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The Hesse Interior Ministry has banned the anti-Israel organization 'Palästina e.V.' due to its role in spreading Jew-hatred, praising terrorism, and disseminating antisemitic propaganda.
Operators are fast-tracking northern routes that bypass vulnerable chokepoints in the Middle East
Operators are fast-tracking northern routes that bypass vulnerable chokepoints in the Middle East
Two joint working groups have been formed after United States envoy Jared Kushner and the Board of Peace officials held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in an effort to push President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan.
Saudi Arabia has tightened its oversight of financial transfers to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the latest sign of growing tensions between the two countries.
An execution facility for the hanging of convicted terrorists is being built within the already-constructed death row prisoner wing in central Israel, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's office announced on Tuesday.
Palestinian American Loui Ridi raised a giant American flag over his West Bank home, hoping it might deter extremist settlers besieging the property. But it wasn't enough to stop one of them from walking onto Ridi's land on Tuesday, during a tense face-off.
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Qatar has said that an agreement between Iran and Oman over the Strait of Hormuz would make it easier to resume negotiations to end the Iran war.
Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says that the strategic Strait of Hormuz will not be opened until the United States meets Tehran's demands, including lifting a naval blockade.
US President Donald Trump has claimed the Strait of Hormuz as American territory as his frustration mounts over a war with Iran that has resisted his demands and dragged global shipping into crisis.
Waseem al-Assad on trial over militia crimes and Captagon trafficking in Syria
BERLIN —Senior conservative and social-democrat lawmakers in Germany’s governing coalition are urging the EU to sanction Israel’s Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir after he called for nightly targeted killings in Gaza.
A file photo of the Abu al-Duhur air base in Syria, which Israel struck earlier today. (AFP: George Ourfalian)
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s judicial authorities have decided to hand over a former senior Syrian military officer under ousted President Bashar Assad to Damascus after questioning him over crimes he allegedly committed during the country’s conflict, officials said Tuesday.
Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman has categorically denied Iran’s accusation of holding prisoner three military pilots whose planes crashed in the early days of the war, calling the claims “completely baseless, false and illogical”.
Likud published its full primary list for the 26th Knesset elections, scheduled for October 27, on Tuesday, with several ministers and current MKs placed in unsafe, borderline, and unrealistic positions in the hierarchy.
Tehran has already begun positioning itself to suppress potential domestic unrest and weather the prolonged economic hardship that could result from an extended US blockade or a return to more active conflict with the US, according to international experts. At the same time, reports indicate that Tehran remains open…
US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday in a Truth Social post that he was declaring the Strait of Hormuz a new US territory.
US futures are a "sea of red" (as Bloomberg describes it) in early trading as thin summer volumes persist, with the wrong kind of inflation coming to the fore and Monday’s tech selloff weighing on sentiment despite bullish AI news. The recent stock-bonds disconnect is finally being reappraised with US futures lower …
Israeli soldiers marked Palestinian detainees with numbers on their foreheads and arms during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Monday.
Yet another attack has occurred in the Strait of Hormuz, this time on a foreign tanker on an outbound transit route, which Iran and Oman claim to directly oversee and administer according to the terms of the Oman deal for managing the strait which is still being finalized.
Loui Ridi, un palestino-estadounidense afincado en Ohio, llega a la casa de sus padres en Qusra, Cisjordania, el 17 de agosto de 2026. (Foto AP/Majdi Mohammed)
John Cena will be at Middle East Film and Comic Con in Abu Dhabi this September, adding one of the biggest names in professional wrestling and entertainment to the convention’s 2026 line-up.
Loui Ridi, an Ohio-based Palestinian-American landlord of one of the homes besieged by Israeli settlers for over a week, arrives at his parent’s home upon his return from the U.S., in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, south of Nablus, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
This year's Esports World Cup was held in Paris after a last-minute venue change
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Hamas’s internal security and counter-intelligence apparatus in Gaza includes a specialized unit known as the Radaa Force. It is focused on monitoring threats to Hamas from rival factions and on identifying dissidents, suspected informants, and “collaborators” working with Israel.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi dismissed the drone attack on the office of the Kurdistan Democratic Party leader, posting on X/Twitter on Monday that “Kurdish friends” should be aware of “false-flag ploys” aimed at “sowing discord between neighbors.”
