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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held direct contact and negotiations with Hamas behind the security establishment's back during Operation Protective Edge in 2014, using Israeli businessman Shlomi Fogel as an intermediary.
An oil tanker was struck by an unidentified projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, the UK Maritime Trade Operations agency said in a post Thursday, the latest in a string of sporadic attacks that have kept ships away from the vital energy corridor.
Syrian President Ahmed Al Shara has carried out the country's first international Visa transaction as Damascus continues to reintegrate with the global financial services system.
Israeli forces have carried out artillery attacks and ground raids in southern Syria, while conducting air strikes and demolitions across southern Lebanon, despite diplomatic efforts to end the fighting.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue establishing settlements in the occupied West Bank despite mounting international pressure, while promising a major wave of Israeli immigration to the occupied Palestinian territory.
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., en route to South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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The head of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (Unrwa) said that the Israeli government’s raid on the last remaining facility run by the UN agency earlier this weep is an attempt to "eliminate the presence of the United Nations" in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The UAE is expected to announce September petrol prices on Monday as global oil markets remain volatile amid the nearly seven-month Iran war. Traditionally, petrol prices have moved in synch with those benchmarks but not all the time.
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On Tuesday, one of Syria's most prominent Kurdish leaders, Mazloum Abdi, announced the end of the Syrian Democratic Forces as an autonomous military entity, fulfilling an agreement to integrate tens of thousands of its fighters into the institutions of the Syrian state.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States on Wednesday named the UK-based Palestine Action group, which has been banned by the British government, as a "terrorist" organization, as the Trump administration intensifies its campaign against left-wing movements.
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani is due to visit Tehran on Thursday for talks on de-escalating tensions and reviving dialogue between Iran and the United States.
A new Finance Ministry report has revealed major salary disparities across Israel’s security organizations, with employees in some Defense Ministry auxiliary units earning more than twice the average salary of younger career soldiers.
What began, according to an indictment, as an “initiation ceremony” for a young female police officer at a Border Police base allegedly turned into a violent and humiliating incident.
US Senator Chris Van Hollen has criticised Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and "extremists" in the Israeli government after a raid on an Unrwa facility in occupied East Jerusalem.
Three pro-Israel Democratic lawmakers have been selected for top roles on the Foreign Affairs Committee in the United States House of Representatives, also known as HFAC.
Airline declines to predict impact of new carry-on luggage charge on Jetstar revenue or ticket sales, saying it is offering customers ‘choice’
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou tells MEE that Greece views Israel as a key strategic partner against Turkey, but anger over Gaza, arms sales and rising rents blamed on Israeli property buyers are turning the relationship into a domestic liability.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the family of Sgt. First Class Yehuda Yekutiel Katz on Wednesday to offer his condolences following his burial last week, the Prime Minister's Office announced.
A six-month-old baby was admitted earlier this week to the public Assuta Ashdod Medical Center, and received surgery after having swallowed a packet of staples, Walla learnt Wednesday.
Israeli forces stormed a home in Syria’s south western Quneitra province, according to local media reports.
Dolientes palestinos junto a los cuerpos de sus familiares fallecidos por un ataque del ejército israelí, durante su funeral en el Hospital Shifa de Ciudad de Gaza, el miércoles 26 de agosto de 2026. (AP FotoJehad Alshrafi)
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Palestinians walk past a food-aid warehouse damaged in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a nearby house in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei mocked the US economic plan to isolate Tehran as "pure parody".
One key tool Washington has long utilized for influence operations and covert regime change plotting abroad has long been the establishment of foreign media for political messaging.
“It’s the biggest closure and a huge moment of victory,” former Gaza hostage Evyatar David said about Eliya Cohen, another former hostage, recently getting married, during an interview with CNN on Wednesday.
The United Nations has several special rapporteurs who are "totally out of control" in regard to their perspective on Israel, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres admitted in an interview with the Financial Times on Tuesday.
Two drones targeted facilities belonging to Iranian Kurdish opposition parties in Erbil governorate, in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, Al Jazeera reported.
Israeli air strikes have killed at least 100 Palestinians and injured more than 400 people in Gaza since 12 August, accordimg to Ramiz Alakbarov, the acting UN special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process.
LIV Golf ha informado a sus empleados que sus puestos terminarán la próxima semana, mientras la liga inicia una nueva etapa sin financiación saudí, reduciendo operaciones mientras busca un acuerdo con un inversor principal para remodelar la liga de cara al próximo año.
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Iran has praised China for rejecting US threats to impose sanctions on countries that continue to trade with the Islamic Republic, with Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf saying on Wednesday that Tehran’s strategic partnership with Beijing “needs no one’s permission.”
Iran has praised China for rejecting US threats to impose sanctions on countries that continue to trade with the Islamic Republic, with Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf saying on Wednesday that Tehran’s strategic partnership with Beijing “needs no one’s permission.”
More than 40 US lawmakers have signed a letter urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to intervene in the case of a US citizen who has been held in an Israeli prison without charge since June.
Israeli forces detained brothers Bilal Bassam Ziada and Hamza Bassam Ziada during a raid on Madama village in the occupied West Bank’s Nablus governorate, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.
More than 40 US lawmakers have signed a letter urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to intervene in the case of a US citizen who has been held in an Israeli prison without charge since June.
The slogan evokes George W. Bush’s infamous speech about the US invasion of Iraq, made aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier
The slogan evokes George W. Bush’s infamous speech about the US invasion of Iraq, made aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier
Israeli forces shot and injured two Palestinians during a raid on Beit Anan, northwest of Jerusalem, on Wednesday evening, the Wafa news agency reported.
In the weeks since progressive Israel critic Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic primary in Michigan’s US Senate race, many Jewish and pro-Israel constituencies in the state and beyond are lining up - sometimes reluctantly - for his Republican opponent.
A senior US Embassy delegation, led by acting Economic Counselor Wendy Nassmacher, visited Israel’s Upper Galilee in recent days to support efforts to revive the region’s economy as it recovers from years of war.
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis fired ballistic missiles at Mocha port on Wednesday, a Yemeni army source told Al Jazeera.
LIV Golf season-long champion captain Jon Rahm, of Legion XIII, poses with the trophy after the final round of LIV Golf Indianapolis, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Westfield, Ind. (Montana Pritchard/LIV Golf via AP)
Israeli forces are continuing to demolish residential houses and infrastructure in Bani Haiyyan, a municipality in the Marjayoun district in southern Lebanon, according to the National News Agency.
Israeli entertainment continues to attract international attention, but the industry is facing challenges that could affect future productions, Jerusalem Post film critic Hannah Brown said on the latest episode of The Jerusalem Playlist.
DAMASCUS, Syria (The Media Line) - Hikmat al-Hijri, a spiritual leader of Syria’s Druze community, sparked widespread controversy Tuesday after describing the Druze as an “inseparable part of the State of Israel,” marking a significant escalation in his rhetoric toward Israel amid continuing tensions between forces …
“We cannot close our eyes and say there is no Iran, there is no Russia. There are.”