UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned member states Tuesday about Lebanon “becoming another Gaza” amid escalating tensions with Israel.  Highlighting the "epic transformation" that the world is facing, Guterres addressed member states during the opening of the 79th UN General...

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Thursday called for restraint in the Middle East after a second deadly wave of unprecedented device explosions at Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon.   “I warn all sides against further escalation,” Baerbock wrote on social media...

Iran’s foreign minister said that Tehran was open to diplomacy to solve disputes but not “threats and pressure,” state media reported on Saturday, after the US and three European powers imposed sanctions against the country’s aviation sector. Abbas Araqchi’s comments come a day after...

Israel proposed giving  Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar  safe passage out of Gaza in exchange for the group freeing the hostages it holds and giving up control of the strip, a senior official said, even as doubts deepen about the two sides’ ability to reach any ceasefire accord....