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Three minors aged 13 and 14 from Beersheba were indicted on Sunday on charges that they threatened two other minors and forced them to perform sexual acts on one another while filming the incident, according to an indictment filed with the Beersheba District Court sitting as a juvenile court.
A young Netanya resident was violently attacked by a group of about 20 teenagers on the promenade in Eilat last Wednesday evening after he refused to give a cigarette to a teenager who asked him for one.
Dr. Aliza Bloch, former mayor of Beit Shemesh, announced on Monday that she is joining the new party established by Gilad Erdan and Yuli Edelstan and expressed her ambition to become the next education minister.
The Mersham organization of medical professionals in Israel came out against the recent allegations against Arab staff at the Rambam Health Care Campus on Monday, calling it "racist incitement."
Israel and Lebanon discussed what was referred to as a "civilian prisoner exchange deal" during recent negotiations, with Israeli officials raising the possibility of transferring the remains of Jews buried in Lebanese cemeteries to Israel, Hezbollah-linked Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported on Monday.
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A British couple detained in Iran accused of spying have ended their latest months-long hunger strikes protesting their treatment in prison, their family said Monday.
Iran and the US are not engaged in talks and Tehran will not start them as long as Washington breaches an interim deal signed in June, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday, adding that messages are being exchanged via intermediaries. Araqchi repeated Iran's position that an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz…
Fears of a wider conflict are growing in Iran, even though negotiations are ongoing. Although President Trump has called off the most recent threat of a renewed operation, civilians still brace for possible damage to vital infrastructure. In addition, labor unrest, economic hardship and protests over executions cont…
The Israeli military has caused a "major explosion" in the municipality of Zaoutar el-Charkiya in south Lebanon, state media agency NNA reported.
Esmaeil Baghaei, Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson, said on Monday that Tehran saw no reason to be concerned that a new security pact between Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia is directed against Iran.
Ofek Adanek was revealed to be the well-known singer who was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of violently assaulting his partner, with the singer confirming the rumors himself through an Instagram post on Monday.
Several children and teenagers were killed on Sunday across the country in a series of disconnected tragic accidents.
A row over Israelis living abroad who plan to return to vote in the October 27 election spilled into the open over the weekend.
A settler suspected of attacks against Palestinians, Tal Yinon Dardik, will be released from house arrest but ordered not to approach the West Bank, IDF Central Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth decided on Monday.
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Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least one person as Palestinian health authorities have confirmed another death after a body was recovered from beneath the rubble in the war-shattered enclave.
The announcement by US President Donald Trump that Washington intends to “low-key it” on the Iran issue has reignited debate over the White House’s changing policy toward the ayatollah regime.
Mohsen Rezaei’s appointment as Iran's new security chief looks less like a change in policy than an attempt to tighten control over how policy is made and carried out.
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US President Donald Trump said inflation in Iran is starting to force the hand of the country’s rulers, and he believes that could benefit the US. It comes as the US military blockade puts more pressure on Tehran.
A former head of Israel’s National Security Council has called for Gaza to remain devastated for decades, openly presenting Palestinian despair and destruction as desirable outcomes after Israel’s genocide in the enclave.
Iran is more afraid of US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent than Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said in an interview with Fox News on Sunday.
A currency trader talks on the phone at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
International airlines are continuing to adjust schedules for Middle East flights as airspace restrictions and operational uncertainty persist.
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate documented 108 attacks by the Israeli occupation against Palestinian journalists and media workers in July.
Almost one-fifth of Israelis (18%) have considered emigrating from the country in the last two years, a new poll by KAN News revealed on Monday.
A video of Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was released by Iran's semi-official Mehr News Agency on Sunday.
Officials from one country in the region advised another regional state to pursue an agreement with Israel in order to "lull it to sleep" while preparing for a larger confrontation, Kan News reported on Monday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
During a press conference in Tehran, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi stated that negotiations with Oman over a "temporary route" for the Strait of Hormuz are "very close to reaching a conclusion".
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Iran will release footage of its new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, appearing in public, a senior paramilitary commander said on Sunday, in an apparent effort to dispel rumors about his health.
Iran will release footage of its new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, appearing in public, a senior paramilitary commander said on Sunday, in an apparent effort to dispel rumors about his health.
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The U.S. military redirected 20 more commercial vessels away from Iranian ports last week under its naval blockade, signaling no let-up in maritime pressure as a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz stayed out of reach.
Displaced Palestinian beekeepers harvest honey from beehives at al-Dabba family bee farm, in Gaza city, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Israel on Sunday rejected a deal announced by U.S. President Donald Trump for Gaza. Details emerged on the potential deal between Iran and Oman on managing the Strait of Hormuz as Tehran suggested that vessels linked to "hostile countries" would be barred. Iran also shuffled its top security post.
Three of Israel’s representatives in the third round of European qualifying recorded mixed results over the weekend, with Hapoel Tel Aviv earning a valuable 2-0 win over Katowice, Beitar Jerusalem falling 2-1 to Austria Wien and Maccabi Tel Aviv suffering a 3-0 defeat to CSKA Sofia.
Yoav Horowitz, former director-general of the Prime Minister’s Office and current founding member of Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar! party, told Channel 12 on Friday about his experiences with the Netanyahu family and his decision to re-enter politics in recent years.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed a joint defense agreement in Mecca on Friday that could alter the strategic balance of the Middle East.
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy is showing signs of a "broader improvement" on the strong performance of chip-related industries, a state-run think tank said Monday, although uncertainties in the Middle East are expected to intensify inflationary pressures.
Appropriately for atomic physics, the US-Saudi Arabia accord on nuclear co-operation, signed during the last week of July, hovers in quantum uncertainty.
Israel has confirmed, nearly two years after the fact, that a Palestinian detainee from Gaza died in detention, according to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Energy (DOE) on Monday said that fuel prices will be lowered this week as the global market reacted to recent developments in the Middle East.
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Iran’s demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, as laid out in a statement on Saturday, are largely what US President Donald Trump had already agreed to do in the memorandum of understanding (MOU) that was signed on June 17 and quickly fell apart.
Egypt is likely to join the defence deal, signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey amid rising tensions between the US and Iran
Egypt is likely to join the defence deal, signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey amid rising tensions between the US and Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a Gaza plan hailed by US President Donald Trump, vowing no military withdrawal until Hamas "genuinely" disarms.