Saudi, Turkish, Pakistan leaders to hold summit in Jeddah
A source close to the Saudi government told AFP that the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey will hold a summit on Friday in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah.
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Israeli artillery attack on town in southern Lebanon
The Israeli army has fired artillery shells on the town of Hadatha in Bint Jbeil district, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported on Thursday.
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Iran says Hormuz deal ‘nearing completion’
A deal between Iran and Oman on reopening commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is close to being finalized, according to the Foreign Ministry in Tehran. Around one-fifth of the world’s seaborne oil has historically passed through the strategic waterway.
· RT
US Senator Fetterman struggles to defend support for Israel as progressives win big
The staunchly pro-Israel Democratic Senator John Fetterman has told television host and podcaster Jon Stewart that he would rather lose support in his own party than turn his back on Israel for any reason.
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At least 58 people killed in Houthi attacks
At least 58 people have been killed in attacks from the Houthis on Yemen's Saudi-backed forces, a military source told AFP on Thursday.
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Australia news LIVE: Pauline Hanson used party funds to pay for five-star London hotel; Trump denies reports of US missile shortage amid Iran war
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Antisemitism by proxy: Blood libels against UAE and Morocco - opinion
A video circulating online with a reportedly manipulated deepfake appears to show a Moroccan border guard throwing an object toward an individual. In the original footage, it makes no contact.Last week, Reuters disclosed that a draft report by the United Nations Panel of Experts on Sudan had been submitted to the Se…
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Israel’s next big hope: Maayan Gorin aiming high with U18 National Team
The future of Israeli basketball has been on display all summer long as both the youth men’s and women’s national teams of various ages have been playing across Europe in their respective European Championships.The Israel Under-18 team is in a unique situation, as it is the only one of six blue-and-white teams parti…
· JOSHUA HALICKMAN
What freedom feels like after Gaza
"I wasn't allowed to take anything with me when I left Gaza," Omar tells me.
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‘Uncommitted’ founder Alawieh who pushed Democrats to vote against Biden over Gaza wins primary
Abbas Alawieh, a founder of the Uncommitted movement that pressured former US president Joe Biden to change his Israel policy, is the projected winner of a Democratic primary for Michigan’s state Senate.
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Former Mossad official urges forceful Lebanon strikes against Hezbollah, warns against all-out war
Israel should intensify strikes against any Hezbollah activity detected in southern Lebanon while avoiding a declaration that the ceasefire has ended, former head of the Mossad’s counterterrorism division Oded Ailam told 103FM on Thursday.
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Mossad Director Gofman removes two senior officials over failure to replace Iranian regime - report
Mossad Director Roman Gofman decided to remove two of the agency’s most senior officials from their posts over a plan to replace Iran’s regime that was never carried out as intended, N12 reported on Thursday.
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Israeli attacks wound eight in Lebanon despite Rome talks
Israeli air strikes and shelling targeting towns in the southern Lebanese district of Tyre have wounded several people, in the midst of a seventh round of US-mediated ceasefire negotiations between Beirut and Tel Aviv.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Pressure at the pump: Trump's efforts to lower petrol costs could rest on century-old law | The National
A century-old US maritime law is generating new interest as President Donald Trump seeks to clamp down on rising petrol prices due to supply disruptions caused by the Iran war.
· Kyle Fitzgerald
Arsenal shortage felt in Ukraine as US juggles 'different priorities'
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· Lucia Stein
Políticas de Israel empujan al colapso del sistema de salud en Cisjordania, advierten activistas
Palestinos hacen fila para recibir atención médica en una clínica móvil operada por Médicos por los Derechos Humanos Israel, el martes 4 de agosto de 2025, en Iktaba, Cisjordania. (AP Foto/Majdi Mohammed)
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Funded Hamas, fooled the West - The lethal legacy of Qatar’s late emir - opinion
The recent passing of Qatar’s former ruler, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, has predictably triggered an avalanche of sanitized hagiography across Western capitals. Eulogists have rushed to celebrate the Father Emir as a visionary modernizer who transformed a desolate Gulf peninsula into an economic powerhouse. T…
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Iran’s economy nears breaking point, citizens reportedly stealing basic groceries to get by: expert
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US says latest round of Israel-Lebanon talks ‘fruitful’
US State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a statement on Thursday that talks between Lebanon and Israel were “fruitful” amid ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon.
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Israel charges settler over killing of Palestinian involved in Oscar-winning West Bank film
Odeh Hathaleen was shot in Umm Al-Khair village in the occupied West Bank
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Christians are under siege in Jerusalem
By Charlotte Dubenskij, an award-nominated journalist who has covered Yellow Vest protests in France, conflicts in Syria and the Philippines, and is now based in Israel for RT
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El-Sayed's Michigan victory may not translate to statewide general election - analysis
Many US Jews likely experienced the same emotions following Tuesday’s Democratic primary victory in Michigan of stridently anti-Israel Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed as they did last year after Zohran Mamdani won New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary.
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La guerra con Irán renueva temores de secuelas por lesiones cerebrales en soldados de EEUU
Joe Shearer, quien fue diagnosticado recientemente con traumatismo cerebral como resultado de los combates en Irak, posa para una fotografía en su residencia, el miércoles 5 de agosto de 2026, en Colorado Springs, Colorado. (AP Foto/Thomas Peipert)
· Ben Finley
From start-up nation to scale-up nation: A blueprint for Israel’s $1 trillion economy - opinion
Israel’s ambition to become a trillion-dollar economy is usually framed as a question of quantity: more venture capital, more innovation, more unicorns, more infrastructure, and more regional integration. Those goals matter, but they miss the deeper constraint.
