Samy Magdy

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  • TrumpMiddle East

    Trump’s Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ extends invitations to Russia, Belarus and Thailand along with EU

    By Samy Magdy, Julia Frankel, and others
  • President Donald Trump listens as Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during an arrival at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Middle East

    Trump warns U.S. will ‘knock the hell out of’ Iran’s nuclear capabilities if it’s rebuilding them amid Israeli concerns about long-range missiles

    By Will Weissert, Sam Mednick, and others
  • Palestinian children celebrate at a camp for displaced people in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on October 9, 2025, following news of a new Gaza ceasefire deal.Middle East

    The Trump-brokered Gaza truce includes a U.S.-led reconstruction plan and Arab-led security in Gaza

    By Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman, and others
  • Israeli troops deploy along Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip, on September 25, 2025, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)Middle East

    Israel moves to defensive-only position in Gaza as army eyes first phase of Trump’s plan to end the war

    By Sam Mednick, Samy Magdy, and others
  • Men carry a body of a child killed in an airstrike carried out by IsraelEnvironment

    A 2 a.m. airstrike carried out by Israel struck a media tent, killing a local reporter and wounding six other journalists

    By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, and others
  • Smoke rises from a location reportedly struck by U.S. airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah AbdulrahmanPolitics

    Trump orders airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen and warns Iran to stop supporting them

    By Michelle L. Price, Samy Magdy, and others
  • President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu take questions during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Politics

    Trump says Gaza ceasefire deal should be canceled if Hamas doesn’t release all remaining hostages by Saturday

    By Zeke Miller, Samy Magdy, and others
  • Trump pumps his fist at a press conference welcoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuPolitics

    Egypt officials say Trump’s proposal to empty Gaza is a grave threat to its national security—and its half-century peace deal with Israel is at risk

    By Samy Magdy and The Associated Press
  • Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the Hebrew calendar anniversary of the Hamas attack on October 7 last year that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza, at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on October 27, 2024. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Netanyahu says he’s talked to Trump 3 times since the election as Israel strikes Lebanon, Gaza

    By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, and others
  • explosion in cityFinance

    Israel says it will attack Hezbollah’s financial arm ‘all over Lebanon’

    By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, and others
  • Benjamin Netanyahu speaksPolitics

    Benjamin Netanyahu says drone that targeted his house was an assassination attempt

    By Adam Schreck, Samy Magdy, and others
  • CAIRO, EGYPT – MARCH 17: (—-EDITORIAL USE ONLY MANDATORY CREDIT – ‘EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY / HANDOUT’ – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS—-) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (3rd R) meets EU Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen (3rd L) in Cairo, Egypt on March 17, 2023. (Photo by Egyptian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)Leadership

    EU announces $8 billion aid package for Egypt including funding for border fortification as migration concerns mount

    By Samy Magdy and The Associated Press
  • Joe BidenPolitics

    Gaza cease-fire is up to Hamas now, White House says

    By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, and others
  • Centcom Red SeaEnvironment

    The Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping have created an 18-mile oil slick and an ‘environmental disaster’ that could only get worse, U.S. military says

    By Samy Magdy and The Associated Press
  • Al GoreEnvironment

    Al Gore reveals the world’s top 14 polluters are all oil and gas fields but insists ‘We are capable of solving this crisis’

    By Samy Magdy and The Associated Press