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United States President Donald Trump said a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia depends on the kingdom recognising Israel — casting uncertainty over the agreement just the day after it was signed.
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An Israeli strike killed two Palestinians in northern Gaza on Thursday, medics there said, and three others were shot dead in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian authorities and the Israeli military.
Washington: Oil is trading at above $US100 for the time since the last phase of the Iran war after Houthi rebels fired at two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, prompting US President Donald Trump to warn of bigger strikes against the Iranian regime and its surrogates.
Since November 2025, the US and Saudi Arabia have been hashing out a civilian nuclear agreement, but in dozens of exchanges between officials, Riyadh’s diplomatic recognition of Israel never once came up, one current and one former US official familiar with the talks told Middle East Eye.
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Kuwait’s air defences are currently confronting 'hostile' missile and drone attacks from Iran, the army said.
Brent oil shot to its highest price since May after increased fighting in the Middle East threatened to slow the global flow of crude. Sharp drops for Alphabet and Tesla, meanwhile, yanked the U.S. stock market on Thursday to its worst loss in a month.
US military aircraft have been based at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, pictured here in April 2026
The House on Thursday approved a Democratic-led war powers resolution aimed at restricting President Trump's military operations in Iran, with four Republicans providing the decisive votes.
By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
The US on Thursday imposed new sanctions on an Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood official and three other people as to try to disrupt the financial networks of the Islamist group and Hamas.
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The US State Department on Thursday widened a reward offer for information about an Iranian company accused of helping to procure materials for the country's missile programme.
Brent oil shot to its highest price since May as increased fighting in the Middle East threatens to slow the global flow of crude. At the same time, sharp drops for two of Wall Street’s most influential companies, Alphabet and Tesla, yanked the US stock market lower.
One did not have to be clairvoyant to predict how reports that the US was preparing a civilian nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia, without requiring normalization with Israel, would play out on Israel’s political scene
The Kuwaiti authorities are taking the necessary measures after the country's border crossing with Iraq was repeatedly attacked by “hostile drones", the army said on Thursday.
Clashes between Beitar Jerusalem fans and Cypriot AEK Larnaca fans may escalate, the Diaspora and Combating Antisemitism Ministry warned on Thursday evening.
Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Iran on Thursday that any attack on Israel would draw a devastating response, following a high-level security consultation attended by Israel’s senior military and defense leadership.
The US Senate has blocked a resolution that would have forbidden President Donald Trump from waging war against Iran without Congressional approval. A similar resolution passed the House of Representatives hours earlier.
The US Senate has blocked a resolution that would have forbidden President Donald Trump from waging war against Iran without Congressional approval. A similar resolution passed the House of Representatives hours earlier.
Chinese tankers returning from the Saudi port of Yanbu may be able to negotiate passage on a case-by-case basis, a report says
Chinese tankers returning from the Saudi port of Yanbu may be able to negotiate passage on a case-by-case basis, a report says
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi is in Iran on his first official visit since assuming office in May.
The US Senate on Thursday blocked a Democratic-led resolution aiming to stop the Iran war until hostilities are authorised by Congress. The resolution reflects growing congressional concern, even among President Donald Trump's Republicans, over the war.
Senior Saudi and UAE officials on Tuesday published simultaneous social media statements affirming their deep-rooted fraternal ties and “wise leadership”, a move that comes after months of tensions between the two Gulf monarchies.
A US delegation headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio is holding three day closed-door talks with Russia on the sidelines of an annual gathering by foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Manila.
The US president says he is considering relaunching major combat operations in Iran and is close to a decision
The US president says he is considering relaunching major combat operations in Iran and is close to a decision
Kozo Okamoto, 74, a member of the Japanese Red Army guerrilla group, gives the victory sign to supporters as he arrives at a Palestinian cemetery to visit a memorial for four Japanese who died in support of Palestinians, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
When Taiwan’s small delegation marched into Jerusalem’s Teddy Stadium at the opening of this year’s Maccabiah Games, it made history. For the first time, athletes from Taiwan were participating in the Games as an official delegation.
The IDF has helped tens of thousands of Venezuelans to return to their homes at structures that were partially damaged by the June 24 earthquake after Israeli experts have certified the structures as safe, Venezuela delegation leader IDF Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Pinto recently told The Jerusalem Post in an exclusive …
Hundreds of Israelis have entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem as part of one of the largest incursions seen this year.
The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) has died at its Israeli end. Gulf states and their allies are now racing to build rival lines.
Attacks launched from Yemen could disrupt the vital Bab El Mandeb Strait shipping route, further restricting global trade
The widening conflict in the Middle East has pushed the price of benchmark Brent crude past $100 for the first time since May, the highest in nearly two months.
Congress on Thursday split on advancing a pair of war powers resolutions aimed at forcing President Donald Trump to abandon his war with Iran, as the conflict escalates into a deadly new phase and oil tops $100 a barrel.
President’s remarks follow Houthi strikes on Saudi tankers in the Red Sea and oil prices rising past $100 a barrel again
Major U.S. stock indexes tumbled on Thursday as investors began to price in the consequences of a renewed and prolonged conflict in the Middle East.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (Otzma Yehudit) ascended the Temple Mount on Thursday alongside Jewish worshipers marking Tisha B’Av, saying that Jews praying there felt that they were “the rightful owners” of the holy site.
An Israeli drone strike has wounded several paramedics in southern Lebanon, the National News Agency (NNA) reported.
The Metropolitan Police Service has reportedly reversed its decision to close a war crimes probe into Britons who served in the IDF, Declassified UK reported exclusively on Thursday.
Israel has “fallen short” of the UK’s military standards during its war in Gaza, new British Defense Secretary Wes Streeting said Wednesday.
The conflict in Yemen has entered a new chapter with a declaration by the Houthis that they are imposing a maritime siege on all shipping to Saudi Arabia.
Four Republicans in the United States House of Representatives have again joined Democrats in voting to constrain President Donald Trump’s power to wage war against Iran.
TEHRAN — Iran vowed on Thursday to keep striking the region so long as it remains under attack, as the war in the Middle East spreads to new fronts with Tehran’s Houthi allies attacking Saudi shipping in the Red Sea.
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WASHINGTON — The United States plans to announce an agreement with Saudi Arabia on Wednesday that would give the country a civilian nuclear program, according to media reports, amid renewed fighting between the Gulf oil giant and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.