10+ min ago  (297+ words) Libya's key governing institutions on Thursday agreed on a roadmap to hold long-delayed presidential and parliamentary elections within eight months, raising hopes for a breakthrough in the country's prolonged political stalemate. The heads of the parliament, Presidential Council and High…...

50+ min ago  (870+ words) Vice President JD Vance on Thursday warned U. S. critics in Israel against "attacking the only powerful ally" left in the world, in an extraordinary rebuke after Washington and Tehran signed a deal to end the Middle East conflict. Vance told members…...

58+ min ago  (544+ words) The European Union has taken tentative steps to establish direct communication with Moscow as officials seek to ensure the bloc has a seat at the table in any future negotiations aimed at ending Russia's war in Ukraine, according to officials…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago  (682+ words) The U. S. Navy has allowed more than a dozen ships through to Iranian ports, lifting a blockade as part of an agreement to end the war, Vice President JD Vance said Thursday. Vance also said he plans to go to Switzerland…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago  (730+ words) Israel has extended its occupation of territories in Gaza, southern Lebanon and Syria since the start of the regional conflicts, expanding the area under its illegal military control to its largest extent in decades and prompting renewed international criticism. It…...

2+ hour, 12+ min ago  (322+ words) Israeli strikes killed three people in south Lebanon Thursday, Lebanese state media reported, hours after the U. S. and Iran signed an agreement aimed at ending the Middle East war. "An enemy drone targeted a car" in the Kfar Tebnit area, killing…...

2+ hour, 20+ min ago  (237+ words) Muslim-majority countries, including regional powers T'rkiye and Saudi Arabia, on Thursday criticized Israel for arson attacks on two mosques in the occupied West Bank, after Palestinian officials said illegal Israeli settlers set the sites ablaze in the latest escalation of…...

2+ hour, 38+ min ago  (200+ words) France is prepared to take on greater responsibility within NATO and strengthen its military capabilities, Defense Minister Catherine Vautrin said Thursday ahead of a meeting of alliance defense ministers in Brussels, as European members face growing pressure to increase defense…...

2+ hour, 47+ min ago  (415+ words) The International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday it was ready to begin defining concrete steps needed to implement a U. S. -Iran deal to end the Middle East War. U. S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a deal Wednesday to…...

3+ hour, 3+ min ago  (460+ words) U. N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that Israeli settler groups could be added to a global blacklist for violations against children, voicing alarm at a "staggering" rise in violations against Palestinian children. The United Nations' annual report on Children and Armed…...