President Donald Trump often uses hyperbole to describe his achievements and challenges.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has said again that he won’t end his reelection campaign.

President Donald Trump says he thinks Democrat Zohran Mamdani is likely to become New York City’s next mayor unless two of the three candidates running against him drop out of the race.

French President Emmanuel Macron says that 26 of Ukraine’s allies have pledged to deploy troops as a “reassurance force” for the war-torn country once fighting ends in the conflict with Russia.

Israeli and U.S. officials are meeting in Washington to discuss post-war Gaza.

President Donald Trump is praising his military crackdown on crime and immigration in Washington, D.

The State Department has fired a press officer responsible for drafting Trump administration talking points about policy toward Israel and Gaza.

A key mediator on Gaza is stressing the urgency of brokering a ceasefire after Hamas showed a “positive response” to a proposal.

President Donald Trump has started arranging a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

A U.S. official says Russian leader Vladimir Putin has agreed that the United States and European allies could offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO’s collective defense mandate as part of an eventual deal to end the war.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have not reached a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump has been using diplomatic appointments as a soft landing for officials leaving his administration.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended a new military offensive in Gaza that’s more sweeping than previously announced.

International condemnation is growing over Israel’s decision for a military takeover of Gaza City.

Armenia and Azerbaijan's leaders are set to meet with Donald Trump on Friday to sign a peace deal.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday.

President Donald Trump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips.

President Donald Trump could meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as next week to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war.

The coming week could be pivotal in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.

Witnesses and health workers say Israeli forces opened fire near two aid distribution sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as crowds of hungry Palestinians sought food.

President Donald Trump has ordered the repositioning of two U.S. nuclear submarines.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy has visited a food distribution site in the Gaza Strip operated by an Israeli-backed American contractor whose efforts to deliver food to the hunger-stricken territory have been marred by violence and controversy.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff has arrived in Israel to discuss the disintegrating humanitarian situation in Gaza.

The White House says President Donald Trump has sent special envoy Steve Witkoff to the Middle East to “save lives" and end the humanitarian crisis there.

At least 48 Palestinians have been killed while waiting for food at a crossing in the Gaza Strip.

Senate Democrats are imploring President Donald Trump's administration to step up its role in addressing suffering and starvation in Gaza.

As Israel has announced steps to increase humanitarian aid in Gaza, former hostage Iair Horn knows firsthand the impact of aid.

The United States cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks this week plunges one of President Donald Trump’s pushes to solve global conflicts into new uncertainty.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government is considering “alternative options” to ceasefire talks with Hamas.

The United States is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar, saying the latest response from Hamas “shows a lack of desire" to reach a truce.

President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff says the U.S. is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks and bringing home its negotiating team from Qatar for consultations.

More than 100 charity and human rights groups are warning that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are being pushed toward starvation.

The State Department's spokesperson says President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is planning to head to the Middle East as the U.S. tries once again to solidify a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

The United Kingdom, France and Germany have agreed to restore tough U.N. sanctions on Iran by the end of August if there has been no concrete progress on a nuclear deal.

President Donald Trump marked the one-year anniversary of a failed attempt on his life and watched Chelsea dominate Paris Saint-Germain in the FIFA Club World Cup final in New Jersey.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has attended a memorial service for two slain Israeli Embassy staffers at the end of his trip to Washington.

Hospital officials say Israeli airstrikes killed at least 40 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including 10 from the same family who were sheltering in a tent.

U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel has agreed on terms for a new 60-day ceasefire with Hamas and that Washington would work with both sides during that time to try to end more than 20 months of war in Gaza.

President Donald Trump is scoffing at Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s heated warning to the U.S. not to launch future strikes on Iran and the Iranian supreme leader's assertion that Tehran “won the war” with Israel.

This week’s whipsaw chain of events involving Iran, Israel and the United States that culminated in a surprise ceasefire has raised many questions about how the Trump administration will approach the Middle East going forward.

A week into their war, Israel and Iran have exchanged more strikes while diplomatic efforts led by the Europeans took place in Geneva.

A meeting between Iran’s foreign minister and senior European diplomats has yielded hopes of further talks but no indication of any immediate concrete breakthrough, a week after the crisis centered on the Iranian nuclear program erupted into war between Israel and Tehran.

Israel and Iran have struck at one another again a week into their war as President Donald Trump weighs U.S. involvement.

Rallies against President Donald Trump are expected across the U.S. on Saturday to coincide with the military parade in Washington marking the Army’s 250th anniversary, which also falls on Trump’s birthday.

President Donald Trump and other top American officials are urging Iran to forgo retaliation and engage in direct talks following the U.S. attack on three key Iranian nuclear sites.

President Donald Trump is urging Iran to make a nuclear deal now that Israel has launched strikes against the country.

The United States has vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza because it’s not linked to the release of hostages.

President Donald Trump has appeared to undercut a proposal that was offered by his special envoy to Iran.

Hamas is seeking amendments to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal for Gaza.

