U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic from Feb. 1-6, the State Department said in a statement on Friday.

A court in El Salvador on Thursday sentenced three youths to five years in prison and put five more on probation after they were arrested last year following the public release of a video of them ...

Donald Trump will become US president for the second time on Monday. Investors pile into a fund that spreads its assets equally across the S&P 500, as concerns about a tech bubble grow. A hostage and prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas is underway. Plus, how El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele became a model for the global far right.

The directive follows President Donald Trump’s executive order Monday pausing new obligations and disbursements of foreign aid pending review.

Andrew Miller, a high-ranking State Department official under Biden, discusses the state of a fragile truce and Trump’s effect on the Middle East.

They appeared dazed, and their hands were tied behind their backs. In some footage, they were taunted by their Hamas captors. Now, Liri Albag, 19; Karina Ariev, 20; Danielle Gilboa, 20 ...

Follow updates as President Donald Trump is in Miami ahead of a Republican policy conference and Cabinet nominees like Scott Bessent prepare for confirmaiton votes.

Under Israel's multi-phased deal with Hamas, some hostages held in the Gaza Strip and Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have started to be released. Negotiations between Israel and Hamas are ...

More than a year after Hamas attacked southern Israel on 7 October 2023 – killing around 1,200 people and taking another 250 captive – around 85 hostages remain, although Israel believes around a third are dead. A ceasefire deal currently in place ...

This undated photo provided by Hostages Family Forum shows Agam Berger, who was abducted and brought to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. (Hostages Family Forum via AP)

Hamas “presented a misrepresentation of treatment and care for the hostages, while in reality, it is cruelly holding innocent civilians for 477 days,” he said.

Hamas released four Israeli hostages in Gaza early Saturday in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners to be released later in the day. It was the second release to occur as part of the ceasefire ...