FOREIGN POLICY

The secretary of state says he is looking forward to spending more time with his children.

Most Arab and Muslim voters are skeptical of Donald Trump, but they are enraged by what it sees as the Biden-Harris team’s failure to rein in Israel’s brutal war in Gaza.

The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a dual Israeli and American citizen, had become public faces of the ordeal of the hostages taken by Hamas. Other American families of hostages fear time is running out for their loved ones.

The Gaza pier project faced early concerns within the U.S. government, including a warning that rough seas could pose a challenge, an inspector general found.

Hundreds of Afghan refugees will be temporarily relocated to the Philippines as part of a new pathway to U.S. resettlement.

The husband of Alsu Kurmasheva, one of three Russian hostages freed this month, said she’s doing well after leaving a military program to help former detainees.

Israel and the United States, with mediating partners Egypt and Qatar, resumed high-stakes negotiations in Doha over a cease-fire and hostage-release deal.

The Biden administration has preferred to let leaders of Colombia, Brazil and Mexico take the lead pressuring the Maduro government, but a more active U.S. role may be inevitable.

The determination ends a lengthy investigation of the Netzah Yehuda battalion, an ultra-Orthodox Israeli unit implicated in the death of a Palestinian American.

The sale to Saudi Arabia of certain U.S. weapons was frozen in 2021 to signal the Biden administration’s disapproval of the Saudi war with Yemen’s Houthis.

Israel said it would send a delegation to the resumed negotiations, to be held in Cairo or Doha, Qatar. Hamas gave no immediate response.

The U.N. fired nine employees of UNRWA, a key relief agency in Gaza, after determining they “may have been involved” in the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel.

The Pentagon has relocated several warships in recent days as Iran threatens to attack Israel and avenge the killing of key leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah.

The U.S. and others acknowledged that the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was a significant setback to efforts to end Israel’s war in Gaza.

The defense cooperation plans come as Manila seeks to bolster its ability to resist pressure from an increasingly assertive Chinese military in the South China Sea.

As vice president to a longtime statesman, Kamala Harris was given a limited portfolio. Republicans see a weakness. Aides say she’d face crisis with tenacity.

A “day after” plan in Gaza is a critical component of President Biden’s vision for peace. Lawmakers say that, for all the effort, it remains a pipe dream.

Evoking Israel’s sworn enemy Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu told Congress his nation’s campaign against Hamas in Gaza is part of a broader fight against “barbarism.”