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The IDF has begun drafting an official “foundational principles document” intended to redefine and clarify the military’s values while clearly establishing what is permitted and what is prohibited, N12 reported on Wednesday.
Rhetoric against Turkey and Syria continues to be a constant theme in Israeli politics. It is being noticed in Turkey.
India continues to supply arms to Israel despite a “substantial risk” of them being used in the “ongoing genocide against Palestinians” in Gaza, according to a report by Amnesty International.
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Shell's profits for the second quarter of the year have more than doubled after the Iran war pushed up oil prices.
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Israeli forces reportedly attacked Syria's southern countryside of Quneitra with artillery shelling, state media reported
The Tel Aviv District Court sentenced Solomon Madmon to life in prison on Thursday for the aggravated murder of Yosef Yosefia, the father of Madmon’s daughter-in-law. Madmon was also convicted of additional offenses, and the court ordered him to pay compensation to Yosefia’s children.
Three Technion-Israel Institute of Technology faculty members have been awarded research grants from the Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF), a fund dedicated to turning cancer into a manageable chronic disease by supporting Israeli cancer researchers until it can be eradicated.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington yesterday stood out primarily for what it lacked: a joint press statement and a photo op alongside US President Donald Trump. These images are particularly crucial for Netanyahu ahead of the elections in Israel, but their absence also reflects the growing sensi…
The explosion of a US tanker at Egypt's Mediterranean port of Damietta on Wednesday was the result of an Iranian drone attack, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing two Iranians who requested anonymity.
British energy major Shell on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter profit, benefitting from the jump in oil and gas prices amid the sprawling Middle East conflict.
Australian motorists are facing the prospect of another surge in petrol and diesel prices, with Ampol warning the expanding conflict in the Middle East is driving up global oil and refined fuel costs just as the Albanese government’s 16¢-a-litre excise relief is due to end.
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A US strike on a residential house in Qeshm, located in Iran's Hormozgan, killed three members of a family and injured two others.
The Islamic Republic’s far-right political party has long suspected that Iran’s top officials have “surrendered” to the United States by signing the Memorandum of Understanding.
Thousands of illegally acquired antiquities dating to as far back as the Persian period were seized during a raid in the Jordan Valley area, the Civil Administration’s Archaeology Unit revealed on Monday.
Israeli forces carried out a number of explosions in southern Lebanon overnight and early on Thursday, state media reported.
EL CAIRO, Egipto (AP) — Las defensas antiaéreas de Jordania derribaron cinco misiles lanzados desde Irán la mañana del jueves, afirmó el portavoz de las fuerzas armadas del país, según la agencia estatal de noticias Petra, horas después de que el ejército de Estados Unidos dijera que había completado “una intensa ol…
The stop-start fighting between the US and Iran appears to have entered a new phase as Saudi Arabia has publicly joined military escalations against Tehran-backed proxies. At the same time, an already untenable diplomatic effort to end the war has faltered once again as mistrust deepens between the longtime adversar…
A man sits on a surfboard as a container ship and other commercial vessels appear anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 27, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP, File)
"We've been displaced from place to place, and now we have nowhere left to go," says Umm Mohammed al-Shawish.
"We've been displaced from place to place, and now we have nowhere left to go," says Umm Mohammed al-Shawish.
BYD cars are displayed at the Bangkok International Motor Show in Thailand on March 23. Sales of EVs in Southeast Asia jumped 62% on the year between March and June, led by Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia, according to the International Energy Agency. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Latest rollout is 7th market in Middle East for any Korean botulinum toxin producer
Statistics show that there is a divide in Asia between economies reaping the full benefit of tech export growth and those that cannot fully offset the negative impact of high energy prices. (Source photos by Yuki Nakao and Reuters)
The Israeli army has intensified its attacks across the Gaza Strip, killing at least three - including a child - and wounding several others.
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) says it has launched a “heavy wave of strikes against Iran”, following Iranian missile attacks on US forces a day earlier.
US President Donald Trump met with Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman, on Wednesday for urgent discussions following the two countries' joint strikes on Iraq, Axios reported citing an American official.
Buying on the dip supported shares in Japan and South Korea on July 30 after the main Tokyo and Seoul indexes fell sharply over the past few days. © Reuters
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News on Tuesday that he was not too bothered by the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant for him, because Israeli special forces would protect him should any country try to take him into custody.
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In mixed signals to Beijing, the US leader blasts Fauci-led pandemic response for ‘protecting China’ and warns Xi over arms for Iran
In mixed signals to Beijing, the US leader blasts Fauci-led pandemic response for ‘protecting China’ and warns Xi over arms for Iran
Israelis head to the polls on October 27 for the first election since the October 7 massacre in 2023. Voters will pass judgment on the failures that led to that day, the conduct of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, and the ongoing confrontation with Iran.
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The US military has warned troops in the Middle East against filming the aftermath of Iranian drone and missile attacks, with some personnel in Jordan reportedly told that their mobile phones could soon be confiscated to strengthen “operational security.”
SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) -- Cargo processed at South Korean seaports fell 4.8 percent from a year earlier in the second quarter on continued uncertainties in the global trade environment stemming from the ongoing Middle East tensions, the oceans ministry said Thursday.
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The US military launched retaliatory strikes Wednesday on Iranian targets in response to Tehran's attack on American forces in Jordan. The barrage came after the US partnered with Saudi Arabia to strike Iran-backed militias in neighboring Iraq, killing at least 20 fighters and six Iranian advisers.
The US Central Command claimed attacks on dozens of targets in Iran, including military command centres, missile and drone facilities, coastal surveillance and defence sites, and maritime capabilities.
Further blasts were heard in parts of the southern Iranian city of Ahvaz, in Khuzestan province.
A woman walks near a billboard depicting US President Donald Trump on a building in Tehran, Iran, July 27, 2026.
Electronics manufacturer ESC BAZ recently presented what it described as a series of groundbreaking capabilities for border protection and the defense of strategic facilities to senior IDF officers and top officials in Israel's defense establishment.
Bret Stephens, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist known as one of the paper’s most consistent defenders of Israel, used his Tuesday column to take direct aim at the country’s handling of settler violence in the West Bank, warning that unchecked attacks now pose a threat to Israel’s security and to Z…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that US President Donald Trump is in full control of the war with Iran after disclosing that the two leaders discussed options to resolve the conflict in their recent meeting in Washington, ABC News reported on Thursday.
Iraq has appealed for closer transport and logistics co-operation with the UAE and other Gulf states, arguing that deeper economic integration can help build “lasting and sustainable peace” in a region grappling with the fallout of the Iran war.
The path of key interest rates in the United States appears to remain uncertain due to persistent inflation and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, the finance ministry said Thursday.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the US would hit Iran "very hard" after an attack on the US military in Jordan.
Ahead of the 26th Knesset elections, scheduled for October 27, 2026, TikTok has published new guidelines for politicians, political parties, public figures, and content creators.