US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has made a surprise visit to Iraq.

It is his second visit to the region since the start of the conflict.

He spoke a short time ago after his meeting with the country’s Prime Minister.

Mr Blinken said, “it was ve…

The Hamas-controlled health officials in Gaza said an Israeli strike killed dozens of people on Sunday. The attack comes amid the Secretary of State’s Middle East trip to meet with regional leaders and push for a humanitarian pause in the war. Photo: M…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise visit to the West Bank.

His visit was to meet the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Mr Blinken told him they play a key role in the future of Gaza.

Antony Blinken had previously met M…

Federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser says the carbon policy shift will protect the environment while saving money for Canadians. Fraser discusses why Ottawa made changes to carbon pricing, and the impact felt in his home region of Atlantic Canada.

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert says the two-state solution is ‘essential’ to bringing peace to the region, stating that it should be the ‘end game’ for the Israeli government.

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he’s seeking legal opinions on his province not collecting carbon tax. Higgs also discusses why he’s calling on Ottawa to scrap the carbon tax on heating for all Canadians and not just those in Atlantic Canada.

Former Palestinian Authority prime minister Salam Fayyad says the war in Gaza needs to come to a ‘swift’ end. ‘How many more Palestinians will need to perish,’ he says.

The Head of the World Food Programme says aid entering the strip is ‘nowhere near enough’ to meet the needs of its 2.3 million people.

A civilian car is bombed in an Israeli air strike in Southern Lebanon. Three children and their grandmother have been killed.

PM Netanyahu disciplined on Sunday a junior member of his cabinet who appeared to voice openness to the idea of Israel carrying out a nuclear strike on Gaza. Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that the minister concerned – heritage minister Amihay …