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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces on Tuesday announced the official dissolution of the group, which once controlled a de facto autonomous zone in Syria's northeast.
The confrontation between the United States and Iran has entered a new phase. The military conflict that dominated headlines earlier this year is increasingly giving way to a broader contest of economic pressure, maritime security, diplomacy, and great-power competition. This is part of the changing world order, as …
Israeli forces are advancing into the village of Jumla in the Yarmouk Basin, located in Syria's Daraa province, according to Al Jazeera.
A group of Palestinian students and researchers is unlikely to take up scholarships at Belgian universities this fall due to disagreements in Prime Minister Bart De Wever’s coalition government over evacuating people from Gaza.
MANILA, Philippines — June Mar Fajardo already gave what was understandably a farewell speech shortly after Gilas suffered a 92-49 beating at the hands of powerhouse Australia last July in the window 3 of the FIBA World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers in Perth.
President Donald Trump walks after a back to school event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Michigan’s Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has taken the unusual step of distancing himself, somewhat, from one of his strongest supporters, the influential anti-Israel livestreamer Hasan Piker, over the issue of antisemitism.
Oil fell Wednesday, amid easing concerns about military conflict as the U.S. leans towards economic sanctions to pressure Iran.
El presidente de EEUU, Donald Trump, a la izquierda, y el presidente chino Xi Jinping llegan a una cena de Estado en el Gran Salón del Pueblo el 14 de mayo de 2026, en Beijing. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein)
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President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People May 14, 2026, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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An Israeli attack on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza has killed four people so far, local media reported.
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RETURN. Repatriated Filipinos from the United Arab Emirates arrive in the Philippines on March 9, 2026, as conflict rages on in the Middle East.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have been dissolved, the armed paramilitary group's leader said on Tuesday, a major step in the integration plan agreed on earlier this year with the government in Damascus.
Israeli singer Omer Adam and Sacha Israelovich, now Sacha Adam, began their wedding celebrations on Tuesday with an intimate, family-only ceremony in Portofino.
Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad Reza Sheibani had his visa extended after it expired on Monday, despite the Lebanese government declaring him persona non grata, KAN News reported on Tuesday.
Shopkeepers across the Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and Armenian quarters of Jerusalem’s Old City say the weakened state of inbound tourism to Israel over the last three years, since the outbreak of war, has put businesses under prolonged strain.
Xi Jinping’s government is sending a message of defiance to Donald Trump over China’s economic ties with Iran.
Tom Barrack, the US special envoy to Syria and ambassador to Turkey, is in the spotlight again over comments he made, this time about Israel and the Golan Heights.
Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) has reported that the Israeli military carried out a large-scale detonation in the southern Lebanese town of Khiam.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf reportedly told Iraq’s chief justice Faiq Zaidan that Iraq can play a decisive role in shaping a new regional order, especially in the Gulf.
Arrest of Luis Manuel Aviles, 48, sparked backlash as he was detained while his son, Joshua, was deployed in Middle East
Israeli strikes have killed at least seven Palestinians across Gaza, according to local medical sources, in ongoing violations of a “ceasefire” that went into effect last October.
An Israeli military strike targeting a nearby building destroyed a warehouse storing nutritional supplies for malnourished children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) said in a statement on Tuesday.
The United States Air Force said it is seeking charges under the military justice system against Major Jason Watson for his public call for the impeachment and removal from office of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance over the US-Israel war on Iran.
A perceived shift in the Iran war from a military conflict to an economic one has seen the oil price and Treasury yields dive and shares rise.
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More than 40 members of the United States Congress have penned a letter to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling on him to push for the release of Sama Safi, a 20-year-old US citizen who has been detained by the Israeli military since June.
Americans' approval of the US-Israeli war on Iran has reached another record low, pulling Trump's approval rating down with it, to the worst reading of either of his two terms in office, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The new findings also show likely spillover effects for the November midterms that will ben…
The United States announced new sanctions on Iran and a slew of global entities doing business with the country on Monday, in what officials have called an “economic D-Day” and officially dubbed “Operation Economic Outcast”, in an effort to force Tehran to negotiate an end to the war.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said in a televised interview on Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed despite a temporary transit agreement with Oman.
Several top Iranian officials have taken to social media to mock US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's "economic D-Day" of sanctions on Iran, including parliamentary speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghabilaf and Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei.
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Bangladesh may be joining the defence agreement signed by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan earlier this month.
Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi announced on Tuesday the dissolution of the Syrian Democratic Forces, completing a deal to integrate the US-backed force into Syria’s state institutions.
In this photo courtesy of Katherine Delgado shows her step-father Luis Manuel Aviles, left, and her brother Joshua Aviles stand outside their home in Oct. 2025, shortly before Joshua deployed on the USS Lincoln the following month in Key West, Fla. (Katherine Delgado via the AP)
Após um longo período de silêncio, representantes da Síria e de Israel se reuniram na Jordânia no último fim de semana, pela primeira vez em meses. As negociações, retomadas sob intermediação dos Estados Unidos, visavam reduzir as tensões após os recentes ataques israelenses em território sírio e evitar uma escalada…
The 83rd Venice International Film Festival announced this week that it has added NAZA, a highly charged new documentary by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the four directors of the Oscar-winning No Other Land, to its main competition.
The Israel Premier League season got underway with plenty of action on the pitches across the country, although a number of teams did not play due to their participation in European competition.
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.
Before attacking Iran, US President Donald Trump was warned by US intelligence that killing Iran's former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, could result in him being replaced by a more radical regime with greater interest in acquiring nuclear weapons, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.
Representatives of the Netherlands will be expelled from Kiryat Gat’s International Support Center for Gaza due to the Dutch government’s adoption of anti-Israel legislation, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced on Tuesday.
Iran and Oman’s top diplomats have discussed a proposed framework for a temporary transit corridor through the Strait of Hormuz and a mine-clearing project in the key waterway, which they both border.
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) managing director said on Tuesday that the global economy is faring better than expected as energy supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz drive uncertainty, although she warned of rising fiscal pressures.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded on Monday to Israeli strikes on a Syrian military base last week, saying Ankara would not abandon its friends in the region and that no outside power could set the boundaries of Turkish foreign policy.
The United States launched a new campaign against Iran, seeking to block all of its potential sources of revenue and telling nations to cut economic ties with Tehran.
Several Palestinian sources said anxiety has emerged within the PA leadership in Ramallah following ongoing efforts by rival Palestinian factions, most notably Hamas and Mohammed Dahlan’s camp, to form a political alliance ahead of the elections for the legislative council (the Palestinian parliament) scheduled for …