U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held an end-of-year press conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C. The event was lengthy, lasting over two hours, while covering a wide range of U.S. foreign policy topics under President Donald Trump.
Read More Rubio outlines U.S. foreign policy in year-end briefing, addresses questions on Ukraine, Gaza and Venezuela
Hamas confirmed the death of Raed Saad, a senior commander who was killed by an Israeli explosive device, as the two sides approach phase two of the fragile ceasefire.
Read More Hamas says Israel jeopardizes ceasefire after killing senior commander
Amidst his trip to Asia, President Donald Trump signed trade deals with key Asian partners to address trade imbalances while finding alternative supply chains, as China cracks down on rare earth exports.
Read More Trump signs trade deals, oversees peace deal with Southeast Asian partners
President Donald Trump landed in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, to co-host a summit with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The summit aims to further solidify the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas and to discuss the future governance and reconstruction of Gaza.
Read More Trump signs ceasefire agreement in Egypt: ‘Took 3,000 years to get to this point’
While addressing the Knesset, President Donald Trump hailed the historic peace deal as “an incredible triumph for Israel and for the world.”
Read More Trump: ‘This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East’
Ivanka Trump thanked her father, President Donald Trump, and praised her husband, Jared Kushner, former Trump administration senior advisor, for the peace deal between Israel and Hamas.
Read More Ivanka Trump praises her father and her husband for Israel-Hamas peace deal