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Eyal Siman Tov, a 56-year-old taxi driver from Rehovot, was arrested on Monday evening by detectives from the Lev Tel Aviv Police Station in the Yarkon precinct on suspicion of defrauding a 75-year-old dementia patient who had left Ichilov Hospital.
The Middle East is entering a pipeline-building boom from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Oman, as Arab oil producers rush to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran is fighting to exert its dominance over global energy flows.
The U.S. signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to develop a civilian nuclear program in the kingdom.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber as members debate a series of measures including a continuing resolution to fund the government and a spending package for the Iran war, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman explained that she had designated crocodiles as a "managed wild animal" to enable National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's proposal to surround Ketziot Prison with crocodiles, insisting that the move was not a publicity stunt in a Wednesday interview with 103FM.
An Australian man who was thought dead after leaving his home in Perth to join the Islamic State was found alive in a prison in Iraq, according to a Tuesday report by The Australian.
Iranian drone attacks on CIA facilities in the Gulf have prompted US intelligence analysts to investigate whether Russia assisted by providing targeting information or advanced drone technology, said four people familiar with US intelligence.
The UK has temporarily withdrawn its embassy staff from Iran due to the security situation, while the embassy continues to operate remotely, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said on Wednesday.
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Four explosions were heard in Iraq's Erbil, Al Jazeera reported.
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The US stock market is drifting in mixed trading, while oil prices climb another 3 per cent as fighting continues in the war with Iran.
Throughout his mayoral campaign last year, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised on multiple occasions that he would use his powers to arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should the latter ever set foot in New York.
Haim Yavin, the veteran broadcaster known to generations of Israelis as “Mr. Television,” died on Wednesday at the age of 93, his family announced.
The water running through the dry hills south of Hebron is thick, pale in places and difficult to ignore. Along parts of the streambed, the odor arrives before the water is visible.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber as members debate a series of measures including a continuing resolution to fund the government and a spending package for the Iran war, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The US is expected to move forward with a pact for Saudi Arabia that will focus on civilian nuclear power, according to a Tuesday New York Times report.
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The head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency traveled to Washington two weeks ago to discuss the Iran war, in his first visit to the US capital since taking office, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing two unidentified sources with knowledge of the situation.
The IDF detained several Israeli settlers on Wednesday for attempting to cross into Syrian territory, the military said.
Iran's top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said on Wednesday that no one will be able to sell oil in a region where Iran is not able to do so, adding that if Tehran's security is not ensured, no infrastructure will be safe.
Trump’s response to the Iran war’s mounting death toll and astronomical costs? ‘It won’t have any impact on me’
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed on Wednesday, on the eve of Tisha B'av that over the past three years, Israelis had prevented "the destruction of the Third Temple."
The United Kingdom’s Scouts Association is investigating the UK Muslim Scout Fellowship (MSF) following allegations of antisemitic conduct, The Scouts Association confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.
The Houthis will not be able to completely shut down the Bab al-Mandab Strait but can still cause “meaningful and foundational disruptions” that will contribute to the Islamic Republic’s pressure campaign, Aarathi Krishnan, CEO of the specialized risk advisory and anticipatory intelligence firm RAKSHA Intelligence F…
The IDF disputed "false claims" of targeting innocent Palestinian soccer players, referees, and coaches in Gaza, revealing their identities as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists following a military intelligence assessment.
Mamdani admits he lacks power to arrest Israeli prime minister after saying he’s ‘not welcome’ in New York City
An Israeli drone strike killed at least one person and injured several others in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, Al Jazeera reported, citing medical sources.
The symbolic planting of the Lebanese flag in a southern town on Wednesday was hailed as the start of an Israeli withdrawal, but doubts remain over the next steps for peace.
Diamonds, which just opened in theaters around Israel, is an Italian movie that plays like Almodovar lite, about the dramatic lives of a group of female costume designers and seamstresses for movies in Rome in the 1970s.
The Attention Revolution, an Israeli initiative to curb child and teen smartphone use, has been spreading across the country in recent years with a goal of involving around one in 10 school children within the next two years.
The US Embassy in Jerusalem issued a security alert on Wednesday warning Americans in Israel to be cautious of organized crime activity in the country, according to a statement on the embassy's website.
Tehran, Iran – Iran’s judiciary has announced several executions this week linked to unrest over recent months, as part of a campaign against those accused of trying to “create divisions” during the war with the United States.
Lebanon and Israel are scheduled to hold their next round of US-brokered talks on August 4 in Italy, a Lebanese official told Reuters on Wednesday, as the two countries begin implementing a plan for Israeli withdrawals and Lebanese army deployments in southern Lebanon.
The “Zionist Occupied Government” (ZOG) conspiracy theory increased more than threefold during the 2026 Iran war, Fighting Online Antisemitism (FOA) has revealed.
MK Gilad Kariv, who placed third in The Democrats Party primaries, said Israel should ultimately divide the land and establish a demilitarized Palestinian state as part of a regional agreement, while accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of building up Hamas; he told 103FM on Wednesday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has offered one of the most revealing public accounts yet of the opening hours of the Israel-Iran war, describing how he narrowly escaped an Israeli strike on a compound where senior Iranian officials had gathered and suggesting Israel's intelligence capabilities inside Iran e…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who previously pledged to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he visited the city, now says he does not have the "authority" to do so.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Tuesday his office does not have the authority to carry out the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and called on US federal officials to step in.
Iran’s latest round of missile and drone strikes disabled multiple US radar, communications, and air-defense systems in Kuwait, according to Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC which claimed American bases across the region had suffered a “dark night.”
Iran’s latest round of missile and drone strikes disabled multiple US radar, communications, and air-defense systems in Kuwait, according to Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC which claimed American bases across the region had suffered a “dark night.”
Lebanon and Israel are scheduled to hold their next round of US-brokered talks on 4 August in Italy, a Lebanese official told Reuters on Wednesday.
As four more American families grieve the deaths of soldiers killed in the war on Iran, one of the top-ranking ministers in Israel's cabinet told an Israeli audience that having America do all the fighting and dying is "the best for us." Israel had intensely lobbied President Trump to launch a joint war on Iran on F…
TEHRAN — US President Donald Trump warned that the United States was "not finished" attacking Iran as strikes continued Tuesday, as Tehran broadened its offensive against Gulf states after its Houthi allies threatened to blockade Saudi ports.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi has shown the ability to manage and maintain ties with Washington and Tehran, even at a time of growing hostility between the two foes, former US ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, told The National.
United States President Donald Trump has approved an agreement that would allow Saudi Arabia to develop a civilian nuclear programme with the potential to enrich uranium on its own soil, marking a significant shift in longstanding US non-proliferation policy, according to media reports.
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