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Montreal city council adopted an amended motion regarding the Middle East conflict on Monday. The final version of the motion passed during a council session by a 54-6 vote, stripping out initial opposition proposals that called on the city to sever institutional ties with Israel or accuse the state of apartheid and…
The United States continues to hold discussions with Israel, Turkey, and Syria amid recent regional tensions, with Washington saying that restraint and dialogue are the best way to prevent further escalation, a State Department spokesperson told Maariv.
Brig.-Gen. (res.) Ofer Winter officially launched his new party on Tuesday ahead of the upcoming October election.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that all mines have been removed or detonated from the Strait of Hormuz, warning Iran that any ship placing new mines will be destroyed.
A Palestinian child was wounded after being shot by Israeli forces on Tuesday in Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, Wafa news reported, citing the Jerusalem Governorate.
The US formally removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism on Monday, after the required 45-day congressional review of President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind the designation ran its course.
In an open letter published last week in the Guardian, addressed to "fellow activists, students, thinkers, workers, artists, and other prisoners of conscience held behind the walls of all detention centers across Iran", a group of renowned academics and activists resorted to the nauseating cliche of bothsidesism ove…
China on Tuesday warned the US that it could retaliate if Washington expands its sanctions campaign against Iran to target Chinese companies, potentially opening a new front in tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
An Israeli Knesset member smashed a Palestinian memorial in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, prompting condemnation.
China on Tuesday warned the US that it could retaliate if Washington expands its sanctions campaign against Iran to target Chinese companies, potentially opening a new front in tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
The US has said "the single greatest financial offensive ever" will help it and Israel end their ongoing war with Iran.
The main economic flash point in the US campaign against Iran has been the Strait of Hormuz, which carried roughly 20 million barrels of oil a day before the war. That choke point no longer dominates the global energy market the way many feared it would.
US President Donald Trump said that the US Navy informed him that all mines have been cleared from the Strait of Hormuz in a Tuesday Truth Social post.
The Board of Peace (BoP) has conveyed a message to Hamas in recent days through Egyptian, Qatari, and Turkish mediators, demanding that the terrorist organization halt the launching of kites and all other activity directed at Israel, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
An Israeli Knesset member smashed a Palestinian memorial in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, prompting condemnation.
Despite Iran’s decades of sanctions resilience, some residents fear the new measures could spark protests again
Despite Iran’s decades of sanctions resilience, some residents fear the new measures could spark protests again
Israeli forces seized control of an UNRWA training centre in occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday, extending their campaign against the Palestinian refugee agency.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced what his department called "an economic onslaught" against Iran on Monday that combined new sanctions with threats against Tehran's trading partners.
The Likud on Tuesday petitioned the election committee to punish Democrats Party leader Yair Golan, calling for the removal of a video he posted, claiming the video constituted prohibited electioneering.
The United States offered Iran sanctions relief and an end to the naval blockade imposed on it in exchange for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and halting attacks carried out by its proxies in the region, Saudi state-owned Al-Hadath reported on Tuesday.
Last week, Israeli aircraft bombed the Abu Al Duhur air base in Syria. The Israelis initially failed to admit responsibility for the attack, but to a number of observers it was very reminiscent of the attacks in April last year against the Hama and T4 air bases. At the time, these were interpreted as an Israeli effo…
Long queues formed at petrol stations across Tehran on Tuesday after the United States announced fresh sanctions targeting Iran, AFP reported.
Speaking at a prominent Jewish conference at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in West Jerusalem in June, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined what he described as a shift in the country’s security doctrine.
The US aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln will dock in Thailand next week, a Thai official said on Tuesday, following a prolonged deployment in the Middle East and reports of mental health concerns and deteriorating conditions aboard.
A coalition of progressive rabbis is recruiting fellow Jewish clergy to endorse H.R. 3565 - Block the Bombs Act, which calls for a partial arms embargo on Israel.
