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More than seven decades after the United States helped to overthrow Iran’s elected prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, in 1953, the two countries are again locking horns.
More than two years after Hind Rajab was killed, becoming a symbol of the suffering of children in Gaza, Israel’s military, long accused of the atrocity, has announced a criminal investigation into the death of the five-year-old girl.
Tijjani Reijnders has completed his move from Manchester City to Saudi Pro League club Al Qadsiah.
Hadash, Ta'al and Balad signed an agreement on Wednesday to run together in the upcoming election, reviving the Joint List after weeks of negotiations and internal disputes.
Former Israel Navy commander V.-Adm. (ret.) Eliezer "Chiney" Marom said in a Wednesday 103FM interview that Israel's strike in Syria was intended to prevent Turkey from establishing itself in the country, but assessed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was unlikely to go to war with Israel.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid presented a six-point plan for rebuilding Israel's foreign relations at the B'Yachad National Security Conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, warning that the country's international standing had entered a "disaster zone" and that foreign policy must be treated as an integral part of natio…
Three members of a Palestinian British family have drowned after entering the sea off England’s Sussex coast, the Palestinian embassy in London says.
Gente pasando el tiempo en la playa mientras se ven embarcaciones comerciales fondeadas en el estrecho de Ormuz ante Bandar Abbas, Irán, el miércoles 5 de agosto de 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
The Israeli army has confirmed that soldiers marked Palestinian detainees with numbers on their foreheads during a raid on the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank earlier this week.
The US is studying how it could help Lebanon address its decades-old electricity crisis, two people with direct knowledge of the talks have told The National.
Israel’s military has cleared its personnel of any criminal wrongdoing over an April 2024 strike in Gaza which killed seven aid workers including Australian Zomi Frankcom.
El secretario de Desarrollo Internacional de Canadá, Randeep Sarai, habla durante una entrevista con The Associated Press en Beirut, Líbano, el martes 18 de agosto de 2026. (Foto AP/Bilal Hussein)
Oil prices are chopping sideways (to modestly higher) for the second day in a row as traders weighed the 'dark fleet' transits with renewed tensions in the Middle East further clouding the outlook for flows through the vital Strait of Hormuz.
Yemen’s Houthis say they have established three rules of engagement: countering Saudi restrictions with a maritime blockade, striking Saudi military deployments and defending Yemen’s sovereignty.
Dolientes asiste al funeral de varios palestinos muertos en un ataque aéreo lanzado el día anterior por el ejército israelí contra un café en el puerto de Gaza, en el hospital Shifa de Ciudad de Gaza, el miércoles 19 de agosto de 2026. (AP Foto/Jehad Alshrafi)
The UAE has sent thousands of school bags and supplies for more than 25,000 Gazan children to support education in the Palestinian enclave.
Unesco Director General Khaled El Enany visited Beirut on Wednesday where he met President Joseph Aoun and was shown the precarious state of some of the country's most famous cultural sites amid Israel's continuing war and occupation.
Donald Blome has been sworn in as the new top US diplomat for the Middle East, after months of uncertainty over who would take up the post.
Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir boasted on Tuesday about the construction of a facility intended for the execution of Palestinian prisoners.
A jury has failed to convict eight Palestine Action supporters accused of helping coordinate direct action against an Israeli weapons manufacturer linked to Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Turkey's state oil company and private firms will start seismic surveys and exploration in Syria, Turkish energy minister Alparslan Bayraktar said, as Damascus seeks to attract foreign capital to its battered energy sector.
Canada’s Secretary of State for International Development Randeep Sarai speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Renowned author Shulamit Lapid has been awarded the prestigious Dahlia Ravikovitch Prize for Lifetime Achievement, headlining the newly announced 2025/26 ACUM Prize laureates.
The recent tragic death by suicide of Bar Asraf at the grave of his murdered girlfriend, Liron Barda, was a profound blow to Israeli hearts and psyches.
Israel’s strikes on the Abu al-Duhur military airfield in the Idlib province in northwestern Syria on Tuesday were necessary to avoid a direct clash with Turkish forces on its borders, two experts on the region told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot condemned violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank on Wednesday, saying it justified France's recent sanctions against National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
The IDF announced on Wednesday that the Air Force struck two Hamas commanders, one of whom participated in the October 7th Massacre, in Nuseirat.
A family of three who died after getting into difficulty in the sea in the UK this week were Palestinian refugees.
Unexpected things often happen during August’s political hiatus, but no one could have predicted that US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee would come out and condemn Israeli settlers who are laying siege to the three Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli military said on Wednesday that it would open criminal investigations into the killing of Palestinians by its troops in two high-profile cases during the war in Gaza, including the deaths of Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old girl, and of more than a dozen medical workers.
Turkey has sought to downplay Tuesday’s Israeli strikes on the Abu al-Duhur military airbase in northern Syria, about 70km from the Turkish border, viewing them as an election stunt by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli army strike on a cafe at the Gaza port the previous day, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Israel is building an execution facility for Palestinian prisoners sentenced to death on terrorism charges, ultranationalist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has announced. Apart from an execution chamber, the facility will house viewing booths where “crime victims” and their families can witness hangings …
Israel is building an execution facility for Palestinian prisoners sentenced to death on terrorism charges, ultranationalist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has announced. Apart from an execution chamber, the facility will house viewing booths where “crime victims” and their families can witness hangings …
The Elbit Systems UK factory in Filton, near Bristol, was raided on 6 August 2024
Israeli military police are to open a criminal case over the death of five-year-old Hind Rajab, the Palestinian girl whose killing and traumatic final moments in Gaza sparked outrage around the world.
Residents in some parts of the UAE received an emergency alert on Tuesday evening after authorities detected an aerial threat from Iran.
Israel's war on Gaza: Aid delivery in Gaza faces severe restrictions
Hamas and other Palestinian political factions opposed to the ruling Fatah government of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas are exploring the formation of a broad electoral coalition before historic polls late this year.
Rights groups warn, however, that criminal misconduct investigations into Israeli troops over the killing of Palestinians rarely lead to convictions
Rights groups warn, however, that criminal misconduct investigations into Israeli troops over the killing of Palestinians rarely lead to convictions
The number of people killed in an Israeli drone strike on central Gaza City has increased to nine, an ambulance official has told Al Jazeera correspondents.
Iran has warned Gulf states against aiding the US, hours after the UAE said it was cutting economic ties with Tehran.
Israeli air strikes killed at least 10 Palestinians at a police station in Gaza City on Wednesday, in the latest escalation as mediators push to advance the fragile ceasefire.
Israel issued a rare warning to its citizens in Greece last Sunday ahead of nationwide pro-Palestine protests: avoid advertising your nationality in public.
UAE imposes indefinite trade embargo on Iran over alleged missile attacks
One of the downsides, among many, of living in a country involved in perpetual wars as we here seem to be, is that it is easy to forget there are thousands of other things going on simultaneously that are positive, worthy of praise, and even a cause for amazement.
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana (Likud) said he was "glad and proud" that the coalition had refused to comply with a High Court of Justice ruling ordering a repeat election for the state comptroller, according to a recording shared by KAN Reshet Bet on Wednesday.
Two tunnels belonging to Hamas were sealed in the Gaza Strip, the military announced on Wednesday.