NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Yossi Mekelberg of Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa Program, about the Israeli political response to a negotiated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

The Israeli government approved a ceasefire deal that could bring an end to the 15 months of war in Gaza. It's slated to go into effect Sunday morning.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday laid out plans for the post-war management of Gaza, saying the outgoing ...

President-elect Donald Trump's picks for top cabinet positions vowed not to politicize the agencies they would oversee, as ...

Donald Trump's nominee for Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, says he will "get back to" Senator Ben Ray Luján when asked at ...

Deputy Liberal Leader Sussan Ley has launched an internal investigation into why she failed to declare accommodation, meals and transport funded by the Palestinian Authority.

And there are Senate confirmation hearings for five Cabinet nominees.

Victorian Liberal frontbencher Dan Tehan has emerged as the frontrunner for the shadow foreign affairs portfolio after ...

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, survived an at times contentious hearing while declining to say if Joe ...

The 2025 session of the Minnesota Legislature could be headed for a rocky start when it convenes Tuesday, with House ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced early Friday local time that Israel has finalized its ceasefire agreement with the militant group Hamas that will see the release of ...

Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners being held by Israel will also be released in exchange for the hostages. Biden said that by the 16th day of the deal, talks will begin about the second phase of ...