Israel's Netanyahu and Gallant, locked together in a divided government

A showdown between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant over the Gaza war is the latest in a series of confrontations that have tested the notion of cabinet ... Read More

Major roadblocks in Gaza ceasefire talks raise doubts over whether war can be ended before Biden leaves office

The Biden administration has hit major roadblocks in the Gaza ceasefire negotiations after months of feverish work, raising doubts within the White House about whether the Israel-Hamas war can come to ... Read More

Israel-Hamas war latest: Biden adds to pressure on Netanyahu to reach cease-fire deal

United States President Joe Biden is adding to the pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he isn’t doing enough to reach a cease-fire deal in Gaza. Israel’s largest trade ... Read More

Exclusive: Netanyahu at War

The war had been going on for six months ... into the Cabinet the KKK. The former cheered on the assassination of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin; the latter has said Israel would be ... Read More

Israel-Hamas war latest: Protesters gather in Tel Aviv again to pressure government to reach a deal

The Israeli military says it has killed a Hamas militant who appeared in a widely viewed video from Oct. 7, where he was seen drinking from a bottle of cola in front of two children wounded in a grena ... Read More

CIA director, UK counterpart call for cease-fire as Israel hit with rocket barrage from Lebanon

As a barrage of more than 30 rockets blasted from Lebanon rained down on northern Israel Saturday, the heads of the CIA and the UK’s MI6 jointly called for a hostage and ceasefire deal. Read More

Defense minister says Israel must ‘widen the goals’ of war to return residents to the north

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Thursday that Israel must expand its goals in the war to include returning Israelis to their homes in the north after they were evacuated. Read More

Israel opposition leader says ‘forever war’ in Gaza will continue until Netanyahu is ousted

A “forever war” will carry on in Gaza for as long as Benjamin Netanyahu ’s government is in power, the country’s opposition leader has warned. Yair Lapid, leader of opposition party Yesh Atid, said ... Read More

Demonstrators march on Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's home as cease-fire protests continue

Anti-government demonstrators are again gathering in Tel Aviv demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conclude a cease-fire and hostage-release deal with Hamas. Read More

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida won't seek another term

"We need to clearly show an LDP reborn," Kishida told a news conference ... for the party election. Since the corruption scandal broke, Kishida has removed a number of Cabinet ministers and ... Read More

Man who attacked Danish prime minister sentenced to four months in prison, deported

7 (UPI) --A 39-year-old Polish national who attacked Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen in June was sentenced on Wednesday to four months ... Israel after recovery of six ... Read More

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he will step down next month, won’t run for re-election

“Transparent and open elections ... with election law violations or of offensive past comments against minorities. Kishida had tried to contain the damage, replacing several cabinet ministers ... Read More