John Kirby

U.S. Presses Palestinians to Secure Gaza Strip After Israel Leaves

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U.S. Presses Palestinians to Secure Gaza Strip After Israel Leaves

Updated Dec. 15, 2023 5:51 pm ET RAMALLAH, West Bank—National security adviser Jake Sullivan Friday pressed Palestinian leaders to help provide security for the postwar Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said, a day after pushing Israel to wind down its campaign against Hamas. The U.S. and Arab allies fear that chaos will reign and Hamas could … Read more

Guyana, Venezuela leaders head for tense meet to defuse territorial dispute

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Guyana, Venezuela leaders head for tense meet to defuse territorial dispute

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) — The small South American nation of Guyana said it refuses to bow to its larger neighbor Venezuela Thursday before the two countries met in the latest chapter of a bitter dispute over an oil- and mineral-rich territory claimed by both. Who controls Essequibo, a vast border region located along Venezuela’s … Read more