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South Korea says the United States has cancelled a large joint amphibious landing exercise scheduled for next month due to constraints on force availability caused by the US-Israel war on Iran.
Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi will visit Tehran on Tuesday to continue talks between Tehran and Muscat on the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has said.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch broadcaster announced Monday it is boycotting the Eurovision Song Contest for a second year, calling it a “platform for division” because of tensions over Israel's involvement.
Iran has denied reports that it has been invited to join the Mecca defense pact comprising Saudi Arabia, Türkiye. and Pakistan, while confirming that proposals have been made for talks with the three countries on regional security.
A four-year-old child was among three Palestinians killed in Israeli air attacks in central Gaza on Sunday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to escalate attacks over the alleged launching of paper kites from the war-torn enclave.
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.
Test of US rhetoric will rest on whether nations such as India, China and Russia view economic threats as credible
The planned Gush Dan metro trains will be highly automated, driverless, and run every minute and a half, even during peak hours.
Turkey is a “rival and not an enemy” to Israel, security officials said on Sunday, warning that the situation could change amid the ongoing shifts in the Middle East.
The petitioners behind the High Court's freeze on disputed government funding have now asked the court to release a series of urgent transfers for local authorities and communities in the North and South, while keeping coalition and sectoral funding blocked.
Israel is set to develop offensive space capabilities as part of the Defense Ministry’s multiyear budget plan for the space sector, including systems designed to defend Israeli satellites from hostile spacecraft and weapons capable of striking targets on Earth from space.
House Democratic leader meets with president’s son-in-law has ignited fury amongst own party
Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the four directors of the Oscar-winning Palestinian-Israeli documentary No Other Land, will premiere a new film about the killing of civilians in Gaza at the Venice Film Festival.
The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed for most of the past six months. Brent crude is trading just below $90 a barrel, and rose about five percent in a single session earlier this month.
Dara from Bulgaria attends a press conference with the trophy after winning the Grand Final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria, on May 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
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Dos mujeres caminan frente a una imagen del difunto líder supremo de Irán, ayatolá Ali Jamenei, quien fue abatido en un ataque de Estados Unidos e Israel, el jueves 20 de agosto de 2026, en el centro de Teherán, Irán. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
Israeli authorities have continued to keep Palestinian gynaecologist Dima Amin in detention since last Tuesday, after dozens of Israeli soldiers forcibly entered her home in the al-Tira neighbourhood of Ramallah and took her away over an alleged social media post.
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Israel’s strike on the Abu al-Duhur military airbase in northwestern Syria has pushed an increasingly difficult Israeli-Turkish relationship into one of its most sensitive arenas yet, raising the prospect that Syria could become not only a point of competition between the two regional powers, but also the place wher…
Palestinian prisoner Basel Al-Asmar was allegedly able to father twins after his sperm was smuggled out of Nafha Prison, according to his wife and Palestinian media reports.
In the coming hours, the Trump administration is expected to unveil a sweeping campaign to economically isolate Iran and its trading partners, with China likely the primary target. The escalation is designed to force Tehran back to the negotiating table, as its only leverage - the Strait of Hormuz - appears to be qu…
Cars line up at a Sinopec gas station on March 22, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. © Reuters
Paris – French authorities said they hoped an agreement on an amusement park, backed by a Saudi investment fund and inspired by the iconic Japanese manga series “Dragon Ball,” would be signed Monday.
Women walk past a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S. and Israel strike on Feb. 28, and images of the Iranian flag, on a sidewalk in downtown Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
The public broadcaster in the Netherlands has announced it will not participate in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest because the event can “no longer be considered neutral” due to ongoing divisions over the war in Gaza.
The US Treasury Secretary has threated Iran with "the single greatest financial offensive ever", claiming the US-Israel war with Iran was "entering its endgame".
Iran says it has discovered more than 7.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in southern Fars province, with about 5.7 trillion cubic feet estimated to be recoverable. The announcement comes as Tehran faces growing pressure over its ability to export oil.
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Dozens of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters from the Jerusalem Faction (Peleg Yerushalmi) plan to block Highway 4 near Bnei Brak on Monday afternoon to protest the arrest of a haredi draft dodger, according to Israeli media.
Controversy is growing about the extent to which Iran is smuggling weapons to Hezbollah through Syria, with defense sources, probably connected to Defense Minister Israel Katz, leaking that the issue is heating up, while the IDF has said that there is no major change taking place.
With a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas linking the start of reconstruction in Gaza to demilitarisation, Palestinians feel they are in a race against time.
Syria's highest Islamic official under the deposed Assad regime, Ahmad Badr Al Din Hassoun, has been sentenced to life in prison after being tried on charges of "incitement to violence, justification of killing and abuse of office", state news agency Sana said on Monday.
Matchday 3 of the Saudi Pro League gets a shift forward this week, with games on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Syria’s former grand mufti under ousted President Bashar Assad, Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, stands as a court sentences him to life in prison at the Palace of Justice in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Iran’s currency, which has recently been in free fall, hit an all-time low against the dollar, as the US prepares to announce crushing economic measures against Tehran on Monday.
Iran’s currency has weakened to an all-time low against the dollar amid US efforts to cripple the country’s economy after almost six months of war.
Its Dutch broadcaster says the contest, which has been hit by a wave of boycotts over Israel’s participation, has ‘become a platform for division’
Its Dutch broadcaster says the contest, which has been hit by a wave of boycotts over Israel’s participation, has ‘become a platform for division’
Israel may have committed war crimes in a double-tap attack on a Gaza hospital that killed Palestinian journalists, medics and first responders, an investigation by The Independent has found.
Personas disfrutan de la playa mientras al fondo se ven buques anclados en el estrecho de Ormuz, el miércoles 5 de agosto de 2026, frente a Bandar Abbas, Irán. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
A 14-year-old from central Israel is suspected of extorting two peers through threats, demanding money and clothing items in exchange for "protection," police stated on Sunday.
Britain on Monday briefed energy company chiefs on steps to protect their assets after media reports said Iran-linked hackers had shut down a small energy facility, saying there was no threat to the wider electricity system.
An IDF officer was moderately injured in a friendly fire incident at the military engineering school in the Arava area, the military confirmed on Monday.
Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir spoke with US President Donald Trump last week, according to three Pakistani sources, days before Munir was expected to hold talks in the Iranian capital Tehran on Monday.
Before the US-Iran war began, Sumit Augustine's weekly grocery bill ran to about Dh150 ($41). Now it's Dh300, as the conflict is affecting shipping costs and the supply of goods across the Gulf.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry warned on Monday that there would be "consequences" for countries joining the US campaign of economic pressure against the Islamic Republic.
Iran has issued a warning that vessels violating its arrangements for transiting the Strait of Hormuz could face restrictions, including fines, detention, or confiscation, the Persian Gulf Strait Authority wrote in a post on X/Twitter.
Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS will not participate in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest, it announced on Monday, due to the ongoing conflict in Gaza.