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White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Wednesday responded to Ireland, Spain and Norway’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state, observing a growing trend of the international community turning away from Israel. At the daily White House press briefing, Sullivan reiterated President Biden’s support for a “two-state solution” once Israeli forces defeat Hamas militants operating in Gaza. “Each country …

Mourners chanted “Death to America” at the funeral service for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday in the nation’s capital of Tehran. President Raisi, Iran’s foreign minister and others were killed Sunday in a helicopter crash. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei presided over the service at Tehran University, where caskets of the dead draped in Iranian flags were seen …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Ireland, Spain and Norway’s decision to recognize Palestinian statehood as a “reward for terrorism” following the Oct. 7 attacks. “The intention of several European countries to recognize a Palestinian state is a reward for terrorism,” Netanyahu said in Hebrew via a video message, according to the official translation from his office. The prime minister …

Ministers from Arab states will meet with European Union counterparts in Brussels on Monday to try to forge a common path on ending the war in Gaza and building lasting peace, a senior EU official said. Representatives from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates will join a regular meeting of foreign ministers from the 27-member EU, …

Hundreds of Palestinians swarmed and looted an aid convoy in Gaza this weekend, one of the latest incidents revealing the disorganized distribution of aid in the region. The U.S. has spent $350 million constructing a pier in the Mediterranean Sea to facilitate the delivery of aid into Gaza. The U.S. has used the pier to transfer roughly 569 metric tons …

FIRST ON FOX — Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett added his voice to the growing condemnation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) after a prosecutor announced he would request arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas officials. “It’s a shameful moment for the ICC,” Bennett told Fox News Digital. “It’s a total joke because they’re taking the leader of a …

Video shows several Iranians celebrating President Ebrahim Raisi’s death in the streets even as thousands participate in mass demonstrations mourning the controversial leader. Fireworks are launched in the night, a woman passes out sweets and several people can be heard cheering in the video posted online by opponents of the regime after Raisi died Sunday in a helicopter crash that …

The United Nations flag was lowered to half-staff Tuesday in honor of the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash Monday. Raisi, nicknamed the “Butcher of Tehran” for his oversight of mass executions of political prisoners in 1988, died along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other Iranian officials who were in the helicopter when it …

The first lady of Syria, Asma al-Assad, has been diagnosed with leukemia, according to the nation’s top officials. Asma al-Assad, wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has been forced to temporarily withdraw from public life for the time being due to the disease. She was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and will “adhere to a specialized treatment protocol that includes …

The United States ultimately denied Iran’s rare request for American assistance following the deadly helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian.At a press conference on Monday, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the U.S. was “asked for assistance by the Iranian Government.” “We did make clear to them that we would offer assistance, as …