Jake Sullivan

Gaza's civil defense agency said a series of Israeli air strikes on Thursday killed at least 58 people, including 12 guards securing aid trucks, while the military said it targeted militants planning to hijack the vehicles.

Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu told U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan today that it is necessary to “deter any terrorist activity” from Syria against Israel after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

The United States is set to deliver a substantial new military aid package to Ukraine before Donald Trump assumes office in January 2025. Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden's national security adviser, confirmed this during a meeting with Andrii Yermak, the head of Ukraine's presidential administration.

The United States has announced new export restrictions targeting China's ability to make advanced semiconductors, drawing swift condemnation from Beijing as competition deepens between the world's two biggest economies.

Tens of thousands of people, driven fleeing by the war between Israel and Hezbollah, made their way home yesterday (Wednesday), with many finding their towns and villages hugely devastated after a ceasefire agreement went into effect in the early hours of this morning.

WASHINGTON, DC - President Nikos Christodoulides of the Republic of Cyprus reportedly presented his strategic vision and the theoretical and practical aspects of the potential future integration of Cyprus into NATO - contingent on favorable political conditions - during his recent meeting with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office.

The current US elections are of increased interest to Greece. In addition to electing a new president, Americans are electing, always by a majority system, the new 435 members of the House of Representatives, representing an equal number of constituencies in the country, and 33 senators, one-third of the members of the Senate.

Turkish government officials are careful in their public statements regarding the results of the U.S. presidential elections to avoid leaving room for misinterpretations from Washington and to prevent possible shadows on their relations with the new president, whoever that may be.

One of Washington's most distinguished events, the 14th Annual Oxi Courage Awards gala, honored some of the world's most courageous champions of freedom on October 30 at the US Institute of Peace. Recently released Russian political prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza joined fellow Oxi Courage Award honorees Nadia Murad and Maria Ressa, both of whom have received the Nobel Peace Prize.

"Although the Middle East remains beset with perennial challenges, the region is quieter than it has been for decades."