Iain Marlow

US President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of three ardently pro-Israel lawmakers for top foreign-policy jobs underscores that his focus will be on heightening support for Israel and boxing in Iran once he takes office.

Vice President Kamala Harris made an Election Day push to win over swing-state voters while former President Donald Trump said there would be no violence from his supporters, as Americans streamed to the polls to cast their ballots in one of the tightest races in modern US history.

President Joe Biden said he’s sending Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Israel as part of efforts end the war with Hamas following the death of its leader Yahya Sinwar.

The American Sikh separatist targeted in a foiled assassination plot allegedly planned by India said that intelligence agents in New Delhi still want him dead and said that the Biden administration’s “quiet diplomacy” has failed to deter Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Middle East is safer after Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and that the US is continuing to push for a diplomatic solution as the situation escalates.

The international legal team for Hong Kong ex-media mogul Jimmy Lai is urging the US and UK to strike a deal for his release, as the septuagenarian’s trial under a Beijing-imposed security law enters its eleventh hour.

US President Joe Biden is scheduled to host a summit Sept. 21 of the leaders of “the Quad.” The informal grouping brings together the US, Japan, India and Australia in an alliance of democracies with shared economic and security interests that span the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The point officially is to maintain a “free and open Indo-Pacific,” but the unstated priority is countering China’s growing power. Unsurprisingly, that rankles the leadership in Beijing. The Quad has its critics, who que

Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to embark on his 10th trip to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas war began almost a year ago, as the Biden administration continues efforts to revive the stalled cease-fire talks as the US elections approach.

The US State Department approved sending Egypt $1.3 billion in military financing this year, despite demands on Capitol Hill to withhold about a quarter of that over human rights concerns, as the Biden administration seeks Cairo’s help ending the war in Gaza.

The US, Qatar and Egypt will present a new cease-fire proposal to Israel and Hamas in the coming days, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday, as the Biden administration struggles to find a way to end the war in the Gaza Strip.