Middle East

Israel will invade the border territory of Rafah in Gaza regardless of the status of peace talks with Hamas and despite pressure from the Biden administration to hold off, Israeli...

The International Court of Justice rejected a request from Nicaragua that Germany be forced to halt its military aid to Israel on Tuesday, arguing there was no legal basis for...

ROME — Italy has emancipated itself from Russian natural gas and would have no problem with a proposed package of EU sanctions on liquified natural gas (LNG) that the European...

A new proposal from Israel for a cease-fire in Gaza is reportedly being reviewed by senior Hamas officials on Saturday. Senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayva said the Palestinian militant group...

For the last several nights, my sleep has been seriously disturbed by the loud chopping sounds of helicopters that have circled low before dawn in the skies of Manhattan’s Upper...

The European Union announced Friday it is stepping up funding for Palestinians in response to the deepening humanitarian crisis in the besieged Gaza strip. “We are witnessing a true humanitarian...

Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” He writes POLITICO’s...

Qatar, the small emirate on the Persian Gulf, has long enjoyed unmatched influence over Hamas, the ruling power in Gaza. It is now threatening to withdraw its services as a...

Abdallah Nabhan and members of his family died overnight after an Israeli airstrike in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, the Belgian development agency Enabel said in a statement...

BERLIN — Nicaragua’s case against Germany at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in which the Central American country accuses Berlin of facilitating a “genocide” in Gaza, likely came at...