GAZA WAR
HAMAS-ISRAEL
US says Hamas did not want women hostages to reveal treatment
ISRAEL-GAZA WAR
Blinken visits West Bank as fierce fighting roils Gaza
DIPLOMACY
US to withhold $85 mln aid to Egypt over political detentions, $30 mln redirected to Lebanon
US-SAUDI RELATIONS
For Washington, now is not the time to upset Riyadh
REGION
In sharpened censure, US calls suspected Israeli settler attack terrorism
JUSTICE
US urges Egypt to release jailed rights researcher
DIPLOMACY
Blinken blasts Senate holdup of US ambassador nominees, including for Lebanon
IRAN
Iran says it has executed leader of women-trafficking network
POLITICS
US criticizes Arab League readmission of Assad's Syria
DIPLOMACY
Blinken speaks to Sudan generals, calls for ceasefire
DIPLOMACY
No White House visit for Israel's Netanyahu as US concern rises
DIPLOMACY
Iran insists prisoner swap agreed despite US denial
MIDDLE EAST