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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.
Hamas and groups affiliated with the group must end extrajudicial executions of suspected collaborators with Israel, Amnesty International demanded on Friday, accusing the organization of unlawful killings, arbitrary arrests, and reprisals against Palestinian families.
Yisrael Beytenu, founded in 1999, is one of many parties vying for citizens’ votes in the election for the 26th Knesset, to be held on October 27.
Azerbaijan is mediating between Israel and Turkey to reduce tensions over Syria and prevent military friction between the two countries, Israeli sources said, as the United States pursues a parallel effort to contain the dispute.
The Trump administration's "Operation Economic Outcast" has expanded the sanctions campaign across China and Hong Kong, targeting dozens of individuals and businesses while intentionally holding off on sanctioning major Chinese banks that keep Tehran connected to the global financial system. Beijing, meanwhile, sign…
Senior party official Liu Haixing uses unofficial discussions to make the case for disagreements to remain ‘controllable’
Oil prices fell to more than a one-week low on Tuesday, as investors shrugged off supply concerns and Washington and Tehran's intensifying war of words ahead of "economic D-Day."
Israeli forces have stormed Unrwa vocational centres in Qalandiya and Kufr Aqab that serve about 16,000 Palestinian refugees across the occupied West Bank.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says US will "tighten the noose" around Iranian revenue sources
US Republican leader Mike Rogers and his allies have reportedly asked the pro-Israel lobby American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) not to run a campaign on his behalf ahead of the November general election.
Bessent is on a roll: first his attempt to send yields sharply lower by announcing an aggressive TSY buyback expansion, failed spectacularly, and then today, the US “economic D-Day” against Iran and unviled by Bessent, turned out to be "less Normandy and more Grenada", according to Bloomberg. But maybe, just like in…
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En esta imagen, distribuida por la oficina de la presidencia de Irán, el presidente, Masoud Pezeshkian (derecha) se reúne con el jefe del Ejército de Pakistán, el mariscal de campo Asim Munir, en Teherán, Irán, el 24 de agosto de 2026. (Oficina de la Presidencia de Irán vía AP)
Pakistan and Oman are stepping up diplomatic engagement with Iran, sending senior officials to Tehran as efforts intensify to ease the conflict with the US and address the crisis surrounding the Strait of Hormuz.
Al Qadsiah manager Brendan Rodgers begins his first full campaign in the Saudi Pro League, aiming to build on an impressive fourth-place finish last season.
Ship has not made a port call for more than 200 days and there have been reports of low morale and poor mental health amid food and water shortages
China has warned Washington that it will retaliate if the Trump administration significantly expands its Iran-related secondary sanctions against Chinese companies.
Em janeiro de 2026, semanas antes de Estados Unidos e Israel iniciarem os ataques contra o Irã, milhares de iranianos arriscaram a própria vida na maior e mais disseminada revolta popular já enfrentada pelo regime de Teerã.
‘Targeting locations where the Americans are stationed has created fear and anxiety among residents,’ a Kuwaiti national says
‘Targeting locations where the Americans are stationed has created fear and anxiety among residents,’ a Kuwaiti national says
The Sam Spiegel International Film Lab will take part in the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, presenting 10 feature-film projects in development from Israel and around the world at one of the international film industry’s most prominent meeting points.
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The IDF and officers from Israel Police's Jordan Border Unit thwarted an attempt to smuggle weapons across the Jordanian border last night, police announced in a Tuesday statement.
Parents of children in the Gaza Strip have been warned to stop their children from flying kites after Israel threatened a forceful response if Hamas terrorists revive a tactic of launching incendiary kites over the border.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir turned Monday's Altalena commemoration into a political humiliation for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, appropriating one of the most powerful symbols of Menachem Begin, the Likud, Herut, the Revisionist movement, and Jabotinsky's ideal of hadar.
Finance Minister and Religious Zionist Party (RZP) leader Bezalel Smotrich scolded MK Zvi Sukkot following his destruction of a monument in Kafr Madama near Nablus, Israeli media reported on Tuesday.
Islamabad, Pakistan — Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Munir spent Monday moving through the power corridors of Tehran: the presidency, parliament, the Supreme National Security Council, and the foreign and interior ministries.
Israeli politician Zvi Yedidia Sukkot has been filmed attempting to destroy a memorial to Palestinians killed by Israel in the occupied West Bank.
The US has promised the "asphyxiation" of the Islamic Republic as it imposed harsh new sanctions on Iran and threatened those who traded with it.
PLA pilots test strategic reach in 6,000km mission as Middle East conflict pushes Cairo and Beijing closer
PLA pilots test strategic reach in 6,000km mission as Middle East conflict pushes Cairo and Beijing closer
Dr Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE President, has said Iran’s attacks on Gulf Arab states “only deepened” its predicament, after the US unveiled a sweeping set of new sanctions against Tehran.
In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian, right, meets Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Gen. Asim Munir in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
Iran's ambassador-designate to Lebanon has been granted a six-month residency permit by Lebanese authorities, on the day his original visa was set to expire, despite being declared persona non grata by the Lebanese Foreign Minister earlier this year.
United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has unveiled a new wave of sanctions on Iran, branded “Operation Economic Outcast”, designating close to 60 entities, individuals and vessels and widening secondary sanctions to cover shipping, gold, aviation, technology and digital assets.
A prosecutor’s statement has been filed against the man suspected of fatally shooting attorney Arbel Feldman inside his Rishon Lezion office earlier this month, police announced on Tuesday, bringing the case a step closer to an indictment.
Activists from the ‘Israel Envelope’ organization, together with residents of Gaza border communities, demonstrated near Amitai Camp adjacent to the Kerem Shalom Crossing on Tuesday, demanding that the entry of the International Stabilization Force (ISF) tasked with governing and managing the Gaza Strip be halted.
The IDF on Tuesday confirmed it diverted troops from standard operational duties to guard MK Zvi Sukkot (Religious Zionist Party) on what he called a 'memorial tour' in several villages in Areas A and B in the West Bank.
La reportera independiente Mariam Dagga, de 33 años, que trabajó con The Associated Press y otros medios durante la guerra en Gaza, posa para una foto en Jan Yunis, en el sur de la Franja de Gaza, el 14 de junio de 2024. (AP Foto/Jehad Alshrafi, archivo)
Iranian hackers shut down a British power plant for four days in an unprecedented cyber attack, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have committed to building a 6-billion-euro ($7 billion) theme park in the north of Paris.
From tariff turmoil and stock shocks to market meltdowns, the global financial system has never been in such flux.
Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot called MK Tzvi Sukkot (Religious Zionist Party) a "violent provocateur" who "claims to represent 'religious Zionism' is doing an injustice to an entire sector" in a statement condemning Sukkot for destroying a monument in Kafr Madama near Nablus on Tuesday.
Colombia’s new right-wing government has authorised coal exports to Israel, overturning an embargo imposed by former President Gustavo Petro to prevent Colombian resources from fuelling Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
There has been significant progress during high-level talks in Tehran aimed at ending the US-Israel war on Iran, according to Pakistani officials.