The defense minister says the country will abandon all responsibility for the Palestinian enclave after a ground offensive Israel will wash its hands of Gaza once it has completed its ground military operation and vanquished Hamas, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has said. The Financial Times, citing an anonymous Israeli official, reported that the new approach…

Dmitry Peskov weighed in on the case of an RFE/RL editor detained in the country over failure to register as a foreign agent Russia is not engaged in any kind of crackdown on American citizens on its soil but is committed to implementing its national laws, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov insisted on Friday.

Georgia says it has developed a special plan in case nuclear weapons are used in the region  The Georgian authorities have begun preparations for a potential nuclear war in light of the current “challenges” facing the region, according to the head of the country’s State Security Service, Grigol Liluashvili.