Israel has launched new deadly strikes on Lebanon and clashed with Hezbollah in Bint Jbeil ahead of Lebanese-Israeli talks in Washington on Tuesday Israel continued its bombardment of southern Lebanon on Sunday night and Monday morning, as emergency crews searched for missing people trapped under rubble following intense overnight strikes. …

U.S. President Donald Trump has raised the stakes in his showdown with Iran after declaring the American military has blockaded all of the country’s ports. Trump announced the move on Monday, a day after ceasefire talks with Iran in Pakistan ended without agreement. The blockade is part of an effort …

The big election over the weekend was in a small European country nearly half a world away from Washington, but the defeat of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has significant reverberations in the United States. That’s because President Donald Trump and many U.S. conservatives have long embraced Orbán, who has …