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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.
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Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is visiting Baghdad while at the same time US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken UAE National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan to discuss the Hormuz situation and security. Except of course the two sides aren't talking with each other.
The Israeli army has ordered a criminal investigation into the killing in Gaza of six-year-old Hind Rajab, whose death was internationally condemned after a desperate recording of her speaking to paramedics was broadcast around the world.
Jurors at a London court were discharged after being unable to reach verdicts for seven Palestine Action defendants accused of coordinating a raid on an Israeli-owned arms factory.
An Israeli drone has killed six people and injured several others in an attack on central Gaza, according to an ambulance source.
Aviones retirados del servicio de la Fuerza Aérea siria se ven en la base aérea de Abu Duhur, al este de Idlib, tras la toma del lugar por parte de combatientes de la oposición siria el sábado 7 de diciembre de 2024. (AP Foto/Omar Albam, Archivo)
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Ahmed al-Siqali had been dreading his return to the Gaza Strip for almost three years.
Syria says the sharp increase in wheat production during the 2026 season could allow it to significantly reduce its reliance on imports and, at least as far as the Syrian Grain Establishment’s needs are concerned, potentially eliminate them altogether this season.
Malta has decided to recognize all Israeli travel documents, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar announced Wednesday following a discussion with his Maltese counterpart.
Iraq’s speaker of parliament has called for special status for the country’s oil exports passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has condemned an Israeli decision to issue a tender for more than 1,200 new housing units in the occupied West Bank under its E1 settlement project.
Decommissioned Syrian air force planes are seen at the Abu Duhur military air base east of Idlib, following the takeover of the area by Syrian opposition fighters on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam, File)
El presidente del Parlamento iraní, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, se dirige a los asistentes cerca del aeropuerto internacional de Bagdad, donde fue asesinado el comandante militar iraní Qassem Soleimani en un ataque de dron estadounidense, en Bagdad, Irak, el miércoles 19 de agosto de 2026. (AP Foto/Hadi Mizban)
The cancellation of Abu Dhabi’s Offlimits Festival, headlined by Shakira, has highlighted the risks facing the Middle East live events sector as it contends with regional uncertainty, changing audience behaviour and pressure on cash flow.
JERUSALÉN (AP) — El ejército de Israel anunció el miércoles que abrirá investigaciones penales sobre dos ataques de alto perfil contra palestinos durante la guerra en Gaza: los asesinatos de Hind Rajab, de 5 años, y su familia, y de 15 paramédicos palestinos.
FILE.- Mourners gather around the bodies of 8 Red Crescent emergency responders, recovered in Rafah a week after an Israeli attack, as they are transported for burial from a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana,File)
Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party has taken a one-seat lead over Likud, emerging as the largest party with 24 seats following Monday's Likud primaries, according to a KAN News poll published Wednesday.
The IDF's Military Advocate-General's Corps on Wednesday issued its first landmark war crimes report since October 7 regarding over 150 probes, addressing the World Central Kitchen (WCK) saga, the Islamic Crescent saga, and three other major cases.
US President Donald Trump has again praised the leader of nuclear-armed North Korea while rebuking key ally Seoul for failing to help Washington fight Iran, reigniting one of the most contentious diplomatic issues from his first term.
People spend time at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf addresses attendees at the site near Baghdad International Airport where Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
The government plan to populate the contentious area of E1, located between Ma’aleh Adumim and Jerusalem, moved one step closer to fruition this week, when Ma’aleh Adumim Mayor Guy Yifrach announced the launch of the area’s first 1,400 housing units.
The Islamic Republic is establishing a new prosecutor’s office for “moral security” in Tehran to handle “violations and crimes against public morality,” including hijab non-compliance and social media posts critical of the regime, according to recordings released by Iranian media of Tehran Prosecutor Ali Salehi spea…
Israel’s attack on Syria’s Abu al-Duhur airbase could have triggered a direct military confrontation with Turkey, US Ambassador to Turkey and Syria envoy Tom Barrack has warned.
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett's B'Yachad party held a security and foreign policy conference on Wednesday, where he outlined four "security concepts," calling for them to be broken.
In a small room in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood, six-year-old Amira Rashid lies on a mattress, too weak to move.
Saudi Arabia spent weeks finding ways around the Strait of Hormuz. Now it is starting to send tankers straight back through it.
Turkey firmly rejected on Wednesday what it called "untenable allegations" by Israel regarding its military position in Syria, after Israel bombed a Syrian air base near the Turkish border and said Syria was on the verge of permitting Turkish troops to deploy there.
The United Arab Emirates has suspended "all trade, commercial exchange and financial transactions with Iran" after the Islamic Republic attacked a number of UAE-owned tankers and rejected new talks with the United States, the UAE’s Foreign Ministry announced late on Monday night.
German Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil has urged the European Union to seriously consider sanctioning Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over his call for the nightly killing of Palestinian men, women and children in Gaza.
Gaza remains the deadliest location for aid workers, accounting for more than half of their deaths worldwide last year, the UN said in report released on Wednesday to mark World Humanitarian Day.
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Wednesday that Seoul received no warning of Donald Trump’s plan to slash joint military exercises, a move the U.S. president announced publicly and linked to South Korea’s refusal to help with his war in Iran.
The Jerusalem Post’s new culture program, The Jerusalem Playlist, launched this week with a look at Israeli cinema, Jewish identity in France, and an unusual Jerusalem art exhibition featuring artists on the autism spectrum.
Israeli authorities detained the Palestinian Authority's Jerusalem Affairs Minister, Ashraf Hassan Abbas al-Awar, at his home in the Silwan neighborhood in east Jerusalem on Wednesday morning, the PA's official news agency WAFA reported.
Now that Jared Kushner and the Saudi Investment Fund have bought The Sims’ publisher, EA, it’s unlikely to remain a game celebrating diversity and inclusivity
From tariff turmoil and stock shocks to market meltdowns, the global financial system has never been in such flux.
Iran channelled $7.5bn in foreign currency earnings from oil sales to its central bank during the first four months of the year, the semiofficial Fars news agency reported.
Prominent Israeli businessman and philanthropist Dr. Shmuel Harlap passed away Tuesday night at his home at the age of 82, surrounded by his family.
Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara on Wednesday proposed postponing the decision to establish a commission of inquiry into the October 7 Massacre until a new government is formed.
Israeli forces and settlers launched at least 467 attacks on Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank over the past week, the Palestinian prime minister’s office said.
The US is working to set up a deconfliction mechanism between Turkey, Syria and Israel, US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said, after Israel struck a Syrian airbase near the Turkish border.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited a village in northern Israel on Tuesday and was met with insults and ridicule from local residents.
After USS Benfold lost power for four days last month, analysts say prolonged operations in the Middle East could be taking a toll
After USS Benfold lost power for four days last month, analysts say prolonged operations in the Middle East could be taking a toll
DUBAI — The United Arab Emirates has said it is suspending all trade and financial dealings with Iran after reporting an Iranian missile attack directed at its ships.
The signing of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey this month was not the product of Riyadh’s reaction to a specific, immediate threat, as many have assumed.