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Trump is Middle East-bound for his first major international trip of his second term – here’s what to watch

President Donald Trump embarks Monday on the first major international trip of his second term – an opportunity to shore up relations with a trio of...

Israel committed to ‘intensified’ Gaza operation despite US captive release

Israeli PM says negotiations with Hamas will continue ‘under fire’, with just a pause for Edan Alexander’s release.  

Israel said set to send team to Cairo after release of Alexander in bid for wider hostage deal

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Israeli team heads to Cairo for renewed Gaza cease-fire, hostage deal talks, report says

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WATCH LIVE: Trump expected to sign order that U.S. pays same drug prices as other nations

Bessent sees tariff agreement as progress in ‘strategic’ decoupling with China

The trade pact reached over the weekend represents another stage in the U.S. shaking its reliance on Chinese products, the Treasury chief said.  

Middle East latest: Hamas to release American-Israeli hostage as Israeli strike on Gaza kills 16

The Hamas militant group said it would release the last living American-Israeli hostage held in Gaza on Monday as an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in...

Kurdish PKK dissolves after decades of struggle with Turkey, news agency close to militants says

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been in conflict with the Turkish state for more than four decades, decided to dissolve itself and...