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Lebanon and Syria will, in the coming months, begin revising decades-old trade agreements to revive their economic relationship following the ouster of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in 2024, Lebanon's economy minister told Reuters on Thursday.
Yemen's Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said on Thursday that all Saudi oil and other vital facilities would be targets for the group's missiles and drones if Riyadh escalated its involvement in the conflict.
Israel is facing major challenges from both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Dan Diker, told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday after the US House of Representatives voted on an amendment to cut off aid to Israel.
US military leadership has held off on ordering an intelligence review to help determine the events surrounding the US-attributed strike that hit a school in Iran in the initial strikes during Operation Epic Fury, CNN reported on Thursday, citing three sources familiar with the matter.
The Knesset plenum passed into law on Thursday the contentious bill led by Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi, which is set to enact sweeping reforms to Israel’s broadcasting sector.
The U.S. House on Wednesday rejected an amendment by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) that would have eliminated $3.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid to Israel, voting 314–104 to defeat the proposal.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the US attacks on “vital infrastructure” and threats to attack bridges and power plants show “the criminal intent of the US ruling body to commit heinous crimes".
The Strait of Hormuz is once again the scene of fighting, with Iran and the United States States vying for control of the strategic waterway and continuing to trade fire in the early hours of Thursday.
Sixth day of fighting threatens to turn into all-out war and casts serious doubt on peace deal struck last month
This image taken from video broadcast by Al-Masirah TV, a Houthi-controlled news channel, shows an explosion at the Sanaa International Airport compound during what the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said were several Saudi airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Al-Masirah TV via AP)
United States Vice President JD Vance has accused some members of Israel’s government of trying to influence US public opinion to oppose a deal to end the war with Iran.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States intensified its strikes on Iran on Thursday, hitting targets further north as American forces also fired into a ship accused by the US of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic republic.
The U.S. military said it ended its latest wave of airstrikes targeting Iran. Iran retaliated with missile and drone fire targeting Bahrain and Kuwait before dawn.
The split among Democrats over Israel has been further exposed through a vote in which half the party in the House of Representatives voted in support of a measure to strip the US ally of $3.3 billion in aid.
Iraq's prime minister has announced a probe into cross-border smuggling to Lebanon's Hezbollah.
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At least five Palestinians have been killed in attacks across the besieged Gaza Strip as Israel continues to violate an October “ceasefire” on a near-daily basis.
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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Doha on Wednesday, just days after Tehran fired missiles toward Qatari territory and other Gulf states, in a visit that underscored the Islamic Republic's attempt to produce a specific narrative for its Arab neighbors and send a message to Washington.
The High Court of Justice will convene a nine-justice panel on July 28 to hear petitions against a law freezing arrest, investigation, and enforcement proceedings against qualifying ultra-Orthodox (haredi) yeshiva students who fail to report for military service.
Australian antisemitism “has passed the point of no return,” former president of the Australian Jewish Association, Dr. David Adler, told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. Adler recently relocated to Israel, citing the surge in antisemitism in Australia.
Hamas is set to hold a decisive run-off election next week to choose its new political bureau chief. This will complete a complex transition process initiated to fill leadership vacancies left by Israel’s assassinations of some of the group’s top figures, such as Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar.
In a televised statement, Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi addressed the Yemeni people, claiming readiness for full-scale escalation "if the Saudi enemy chooses full-scale escalation."
Iraq's prime minister has announced a probe into cross-border smuggling to Lebanon's Hezbollah.
A Tel Aviv resident was diagnosed as Israel's first patient with West Nile fever in the summer of 2026, the Health Ministry and the Environmental Protection Ministry announced on Thursday.
The Ministerial Committee for Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) Affairs approved on Thursday the granting of extended personal protection to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara, and their sons, Yair and Avner.
Lebanon's army has maintained its presence in the southern villages within one of the pilot zones proposed under a US-brokered plan signed by Lebanon and Israel – but Hezbollah has not yet been disarmed there, a security source has told The National.
