Some of President Donald Trump's erratic, impulsive and ill-informed pronouncements turn out to be of little lasting consequence, like passing gusts of wind. But his abrupt decision to was the policy equivalent of pouring gasoline on smoldering embers. In just 10 days, it has already produced ...
In this image fro video, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah., speaks on the Senate floor, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in Washington. (Senate television via AP)/ The U.S. and Turkey have agreed to a cease-fire in the Turks' deadly attacks on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, requiring the Kurds to vacate ...
Recep Tayyip Erdogan an ominous letter last week after their Oct. 6 call, after which Trump controversially announced that the U.S. would withdraw all troops from northeast/ obtained by Fox Business Network's Trish Regan on Wednesday after Trump referenced it during a press conference the same ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Mr Trump made the comments during a meeting with President Sergio Mattarella of Italy in the Oval Office President Donald Trump has said it is "not our problem" if Turkey enters Syria, adding that the Kurds are "no angels, by the way". His ...
In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Ceylanpinar, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, smoke billows from targets in Ras al-Ayn, Syria, during bombardment by Turkish forces, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...
President Donald Trump said that the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) was a common foe of the United States, Russia, Iran, Syria and Turkey—but the latter may not be quite as engaged as the others. At a press conference alongside his Italian counterpart, Trump defended his decision to ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ Watch as Syrian government forces enter town of Ain Issa Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected a US call for an immediate ceasefire in northern Syria, saying Turkey's ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ The letter told President Erdogan: "Don't be a fool!" Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan put US President Donald Trump's letter "in the bin", the BBC has been told. In the letter dated 9 October, and sent after US troops were pulled out ...
Turkey is continuing its offensive against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, amid US calls for a ceasefire. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to stop only when a "safe zone" is complete.
Eyewitness captures moments during Colorado attack/ Multiple people have been injured after a man shouting "free Palestine" tossed Molotov cocktails at a gathering in support of Israeli hostages in Colorado, authorities say. Police said eight people - aged between 52 and 88 - were hurt in the ...
Top secret intelligence files uncovered by the BBC confirm for the first time that missing American journalist Austin Tice was imprisoned by the regime of the now-deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Former Syrian officials have also confirmed Mr Tice's detention to the BBC. The US ...
A file picture shows people seeking aid at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution point in Rafah on Tuesday/ Twenty-six people have been killed and 150 injured in Israeli tank shelling and gunfire near an aid distribution centre in Rafah, southern Gaza, medics and residents say. Mohammed ...
Steve Witkoff sent a proposal for a nuclear deal to Tehran on Saturday/ The US has sent Iran a proposal for a nuclear deal between Tehran and Washington, the White House confirmed on Saturday. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he had been presented with "elements of a US deal" by his ...
Palestinians inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Jabalia, northern Gaza. Photo: 30 May 2025/ Hamas responded to a US ceasefire proposal by saying it is prepared to release 10 living Israeli hostages and 18 dead hostages in exchange for a number of Palestinian ...
Iran has further stepped up its production of highly enriched uranium, according to the UN nuclear watchdog. In a confidential report seen by the BBC, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran now possesses over 400kg of uranium enriched to 60% purity - well above the level used ...
In a screenshot from video provided by hospital staff of the evacuation, people, some wearing vests with the hospital's name on the back, carry bags to ambulances/ The last hospital providing health services in the North Gaza governorate is out of service after the Israeli military ordered its ...
Laila Soueif was refusing glucose treatment in hospital, her daughter Mona Seif said/ The mother of a British-Egyptian activist imprisoned in Cairo has been admitted to hospital for the second time, a week after resuming a full hunger strike to campaign for his release, her family says. Laila ...
'World has responsibility to get aid into Gaza', UN official tells BBC/ The UN's humanitarian chief has said people in Gaza are being subjected to forced starvation by Israel. In an interview with the BBC, Tom Fletcher said he believed this had led to a change in the international response to ...
Israel resumed its military offensive against Hamas in Gaza in mid-March following the collapse of a two-month ceasefire/ A senior Hamas official has told the BBC the Palestinian armed group will reject the latest US proposal for a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. The White House ...