Erin Banco

President Joe Biden told confidantes and allies this week that he did not believe that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu wanted a halt to hostilities

The White House’s initial reaction to the news was positive, even as it scrambled to figure out if this could spur wider war in the Middle East.

The officials urged caution and stressed the need for diplomacy. But the timing was right for such a military shift, they concluded.

Current and former officials say the US has long struggled to collect intelligence on Hamas.

Attendees of the late August meeting with Lise Grande said her remarks were surprisingly candid, shocking many in the room.

America’s top female national security official wants to figure out how to contribute to a more ethical society. The question is whether she can do that inside the U.S. government.

The U.S. decision to allow Ukraine to fire American weapons deeper into Russia has not increased the risk of a nuclear attack, which is unlikely, despite Russian President Vladimir Putin's increasingly bellicose statements, five sources familiar with U.S. intelligence told Reuters.

However, Russia is likely to expand a campaign of sabotage against European targets to increase pressure on the West over its support for Kyiv.

Lebanon's Hezbollah has been significantly degraded militarily by Israel, but the Iran-backed group will likely try to rebuild its stockpiles and forces and pose a longterm threat to the U.S. and its regional allies, four sources briefed on updated U.S. intelligence told Reuters.

In the early days of 2013, an American man, dressed in ragged clothing, dodged between houses in the streets of Damascus’ upscale Mazzeh neighborhood looking for a civilian to take him to safety after more than five months of captivity in the concrete cells of a local prison.