The Latest Breaking News from Steve Witkoff

The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his top negotiator was headed to Russia "right now" for talks on a possible ceasefire with Ukraine, after Kyiv agreed to a 30-day truce.

Adam Boehler says Hamas proposed a ceasefire and prisoner exchange in negotiations that did not involve Israel

Arab leaders endorsed a US$53 billion (£41 billion) plan to rebuild war-torn Gaza at an emergency summit in Cairo on March 4. The proposal, which was drawn up by Egypt and has been backed by France, Germany, Italy and Britain, rivals US president Donald Trump’s idea for the US to…

After blocking all aid entering the battered enclave, Israel has now announced it will stop electricity to Gaza.

Kyiv will propose an aerial and naval ceasefire with Russia during talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia this week, a Ukrainian official told AFP on Monday as President Volodymyr Zelensky was due to arrive in the kingdom.

The talks will the first high-level meeting between the two countries since Trump and Zelenskyy’s White House meeting.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to arrive in Saudi Arabia on Monday, a day ahead of crucial talks between Ukrainian and US officials on ending the war with Russia.

The electricity cut threatens desalination plants as Palestinians suffer amid an ongoing aid blockade during Ramadan.