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Imagine Armenian youths walking daily past the Western Wall and routinely spitting on rabbis entering or leaving the site, desecrating Jewish holy places, or throwing stones at homes in the Jewish Quarter. How would the Israeli government, police, and public opinion react? Obviously, there would likely be swift arre…
When the Israeli cabinet unanimously approved a measure to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide in late June, it seemed, for a moment, that a long-overdue moral threshold had finally been crossed.
On Friday the Senate finally passed a bill imposing major new sanctions on Russia due to the grinding war which has been going since February 2022.
The United States on Friday sanctioned an unlicensed multi-state cryptocurrency exchange, alleging it processed millions of dollars of crypto for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other groups linked to the Iranian state.
Lebanon and Israel have agreed a shortlist of countries that could send troops to verify the disarmament of Hezbollah under a US-brokered agreement, a Lebanese official said on Friday, with the United States due to pick countries from the list.
The United States on Friday sanctioned an unlicensed multi-state cryptocurrency exchange, alleging it processed millions of dollars of crypto for Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other groups linked to the Iranian state.
Hezbollah’s attacks on the IDF and Lebanese Armed Forces have not derailed talks between Beirut and Jerusalem, even amid Israel’s recent strikes on the group, two experts told The Jerusalem Post.
As Donald Trump has swung between vowing to strike Iran "very hard" and hinting at peace "pretty soon", the war in Iran has spread in new and dangerous ways.
Iran has lashed out at a new mutual defense pact between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye, as Riyadh seeks to strengthen its security partnerships amid escalating conflict across the Middle East.
An Iranian lawmaker has lashed out at a new mutual defense pact between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye, as Riyadh seeks to strengthen its security partnerships amid escalating tensions across the Middle East.
The US Senate has passed a bipartisan package that aims to impose new sanctions on Russia and lock in punitive economic measures against Iran for the next five years.
Yemen's Houthis attacked and hit Saudi-backed forces, depots and military equipment near the central city of Marib, the group's spokesman Yahya Saree said on Friday.
Soon after I first arrived in Iran as Britain’s deputy ambassador in 2003, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave a sermon at Friday prayers at Tehran University in which the UK featured prominently. He attacked my country in strong terms, blaming us for most of the region’s ills.
When Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara met Iraqi security officials in January 2025, only weeks after taking over power in Damascus, distrust was so high that he wore what was speculated to be a gun under his suit jacket.
De izquierda a derecha, el presidente turco Recep Tayyip Erdogan, el príncipe heredero saudí Mohammed bin Salman y el primer ministro paquistaní Shehbaz Sharif posan tras firmar un acuerdo trilateral de defensa en La Meca, Arabia Saudí, el viernes 7 de agosto de 2026. (Agencia de Prensa Saudí vía AP)
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Israeli Consul General in New York Ofir Akunis instructed his staff to cancel their New York Times subscriptions in response to what he described as a series of "false blood libels" published by the newspaper, according to a statement released on Friday.
No tankers have loaded at Kharg Island, Iran’s main export terminal, for at least a week, recent shipping and satellite data show, suggesting that the renewed US naval blockade has brought Tehran’s crude oil sales to a halt, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
BERLIN — Europe's reserves of natural gas are running dangerously low, risking fresh energy woes if the Iran war rages on and cold spells drive up heating demand over winter.
Israeli forces beat and detained a Palestinian man during an attack by troops and settlers on Beit Furik, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency reported, citing local sources.
In this image provided by the U.S. Army, Covenant Industries’ Anthem missile is tested Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, at the Multidomain Training Area range complex, a component of the Africa Multidomain Training and Experimentation Center, in Morocco. (U.S. Army via AP)
The Trump administration this week sparked enthusiasm that the U.S. and Iran could soon strike a deal on the Strait of Hormuz, driving down oil prices and sending stocks soaring — only for no deal to emerge.
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have ordered prosecutors to open a standalone investigation into allegations of gender persecution by the Taliban, separating it from the court's long-running Afghanistan war crimes probe that covered US nationals, Middle East Eye can reveal.
Syria's government has removed three army commanders from their posts, in a shake-up to reduce the power of factions that were rivals during the civil war.