[DAMASCUS] Four years after signing a judicial agreement with Russia, the stated purpose of which was to strengthen cooperation in pursuing criminal offenders and extraditing wanted individuals, former Syrian President Bashar Assad now finds himself at the center of an unprecedented legal and political test: Can Dam…
The US State Department's Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program requested information on five senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps leaders, offering a reward of up to $10 million in a Monday post on X/Twitter.
Israel has "abandoned" its haredi students by allowing decisions about education to be made outside the public sector, former Beit Shemesh mayor and Unity Party member Aliza Bloch told The Jerusalem Post, arguing that reforming the education system must begin in kindergarten.
Syria’s removal from a US terrorism list erases the last legal obstacle to rebuilding the ruins of the civil war, but, in parallel, it raises the pressure on President Ahmad Al Shara to strike a deal with Israel amid high-stakes security talks.
Long queues are forming at petrol stations across Tehran as fuel shortages and supply disruptions leave motorists scrambling for fuel.
There continue to be clear signals that the White House is moving away from the potential for renewed military action and instead settling in for a long economic siege campaign targeting Iran, on a permanent basis.
Israeli forces have raided the Qalandiya Training Centre, a key facility operated by the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in the town of Kafr Aqab in occupied East Jerusalem.
BEIJING — The U.S. is threatening to cut businesses that help Iran evade sanctions off from the American financial system. It puts China's banks in an uncomfortable position: Beijing can reject the demands, but its biggest lenders still have strong incentives to preserve access to U.S. dollars.
Zvi Sukkot, a member of the Israeli Knesset, can be seen smashing a monument in Madama in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. (Reuters: Yosi Reiner/Tzvi Sukkot's office)
As security deal shakes up calculations for the US, China and Russia, a regional order shaped by regional states is no longer unthinkable
As security deal shakes up calculations for the US, China and Russia, a regional order shaped by regional states is no longer unthinkable
Global stocks rose as chipmakers rebounded, with falling bond yields adding support to risek sentiment after Brent crude slid below $90 a barrel, down more than 3% after a New York times reports that "evacuated foreign service officers could begin heading back to their posts as early as this week... suggesting Washi…
Beijing: China has fired a warning shot at Washington, making clear it won’t cease cooperating with Iran and was prepared to retaliate if the Trump administration continued with fresh sanctions.
President Sheikh Mohamed has written to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, with an official invitation to the UN Water Conference 2026 in Abu Dhabi in December.
Gaza rescue crews have been searching the enclave’s ruins for thousands of Palestinians believed to remain buried beneath buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes, some dating back to the first months of the war.
Gaza rescue crews have been searching the enclave’s ruins for thousands of Palestinians believed to remain buried beneath buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes, some dating back to the first months of the war.
Watching anxiously from more than 10,000km away, Louai Abu Ridi could no longer handle being away from his ancestral home.
PARIS — One-third of the vessels Iran has threatened to confiscate for breaching Strait of Hormuz transit rules have already been attacked during the Middle East war, an Agence France-Presse data analysis found.
Barron Trump watches as his father, President Donald Trump attends an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event at Capital One Arena, in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Within hours of United States envoy Jared Kushner leaving talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aimed at salvaging the Gaza “ceasefire”, Israeli strikes were again hitting residential areas in the enclave, and by week’s end, senior officers were describing a return to pre-ceasefire rules of engagement.
Lego sales jumped 21% in the first half of 2026 as soccer World Cup and Formula 1 sets attracted new customers, the Danish toy brand said on Tuesday.
Jonathan Pollard, flanked by Sharren Haskel and Lt. Col. (Res.) Roi Danino, was the only person to speak in a video filmed near the Western Wall. Looking into the camera, he compared his three decades in an American prison with Israel’s failures on October 7.
Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah called on Islamic countries to take “coordinated and decisive measures” against Israel during a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on Sunday, according to Iran’s Foreign Ministry and Lebanese media reports.
The Jerusalem Municipality began renovation work on a new educational and community complex at an UNRWA facility in Kafr Akab on Tuesday, according to the Foreign Ministry.