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Syria and Russia have come to an agreement reorganizing Moscow’s military presence in the country after more than a year and a half of negotiations, the Syrian foreign ministry announced on Sunday.
Syria says it has reached a deal with Moscow on the future of Russia’s two military bases in the country, which were used to support ousted President Bashar al-Assad during the Syrian war.
Lebanon could receive $200 million annually in US security assistance to support the Lebanese Armed Forces and Internal Security Forces in countering Hezbollah if the Lebanon Sanctions, Stabilization and Support Act introduced in Congress on Friday is enacted.
Nissim Louk, the father of the late Shani Louk, who was murdered in the October 7 massacre after being abducted from the Nova music festival, woke up early that morning after hearing the rockets toward Tel Aviv, he described to 103FM on Sunday morning.
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria and Russia have reached an agreement over the future of two strategic Mediterranean coastal bases that ultimately ends their use a military outposts for Moscow, Syria’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
Israel rejected a U.S.-backed peace plan for Gaza Sunday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying that Israel will not withdraw from the enclave until Hamas has been “genuinely disarmed.”
World leaders have been reacting to the Friday signing of a major defense agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan in the Saudi city of Makkah among their heads of state. It seeks to strengthen joint deterrence and expanding defense cooperation, the Saudi Press Agency said.
Israel has quietly given the green light for infrastructure work to begin in a designated area of southern Gaza, according to Israeli media, as it advances a post-war vision that experts warn is designed to reshape reality on the ground and permanently fragment the enclave.
Rescue teams from the Israel Fire and Rescue Authority searched for a boy after his boat capsized on the Jordan River on Sunday, the IFRA confirmed.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei around the start of the president's third year in office in late July, state media said on Sunday, and a paramilitary leader promised footage of Khamenei in the future.
United Hatzalah warned on Sunday against the dangers of leaving children inside hot cars, with the latest victim being a 5-year-old boy who died the same day after he was allegedly left inside his family's car in Lod for about two hours.
Israel on Sunday rejected US President Donald Trump's 15-point Gaza Peace Plan saying it would not withdraw from the Palestinian enclave until Hamas fully disarms.
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Pro-Iranian-regime singer and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Basij paramilitary force member, Hamidreza Rajabzadeh, was abducted and killed, according to Iranian state media, last week.
Products from popular beauty retailer Sephora will be available for purchase in Israel starting on August 20, according to an N12 News report on Sunday.
Israeli-linked beverage technology has scored an international win after Austrian wine brand Zeronimo was named the best non-alcoholic wine in the 2026 USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards.
The recent announcement by the Board of Peace of a new deal for Gaza including Hamas disarmament, Israeli withdrawal, and the empowerment of the civilian technocratic committee to govern gives new hope after months of stagnation. The basic causes of the stagnation, however, have not changed. Hamas demands that Israe…
Israel has rejected US President Donald Trump's 15-point plan for Gaza and will not withdraw until Hamas fully disarms, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for a drone attack on Saudi Aramco's $21 billion Jazan refinery, located on Saudi Arabia's southwestern Red Sea coast, roughly 44 miles from the Yemeni border. The facility is strategically important because it allows Aramco to export refined products through the Re…
Syria and Russia have agreed to transform Russian military bases and facilities on the Syrian coast into joint training and rehabilitation centres under new arrangements, Syria's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
Israeli prime minister says he will not support 15-point plan hailed by Donald Trump
Gente mira fuegos artificiales en Lahore, Pakistán, el sábado 8 de agosto de 2026, durante celebraciones por la firma de un acuerdo trilateral de defensa entre Arabia Saudí, Pakistán y Turquía en La Meca. (AP Foto/K.M. Chaudary)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel rejected a 15-point proposal and ruled out any Israeli military withdrawal from the Gaza Strip until Hamas is fully disarmed.
The UK Charity Commission is investigating prominent Muslim registered charity Al-Khair Foundation following reports of alleged Hamas connections, the ombudsman announced Friday.
