Wealthy Arab nations consider bankrolling Gaza’s reconstruction, but they want assurances Palestinians will lead in the postwar period.

Even before the first phase is completed, the fragile cease-fire agreement that has paused 15 months of war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas faces increasingly long odds of lasting or even reaching phase two.

The announcement came as the United States pressures Israel and Hamas to continue a ceasefire that has paused a devastating 15-month war in Gaza.

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Bin Abdullah, on Wednesday said the Middle East has an opportunity to shape a

SAUDI ARABIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY It welcomed the deal and thanked the mediating countries. It urged commitment "to the deal to end the Israeli aggression on Gaza and the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the strip and all Palestinian and Arab lands...

President Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff met on Tuesday in Riyadh with a senior adviser to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, according to two sources with knowledge of the meeting. Why it matters: This was the first meeting between a Trump administration official and a Palestinian official since November's election.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says U.S. President Donald Trump has invited him to visit the White House on Feb. 4. This will make Netanyahu the first foreign leader to visit Washington in Trump's second term.

The Israeli prime minister will be the first foreign leader to visit Washington in Mr Trump’s second term in office.

More than 375,000 Palestinians have made their way back to homes in northern Gaza after 15 months on the run because of war.

In Dubai, at least 12 Indians were among the 17 people killed in a horrific bus accident when the vehicle, coming from Oman, rammed into a low-clearance sign. Nine persons were seriously injured when the driver of the bus, belonging to the Omani bus ...