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El presidente de EEUU, Donald Trump, junto al príncipe heredero de Arabia Saudí, Mohammed bin Salman, en la Casa Blanca, en Washington, el 18 de noviembre de 2025. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein/Archivo)
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US President Donald Trump called for an immediate deal with Iran in a Truth Social post on Saturday night, claiming to have called off a massive attack against the country and to have Israel's support in his commitment.
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had cancelled a military attack on Iran after Tehran and other Middle Eastern countries requested "to hold off any attack in that the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to".
Donald Trump says he has cancelled strikes against Iran subject to "rapidly" striking a deal with the country.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian marked two years in office by recalling the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh and praising the Iranian people's resilience through “relentless hostility”.
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President Donald Trump, center, walks from Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Friday, July 31, 2026, from Camp David, the presidential retreat. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Right-wing activist and musician Yoav Eliasi, known as “The Shadow,” was suspended from his position as commander of a Tel Aviv District rapid response squad by Israel Police Commissioner Inspector-General Danny Levy in the latest twist to the controversy surrounding recordings of Eliasi.
The recent diplomatic opening between Jerusalem and Hargeisa represents far more than a tactical alignment along the Bab al-Mandab Strait. It marks a fundamental paradigm shift away from decades of failed, top-down foreign aid toward a model anchored in “venture sovereignty,” mutual self-reliance, and shared democra…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is spreading "blasphemy," as well as antisemitism, President Isaac Herzog told Fox News in an interview published on Saturday.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked US President Donald Trump to reconsider potential large military strikes on Iran during a phone call on Saturday, Axios reported on Sunday.
Iran’s foreign ministry said the country would use all means to “legitimately defend the nation’s rights and security”.
US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has said Iran was confronting a different kind of US president under Donald Trump, adding Tehran can no longer rely on negotiations without consequences.
Four Palestinians, including a child, were killed in two Israeli strikes on Sunday despite US president Donald Trump's announcement of a breakthrough in efforts to implement last year's Gaza ceasefire agreement.
Mexican activists have called on the government to end its cooperation agreements with Israel and safeguard the country's water resources.
The US State Department has issued new security alerts for Americans in 10 countries in the Middle East region to be “prepared to depart” due to the escalating tensions with Iran.
Published 2 August 2026 4:13pm
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Two Palestinians were killed and several others wounded in an Israeli attack on a home in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, according to the territory’s ambulance and emergency service.
Authorities in Gaza have said that civil defence teams recovered the remains of 112 more people from rubble in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City after 136 hours of digging, much of it by hand.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that its Aerospace Force targeted the US F-35 repair hangar and ramp at Al-Azraq Base in Jordan with multiple ballistic missiles on Sunday morning, IRNA reported.
There's a mix of stories on Sunday's front pages. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Chancellor John Healey warns supermarkets he will not allow them to take the public "for a ride" because of the Middle East crisis pushing up cost of living. He vowed to crack down on "price-gouging", saying regulators have the the po…
Abbas Araqchi said Iran would retaliate if the US follows through on Trump’s threat of fresh attacks on the country
Abbas Araqchi said Iran would retaliate if the US follows through on Trump’s threat of fresh attacks on the country
Cairo – Iran warned this weekend against any “adventurous action” by the U.S. and said it would retaliate decisively if American forces follow through on President Donald Trump’s threats of fresh attacks on Iranian targets.
Una torre de agua, el jueves 30 de julio de 2026, en Plymouth, Minnesota. Un ciberataque fue dirigido a principios de la semana contra la tecnología operativa de más de 30 sistemas de agua de Minnesota, incluido el de Plymouth, informaron autoridades. (AP Foto/Ellen Schmidt)
Hundreds of people participated in a demonstration organized by the Movement for Quality Government and the Protest Organizations Forum at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening, calling for the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the events of October 7, equality in sharing the national burde…
A new survey by Israeli recruiting firm GotFriends, seen by Globes, reports that while many tech companies continue to reduce employees and slow hiring, as part of streamlining adjustments for AI adoption, defense-tech startups are aggressively expanding their workforce. The number of new jobs in the defense-tech in…
Dearborn, Michigan – Suehaila Amen’s voice trembles when she speaks about the plight of south Lebanon, where Israel is systematically wiping out entire villages. She struggles to hold back tears.
Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has said that he has informed his Turkish, Pakistani and Saudi counterparts that the Islamic Republic will act "decisively" in the event of any further US "aggression".
Sun 2 Aug 2026 at 7:58am
Spain says the crisis in its North African enclave Ceuta is back under control, with most of the more than 50,000 migrants who stormed across its borders over recent days choosing to voluntarily go back to Morocco.
US embassies across the Middle East - including the mission in Iraq - reposted the security alert for American nationals, warning of "unexpected escalation"
Iran’s foreign ministry has warned Gulf states against allowing the US and Israel to use their territory to carry out attacks on Iran.
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President Donald Trump, right, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, attend the dignified transfer of four U.S. service members recently killed in the Middle East, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Palestinian children were among those detained in the latest round of Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Al Jazeera is reporting.
Esta fotografía aérea muestra el puerto de Umm Qasr sin barcos comerciales ni de carga, cerca de la ciudad de Basora, a 550 kilómetros (340 millas) al sureste de Bagdad, Irak, el martes 28 de julio de 2026. (Foto AP/Ali Rahim)
There is a growing sense that something is beginning to shift. An increasing number of Israelis – on television panels, across social media, and even in online comment sections – appear genuinely disturbed by what has come to be known as “settler violence.”
Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, has recently announced that legislative elections will take place on November 28.
The announcement that Hamas has agreed to a plan for implementing the next stages of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace initiative is potentially a significant diplomatic development in Gaza.
A major diplomatic breakthrough appears to have emerged in negotiations over Gaza, with the US-backed Board of Peace announcing Friday, July 31, that Hamas had agreed to a detailed roadmap for implementing the next phases of the Trump administration's Gaza peace initiative.
The death toll in Gaza since dawn has risen to at least seven people, The Palestinian Civil Defence agency has announced.
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Sun 2 Aug 2026 at 4:56am
Seven Palestinians, including two children, have been detained by Israeli forces in overnight and predawn raids across the West Bank, according to Palestinian local sources.