Invitation comes during phone call between top diplomats and aims to follow up on progress made during Bennett's White House meeting with Biden

Secretary of state says insurgents told US 'they will let people with travel documents' leave the country amid reports they're preventing hundreds from leaving, including Americans

US secretary of state thanks country for helping facilitate transit of refugees; is due to meet rescued Afghans, US diplomats who left Afghanistan

Doha says distribution of $500 million to begin soon, after apparently resolving dispute over whether Hamas civil servants will be allowed to access money

US praises Israeli moves on Gaza, Jerusalem Foreign Ministry says, and two discuss Iran nuclear progress; pair to meet in US in October

Fritz Berggren has been a mid-level civil servant since 2009; the blog under his own name spreads white nationalist and antisemitic content

Senior official on PM's team says significant progress made on nuclear issue, Israeli visa waivers and more

US secretary of state indicates end of month pullout deadline to be met but says work to ensure American's can leave country 'will continue, every day, past August 31'

Defense secretary says Biden administration talking to Congress to authorize $1 billion in Iron Dome funding; Bennett tells Blinken he wants to focus on areas where they agree

Donation made through internationally-backed COVAX mechanism; vaccines arrive as Palestinians see fourth wave of infections sweep West Bank, Gaza