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US special envoy Amos Hochstein meets with Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati in Beirut, Lebanon, August 14, 2024

US officials headed to Middle East for talks, White House says

By REUTERS
 THEN-US PRESIDENT Donald Trump is escorted at a ceremony to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, as part of the Memorial Day observance in May 2017.

‘Suckers and losers,’ that’s what Donald Trump calls war heroes

By MICHAEL S. LIPKIN 
 US President Joe Biden (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) seen at the forefront of a wall of hostage posters seen in the background (illustrative)

US says Israel strikes on Iran are self-defense, denies involvement

 Illustrative image of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in front of an image depicting smoke rising after Israeli strikes in Khan Younis, Gaza.

White House says Sinwar remains Hamas decision maker, alive in Gaza

 US President Joe Biden, flanked by first lady Jill Biden and Rabbi Aaron Alexander of Adas Israel Congregation, lights a candle to mark the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, at the White House in Washington, October 7, 2024.

Biden mourns Oct. 7 victims with yahrzeit candle lighting at White House

 White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre answers questions during the daily press briefing at the White House on March 3, 2023 in Washington, DC. Jean-Pierre answered a range of questions during the briefing.

US: We issued Lebanon ceasefire call believing Israel backed it

 U.S. President Joe Biden attends a ceremony, to present the Medal of Honor posthumously to descendants of Union soldiers Pvt. Philip Shadrach and Pvt. George Wilson, members of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War, at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 3, 2024.

Republican senators say Biden administration is continuing to delay critical weapons from Israel

 US DEMOCRATIC presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris addresses a campaign event in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Friday.

Kamala embodies the ethos we need over the next four years in the White House

By JOEL THAL SIMONDS
 US President Joe Biden seen over a wall of hostage posters in Tel Aviv (illustrative)

What real White House pressure on Hamas would look like

 White House national security spokesperson John Kirby answers a question during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2024.

‘Killing of hostages makes it more difficult to close deal,' US says

 US National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby on the forefront of a wall displaying posters of hostages (illustrative)

US working on proposal to free all Gaza hostages, stop fighting, White House says

 IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with Iranian parliament members in Tehran, last month.

US strategy: Inflating Iranian ego to maneuver in geopolitical tensions

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken is greeted by Qatari Minister of State Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz al-Khulaifi, in Doha, this week. The time has come to reach a hostage deal under the terms laid out in the current negotiations, says the writer.

White House says hostage talks ongoing, Israeli team to fly to Cairo later this week

 National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.

White House says Iran's prepared for attack should it decide to follow through

 Aftermath of an Israeli settlers' attack in the village of Jit. 16 August 2024.

IDF probes settler violence in Jit amid global condemnation

 Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Murmansk Region Governor Andrei Chibis at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia August 6, 2024.

Kremlin aide says NATO and the West helped Ukraine attack Russia

By REUTERS
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Middle East in the State Dining room at the White House in Washington, US, May 31, 2024.

US urges Israel and Iran to constrain reprisal responses, avoid all out war

 Grassroots Fundraiser with Vice President Biden, Dr. Biden, Senator Kamala Harris, and Doug Emhoff - Wilmington, DE - August 21, 2020.

Doug Emhoff's first marriage ended after affair with nanny resulted in pregnancy