Hamas has given mediators a partial and initial response to proposals for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal but was expected to shortly hand them a final reply, sources told The National on Wednesday.

July 2 -16: Trump’s approval rating stands at 40% in a Yahoo/YouGov poll of 1,597 U.S. adults conducted June 26-30 (margin of ...

U.S. envoy Tom Barrack who is visiting Lebanon amid ongoing domestic and international pressure for Hezbollah to disarm after a bruising war with Israel, is "hopeful" and "optimistic" as he works to ...

The newly installed head of the Pentagon's Golden Dome missile defense shield, a monumental undertaking projected to cost ...

It’s a tense time in the Jewish family group chats. The consensus that held American Jewry together for generations is ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. food agency accused Israel of using tanks, snipers and other weapons to fire on a ...

A new wave of deadly violence has shaken Syria, putting the fragile security situation in the country under the spotlight as ...

When the executive committee of North Carolina’s Democratic Party passed a resolution in June calling for an immediate arms ...

President Donald Trump is hosting a pair of Arab Gulf leaders at the White House on Wednesday as violence between Israel and ...

The ICC is reviewing Israeli challenges to its jurisdiction over the conduct of the Gaza war. Read more at straitstimes.com.

James Gunn's 'Superman' debuted to $220 million worldwide. Industry insiders are divided over whether that's a success or not ...

Grok 4 is not AGI. But it represents something that matters deeply: a proof that deliberate architecture – multi-agent collaboration, seamless tool integration, grounded physics-based reasoning – can ...