Hamas says it is continuing to review a U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza.

The White House says Israel has accepted a new U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire with Hamas.

A federal trade court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.

President Donald Trump is indicating that there has been progress with Iran on its nuclear program and hinted that an announcement could come in the “next two days.”.

Mediator Oman says Iran and the United States made “some but not conclusive progress” in a fifth round of negotiations in Rome over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Iran’s top diplomat has warned that his country would take “special measures” to defend its nuclear facilities if Israel continues to threaten them, raising the stakes further ahead of a new round of talks with the United States.

Iran and the United States will hold talks Friday in Rome, their fifth round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Iran and the United States will hold a fifth round of talks in Rome on Friday over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Iran and the United States held a fifth round of talks in Rome over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Iran’s top diplomat is insisting that Tehran will never stop enriching uranium.

The parents of Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American soldier who was held captive in Gaza for 19 months, are overjoyed he is home and slowly absorbing their son's life in captivity.

President Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine will “immediately” begin ceasefire negotiations.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran has an American proposal over its rapidly advancing nuclear program as negotiations between the two countries go on.

NATO foreign ministers are debating a U.S. demand for a big increase in defense spending, President Donald Trump's administration wants to focus on security challenges outside of Europe.

Last weekend saw a flurry of diplomatic activity surrounding the war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump's trip to the Mideast comes as sons Donald Jr. and Eric work the same part of the world for the family’s moneymaking opportunities.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there is “no way” Israel will halt its war in Gaza, even if a deal is reached to release more hostages.

President Donald Trump is on his way to the Middle East, where he had intended to focus on pressing wealthy Gulf nations to pour billions in new investment into the United States.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order meant to try to lower drug costs for American consumers.

Hamas says it has released an American-Israeli hostage held in Gaza.

Iran and the United States have held a fourth round of talks over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Iran and the United States will meet again this weekend for talks over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

President Donald Trump says he will make a decision about how the U.S. government will refer to the body of water now commonly known as the Persian Gulf when he visits Arab states next week.

A federal judge has found the Trump administration can’t deport migrants to Libya unless they have a meaningful chance to challenge their removal in court.

President Donald Trump says three hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have died, leaving only 21 believed to be still living.

President Donald Trump’s removal of national security adviser Mike Waltz brings further disruption to his national security team.

What’s emerged from the Washington-led effort to end the war in Ukraine suggests a deal that seems likely to be favorable to Russia.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been thrown into two top national security roles at once after President Donald Trump appointed him to temporarily replace Mike Waltz as national security adviser.

Iran says the next round of negotiations over its rapidly advancing nuclear program it will have with the United States will be in Rome on Saturday.

For President Donald Trump's administration, the numbers on executive orders, deportations, reductions in the federal workforce and tariffs in his first 100 days back in the White House point toward a renewed America.

Ahead of his second go-around in the White House, President Donald Trump spoke with certainty about ending Russia’s war in Ukraine in the first 24 hours of his new administration and finding lasting peace in the devastating 18-month conflict in Gaza.

Hussein al-Sheikh has been named vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

President Donald Trump says he doubts Russia’s Vladimir Putin wants to end his war in Ukraine.

All Ukrainian troops have been forced from parts of Russia’s Kursk region, which Moscow lost control of last year to a surprise Ukrainian incursion, Russia’s top general said in a Kremlin meeting Saturday.

A person with knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press that the third round of talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program have ended.

President Donald Trump is among more than 50 heads of state and other dignitaries attending the funeral for Pope Francis in Vatican City on Saturday.

President Donald Trump is calling for Ukraine and Russia to meet for “very high level talks,” saying they are “very close to a deal” after productive meetings.

Negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program are to return to the secluded sultanate of Oman.

President Donald Trump has again lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program will move Saturday in Oman to what’s known as the “expert level” — a sign analysts say shows that the talks are moving forward rapidly.

Iran and the United States will hold talks Saturday in Oman, their third round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

A U.S. official says President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff has held both “direct and indirect” discussions with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Rome.

As far as biographies go, the two men in charge of the delicate negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program couldn’t be more different.

President Donald Trump says negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are “coming to a head” and insists that neither side is “playing” him in his push to end the grinding war.

France has hosted high-level talks on Ukraine and its security.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy, will travel to Paris this week for talks with European allies on U.S. efforts to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

A federal judge on Wednesday said he has found probable cause to hold President Donald Trump’s administration in criminal contempt of court for violating his orders to turn around planes carrying deportees to El Salvador.

Iranian state television has confirmed that the second round of Iran-U.S. nuclear talks will be held in Rome after earlier confusion over where the negotiations would take place.

A second U.S. aircraft carrier is operating in Mideast waters ahead of the next round of talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Russia claims that its deadly missile attack on Ukraine’s city of Sumy that killed and wounded scores on Sunday had targeted a gathering of Ukrainian troops.

Talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program had appeared ready to leave the Middle East, as an Italian source and others said the next round of negotiations would take place in Rome.