· GABRIEL CUTLER
An explosion in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana kills at least 1 person
Syrian firefighters and first responders inspect damaged vehicles at the site of an explosion in the Jaramana suburb of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulrahman Shaheen)
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Trump says Iran war ‘going well’, ‘extremely happy’ with Hegseth
US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused the US media of spreading “Fake News” after reports that Trump and Defence Minister Pete Hegseth had clashed over concerns about missile depletion from the Iran war.
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Gas prices could remain high this fall even if crude prices stabilize. Here's why
Gas prices could remain stubbornly high even after the summer driving season ends, as the world faces a tight fuel market due to a shortfall of refining capacity caused by the wars in Europe and the Middle East.
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Blast hits vehicle on outskirts of Syria’s Damascus: state media
Several people have reportedly been killed and others wounded in an explosion in a city on the outskirts of Syria’s capital Damascus, according to state media.
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Several killed in explosion in Syria near Damascus
Several people were killed or wounded in an explosion in the city of Jaramana, on the outskirts of Syria’s capital of Damascus, according to state TV on Thursday.
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Israeli troops shoot, wound Palestinian child in Jenin
Israeli forces shot a Palestinian child and assaulted another Palestinian in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, Wafa news reported on Thursday.
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Is Israel’s Netanyahu preparing to fight Iran alone?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – facing a crucial election later this year – has hinted that he may be considering taking unilateral action to prolong a costly war with Iran, even as Washington and Tehran appear to be close to an interim deal to open the Strait of Hormuz.
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A secret bot army is boosting Mamdani on X, and it seems to be coming from City Hall - exclusive
Dozens of suspected bot accounts on X are amplifying content from NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his circle, and reportedly can be traced to City Hall IP infrastructure, the World Zionist Organization told The Jerusalem Post exclusively.
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Proposed Hormuz passage deal not feasible for shipping industry, sources say
A proposed deal between Iran and Oman that would give Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz is not easily workable due to US sanctions and restrictive insurance clauses on any payments, four industry sources said.
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Oil prices spike, but remain lower than last week
Oil prices have surged ahead again on Thursday, after falling earlier this week following Trump’s announcement that negotiations with Iran were resuming on Tuesday.
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Iran war teaches importance of Gulf cooperation with Europe for maritime security, ISPI says
Iran’s attacks on Gulf nations and its disruption of maritime security should encourage closer cooperation between Europe and the Gulf, according to a report published on Wednesday by the Italian Institute for International Political Studies in partnership with the Gulf Research Center.
· DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Five people injured in three-way car accident on Highway 508 in West Bank
Five people were injured after three cars collided on Highway 508 on Thursday.
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Board of Peace issues first construction contract for Moroccan security force base in Gaza - report
US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace has issued its first construction contract in the Gaza Strip, The Guardian reported on Thursday, citing a source familiar with the matter.
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'Right, enlistment, unity': Ex-UN ambassador Gilad Erdan launches new party with Edelstein
Former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan on Tuesday launched a new Right-wing party ahead of the upcoming elections, alongside MK Yuli Edelstein, who recently departed from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling Likud Party.
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As the world looks away, Iran continues brutal hangings of protesters to crush the next uprising
At dawn on July 28, the Islamic Republic of Iran publicly hanged Abolfazl Sepahi Badjani and Amirhossein Safari Hosseinabadi in Alikhani Square in Isfahan.
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Israel charges settler for killing Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen
Israeli prosecutors have charged a settler with reckless manslaughter over the killing of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in the occupied West Bank, in the first such indictment of an Israeli in more than seven years.
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Two Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon explosion — country’s first deaths since June Hezbollah truce
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Iran close to finalizing Hormuz plan with Oman
TEHRAN — Iran and Oman have agreed a route for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and were finalizing arrangements for jointly managing the strategic waterway, Tehran said on Wednesday, even as fresh security incidents highlighted continued risks for regional shipping.
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Trump: US has ‘massive amounts’ of munitions
WASHINGTON, D.C. — United States President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the US had a vast supply of munitions and threatened those who suggested otherwise with jail terms as his frustration with the war on Iran boiled over.
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Cone: PH needs Sotto against Iran, Jordan
GILAS Pilipinas coach Tim Cone said that he would love to see young big man Kai Sotto play for the national team when it opens the second round of the FIBA World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers against Jordan and Iran late this August.
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Israeli drone attack reported in southern Lebanon’s Mayfadoun
Israel has carried out a drone attack on Mayfadoun in southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh district, the National News Agency is reporting.
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Hamas calls on US, mediators to stop Israel ‘sabotaging’ Gaza agreement
Hamas has welcomed the joint statement from several Arab countries following a meeting of foreign ministers in Amman which condemned Israel’s escalation in Gaza, saying it “underscores the gravity of the escalation and violations perpetrated by the occupying government, which threaten the future of the entire agreem…
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Yemeni official accuses Houthis of ‘regional aggression’
Deputy Chairman of the Yemeni Consultation and Reconciliation Authority for Yemen’s Saudi-backed government Abdulmalik al-Mekhlafi condemned the Houthi attacks on government positions in Hadramout and Marib on Thursday.
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Hearing set to decide 'terror sentencing' of activists who targeted Barclays
A judge has ordered a hearing in which he will decide whether five Palestine Action defendants convicted of criminal damage will be sentenced as terrorists.
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UN experts urge Iran to end escalating crackdown on ethnic minorities | The National
UN experts on Thursday urged Iran to end an escalating crackdown on minorities in the country, particularly Kurds and Baluch communities.
· Adla Massoud
PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan’s anti-Israel rhetoric threatens Kurdish-Jewish relations - opinion
Kurdish politics has undergone a dramatic transformation since Turkey launched its so-called “terror-free Turkey” initiative in October 2024 by engaging with the imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.
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