Blinken's latest trip -- his 11th to the region since Palestinian Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on October 7 triggering the Gaza war -- comes as the Israeli military has intensified its campaign in the Palestinian enclave as well as in Lebanon against Iran-aligned Hezbollah militia.

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in the Gulf state's capital Manama on Monday, state media reported, amid fears of conflict potentially spreading across the Middle East. The pair "discussed bilateral cooperation and the latest regional...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken left for the Middle East Monday on a new push for an elusive Gaza ceasefire two weeks before US elections, seeing a new opportunity from Israel's killing of Hamas's leader.

BEIRUT: The United States said Monday (Oct 21) it wants the Israel-Hezbollah war to end "as soon as possible", and pressed for the enforcement of a UN resolution that required Iran-backed Hezbollah to withdraw from south Lebanon. The call from

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the Middle East to launch another push for an elusive ceasefire, seeking to revive negotiations to end the Gaza war and defuse the spillover conflict in Lebanon.

Blinken is set to fly first to Israel and then tour other countries in the Middle East

BEIRUT: US envoy Amos Hochstein will hold talks with Lebanese officials in Beirut on Monday (Oct 21) on conditions for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, while Israel struck branches across Lebanon of what it describes as Hezbollah's shadow bank. Diplomacy has failed to cool down Israel's conflicts

Israel-Hezbollah War Live Updates: Hundreds of Beirut residents fled their homes late on Sunday with multiple explosions heard across the Lebanese capital

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed again to the Middle East, making his 11th trip to the region since the Gaza war erupted last year and as Israel steps up attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon.