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Iran has been invited to join the Mecca Agreement for Mutual Defense, the new security alliance established by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan earlier this month, Al Mayadeen reported on Saturday, citing a senior Iranian official.
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani says the door for diplomacy with Israel is open, urging it to seize a “historic opportunity”.
Within the Israeli occupation zone in southern Lebanon lies Kfarchouba, a village near the eastern border with Israel and one of the few villages whose residents have been permitted by the Israeli military to remain on their land.
Expanding existing oil pipelines as an alternative to the Strait of Hormuz will be a major focus of talks on Monday in Paris between French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, French sources have said.
Five convoys carrying 800 tonnes of aid sent from the UAE entered Gaza this week.
Six EU countries are stepping up calls for a bloc-wide windfall tax on oil companies as profits soar due to the Middle East war, according to a letter seen by AFP Saturday.
A bomb attack has caused casualties among Syria's security forces on a bus near Damascus, in the latest violence to hit the country since the ouster of Bashar Al Assad 18 months ago.
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Singer Gal De Paz, runner-up on this year’s season of Rising Star, has been cast as Israeli musical icon Shoshana Damari in a new biographical musical.
Hamas is exploring potential alliances with figures and factions once considered to be on the opposite end of the Palestinian political spectrum, including former Fatah figure Mohammed Dahlan and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, ahead of the Palestinian Legislative Council elections, the terror …
Michigan Senate nominee and others have re-energized one-time Democratic voters who abandoned the party under Biden
An Israeli air attack near the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza has killed at least one person and wounded two others, Palestinian media reported.
An Israeli air strike in central Gaza has killed one Palestinian and wounded two others, Wafa news agency is reporting, citing medical sources.
Iran has said that not “a single drop of oil” will leave the Persian Gulf and threatened to attack alternative export routes if neighboring states take part in the US economic pressure campaign against Tehran.
Iran has said that not “a single drop of oil” will leave the Persian Gulf and threatened to attack alternative export routes if neighboring states take part in the US economic pressure campaign against Tehran.
Caroline Langford, the British-born actress who became a familiar face in Israeli cinema in the 1980s and was married to the late actor and director Assi Dayan, died Friday at the age of 68 after suffering from cancer.
Over the past week, the IDF identified at least six kites that crossed from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory. One crossed at the beginning of last week, two more crossed during the week, and four additional kites crossed in the past 24 hours, on Saturday.
The haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Shas Party released its first election campaign video on Saturday evening, appearing to support IDF conscription amid controversy over the party's stance, prompting the Yashar Party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, to demand its removal on Sunday, alleging that it violates election propaganda legis…
Jonathan Pollard announced on Sunday that he was joining MK Sharren Haskel’s Israel First party ahead of the upcoming Knesset election, in a joint statement filmed near the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
Pakistan's army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, is set to visit Tehran on Monday, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Sunday.
Una mujer pasa frente a un anuncio con la imagen del presidente de Irán, Masoud Pezeshkian, el martes 23 de junio de 2026, en Islamabad, Pakistán. (AP Foto/Anjum Naveed)
There is a video I cannot stop thinking about. A retired academic, sitting in an ordinary room, in front of an ordinary bookshelf, speaking in the unhurried speech of a man who has spent his life explaining things to 19-year-olds.
Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir will visit Tehran on Monday, Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Sunday, according to a statement by the ministry.
Syria expects negotiations to resume soon with Israel over a security deal it hopes will lead to Israel's withdrawal from Syrian land, a top Syrian minister said, urging Israel to seize a "historic opportunity" as the door for diplomacy is open.
President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian takes questions from the media during a news conference in New York on Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)
The US and Israel have demonstrated what military power can do to Iran. Bombs can destroy missile factories, military installations, drone warehouses, and command centers.
On a typically sizzling summer weeknight, the bar-and-restaurant strip of Tel Aviv’s historic Nahalat Binyamin near the Carmel Shuk got a little more colorful – and a lot more feline. Friends and admirers packed in to see the latest paintings from mixed-media artist Risa Brooke Oze, whose series Kat World turns Isra…
Residents of the Palestinian village of Awarta, located southeast of Nablus in the West Bank, woke up on Sunday morning to find a building set on fire, a vehicle torched, and graffiti sprayed throughout the village.
Israel’s national security doctrine, formulated by David Ben-Gurion in the 1950s, rests on three pillars: deterrence, early warning, and decisive victory.
Iran has made billions of dollars despite sanctions and amid the United States blockade, Supreme National Security Council head Mohsen Rezaee claimed in an interview with the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) station on Saturday.
Shas condemned on Sunday a group of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters from the Jerusalem Faction (Peleg Yerushalmi) who surrounded MK Michael Malchieli's vehicle and shouted at him after the weekly Torah lesson of the party's spiritual leader, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, in Jerusalem on Saturday night.
The IDF is increasing its pace of destroying Hezbollah's terror infrastructure in southern Lebanon, following instructions given by Defense Minister Israel Katz.
Iran on Sunday executed a man accused of carrying a chainsaw during January anti-government protests who was charged with acting as an agent of Israel and the United States.
One person was wounded in a suspected terror stabbing attack in the area of Al-Auja, a Palestinian town located near Jericho, in the Jordan Valley, the IDF said on Sunday morning.
Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, said that Iran was fighting a "full-scale economic, military and security war," but the nation's “power and cohesion had astonished the world".
Iran has condemned looming US economic sanctions on the eve of Washington’s planned announcement on Monday, while threatening retaliation against countries that join the pressure campaign.
England striker Ivan Toney scored a hat-trick as Al Ahli thrashed Abha 4-0 to make it two wins from two at the start of the new Saudi Pro League season.
Palestinian vice president Hussein al-Sheikh has said the decision to hold legislative elections in November will not be reversed, while ruling out Hamas’ participation as enshrined in the Gaza disarmament plan, Palestinian media reports said.
Ancient Natufians living in northern Israel around 15,000 years ago hunted and ate reptiles after establishing permanent settlements in the region, according to a new study.
An elderly, disabled Palestinian man was beaten by an Israeli settler with a club in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, according to Quds News Network.
Six European Countries are stepping up calls for a bloc-wide windfall tax on oil companies as profits soar due to the Middle East war, according to a letter seen by AFP.
TRUMP. People walk near a banner depicting US President Donald Trump playing golf, on a street in Tehran, Iran, August 13, 2026.
TRUMP. People walk near a banner depicting US President Donald Trump playing golf, on a street in Tehran, Iran, August 13, 2026.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- With the Iran war now at a costly standoff and crises from Ukraine to Gaza still unresolved, US President Donald Trump's ambitious foreign policy agenda appears stuck as he heads into November's midterm elections.
A federal judge in New York has vacated a Trump administration policy that suspended the processing of visas from 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration deemed likely to require public assistance in the US.
Syria is set to be removed from the US State Sponsors of Terrorism list after nearly 47 years.
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Hardliner Mohsen Rezaei also threatens American economic interests in first interview since appointment to supreme national security council