On January 1, 2025, Finland assumed the Organization for Security and Co-Operation (OSCE) chairpersonship ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act (also known as the Helsinki Accords).

IDF troops operated against threats posed to them in the Gaza Strip, in accordance with the terms of the ceasefire agreement," the army press service said ...

Throughout the war, the Israeli military had barred Palestinians from returning to the north by severing Gaza along the Netzarim corridor, a belt that runs east to west across the strip where troops ...

"Talks will start in two weeks on the second phase, with discussions to address three main points: a full withdrawal of the Israeli military from Gaza, a permanent ceasefire in the enclave and the ...

The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to surge food and supplies to the war-ravaged territory as Palestinians scour ...

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud will visit Damascus on Friday and meet with top officials in the new Syrian administration, a Syrian official said on Thursday.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said 653 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the fifth day of a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants ...

Trump said that his administration has made "progress" in the Middle East, touting the ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas that came together just days before Trump took office. Trump ...

Palestinians in northern Gaza prepared tent encampments for displaced families on Thursday, two days before they were ...

Retired Ambassador Ryan Crocker, a career diplomat, spoke to a hometown audience on Monday evening at a regular meeting of the Republicans of Spokane County. Crocker, who was born in Spokane, Wash., ...

Rula Hassanein, a Palestinian journalist and mother, became one of the first prisoners freed as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement. Hassanein speaks to CNN’s Nada Bashir about her experience ...

There are concerns in Jerusalem about whether Lebanese forces can uphold their part of the 60-day ceasefire deal.