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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has thanked the US president for sharing a report by Just the News that says: "USAID report finds more than 100 UNRWA employees participated in Hamas atrocities on Oct. 7."
Amid ongoing global oil supply disruptions due to the Iran war and Hormuz Strait crisis, and also as Ukraine's war on Russian oil refineries and export terminals heats up, the Trump administration has been scrambling to tap new reliable and long-term energy sources.
About 370 Palestinian children remain imprisoned in Israeli detention centres, according to a new report by the Palestinian Centre for Prisoners Advocacy, which it called "an unprecedented figure compared with previous periods".
The US war on Iran has caused a "beyond critical" shortage of advanced missile interceptors, especially Patriots, which have been used to shoot down Russian ballistic missiles, a Nato official and US official told the Associated Press (AP) in a report published on Thursday.
Applicants for immigrant visas to the US have had their appointments postponed, after the administration of President Donald Trump ordered a pause amid a continuing immigration crackdown.
Iran's security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, said on Thursday that Tehran is preparing a list for mediators of its conditions to open the Strait of Hormuz, including ending the war in the region.
Hundreds of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) individuals gathered to protest the expansion of the light rail in the Bar-Ilan Street area of northern Jerusalem on Thursday night, Ynet reported.
A displaced girl looks trough the door of her makeshift room that set on a basketball court inside a public school turned into a shelter for people whose villages in southern Lebanon were destroyed or occupied by Israeli forces, in Tyre, southern Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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The US war on Iran has caused a "beyond critical" shortage of advanced missile interceptors, especially Patriots, which have been used to shoot down Russian ballistic missiles, a Nato official and US official told the Associated Press (AP) in a report published on Thursday.
At least three Palestinians have been killed in separate Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, medics and local media reported.
Iran’s Parliamentary Speaker Muhammad Bagher Ghalibaf has slammed US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s comments on Iran’s economy in a post on X on Thursday.
People of Israel party chairman Brig.-Gen. (res.) Ofer Winter said on Thursday that he would only recommend Benjamin Netanyahu for prime minister.
Israel's humanitarian aid agency, IsraAID, announced on Thursday that it is deploying an emergency response team to Nepal to assist with disaster relief efforts following recent flooding and landslides in the region.
More than 1,100 North Americans have immigrated to Israel this month through Nefesh B’Nefesh, marking a new monthly aliyah (immigration) record for the organization, Nefesh B’Nefesh said on Thursday.
US President Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday in the Oval Office that Washington is "in control" of the Strait of Hormuz and continues its blockade of Iranian ports, while Iran is in "deep trouble" and is "not paying their troops".
Saudi Arabia and Syria have formed a joint bank to make investment easier, as the two countries plan closer ties in transport and tourism.
The criticisms of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of war and peace by his challengers in the October 27 election are well-known: whatever tactical wins he achieved militarily, he has either failed or not yet succeeded, after losing an unprecedented amount of the country’s global legitimacy, to lock in l…
Qatar’s prime minister has held meetings in the Iranian capital, discussing key issues including the future of the Strait of Hormuz, amid international hopes that dialogue between the United States and Iran on ending the war will resume.
The UAE on Thursday pledged to support Lebanon's economic development on the final day of a business forum that has raised hopes of Emirati investment.
Yemen’s Saudi-backed government said on Thursday a fighter with one of its factions was killed on the al-Ahtoub front lines in the western countryside of Taiz governorate fighting against the Houthis, according to Yemen’s army media centre.
The UN deputy special envoy for Syria, Claudio Cordone, condemned an Israeli air strike on Syria's Abu al-Duhur airbase and expressed concern about "statements from senior Israeli officials advocating an open-ended Israeli military presence on Syrian territory".
On Wednesday, the US State Department announced that it is designating the Italy-based extremist group Autistici/Inventati (“A/I Collective”) for its role in providing digital infrastructure for Antifa cells and other radical left-wing networks in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere across the world. At the sam…
Iran's regime will fall through a mix of operations, economic pressure, and protests by its own people, recently retired Mossad chief David Barnea said in his first speech since stepping down on June 1.
