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Men wearing masks attacked an NBC News television crew near the occupied West Bank village of Jalud while the journalists were interviewing a Palestinian woman who said she had been driven from her home by Israeli settlers, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
Hundreds of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) men arrived at the Tel Hashomer military base on Sunday to be drafted into the IDF, with many of them heading into combat units, as protesters gathered outside.
Iraq’s Kurdistan region has resumed oil production at all its oilfields except Sarsang, with output reaching up to 230,000 barrels per day, after a series of drone attacks during the war.
Israeli minister Eli Cohen said Israel would strike Iran again if Tehran attempts to rebuild its nuclear or ballistic missile programmes, even if it reaches an agreement with the United States.
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has called for unity after warning officials against exposing the country’s weaknesses, as economic pressures and a worsening petrol crisis raise fears of renewed unrest.
Participants gather at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, China, in September 2025. The leaders of China, Russia, India and Iran will meet in Kyrgyzstan for this year's edition on Aug. 31. © Reuters
Operadores de acciones en la Bolsa de Valores de Nueva York, el 27 de agosto del 2026. (AP foto/Yuki Iwamura)
Options trader Marty Handler works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
As with its approach to Hormuz, the US has mistaken applying pressure for an actual strategy. But Tehran has chips of its own to play
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, has described the United States and the Israeli regime as “sworn enemies” of unity among Muslims, stressing the need for greater solidarity and cooperation across the Islamic world, IRNA reported.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that security forces thwarted the activities of a terrorist cell that it claimed was linked to Israel and the United States and operated in Sistan and Baluchistan Province in southeastern Iran.
Ireland’s Electric Picnic festival became a platform for Palestinian solidarity, with rights organisations and attendees backing campaigns against Israel’s Gaza genocide.
The InterContinental David Tel Aviv hotel unveiled its new Premium Terrace Rooms earlier this month, following a NIS 40 million renovation project.
The Pentagon reportedly asked outside analysts this month for creative ideas on Iran. That request itself is worth paying attention to. Over 180 days into a war that produced the most intensive American air campaign since Iraq in 2003, the CIA has now confirmed what the strike data was already reflecting.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei released a written statement on Sunday urging Gulf rulers to "identify their real enemy and understand the plans to confront it."
Dozens of Israeli settlers burst into a Palestinian man’s home in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, trapping and attacking people inside, the Israeli military and Palestinian witnesses said. It was the latest in a series of assaults by Israeli extremists that have drawn international condemnation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank villages of Qusra and Jalud, calling those responsible a “handful of rioters” after dozens of masked settlers attacked Palestinian homes.
SAN JOSE, California — Citing the importance of the First Amendment, a federal judge in California says the U.S. government is unconstitutionally silencing critics of Israel's war in Gaza and others as part of the Trump administration 's quest to deport noncitizens who it says disrupted college campuses while expres…
Israeli artillery fire hit southern Lebanon’s Doha Kfar Rumman Sunday morning, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported.
Amnesty International said Israeli statements likening kites flown in Gaza to military drones “further strips away any prospects for moments of joy for children” who have been "denied a childhood" by Israel’s ongoing genocide.
Greece is set to sign a $3.6 billion defence deal with Israel on Monday in Tel Aviv, which will provide Athens with an air defence system.
Oil majors in the United States are profiting from the war on Iran, as soaring energy prices boost earnings but the crisis is threatening their longstanding investments in the Gulf.
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- Kang Shin-chul, South Korea's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, was named Sunday as the nominee for defense minister.
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln sails past Singapore as seen from Batam, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will press G20 countries to join in isolating Iran's economy during the group's finance gathering this week.
The Islamic State group in Syria was among the recipients of funds
Seeing beyond the barriers and shapes, encouraging viewers to perceive space in the most unexpected places – that’s Noma Bar.
Israeli security forces confiscated hundreds of thousands of shekels in cash, as well as property and vehicles worth nearly NIS 100,000 in a large-scale operation on Wednesday, raiding the homes of terrorists and their families who receive payment from the Palestinian Authority.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s eldest son Yair has been secretly flown out of the US following a “significant threat” to his life, according to the country’s security agency, Shin Bet.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s eldest son Yair has been secretly flown out of the US following a “significant threat” to his life, according to the country’s security agency, Shin Bet.
One woman was killed, and six others were injured during a pile-up car accident between four cars on Highway 2 near Atlit, Magen David Adom stated on Sunday morning.
Greece is set to sign a $3.6 billion defense deal with Israel on Monday in Tel Aviv, a major agreement that will provide Athens with a multilayered air defense system against potential threats from Turkey and Iran.
The diplomatic efforts underway between Israel and Gaza and Lebanon "are largely ineffective... half-baked in terms of what we will actually achieve," Brig.-Gen. (res.) Oren Avman told 103FM on Friday.
Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, said on Friday that, contrary to previous reports in The Jerusalem Post and the Financial Times, the Secretary-General did not say that UN special rapporteurs are "out of control"; he said that they are independent actors outside the Secretariat'…
Egyptian foreign minister Badr Abdelatty and his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah called for de-escalation and a return to diplomacy and negotiations between Iran and the United States during a phone call, according to Egypt's Foreign Ministry.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Embassy in Saudi Arabia over the weekend said the condition of two sets of separated conjoined twins "is improving daily."
Michigan US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed apologized for his past comments regarding the March attack on Temple Israel in suburban Detroit during a meeting with the state Democratic Party’s Jewish caucus at the party convention on Saturday.
Ofer Winter launched his new People of Israel party on Tuesday, kick-starting what could become a bloc-busting run for the Knesset.
Syria is rebuilding its electricity sector with more than $10 billion already pledged for generation, transmission and exploration, much of it from Gulf countries. But money is not its only advantage.
A sailor detained for more than nine months by Iranian forces has told of how he feared he would "die in jail" after being subjected to brutal treatment as missiles exploded nearby.
Amnesty International has called for the release of Palestinian paediatrician Hussam Abu Safiya, who has completed 600 days in Israeli detention.
Iranian leaders are acknowledging the economic toll of war with the US, with the supreme leader urging the government to address the hardship and the president saying foreign trade has shrunk by a third due to the American sanctions and blockade.
Israel continued attacks across southern Lebanon on Saturday, carrying out airstrikes, artillery shelling and demolitions, while Tehran pledged continued support for the country amid stalled negotiations over an IDF withdrawal.
Israel continued attacks across southern Lebanon on Saturday, carrying out airstrikes, artillery shelling and demolitions, while Tehran pledged continued support for the country amid stalled negotiations over an IDF withdrawal.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog joined prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in condemning settler violence in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, saying it was unlawful.
Israel’s Shin Bet security agency has confirmed that Benjamin Netanyahu’s son, Yair, was flown back to Israel from the US after a threat to his life, according to the Times of Israel.
Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran does not seek war but will stand firmly against any aggressor, stressing that no power can force a nation determined to resist to surrender.
Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has said that new regional treaties can herald a new stage in which Muslim neighbours rely on their own capacities rather than on foreigners, according to Tasnim News Agency.
Two elderly Palestinian sisters were injured after being attacked by Israeli settlers while picking figs from their land in the town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah, Wafa news agency reported