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters, who reportedly withdrew from Turkey with their weapons, stand to attention during a ceremony in the Qandil area of northern, Iraq, Sunday, Oct 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya, File)
An Israel-based organisation has praised Saudi Arabia for removing the phrase “the Muslims will never give up Jerusalem” from its school textbooks, as it seeks to reshape how the kingdom teaches Islam, Palestine and Israel.
Em julho, as autoridades dos Emirados Árabes Unidos (EAU) fizeram uma oferta que chamou atenção: se residentes do país conseguissem atrair visitantes entre julho e outubro deste ano, teriam direito a um pacote de benefícios no valor de cerca de 800 dólares (R$ 4,2 mil). Mas a maioria dos governos estrangeiros ainda …
The top US military commander in the Middle East has personally visited the USS Lincoln carrier, which is currently patrolling the Middle East after having long been engaged in operations against Iran.
Today’s contests will help shape the fiercely contested midterms this fall to determine control of Congress
A 75-year-old suspect was arrested for allegedly vandalizing the Basimta cafe in Jerusalem, following weeks of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protests against it for being open on Shabbat, Israel Police announced on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia has placed financial transfers to the United Arab Emirates under extra layers of regulatory oversight reserved for countries considered high-risk for illicit money flows, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter, the latest sign of a widening rift between the wealthy Gulf monarchies.
Anti-Israel protesters demonstrated outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington on Monday, including by pouring red liquid on the ground and setting up fake graves covered in Palestinian flags, footage from the Combat Antisemitism Movement showed.
Defeats against Uruguay and New Zealand leave Guo Shiqiang’s side with much to think about before they face Qatar and Lebanon next week
Defeats against Uruguay and New Zealand leave Guo Shiqiang’s side with much to think about before they face Qatar and Lebanon next week
Iran's parliament speaker and chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, will travel to Iraq on Wednesday for talks, Iranian media reported.
Eight air strikes have hit an airbase in Idlib in northwestern Syria, causing damage and no casualties, Syrian state media report.
The cost of the Israeli genocide in Gaza has reached some 420bn shekels ($140bn), and is likely to hit half a trillion shekels soon, according to an investigation by TheMarker published on Sunday.
The cost of the Israeli genocide in Gaza has reached some 420bn shekels ($140bn), and is likely to hit half a trillion shekels soon, according to an investigation by TheMarker published on Sunday.
The State Attorney's Office filed an indictment with the Beersheba District Court on Tuesday against Abdullah Gergawi, 20, from the Bedouin town of Shaqib al-Salam, Israel Police announced on Tuesday morning.
Pressure is growing among senior Likud officials on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to use the "swap" provision approved before the primaries to move Minister Avi Dichter into a realistic position on the party slate.
IDF soldiers wrote numbers on the bodies of Palestinian suspects during a Monday operation in the West Bank village of Kabatiya near Jenin, Army Radio reported on Tuesday morning.
DAMASCO, Siria (AP) — Ataques aéreos israelíes a primera hora del martes contra una base aérea en el noroeste de Siria causaron daños materiales sin provocar víctimas, informó la televisión estatal siria.
A global sell-off of government bonds gripped markets Tuesday morning, sending borrowing costs to multi-decade highs, as hopes for an end to hostilities it the Middle East rapidly faded.
A former Israeli soldier who was held captive in Gaza asked National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to allow him to personally execute Palestinian prisoners during an interview published on Saturday, with the far-right minister responding that he would try to make it happen.
Qusra, West Bank: He watched from thousands of miles away on a security camera feed as militant Israeli settlers encircled his West Bank house, fearing he could lose his home forever amid increasing Israeli seizures of Palestinian property in the occupied territory.