Syria’s Interior Ministry said on July 16 that it had intercepted an arms shipment that was likely destined for Hezbollah. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), a state media outlet, said that “specialized security units carried out the operation after detecting a suspicious vehicle parked near the border. A search un…
The Saudi Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning the Iranian attacks in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.
El presidente electo de Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, a la izquierda, saluda a sus seguidores junto a su esposa Ana Lucía Pineda durante una misa en honor a Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá, en Chiquinquirá, Colombia, el 9 de julio de 2026. (AP Foto/Fernando Vergara, Archivo)
Israel should be able to produce its own Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bombs en masse within two years, which will revolutionize its warfare capabilities, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was laid to rest on 9 July after a week-long funeral procession following his assassination in a US-Israeli strike in February.
The US and Iran are locked in an escalating cycle of attacks, after the fifth consecutive day of US strikes and Iranian retaliation against Gulf nations and Jordan.
Israeli defense-tech start-ups working with the Defense Ministry raised nearly $3 billion in the first six months of 2026, according to figures presented at the Haifa DefenseTech Startups and Investors Forum.
Highway 4 was closed in both directions from 4 p.m. on Thursday due to a haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protest in Bnei Brak, Israel Police confirmed.
New footage released on Wednesday shows the moment Yossi Musli, the head of a crime organization, was arrested at his home on Tuesday by detectives from the Tel Aviv District’s Major Crimes Unit.
British retail chain Marks & Spencer (M&S) has opened an investigation after stickers calling for a boycott of Israeli products were placed on packages of potatoes imported from Israel at one of its branches in Worthing, West Sussex.
On July 16, the US-backed Board of Peace said that Morocco had “formally signed its Participating Country Agreement with the International Stabilization Force.” This was a long-expected development that is key to helping the Board continue to move forward in Gaza.
US Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) visited Israel last week for the express purpose, as he termed it, of seeing what the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria (the Occupied West Bank, as he called it) who live there are up against.
Revised plan aims to ‘keep something going’ amid fears Netanyahu may gamble on new all-out offensive before Israeli elections
It’s been seven years since the town was wowed by Israeli-American director Alma Har’el‘s feature debut, “Honey Boy,” which was written by and starred Shia LaBeouf. Following the 2019 film’s strong critical acclaim and festival buzz, anticipation quickly built over what the 50-year-old director planned to do next.
In a new interview on the world's largest podcast, Vice President JD Vance warned that "elements" of the Israeli government want to keep the Iran war going "indefinitely," and were pursuing an aggressive campaign to manipulate US public opinion -- going so far as to vilify Vance for his role in pursuing a diplomatic…
Israeli politicians took to social media on Wednesday to celebrate Argentina’s World Cup semi-final victory over England, cheering one of Israel’s closest allies while taunting Britain.
Dos hombres caminan en las aguas del estrecho de Ormuz con barcos fondeados más lejos, cerca de Bandar Abbas, Irán, el domingo 12 de julio de 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
A German journalist and Global Sumud Flotilla activist has accused female Israeli prison guards of raping her during a forced strip-search at Givon Prison last October, allegations that the Israel Prison Service has categorically denied.
The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday published allegations from a dozen released Palestinian prisoners, including several convicted of terrorism-related offenses, who claimed they were sexually and physically abused while in Israel’s custody after the October 7 attack.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has ordered an investigation into the smuggling of arms and weapons from Iraq to Hezbollah across the Syrian border, an official Iraqi source told Al Jazeera.
Since the prior day's handover of American detainee Dena Karari back to the US, which President Trump said he "appreciated" as a rare "gesture of goodwill" from Iran, Washington's bombs over the Islamic Republic appear to have ceased or slowed, for now at least.
Two men wade in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz with vessels anchored in the background, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
Israeli singer-songwriter Ehud Banai’s music has found a beautiful setting deep inside the Bell Caves at Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park, where it forms the soundtrack to a new immersive video-art exhibition exploring memory, birth, dreams, and the mysteries of human consciousness.