14+ hour, 43+ min ago   (571+ words) CAIRO — U.S. negotiator and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief on Sunday in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire. Kushner will meet with Israel’s prime minister…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (311+ words) Parents are all too familiar with the ongoing battle to get their kids to eat a vegetable or two. This summer, they’ve been fighting it themselves. Just weeks ago, every bite of greens came with the fear of exposure to…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (516+ words) A 31-year-old man arrested in Mokena who prosecutors said was carrying improvised incendiary devices and a map labeling an Orland Park mosque faces immigration proceedings, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said ICE…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (309+ words) Iran is insisting that the U.S. meet its demands in negotiations before the Strait of Hormuz reopens. Yemen’s Defense Ministry announced a new death toll in the latest attack by Houthi rebels on the Red Sea town of Mokha. And Israel’s…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (680+ words) CAIRO — Iran and the Gulf Arab state of Oman have made progress toward a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a potential breakthrough that could help wind down the war in the Middle East, regional officials said Tuesday. They…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (850+ words) CAIRO — A mass funeral was held Tuesday in Gaza City for more than 100 Palestinians whose bodies were recovered nearly three years after Israeli warplanes flattened a residential block. Hundreds gathered as the bodies, wrapped in Palestinian flags, were laid in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (269+ words) Can Gaza, the devastated Palestinian territory, give Trump something to brag about? He certainly hopes so. Last week, the White House announced that Hamas agreed to demilitarize its weapons and demobilize its fighters in exchange for an Israeli withdrawal from…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (786+ words) CAIRO — U.S. President Donald Trump said new talks to wind down the war in Iran will start Monday, after announcing he is holding off on new massive strikes he had threatened to unleash on the country. The talks will seek…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (720+ words) Las declaraciones de Doron Spielman, portavoz de la oficina del primer ministro israelí Benjamin Netanyahu, fueron algunos de los primeros comentarios públicos desde que el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump anunció el acuerdo. Hizo sus comentarios días después de que Hamás…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (809+ words) TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel has shared “serious security concerns” with the White House regarding the proposed disarmament deal with Hamas, an Israeli official said as Israeli strikes overnight and into Sunday evening killed at least 17 people, including children, in Gaza....