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Iranian army spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia has said that the US and Israel suffered a “major defeat” in their latest aggression against Iran, and “failed” to achieve their stated objectives.
Former Israeli prime minister, Naftali Bennett, has once again branded Qatar an "enemy," repeating his call for Israel to take action against it.
British foreign secretary Ed Miliband has said the situation unfolding in Gaza was “horrific” and the UK government needed to act “more decisively than we have”.
Two-time Oscar nominee and Emmy Award-winning actor John Malkovich is scheduled to return to Israel on April 13 to star in the satirical theatrical-musical production The Music Critic at the Charles Bronfman Auditorium (Heichal Hatarbut) in Tel Aviv.
It’s exhausting watching Gal Gadot sprinting for about 95% of the time during The Runner, her new movie directed by Kevin Macdonald, which just became available to stream on Prime Video from Amazon.
Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson has blamed flight price rises on "foolish leaders" starting wars, in a thinly veiled reference to the US-Israel conflict with Iran.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump on Friday said the conflict in Iran is “small potatoes” as he defended Vice President JD Vance for asserting that months of on-and-off attacks in the Middle East are not a “war.”
The price of diesel hit a new record Friday in the United States, as disruption from the US war with Iran squeezes voters.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has told Americans to ask themselves: “Why should your sons and daughters be offered debt forgiveness in exchange for fighting and dying in a war Israel wants continued & expanded?”
Israel's water sector was deemed "fully stable" after a situational assessment, according to a joint statement on Friday from the Energy and Infrastructure Ministry and the Water Authority.
For the past few years, I have been struggling to comprehend how the October 7 Hamas-led terrorist attacks on Israel turned so many liberal and progressive groups against the Jewish state.
The Houthis escalated fighting in Yemen in recent days as the Iran-backed terror group worked to seize territory that would give them greater control over the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a chokepoint at the entrance to the Red Sea that is instrumental in international shipping routes, The New York Times reported on Friday…
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The Israeli army had helped plan the delivery of food aid on 1 April 2024, but things went wrong from the beginning and ended in seven deaths
Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals targeting of World Central Kitchen convoy was result of widely used military tactic
As the United States and Israel’s war on Iran enters its seventh month with no clear end in sight, President Donald Trump has become the latest US official to downplay the conflict.
The US State Department said it had approved the potential sale of Joint Direct Attack Munitions-Extend Range to Saudi Arabia for an estimated $5 billion.
El presidente Donald Trump anuncia medidas para ayudar a agricultores y ganaderos con el procesamiento de carne, mientras un grupo de ellos permanece detrás, el viernes 4 de septiembre de 2026, en el Despacho Oval de la Casa Blanca, en Washington. (AP Foto/Jacquelyn Martin)
For decades, Hollywood has fascinated us with a terrifying question: What happens when we can no longer distinguish truth from lies?
Israel’s health funds are launching their flu vaccination campaigns ahead of the 2026 to 2027 winter season, although this year’s rollout will be gradual. Meuhedet Health Services received its first shipment on Thursday, and vaccinations are expected to begin next week.
The White House has returned to its prior talking point that the war against Iran shouldn't be called a war. In earlier stages of the conflict President Trump had applied various monikers that stopped far short, from an "excursion" to a "little detour" to a "stopover" to a mere limited "military operation".
Israeli settler attacks surge in occupied West Bank as Palestinians demand protection
We earlier reported that an Israeli drone strike killed two people in the town of Kfar Rumman in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh district.
Leading members of Jewish civil society groups have written to British Prime Minister Andy Burnham urging him to adopt stronger measures on Israel and "oppose any further attempts to muzzle the Palestine marches".
Donald Trump said on Friday that the Iran war was "small potatoes" for the United States, in his administration's latest bid to play down the war ahead of crucial midterm elections.
Rafael Grossi, one of the four candidates for the next UN Secretary-General, attends an event, “The Leader the UN Needs: Choosing the Next Secretary-General,” in London on May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
The Israeli military said on Friday it struck southern Lebanon after Hezbollah launched a drone attack towards Israeli soldiers.
The IDF struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after the terrorist organization launched a drone towards Israeli soldiers, the military said on Friday.
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An Israeli air strike has targeted the town of Mifdoun in the Nabatieh district of southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera reported.
President Donald Trump speaks and announces action to help farmers and ranchers with meat processing, as a group of farmers and ranchers stand behind, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
An Israeli air strike targeting a motorcycle has killed two people in the Lebanese town of Kfar Reman, the Ministry of Public Health has said, as Israeli forces intensify attacks on southern Lebanon.
The Red Cross said on Friday it had facilitated the transfer to Lebanon of four more people detained by Israel, a day after one person was freed.
Jafar Farah announced on Thursday that he was withdrawing his candidacy for the Knesset from the second spot on the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) list, saying the decision was made “out of a sense of responsibility and out of support for the Joint List.”
Yesh Atid MK Michal Shir announced that she is leaving the party and will not seek reelection in a post on X/Twitter on Friday, becoming the latest lawmaker to depart the party amid a growing wave of exits."I shared with Yesh Atid chairman and former prime minister, my friend Yair Lapid, that I do not wish to run in…
A person walks past debris, seen through a shattered window at the site of what Iranian media said was a U.S. strike on a home where a wedding celebration was being held late Tuesday, Sept. 1, in Kuhestak, southern Iran, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
The US Treasury Department said on Friday it imposed new Iran-related sanctions on a small Turkish investment bank and two subsidiaries as part of the Trump administration's effort to increase economic pressure on Iran.
The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a Republican-led bill that aims to penalise universities that engage in boycotts of Israel or attempt to prevent students from participating in exchange programmes in Israel.
The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a Republican-led bill that aims to penalise universities that engage in boycotts of Israel or attempt to prevent students from participating in exchange programmes in Israel.
Eight Palestinians were killed and 31 wounded in the past 24 hours, including one death from previous wounds, the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza said.
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Once a year, Ali Ghanim descends on his family’s olive grove in the occupied West Bank village of Sarra for the annual olive oil harvest. Passed down through generations, the olive oil trade is as much a symbol of heritage as it is a livelihood for Ghanim, who shares ownership of the farm with his brothers.
Mourhaf Nazha cut a lonely figure at his family's hotel business during the civil war. Few customers were staying at their Golden Mazzeh hotel in west Damascus as renovation was under way to open another, the landmark Royal Semiramis in the centre of the city.
President Sheikh Mohamed and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan underlined the need to bolster security and stability in the Middle East during a phone call on Friday.
I am partial to the argument that, specifically at this time of heightened strategic risk, Israel needs to elect or reelect leaders with significant security and diplomatic experience.
An Israeli drone strike killed two people in the town of Kfar Rumman in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh district, according to a Al-Mayadeen network report.
The US Treasury Department has sanctioned a Turkish bank that allegedly conducted transactions for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force.
Microsoft signed a contract worth more than $100m with the Israeli government in 2024, according to documents published on the Israeli Ministry of Finance’s Hebrew-language website, Middle East Eye can reveal.
US President Donald Trump and his Vice President JD Vance have met a group of ultra-Orthodox rabbis, among them members of sects that are anti-Israel.
Hundreds of people gathered in southern Iran on Thursday for the funeral of four people who Iranian state media said were killed in a strike on a wedding ceremony.