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Japanese companies raised capital spending in the second quarter as profits surged, in the latest sign that the corporate sector is coping fairly well with the fallout from the Middle East conflict.
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Wall Street closed out August on a downbeat note Monday as stocks fell and the price of oil rose after the U.S. launched its first military action in a month against Iran.
At least seven religious soldiers from the Givati Brigade’s Rotem Battalion were sent to military prison after refusing to board a Namer armored personnel carrier with a female paramedic during an operation in Gaza.
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SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded lower late Tuesday morning as investor sentiment was dampened due to renewed military tensions in the Middle East.
Democratic Senator Mark Warner has described Donald Trump's war on Iran as a "complete failure" six months into the conflict.
A farmer spreads fertilizer in a rice field in Karnal in the northern Indian state of Haryana. (Photo by Reuters) © Reuters
One of the lessons from the war with Iran was that the country’s leadership is “really, really crazy” and is willing to take extreme measures to disrupt the flow of oil and gas in the Gulf, US Vice President JD Vance told Fox News in an interview on Monday night.
Pattaya has faced a grim low tourist season, driven in part by the economic downturn triggered by the Iran war
Pattaya has faced a grim low tourist season, driven in part by the economic downturn triggered by the Iran war
A major international study into Parkinson’s disease has revealed significant blind spots in meeting the needs of people in the Middle East, despite people from the region carrying a key genetic variant associated with the condition.
A tanker was struck by three unknown projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, stoking worries that the Middle East conflict could once again escalate.
Iran has urged the UN Security Council to demand that Washington end its attacks after several soldiers and civilians were killed in an US strike on Larak Island.
Given the Trump administration's shift from a military campaign against Iran to primarily one that seeks economic 'strangulation' and isolation - there's been a big diplomatic push by the White House to get regional allies on board.
Benjamin Netanyahu boasted on Israeli television about his "influence" in effectively entrenching the US in war with Iran to advance Israeli state interests, which he highlighted as being central to his political agenda for the past 40 years.
South Korean stocks opened lower Tuesday, dragged down by losses on Wall Street due to a resumption of military clashes between the United States and Iran.
A number of US military top generals have taken the rare step of formally registering warnings to Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth over potential plans for a new phase of strikes against a non-compliant Iran.
A Lebanese child was killed on Monday when a cluster bomb left behind by Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon exploded, Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported.
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened lower Tuesday dragged down by losses on Wall Street due to a resumption of military clashes between the United States and Iran.
Yesh Atid MK Mickey Levy confirmed on Monday that he would not be on the party's Knesset list, while assuring that he would remain within the party.
MK Tally Gotliv leveled serious accusations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and linked her placement on the Likud list to the fate of the judicial reform, the N12 news site published on Monday evening.
US President Donald Trump has vowed to “hit Iran hard” following Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on American military installations in Jordan, raising the prospect of another round of escalation after a month-long lull in direct fighting.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara Netanyahu, suggested in an interview on Channel 14 on Monday evening that Democrats party chairman Yair Golan had prior knowledge of the October 7 attack, echoing conspiracy theories alleging betrayal.
US President Donald Trump's approval rating was stuck at the lowest level of his political career amid broad dissatisfaction over the war in Iran and the Republican's economic stewardship, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Monday.
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to hit Iran "hard" after the two foes traded fire for the first time in weeks, as his Treasury secretary vowed to keep up a pressure campaign aimed at hobbling Tehran's economy.
Israel carried out heavy bombing campaigns across several towns in southern Lebanon on Monday evening in its latest violation of prior ceasefire agreements, Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting.
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has called for Greek help in enforcing the United States-brokered framework agreement with Israel designed to put an end to hostilities.
El vicepresidente JD Vance durante un discurso en la sede de CompoTech, el lunes 24 de agosto de 2026, en Brewer, Maine. (Anna Moneymaker/Pool Photo via AP)
London: Spanish Prime Minster Pedro Sanchez has blamed networks in Israel and Russia for spreading online claims that led at least 72,000 migrants to cross from Morocco into the enclave of Ceuta in a border crisis four weeks ago.
A second person is suspected of having Ebola after returning to Israel from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Health Ministry announced on Monday.
US President Donald Trump's domestic approval rating remains at the lowest level of his political career amid the war on Iran and rocketing inflation, a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Monday has found.
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Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, performing prayers and appearing to call for a Jewish temple to be located on the site.
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Iraq has sentenced a man to fifteen years in prison for kidnapping American journalist Shelly Kittelson in late March, the victim announced on social media on Monday.
The price of oil rose and stocks fell on Wall Street after the US launched its first military action in a month against Iran.
Turkey signed the Nasa-led Artemis Accords on Monday, becoming the seventh country from the Middle East to do so.
Saudi Arabian-backed LIV Golf is prepping for a bankruptcy filing as soon as next week, as the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund refuses to provide additional funding to the golf challenger.
A majority of the “connected” US Jews surveyed would prefer Israel’s current opposition to emerge victorious in the upcoming October elections, according to a new poll by the Jewish People Policy Institute published on Friday.
Dozens of protesters demonstrated at the entrance to Jerusalem on Monday over the decision to send Givati Brigade soldiers to prison after they refused to enter a Namer armored personnel carrier with a female paramedic, Israel Police said.
On the surface, it appears to be a classic case of religious conscience.
US tech firms AMD and Cisco, along with Saudi AI company Humain, said on Monday that new artificial intelligence computing infrastructure is up and running in Saudi Arabia.
US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to “hit [Iran] hard”, despite a report that the US’s top generals are warning that a prolonged large-scale war on Iran is unsustainable for the United States.
US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to “hit [Iran] hard”, despite a report that the US’s top generals are warning that a prolonged large-scale war on Iran is unsustainable for the United States.
Burin, occupied West Bank – Ghassan Najjar’s phone starts ringing the moment the Israeli army rolls into Burin. It happens most days now – the whirring convoy of armoured personnel carriers working its way through the village’s narrow streets as soldiers fan out to shutter shops one by one.
Lander screamed at and verbally abused as he protested against Hindu nationalist rally in Madison Square Garden