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After most of Israel’s water desalination facilities were shut down starting Monday morning because of high seawater turbidity, concerns are growing in the agricultural sector about severe crop damage and disruptions to Israel’s food production, particularly in the South.
China's President Xi Jinping gave his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian a brief, low-profile audience at a regional security summit, signaling Beijing's calibrated approach toward Tehran just weeks ahead of Xi's planned trip to Washington.
Hello, this is Leonie Kidd coming to you from London.
A video circulating online shows massive and widespread destruction of the historic town of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon.
Democrats Party chairman Yair Golan warned on Wednesday that Sara Netanyahu's comments about him having previous knowledge of the October 7 massacre were not "just a slip of the tongue," but part of a planned move designed to tarnish him and the government's political opponents.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Egypt on Tuesday on a rare trip to the Middle East as both countries face the threat of US sanctions over financial links to Iran.
The Palestinian singer-songwriter Marwan Abdelhamid, better known under the stage name Saint Levant, has announced he has postponed his debut North American tour after experiencing “major US visa issues”.
Today on Trending Middle East, the US and Iran have traded another round of strikes, raising fears that a weeks-long lull in the war has come to an end. Several people were killed in US strikes on southern areas in Iran, while Jordan and Kuwait intercepted Iranian attacks early on Wednesday.
Currency traders work at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
LIMA (AP) — Perú anunció el martes que rompió relaciones diplomáticas con Irán por considerar que su actuación “amenaza la estabilidad” en Oriente Medio y “afecta gravemente la paz y seguridad internacionales”.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Egypt Tuesday, his first visit to the Arab world's most populous nation in a decade, as countries across the Middle East reassess security and economic ties amid the fallout of the Iran war.
Flights to and from the UAE continue to face disruption as the US and Iran exchange fire amid heightened regional tensions.
Flights to and from the UAE continue to face disruption as the US and Iran exchange strikes across the region.
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The IDF struck Rumman, a village in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah-run Al-Manar TV claimed on Wednesday.
Two Israeli air strikes targeted the vicinity of the southern Lebanese towns of Kfar Rumman and Arab Salim in southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera reported.
Oil prices continued to rise on Wednesday following a 4.6 per cent surge the previous day as renewed fighting between the US and Iran fuelled concerns about increased disruption through the Strait of Hormuz.
US president Donald Trump has denied reports alleging that he is trying to bring Iran back into peace discussions.
Israeli prime minister repeats assertions about 2023 security fiasco as he faces pivotal elections
Israeli prime minister repeats assertions about 2023 security fiasco as he faces pivotal elections
As Israel struggles to maintain some of its important alliances abroad, particularly in Europe, a major defence deal with Greece bucks a worrying trend for the country’s leaders.
Maccabi Tel Aviv dominated Maccabi Haifa 3-1 in the Israeli Clasico on Sunday night as Dor Peretz scored a first half brace to help the yellow-and-blue to the three points at Bloomfield.
Massachusetts progressive Sen. Ed Markey, a sharp critic of Israel, is projected to beat the more moderate Rep. Seth Moulton by a wide margin on Tuesday, securing the Democratic nomination for the upcoming US Senate race.
US Vice President JD Vance recently met with representatives of Temple Israel in Michigan to offer “his support in the wake of the attack on our community,” clergy from the synagogue told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
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An Israeli-designed and delivered air-defense system will soon be protecting Greece, once Israel’s harshest European critic and now a close Mediterranean ally.
France said Tuesday the UN Security Council will vote this month on renewing the mandate of a panel monitoring sanctions on Iran, setting up a potential showdown with Russia and China, which oppose the sanctions regime and oversight mechanisms.
Peru announced that it has decided to end diplomatic relations with Iran, as tensions in the Middle East escalate.
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded sharply lower late Wednesday morning, weighed down by escalating military tensions in the Middle East.
Mike Johnson, the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, has suggested that lying is part of Iranians’ religion as he defended President Donald Trump’s decision to launch a war on Iran.
Sirens sounded off in the area of Kfar Yuval in northern Israel warning of a "hostile aircraft infiltration", according to the military.
Two locations near the cities of Ahvaz and Aghajari in Iran’s south western Khuzestan province were targeted in missile strikes, state media reported citing the province’s deputy governor for security affairs.
The Australian economy grew by 0.4 per cent through the June quarter as consumers spent more on electric vehicles as they dealt with the fallout from the war in Iran.
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Oil rose Wednesday, as Mideast tensions continue to escalate after the U.S. carried out its latest round of attacks on Iran, while Tehran reportedly struck back at U.S. allies.
La fiscal federal Jeanine Pirro durante una conferencia de prensa en el Departamento de Justicia, el 4 de diciembre de 2025, en Washington. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon, Archivo)
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Monday that Israel and Russia spread disinformation about Spain’s migration policy after a rush of migrants arrived in Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa.
The US military struck two Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) tankers on Tuesday in the first direct retaliatory attack on Iranian ships since the beginning of the war, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing US officials.
TEHRAN — Iran launched strikes on Wednesday targeting American interests in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan after vowing "severe punishment" in response to US attacks, including one that the Iranian Red Crescent said left four people dead at a wedding celebration.
Iran has accused the United States of bombing a house during a wedding celebration in the southern county of Sirik, killing at least five people, including a child.
The United Nations nuclear watchdog has confirmed that Syria tried to construct a nuclear reactor in the eastern province of Deir Az Zor under ousted former President Bashar al-Assad.
The spokesperson of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warned that operations against the US will "continue as a lesson to them until they regret their crime".
U.S. forces completed another wave of strikes against Iran late Tuesday stateside, hitting multiple sites across the country, in a renewed exchange of fire between the warring parties after a nearly month-long hiatus.
France said on Tuesday the U.N. Security Council will vote this month on renewing the mandate of a panel monitoring sanctions on Iran, setting up a potential showdown with Russia and China, which oppose the sanctions regime and oversight mechanisms.
University of Chicago professor Robert Pape tore into Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's so-called "Economic D-Day" campaign against Iran, branding it a dangerous "escalation trap" that history shows will not force Tehran to fold, and may instead drag the United States deeper into war.