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Saudi Arabia opposed Egypt joining the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement signed with Turkey and Pakistan last week, despite Ankara's push for Cairo to be included in the pact, three Saudi sources familiar with the discussions told Middle East Eye.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised high-tech entrepreneur Oren Dobronsky, who holds the first reserved slot in Likud, that he would be appointed as the minister responsible for artificial intelligence (AI) if Netanyahu forms the next government, Walla learned on Tuesday.
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) co-chair Megan Romer said in an interview last Friday with The New Yorker editor David Remnick that she “probably would have” attended the October 8, 2023, pro-Palestine rally in New York City and said the events of October 7 had been “largely inevitable.”
Israel and Venezuela have announced the restoration of their diplomatic relations after 17 years of severed ties.
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Saudi Arabia opposed Egypt joining the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement signed with Turkey and Pakistan last week, despite Ankara's push for Cairo to be included in the pact, three Saudi sources familiar with the discussions told Middle East Eye.
Rama Duwaji, Syrian-American illustrator, designer and wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is to travel to the Middle East.
The UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has called on Israel to withdraw from Gaza and curb its settlements in the occupied West Bank in his first meeting with his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Saar.
Former Israeli ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan announced on Tuesday that the new right-wing party he heads will be called the Unity Party, unveiling the name during an event in Beit Shemesh marking MK Aliza Bloch's joining the party.
The new government in Damascus has tried to press Moscow to return to Syria the former longtime President Bashar al-Assad. He's reportedly lived in a posh area of the Russian capital, under heavy security, since he was ousted in December 2024 and forced to flee.
Lawsuit says Trump’s executive order targeting the International Criminal Court for investigating Israeli crimes in Palestine is ‘illegal’
Lawsuit says Trump’s executive order targeting the International Criminal Court for investigating Israeli crimes in Palestine is ‘illegal’
Beth Jacob, a synagogue in Montpelier, Vermont, joined forces with the Unitarian Universalist Church of Montpelier on Sunday to co-host a fundraising event supporting Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist facing ongoing deportation proceedings.
Ben-Gurion Airport officials identified an unauthorized civilian drone approaching the airport on Tuesday morning, according to the Israel Airports Authority.
Israel and Venezuela agreed to renew consular relations and establish an official coordination channel after 17 years without diplomatic ties, the countries said in a joint announcement on Tuesday.
Zeev Salant, co-CEO of Omer Construction and Engineering, a veteran construction company that held its IPO in late 2025, said that Israel was better off without Palestinian laborers.
Top regime officials will not travel to Pakistan until "appropriate conditions" are met, CBS News reported on Monday, citing comments by Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei.
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, щт Oct 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya, File)
GILAS coach Tim Cone admitted the national side will face a tough road heading to the second round of the FIBA World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers as the team battles Jordan and Iran in a pair of homes games late this August.
US President Donald Trump is doubling down on using economic pressure on Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but the remaining levers at his disposal carry a set of risks.
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued two secret arrest warrants last year for senior members of the Taliban for the crime against humanity of persecution on gender and political grounds, Middle East Eye can reveal.
Iran’s political landscape appears to have entered a new phase as two competing camps emerge: those advocating a deal with the United States and those determined to block any agreement.
Venture capital firm OurCrowd has appointed Cali Chill as chief executive officer, formally placing the seven-year company veteran at the head of the Jerusalem-based venture investment platform after he served as acting CEO since mid-2025.
Protesters hold cardboard figures with ropes round their necks during a rally against the death penalty in Beirut, Lebanon in October 2013.
Lebanon’s parliament has passed a law to abolish capital punishment, making it the first country in the Middle East to do so.
IDF troops opened fire on a suspected Hamas sniper who posed an immediate threat near the Yellow Line in northern Gaza, the military said on Tuesday.
Syria will host a delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the coming days to announce "significant progress" on the issue of nuclear materials, Syria's Atomic Energy Commission said early on Tuesday, without providing further details.
Open displays of support for the Islamic regime in Iran were seen throughout Sunday's Arbaeen Procession in London.
A body representing Palestinian citizens of Israel has condemned what it called an “obsessive campaign of incitement” by Israeli ministers against Arab medical staff in recent days.
Lawsuit challenges executive order targeting international criminal court for investigating Israeli crimes in Palestine
A new defence agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan has reopened tensions between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, with prominent Emirati and Saudi voices publicly clashing over the kingdom's decision to pursue a new regional security partnership beyond the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Abu Dhabi's hospitality sector recorded the highest occupancy rates in the UAE in the first half of this year, as hotel operators boosted domestic guest numbers during the fallout from the Iran war.
Iran’s political landscape appears to have entered a new phase as two competing camps emerge: those advocating a deal with the United States and those determined to block any agreement.
Turkish officials suspect that an Israeli intelligence report that said Iran planned to assasinate US President Donald Trump during the Ankara Nato summit last month was a ruse to undermine negotiations with Tehran, Middle East Eye has learnt.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that a deal reached with Syria on the future of Moscow's military bases in the country would boost ties between the nations, and a Syrian source said some Russian forces would still be stationed there under the agreement.
Turkish officials suspect that an Israeli intelligence report that said Iran planned to assasinate US President Donald Trump during the Ankara Nato summit last month was a ruse to undermine negotiations with Tehran, Middle East Eye has learnt.
The High Court of Justice sharply criticized the Knesset on Tuesday for failing to provide dedicated polling stations in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities for the upcoming election, but appeared reluctant to impose through a court ruling an arrangement lawmakers had chosen not to enact.
Kolthoum Akbari, a 56-year-old who has come to be known by the title of Iran’s “Black Widow,” was sentenced to death after she allegedly confessed to killing 12 out of her 13 husbands, the Mazandaran Judiciary’s public relations office told Iranian state media on Sunday.
Abdul El-Sayed’s narrow victory in last week’s Democratic Senate primary in Michigan represents more than another local election. El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens by less than one percentage point after outside groups supporting her spent more than $60 million, including more than $30 million from the American I…
The Likud Party's secretariat was set to vote Tuesday on approving reserved slots on the party’s Knesset slate for three ministers selected by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the elections.
The Syrian foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it "categorically rejects and condemns" Colombia's recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights and said that the area "is an inseparable part of [Syrian] territory".
Leaders of Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement last Friday, pledging to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression and stating that an armed attack on any one of the three would be regarded as an attack on all.
ARCHIVO – El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, escucha al primer ministro israelí Benjamin Netanyahu, en el club Mar-a-Lago, el 29 de diciembre de 2025, en Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon, Archivo)
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has appointed six senior commanders across the General Staff, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Basij domestic security force in a move analysts say is aimed at equipping the country’s wartime security establishment with battle-hardened figures.
Its parliament passes a historic law replacing capital punishment with life imprisonment despite opposition from Hezbollah
Its parliament passes a historic law replacing capital punishment with life imprisonment despite opposition from Hezbollah
With Hamas and Hezbollah substantially weakened, Iran is increasingly relying on the Houthis as its principal remaining proxy capable of exerting sustained military and economic pressure on the US and its regional partners.
In an odd twist, Washington is now offering Saudi Arabia a pathway to the very nuclear activity – uranium enrichment – that has been the prime target of American bombing in Iran.
In the wake of a spate of cyberattacks against municipal water systems in multiple US states, suspected to have been perpetrated by Iran, US officials are pushing to pass legislation aimed at fixing security gaps that leave the infrastructure vulnerable to hacks.