RIYADH/KARACHI/ANKARA — Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a joint defense agreement in Mecca on Friday, wedding the United States’ Sunni Muslim allies alarmed at a regional conflagration that has rained missile fire onto Gulf oil exporters.
Sen. Martin Heinrich will introduce a bill, shared exclusively with CNBC, to end tax breaks for U.S. oil and gas companies that operate overseas while the industry reaps massive profits as the war with Iran spikes oil prices.
Abu Dhabi's Adnoc has said it will continue to prioritise the safety of its manpower and assets, and called for safe and free navigation in international waters affected by the war in the Middle East.
Early summer in Israel’s northern Western Negev announces itself through watermelon fields. Long, low rows of deep green stretch across the flatlands where I live, reliable and unhurried as the heat itself.
Saudi Arabia’s accession to the Abraham Accords could become one of the most important diplomatic achievements in Israel’s history. Normalization with the largest and most influential kingdom in the Arab world could reshape the Middle East, open new trade routes, strengthen the moderate camp against Iran, and grant …
The Houthis said on Wednesday that they had fired ballistic missiles at the NCC Wafaa, a Saudi oil tanker, off the coast of Yanbu, a major Saudi port city in the northern Red Sea.
A strong, visionary leader is needed as next secretary general as Iran war rages during one of most ‘unpredictable times geopolitically’
A strong, visionary leader is needed as next secretary general as Iran war rages during one of most ‘unpredictable times geopolitically’
The Houthis said on Wednesday that they had fired ballistic missiles at the NCC Wafaa, a Saudi oil tanker, off the coast of Yanbu, a major Saudi port city in the northern Red Sea.
United Airlines is set to resume flights to Israel on September 8 with two daily routes from Newark to Tel Aviv, according to a Friday N12 report.
The relentless sound of warplanes, the buzz of drones overhead, and the strikes across the Gaza Strip have subsided over the past few days, leaving Palestinians wary of what could come next.
Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum deny breaching any agreement in supplying natural gas from the Khor Mor field to Iraq's electricity ministry.
The Qatar ministry of foreign affairs has released a statement saying it rejects the targeting of civilians and affirms its solidarity with measures being taken by Saudi Arabia in response to a Houthi attack earlier this week.
Shin Bet Director David Zini warned Israel's security cabinet that Hamas views the demilitarization agreement signed with the Board of Peace as a means of constraining Israel's military freedom of action rather than advancing genuine disarmament, according to sources familiar with the discussion.
August 9, 2001, was a sultry summer day. A time for families and teens to take to the streets of Jerusalem to celebrate the weeks before returning to school; a time for meet-ups, for shopping, for stopping at local eateries for fun food and good conversation.
A new bout of violence in Yemen cannot be viewed in isolation. The Houthi rebels' decision to escalate attacks on government forces, Saudi ships in the Red Sea and oil sites in Saudi Arabia is interlinked with the US-Iran war, experts told The National.
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President Trump's latest Iran comments came Thursday night, after a prior day wherein Iran and Oman unveiled their 'finalized' Hormuz management scheme, which most notably includes a ban on all US and Israeli vessels in the energy transit waterway.
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye have signed a joint defence pact as tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate with the United States and Israel’s war on Iran.
Yemen's Houthi movement killed more than 60 Saudi-backed troops belonging to the internationally recognised Yemeni government between Thursday and Friday, marking the deadliest toll since the civil war stalled under a 2022 truce.
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs last month, and Labor Department revisions shaved 103,000 jobs off payrolls in May and June. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.1% only because Americans left the job market.
Iranian lawmaker Ebrahim Rezaei says the new defence pact with Pakistan and Turkey will not bring security to Saudi Arabia, and that Riyadh should instead focus on changing its policies.
O médico militar Taylor Highland decidiu que deixaria as Forças Armadas dos Estados Unidos quando EUA e Israel lançaram seus primeiros ataques contra o Irã, há quase seis meses. Para ele, o estopim foi o míssil que atingiu uma escola de meninas no sul do país e que, segundo Teerã, deixou mais de 150 mortos.
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A young victim of child marriage died earlier this week in Iran, 11 days after she set fire to herself in Piranshahr in Iran’s West Azerbaijan province, according to reports by Iranian media and human rights groups.