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Mahasen Faqih is seen through a shattered glass door as she checks her home, destroyed during the Israeli military operation, after returning to it in Zawtar al-Gharbieh, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Vehicles drive past a closed gas station during a fuel shortage in Irbil, Iraq, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Stella Martany)
President Donald Trump's administration is facing fresh scrutiny about the status of the US military's weapons stockpile amid a lull in the Iran war.
The law freezing enforcement measures against eligible haredi (ultra-Orthodox) men was halted by the High Court of Justice, with a ruling expected to follow at a later date.
Israeli strikes and gunfire have left at least 22 people in Gaza wounded on Tuesday, including an attack on a school, according to local sources cited by Al Jazeera.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long presented his closeness to the United States – both politically and personally – as evidence of his indispensability to Israel.
Seven years after the onset of the worst financial crisis in Lebanon's history, depositors returned to the streets of Beirut on Tuesday to protest against the continued freezing of their savings amid deteriorating economic conditions.
The $71.4 billion needed to rebuild Gaza is seven times the combined cost of all previous reconstructions, and will fail without Palestinian leadership, a new report by Oxfam has warned.
United States President Donald Trump has appeared to express frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before their meeting at the White House.
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, has renewed her demand for governments to halt trade with Israel and stop supplying it with weapons.
The last time Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump met face-to-face was in February. Just before the launch of Operation Roaring Lion and Operation Epic Fury, the prime minister and the US president sat down to finalize plans for war.
US President Donald Trump hosted both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday, with wars in Iran and Ukraine at critical stages and his ties with both leaders markedly changed.
When British citizen Saeed Farhat found out that Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara would be visiting London in March, he knew he had to send him a message.
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Oman is leading the latest push by Gulf countries to resolve the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran has issued new threats to shipping.
A Green-led London council in the UK is set to end the borough of Hackney’s 56-year twinning agreement with the Israeli city of Haifa over Israel’s occupation, apartheid and genocide against Palestinians.
El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump y el primer ministro israelí Benjamin Netanyahu en Mar-a-Lago, en Palm Beach, Florida, el 29 de diciembre del 2025. (AP foto/Alex Brandon)
Washington has reimposed its naval blockade of Iranian ports after the collapse of a planned peace deal to end the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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Iran has warned that it will bar countries and companies from the Strait of Hormuz if they receive money drawn from frozen Iranian assets.
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Ada Torres holds tomatoes while shopping for produce, Thursday, July 2, 2026, in Cleveland, Texas, about 45 miles northeast of Houston. (Sandy Guatibonza/La Esquina TX via AP)
A 16-year-old from the West Bank was indicted by the IDF's military prosecutor on Monday for planning a terror attack, after being arrested two weeks prior.
The presence of Hezbollah’s health organization in Zawtar al-Gharbiyah, one of the first pilot zones set to be made free of Hezbollah as part of a pilot in the Jerusalem-Beirut agreement, brings into question Lebanon’s willingness and ability to police these areas, according to an analysis published by the Alma Rese…
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated his threats to target Pickaxe Mountain as well as bridges and other civilian targets if a deal is not made with Iran, adding in a Fox News interview that there have been good talks.
Saudi Aramco halted operations at its Jazan refinery on July 27 after a Houthi attack damaged the facility, the Reuters news agency reported.
Under the proposal, Iran will not exercise sole control and fees would be voluntary, a system analogous to one in place on Asia’s Strait of Malacca
Under the proposal, Iran will not exercise sole control and fees would be voluntary, a system analogous to one in place on Asia’s Strait of Malacca
Saudi Arabia’s head coach Roberto Mancini stands for the national anthems ahead of the Asian Cup Group F soccer match between Saudi Arabia and Thailand at Education City Stadium, in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, file)
As the election campaign for the 26th Knesset gets started, one is impressed that it is going to be a pretty complicated and possibly nasty affair.
Deutsche Post told The Jerusalem Post it has approved a customer's request to use a Star of David design on an individualized stamp, having previously rejected the design.
Mangrove forests form an integral part of the natural landscape of the region and the UAE is home to several of these beautiful places.
US President Donald Trump has again threatened to strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain and civilian infrastructure, including bridges, unless Tehran agrees to a deal.
US President Donald Trump says Washington is engaged in “very friendly negotiations” with Iran after pausing military strikes last week, raising hopes that weeks of escalating attacks could give way to renewed diplomacy.
The US and Iran are engaged in “very friendly” negotiations, US President Donald Trump has said, warning he could order a return to hostilities if diplomacy fails.
US-Iran attacks have remained paused, and oil prices have extended their declines, as President Trump has claimed Tehran and Washington are now having "very friendly talks" while at the same time suggesting negotiations might not be prolonged.
Sixty Palestinian detainees from the Gaza Strip were released on Monday from Israeli prison through the Karem Abu Salem crossing, where they were received by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The escalating war between the United States and Iran is no longer about Tehran’s nuclear programme, nor even about regime change, the objective that initially drove Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign to draw US President Donald Trump into the conflict.
A Green-led London council in the UK is set to end the borough of Hackney’s 56-year twinning agreement with the Israeli city of Haifa over Israel’s occupation, apartheid and genocide against Palestinians.
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Andy Burnham wanted his premiership to be firmly focused on domestic policy. However, in his first week in office, the new prime minister found himself forced to deal with the sharp escalation in the US-Israeli conflict with Iran.
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As the US and Israel went to war on Iran this year, a transformative moment seemed to have arrived for Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, son of the autocratic shah who was overthrown in 1979.
Avior Sasson, the 17-year-old primary suspect in the fatal stabbing of 19-year-old Benayahu Razi, has been arrested after a two-week manhunt, Israel Police confirmed on Tuesday.
Iranian-backed militias are again using Iraq to attack neighboring states and threaten the Middle East. On Monday and Tuesday, the militias targeted Saudi Arabia and the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq, while also threatening Jordan, Israel, and Syria.
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea should be considered an assault on Iran itself and showed how important it was to eliminate what it said was the threat from Kyiv.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi speaks at the U.S. Iraq Business Summit at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Friday, July 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., file)
Three months from now, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will face the toughest election of his political career.
Futures extend Monday's losses as the Tech tape continues to unravel; global Semis were hit yesterday and again overnight (despite the best attempts of Goldman and JPM to force retail to buy the falling knives) with Asian stocks and especially Korea (-10%) bearing the brunt with fears of Chinese competition accelera…