For a group of Australian venture capitalists, Israel’s next major investment opportunity may lie beyond its traditional strengths in cyber and defense. They are betting that Israeli climate, energy transition and agritech companies could become the next big thing for Australian investors and potentially for the con…
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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Thursday laid out his party's plan to dramatically increase the number of Jews living in two areas of the country with large Arab-Israeli populations, ahead of Israeli elections in October.
The far Right Otzma Yehudit party is launching a children’s book at its conference on September 1, marking the start of the next school year.
Police did not ask the court to extend the house arrest of seven suspects in the investigation into Eldar Dayan’s death on Thursday, allowing the house-arrest restrictions to expire after forensic experts were unable to determine his cause of death.
Two elderly people were found unconscious but breathing in an apartment in Jerusalem on Thursday as firefighters investigated a suspected hazardous materials incident, according to initial reports.
Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani visited Tehran on Thursday for talks aimed at easing tensions between Iran and the United States.
Una nube de humo sobre un almacén industrial en Ciudad Sharjah, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, el 1 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Altaf Qadri)
A newlywed woman has been killed and several people were injured in an Israeli air strike on the town of Arab Salim in southern Lebanon, the country's National News Agency reported on Thursday.
Kuwait and Pakistan on Thursday signed a defence and military co-operation deal, in the latest move to reshape regional alliances in the shadow of the Iran war.
JERUSALEM — A Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court judge acquitted a man accused of attacking a Catholic nun based on his insanity defense, but ordered him committed to psychiatric hospitalization for up to six years.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc will probably not reach 61 seats. Yet Likud figures are already reportedly exploring what happens next: A unity government in which Netanyahu – who else? – remains would insist on him serving as prime minister first, followed by Gadi Eisenkot in a rotation.
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One Palestinian has been killed and several others wounded by an Israeli drone strike on a bicycle in Gaza City's central area, according to Gaza’s civil defence and hospital sources, Al Jazeera reported.
Though the Islamic Republic has established a “sophisticated panoply” to protect itself against the possibility of regime change, its trump card, the Strait of Hormuz, is losing its strategic value and will continue to do so, Dr. Thomas O'Donnell, an American energy and geopolitics strategist and a Global Fellow of …
JERUSALÉN (AP) — Un juez del Tribunal de Magistrados de Jerusalén absolvió a un hombre acusado de atacar a una monja católica, aceptando su defensa por demencia, pero ordenó que sea internado en un hospital psiquiátrico por hasta seis años.
Israel is considering expelling British officials from the US-led International Gaza Support Center (IGSC), which was established to monitor the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
DAMASCUS - For the first time, the Kurdish language will formally enter Syria’s education system beginning with the 2026-2027 academic year, after being approved as an elective subject taught for two periods per week, marking a significant shift after decades of restrictions on Kurdish language and cultural identity…
Kurdish women played a key role in the battle against ISIS.
Countries throughout the region have praised the decision by the Syrian Democratic Forces to dissolve itself and integrate into the new Syrian security forces. The process has been in the works since a meeting in March 2025 between SDF commander Mazloum Abdi and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa. A new meeting this w…
Religious soldiers in the IDF's Givati Brigade's Rotem Battalion refused to take part in an operational mission in the Gaza Strip after being ordered to board a Namer armored personnel carrier with a female paramedic, according to sources familiar with the incident, who warned on Thursday that the dispute could spar…
A new report published by the AMCHA Initiative on Wednesday claims that accusations of genocide against Israel in university academic programming are overwhelmingly concentrated among speakers and department leaders with preexisting support for boycotting or sanctioning Israel.
Mossad Director Maj.-Gen. (res.) Roman Gofman will not handle any investigations into the "Qatargate" affair due to a conflict of interest, The Jerusalem Post confirmed on Thursday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a serious problem. Israel is approaching an election in which voters will be asked to judge not only the country’s longest-serving prime minister but the man who was prime minister on October 7.
By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).