President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner spoke to CBS’ “60 Minutes" with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff about helping to negotiate the Gaza ceasefire deal.

Vice President JD Vance visited Israel on Tuesday, working to secure the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that was agreed to earlier this month.

The International Monetary Fund, which raised its 2025 growth outlook for the Middle East and North Africa last week, has said that risks for the region are still tilted to the downside, despite a recent improvement in geopolitical tensions.

As the first phase of Trump's plan held through Monday, families across Israel, the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank rejoiced as 20 hostages and some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees were freed. The bodies of only four of 28 deceased hostages were returned.

The U.S. has sent two top advisers and its vice-president to the Middle East as it scrambles to hold together an increasingly fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Weapons makers Lockheed Martin and RTX predicted strong profits for the rest of this year on Tuesday as their results benefited from surging demand for arms from conflicts in the Middle East and a protracted Russia-Ukraine war.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has warned that "very bad things are going to happen" if Hamas does not comply with the terms of the Israel-Gaza ceasefire.

Plus, the Jets remain winless and the Denver Broncos rally to score 33 points in the fourth quarter to beat the New York Giants.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is building out its wealth-management division in Saudi Arabia, as competition intensifies among Wall Street giants to tap into the Middle East’s largest economy.