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Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was convicted of premeditated murder of multiple people, including children, torture, arbitrary detention, and crimes against humanity, and was sentenced to death on Tuesday, Syria's official news agency SANA confirmed.
Zionist Home–The Reservists, founded in July, is one of many vying for citizens' votes in the elections for the 26th Knesset, which will be held on October 27.
Oil prices moved sharply higher on Tuesday, amid dwindling hopes of a U.S.-Iran deal to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, despite Washington's fresh efforts to boost fuel flows.
Dr Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to President Sheikh Mohamed, has said the region cannot remain in a state of “neither war nor peace” indefinitely, warning that its stability and the future of its people require a clear vision and direction.
Vehicles drive past a statue of a swinging boy at a square in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
President Donald Trump listens as Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Catering trucks are seen parked alongside the old Air Force One jet prior to its departure from Ankara
A Damascus court sentenced Syria's former strongman Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher and former security official Atef Najib to death on Tuesday on charges of murder, torture and incitement to murder.
George Dib has been arrested in Lebanon. (Supplied)
Two days after Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed their new joint defense agreement in Mecca on Friday, the Houthis claimed a drone attack against Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery. The fire was extinguished without reported casualties, but the timing brought into immediate focus the central question surrounding …
Likud MK Tally Gotliv on Tuesday condemned the party's decision to ask the party secretariat to approve the placement of Defense Minister Israel Katz as one of the reserved slots on the party list.
Two Pakistanis and an Indonesian national were killed in a Houthi missile strike on a commercial ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the Saudi state-owned Al Hadath reported on Tuesday morning.
Lebanon's health ministry said on Tuesday that an Israeli drone strike in the city of Nabatieh wounded two civilians.
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian court sentenced in absentia ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria’s 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead.
Treasury yields moved higher on Tuesday as tensions in the Middle East continue to weigh on energy prices and investors look ahead to inflation data due later in the week.
MK Dan Illouz announced on Tuesday that he was resigning from the Knesset after leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party for MK Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu.
Syria’s ex-president Bashar al-Assad and Atef Najib, the former head of political security in southern Syria’s Deraa province, have been sentenced to death after being convicted of crimes during the country’s civil war.
An Iranian assassination threat prompted United States President Donald Trump to secretly switch planes in Turkiye last month, with Air Force One serving as a decoy while he flew out on a smaller military aircraft, according to US media reports.
John Cena will be at the 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.
Iran will bring back 95 million cubic metres of gas to its production cycle by the end of September, oil minister Mohsen Paknejad said on Tuesday according to the oil ministry's news outlet, as Tehran conducts repairs on energy infrastructure targeted by Israel and the US.
Israel is experiencing a deep erosion of support in the United States among both Democrats and Republicans, Prof. Yossi Shain, an expert on international relations, warned in an interview with 103FM on Monday.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji, is expected to travel to Syria and Lebanon next month, protected by police officers assigned to her taxpayer-funded New York Police Department (NYPD) security detail, The New York Post reported on Monday evening, citing a source familiar with the details.
A retired Syrian general who commanded forces fighting ISIS was abducted by personnel from the Syrian embassy in Lebanon, Al-Akhbar reported on Saturday.
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The Salameh Papers: Special report into allegations against former Lebanon banking chief
Imagine, for a moment, that Country A is conducting an illegal occupation of Country B and regularly slaughtering its inhabitants despite an alleged ceasefire agreement.
An Amnesty International report reveals that the country is now a key part of Israel’s weapons supply chain. Plus, Assam floods, student anger spreads and a song to put in rotation
After months of war, strikes, threats, and negotiations that have so far failed to end the ongoing conflict, US President Donald Trump is returning to one of the oldest tools in the United States' arsenal against Iran: choking it economically.
Tucker Carlson, one of the most prominent and provocative voices on the American right, and Hunter Biden, the son of former Democratic president Joe Biden, who for years was himself one of the right's favorite targets, bonded over a common enemy in an interview Carlson conducted with Biden on Tuesday: Prime Minister…
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has appointed six senior commanders to key positions in the armed forces, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Basij militia.
Israel is withholding the bodies of about 1,700 Palestinians for potential use in future exchange deals, despite no Israeli captive being held by Hamas, according to Haaretz.
Artificial intelligence is going to bring about a new era, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the launch of Israel's National AI Program on Sunday.
A man who returned to Israel from the Democratic Republic of Congo has been placed in isolation at Soroka Medical Center, Beersheba, while being tested for Ebola after reporting a fever, the Health Ministry announced on Tuesday.
Meir Ben-Shabbat, a former national security adviser and head of the National Security Council, warned against complacency toward Syria and Turkey's growing regional influence in an interview with Maariv published Tuesday.
MANILA, Philippines — 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.
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, camina para subir al Air Force One en el aeropuerto de Morristown, el domingo 9 de agosto de 2026, en Morristown, Nueva Jersey. (AP Foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
US President Donald Trump secretly switched planes in Turkey last month during the Nato summit after US intelligence identified a credible Iranian assassination threat, according to a new report by The Washington Post. The White House did not disclose the switch publicly, raising questions about transparency.
An employee walks past near the screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Oil prices remain below their recent peaks even as prospects for a quick reopening of the Strait of Hormuz fade, a disconnect analysts warn may not last.
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President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One at Morristown Airport, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, in Morristown, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A crowded field of candidates will compete in South Carolina’s special primary this Tuesday, with hopes of securing the Republican nomination for a US Senate seat long held by the late Lindsey Graham, one of Israel’s strongest allies on Capitol Hill and an advocate for military action against Iran.
Three Israeli civilians crossed into Syria from Mount Hermon on Monday night, the IDF announced in a statement on Tuesday.
Iran has played down the mutual security agreement signed between the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey in the Muslim holy city of Mecca on Friday.
US President Donald Trump secretly switched aircraft in Turkey last month after a credible Iranian assassination threat, using a smaller military jet while journalists and staff remained aboard a decoy Air Force One, The Washington Post reported.
US President Donald Trump on Monday scoffed at Iran’s demand for reparations for devastation caused to the country by the U.S. and Israeli bombardment over the past five months — a demand he said Tehran’s negotiators hadn't raised until now.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated an alleged quote attributed to a senior Iranian commander about Tehran's determination to develop nuclear weapons, even though the statement had no identified primary source and was later traced to an Indian pro-Israel account on X.
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