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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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The fire at the Aramco refinery in Jizan started Sunday morning. Yahya Saree, the Houthi military spokesman, said his forces had hit it with a drone, precisely, in retaliation for Saudi drones over Saada and Hajjah. The Saudi energy ministry confirmed the fire and said it was extinguished.
Nothing breeds public cynicism about leaders more quickly than a gap between their words and their actions; when they say one thing and do another.
A deal to scale back Russia's decades-long military presence in Syria saves face for both countries, as Damascus seeks to build on its new alliance with the US, Syrian sources said on Monday.
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Colombia has become only the second country to recognise Israel’s claim of sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, just days after far-right President Abelardo de la Espriella took power.
Catering trucks are parked at Air Force One on the tarmac as the motorcade carrying U.S. President Donald Trump arrives on the tarmac to depart following the NATO summit at Ankara International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump to demand compensation for Tehran’s ‘conflicts’
HASAKEH, Syria — The return of displaced Syrian Kurds to their northeastern hometown of Ras al-Ain was suspended on Monday after a first group of returnees was attacked, prompting protests in other Kurdish-majority parts of Syria.
Elaborate ruse was used to transport president to military flight from Air Force One to return from Nato meet
Syrian authorities imposed a temporary curfew in Ayn al-Arab following attacks against government buildings, according to state media.
The Likud Secretariat is expected to be asked to approve the placement of Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and Likud Central Committee Chairman and Minister Haim Katz on the party's Knesset list, alongside the new reserved slots that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to add to…
The Syrian city of Kobani, also known as Ayn al-Arab, was placed under curfew Monday night, the country’s Internal Security Department announced after Kurdish protesters attacked several government-affiliated locations.
BOGOTÁ — Colombia's newly appointed hard-right government on Monday recognized Israel's claim over the Golan Heights, which it captured from Syria in 1967.
Last week Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund and a group of investors spent $55bn (£41bn) on Electronic Arts, the video games company behind the Sims, Madden NFL and Battlefield. Keith Stuart and George Osborn tell Annie Kelly why this soft-power move is worrying many in the industry
President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. Navy had swept the Strait of Hormuz clear of mines and now holds "100%" control of the waterway, with reparations emerging as the latest flashpoint between Washington and Tehran.
US President Donald Trump speaks during the signing ceremony for an executive order on mail ballots, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, March 31, 2026.
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U.S. President Donald Trump made sweeping new demands on Iran after Tehran reiterated requests for reparations as part of talks to wind down the conflict, dimming hopes of a quick deal that would reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz as oil prices surged once again.
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Washington: President Donald Trump secretly boarded an alternative plane using an airport food truck when departing the NATO summit in Turkey last month, according to a bombshell report that underlines the gravity that US officials assigned to threats from Iran.
The US and Israel have reached a deal with Damascus to remove nuclear material from a secret site in Syria, Axios reported on Monday, citing US and Israeli officials.
The US and Israel have reached a deal with Damascus to remove nuclear material from a secret site in Syria, Axios reported on Monday, citing US and Israeli officials.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is set to remove nuclear material from a clandestine Syrian site following an agreement made by the US, Syria, and Israel, Axios reported on Monday, citing Israeli and US officials.
The next round of Israel-Lebanon talks is set to be held at the beginning of September, a US official told Saudi state-owned Al-Arabiya English Tuesday morning.
The Toto Cup preseason tournament group stage came to an end, with the semifinals now set as Maccabi Netanya hosts Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ironi Kiryat Shmona welcomes Hapoel Tel Aviv this coming Sunday night.
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It will be three years in October since Israel started its genocide in Gaza, a war crime it has repeated in the Occupied West Bank, South Lebanon, and Iran.
Two Israeli air strikes have targeted areas near the southern Lebanese town of Mansouri, Al Jazeera reported, citing sources.
A Channel 12 News poll published Monday evening showed a shift at the top of Israel’s political landscape, with Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party moving into first place with 24 Knesset seats, one up from a previous poll. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party fell to 22 seats, placing it second.
United States President Donald Trump has briefly commented on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s outright rejection of the 15-point peace plan for Gaza drafted by the US-led Board of Peace.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would seek compensation from Iran for the deaths of US soldiers as part of any peace negotiations in a tit-for-tat demand after Tehran requested war reparations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Ukraine must compensate Iran for a deadly attack on one of its cargo vessels in the Caspian Sea, as Kiev has failed to convince Tehran that the strike was unintentional, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said.
Ukraine must compensate Iran for a deadly attack on one of its cargo vessels in the Caspian Sea, as Kiev has failed to convince Tehran that the strike was unintentional, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said.
US president’s statement is latest sign that negotations to end war and reopen strait of Hormuz have stalled
President Trump is currently experiencing a rare moment of his plans for the Mideast region being rejected on multiple fronts - even among allies, apparently. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over weekend rejected a US-backed 15-point peace plan for Gaza, which marks a rare and very glaring public break wit…
Dozens of ultra-Orthodox protesters denounced the expansion of the light rail in the Bar-Ilan Street area of Jerusalem, Israel Police confirmed on Monday night.
Aner Shapiro, the Jerusalem artist and musician who was killed while saving others during the October 7 massacre, will be honored at this year’s Israel Festival with an unusual event this week aimed not simply at celebrating creativity, but at putting it to work.
“We achieved the unimaginable together. Our joint achievement is historic,” US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Adm. Brad Cooper told senior IDF commanders on Monday in remarks obtained exclusively by The Jerusalem Post.
President Donald Trump insisted Monday that his relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "very good" despite the Israeli leader's rejection of a US-led Gaza plan.
US President Donald Trump's Gaza plan is still operative, and discussions with Israel are continuing, a "Board of Peace" official said on Monday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected an Israeli withdrawal until Hamas is "genuinely disarmed".
By Mishel Bychkova, Vice-President, Center for Middle Eastern Studies (Moscow)
By Mishel Bychkova, Vice-President, Center for Middle Eastern Studies (Moscow)
The Trump administration on Monday narrowed its waiver of the Jones Act while extending it for another 90 days, leaving in place fewer U.S. shipping restrictions in an effort to keep fuel flowing amid the Iran war.