Iran said on Sunday that a deal with Oman defining new shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz was in its final stages but reiterated that the strait would only reopen once the United States met other conditions.
People watch fireworks in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, during celebrations of the signing a trilateral defense agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey in Mecca. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
The Israeli government has rejected a 15-point plan backed by the Trump administration aimed at disarming the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
Turkiye wants to expand its newly formed defence pact with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to include more countries, says Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, citing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected US President Donald Trump's 15-point plan for Gaza, stating that no military pull-out will happen until Hamas is "genuinely" disarmed.
Twenty-four years after Nefesh B'Nefesh was founded, the organization marked a major milestone on Sunday with the arrival of its 100,000th immigrant from North America.
The Arab Hadash party strongly condemned Defense Minister Israel Katz's call for an IDF investigation into allegations on Saturday that Arab hospital employees had mistreated four soldiers at the Rambam Health Care Campus.
Former senior officials and figures from Israel's security establishment have approached Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas amid talks over former Yesh Atid MK Yoav Segalovitz potentially joining the party, Channel 12's Muhammad Majadle said in an interview with 103FM on Sunday.
A fire broke out early on Sunday at a facility belonging to Saudi state oil company Aramco in the coastal city of Jizan. Authorities said the blaze was later extinguished and no casualties were reported.
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There is a persistent idea in certain circles that if Israel improved living conditions for Palestinians – more jobs, better infrastructure, freer movement, greater economic opportunity – the violence would fade.
Footage of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei "among the people and out in streets, as well in meetings with the commanders of armed forces" will be released in the future, Basij Organisation deputy Qasem Qoraishi reportedly said on Sunday.
A Guarda Revolucionária do Irã afirmou, neste domingo (09/08), que não reabrirá o Estreito de Ormuz, vital para a economia mundial, até que os Estados Unidos atendam às condições estabelecidas por Teerã no dia anterior, incluindo indenização financeiras pelos danos da guerra.
Firefighters extinguished a blaze at a refinery belonging to Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco early Sunday, the country's government said. Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen reportedly claimed responsibility for attacking the facility.
Israel rejected the 15-point plan for the Gaza Strip proposed by the Board of Peace, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday afternoon.
The desert is the last place you might think a walrus calf would be born.
A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) man was detained in Ahisamach under suspicion of causing disruptively loud noise, following which the police discovered that he was a draft dodger, N12 reported on Sunday.
While Israeli children enjoy their summer vacation before the school year starts up again, nearly 60 puppies wait at the Sderot animal shelter in southern Israel to be adopted.
Yemen's Houthi said they had targeted "Saudi enemy" troops and equipment on Yemen's Red Sea coast city of Mokha after residents there said they heard blasts.
A Rehovot resident suspected of operating shell companies to distribute and deduct fictitious invoices was arrested in a Hadera hotel over the weekend after allegedly evading investigators for an extended period, the Israel Tax Authority said.
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Four minors and two young women were indicted on Friday for the murder of 19-year-old Benayahu Razi, who was stabbed to death in a Jerusalem Airbnb last month after a dispute involving his former partner escalated into an armed confrontation.
Prosecutors filed a declaration of intent to indict a Ramat Gan man on Sunday over his suspected involvement in five incidents of property damage and extortion by threats targeting several Israeli media outlets and the Justice Ministry, police said.
The Finance Ministry and Defense Ministry are set to submit a resolution for the transfer of an additional NIS 1 billion to the Defense Ministry for government approval on Sunday, N12 reported.
Two years after a Hezbollah terrorist attack killed 12 children in the Druze community of Majdal Shams, the Birthright Israel Foundation announced the construction of eight therapeutic gardens in the area.
The new defense pact signed by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey, though far from ideal for Israel, “doesn't shut the door completely on normalization” between Riyadh and Jerusalem, Dr. Yoel Guzansky, head of the Gulf Research Field at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), told The Jerusalem Post on Su…