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A fresh wave of Israeli strikes overnight has left more than 50 people dead across the Gaza Strip, hospital officials said. The military action came a day after senior government officials said Israel would seize large areas of Gaza and establish a new security corridor across the strip. Israel has vowed to escalate the nearly 18-month war with Hamas until the militant group returns dozens of remaining hostages, disarms and leaves the territory. Israel ended a ceasefire in March and has imposed a month-long halt on all imports of food, fuel and humanitarian aid that has left civilians facing acute shortages as supplies dwindle.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is traveling this week to a gathering of top diplomats from NATO countries. He is sure to find allies alarmed, angered and confused by President Donald Trumps desire to reestablish ties with Russia and escalating rhetorical attacks on transatlantic partners. Recent White House comments directed at NATO allies Canada and Denmark have only increased the angst, especially as new U.S. tariffs are taking effect. As he did at another meeting of allies last month, Rubio may be able to salvage a group consensus on the war in Ukraine, but he'll be hard-pressed to explain the latest insults.
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A group of 50 Republican and Democratic senators introduced a sanctions package to hit Russia and countries that buy its oil if President Vlad…
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The United Nations food agency is closing all of its bakeries in the Gaza Strip. That's according to an internal memo that circulated among aid groups on Tuesday. Food supplies are dwindling after Israel sealed the territory off from all imports nearly a month ago. Israel tightened its blockade and later resumed its offensive to pressure Hamas into accepting changes to their ceasefire agreement. Israel says enough food entered during the six-week truce to sustain the territorys roughly 2 million Palestinians. Markets largely emptied out weeks ago. And U.N. agencies say the supplies they built up during the truce are running out. Gaza is heavily reliant on international aid because the war has destroyed almost all of its food production capability.
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A new AP-NORC poll finds that while most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trumps handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the conflict is not weighing as heavily on his public perception as it did on President Joe Biden. Thats because of Trumps solid support from his base on this issue. The survey of U.S. adults finds about 8 in 10 Republicans approve of Trumps handling of the conflict. Only about 4 in 10 Democrats approved of Bidens handling of the conflict last June, shortly before Biden quit the presidential race. The poll suggests Republicans are growing more satisfied with the countrys foreign policy actions as Trump pulls back U.S. support for Ukraine and pressures allies.
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Germanys chief diplomat is describing U.S. President Donald Trumps efforts to secure a truce in the three-year war between Russia and Ukraine as deadlocked. But Chinas foreign minister says the ongoing talks between Washington and Moscow on finding a settlement are an encouraging sign. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, arriving in Kyiv for an unannounced visit Tuesday, said that European allies continued support for Ukraine in the war is crucial due to the deadlock between the U.S. and Russia on forging a ceasefire deal. Trump on Sunday scolded Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, expressing frustration at the continued fighting in a war he had pledged to swiftly stop.
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WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin would follow through on striking a ceasefire agreem…
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The Israeli military has issued sweeping evacuation orders covering most of Rafah, indicating it could soon launch another major ground operation in the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip. Israel ended its ceasefire with the Hamas militant group and renewed its air and ground war earlier this month. At the beginning of March it cut off all supplies of food, fuel, medicine and humanitarian aid to the territorys roughly 2 million Palestinians to pressure Hamas to accept changes to the truce agreement. The evacuation orders cover most of Rafah. People were ordered to head to a sprawl of squalid tent camps along the coast.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated a new domestic security chief, after he moved to fire the current one over a crisis of confidence that critics say was politically motivated. Netanyahu on Monday nominated former Navy commander Vice Adm. Eli Sharvit to lead the agency, which surveils and thwarts attacks from Palestinian militant groups. Earlier this month, Netanyahu moved to fire Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, a step that sparked an uproar in Israel. Netanyahu said he lost faith in Bar over Hamas Oct. 7, 2023 attacks and disagreements over ceasefire negotiations.
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The prime minister of Greenland is pushing back against assertions by U.S. President Donald Trump that America will take control of the island territory. President Trump says that the United States will get Greenland. Let me be clear: The United States will not get it. We do not belong to anyone else. We decide our own future, Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a Facebook post on Sunday. Greenland, a huge and resource-rich island in the Atlantic, is a self-governing territory of Denmark, a NATO ally of the United States. Trump wants to annex the territory, claiming its needed for national security purposes.