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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to arrive in Israel on Sunday as part of Washington’s intensifying diplomatic push to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza that will end the 10-month-old war between Israel and Hamas. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he arrives at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, in […]

Kyiv hopes that the surprise incursion into Russia, which started on August 6, will change the dynamic of the more than two-year-old conflict. Copyright Screenshot from AP video 4512583 More than 3,000 people have been evacuated over the last 24 hours from areas in Russia’s western Kursk region affected by the ongoing incursion of the […]

From the very beginning of Ukraine’s offensive into Russia’s Kursk region on Aug. 6, there has been much discussion about the possible objectives of this operation. Simply glancing at the map begs the question of whether one objective of the Ukrainian incursion might be the seizure of the Kursk nuclear plant, located just 60 kilometers […]

Israel has now killed over 40,000 Palestinians in its ongoing genocidal war in Gaza, the territory’s Health Ministry confirmed Thursday. A Palestinian woman mourns a family member killed in Israeli bombardment, Khan Younis,southern Gaza, Aug. 14, 2024. (AFP Photo) The brutal military offensive has also wounded 92,401 people and displaced over 85% of the population […]

Kyiv claims its forces advanced further into Russia’s Kursk region, gaining more ground and capturing the Russian town of Sudzha. Copyright Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Ukraine captured the Russian town of Sudzha as troops advanced further into the Kursk region on Thursday, according to authorities in Kyiv. It would be the […]

NEW YORK — Attorneys for Donald Trump asked the judge overseeing the former president’s Manhattan criminal case to postpone his sentencing, now set for Sept. 18, until after November’s presidential election Donald Trump’s lawyers’ bid is likely a long shot. | Mary Altaffer/AP. In a letter to the court dated Wednesday but made public Thursday, Trump’s lawyers […]

A version of this first appeared in The Recast, POLITICO’s race and politics newsletter. When Kamala Harris formally accepts her party’s nomination at the Democratic National Convention next week, tens of thousands of activists plan to greet her with a message: Change your stance on Israel or risk losing the election. By Brakkton Booker Asma Mohammed, an activist […]

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said notable progress had been made in the meetings with Somalia and Ethiopia, as he said Ankara would continue to bridge gaps between the two African countries. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a joint news conference with Somali and Ethiopian counterparts in Ankara, Aug. 13, 2024. (AA Photo) “As Türkiye, our […]

MTurkish delegation carrying out ‘shuttle diplomacy’ between 2 sides under coordination of Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan Gokhan Celiker  |12.08.2024 – Update : 12.08.2024 Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan met with his Ethiopian and Somali counterparts ISTANBUL Ethiopian and Somali delegations began fresh talks at reconciliation on Monday under Turkish mediation. Officials from both countries came to […]

If you’re compiling a list of the head-spinning, gob-smacking, I’ve-never-seen-this-before events of the 2024 campaign, here’s one more potentially decisive factor to add: A sitting vice president has become the “change” candidate. Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. | Alex Brandon/AP It’s […]