations of support by the Trump administration,…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said this week that Jewish communities are safer in Budapest than anywhere else in Europe, as data from the Anti-Defamation League point to a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents across the continent. “Jewish communities are safer in Budapest than anywhere else in…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two professional basketball games in Spain against an Israeli team this week are set to be played without fans, having been deemed “high-risk” due to security concerns amid anti-Israel protests. Real Madrid C.F. said in a statement that its EuroLeague game against Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday…
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar defended Israel’s controversial decision to become the first country to recognize Somaliland as an independent state as “morally right” during a visit to the Horn of Africa on Tuesday. Israel took the decision at the end of December to condemnation from other countries in the region. Somaliland, with its capital at…
BAKU, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Azerbaijan has no intention of sending a contingent of its troops to take part in peacekeeping operations outside its borders, including in Gaza, President Ilham Aliyev said late on Monday. Aliyev, interviewed by Azeri television channels, said Azerbaijan had been in contact with Donald Trump’s U.S. administration with a list…