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The US military has continued strikes against Iran, hitting targets further to the country’s north as well as close to capital Tehran for the first time in the latest round of violence.
The United States military says it has launched another wave of strikes on Iran, while Tehran says it retaliated with missile and drone attacks against US military assets in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.
Fighting between the US and Iran is once again disrupting air travel in the Gulf, as airlines adjust their operations amid renewed military action and a ceasefire that now appears to be over.
Fighting between the US and Iran is once again disrupting air travel in the Gulf, as airlines adjust their operations amid renewed military action and a ceasefire that now appears to be over.
A US citizen who had been detained by Iran since December 2024 has been released, US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday.
The crisis over the American refueling aircraft parked at Ben-Gurion Airport, thought to be resolved, is now escalating from the military to the diplomatic arena.
Israeli defense tech companies Airwayz and Tenna Systems have launched a strategic partnership that embeds Tenna’s real-time spectrum‑intelligence capabilities into OVERWATCH, Airwayz’s command-and-control and airspace-governance platform. The integration, already deployed through Israel’s National Drone Initiative …
As Israel's election date is set for October 27, most parties have turned to campaign messaging, but the Likud has instead launched an eleventh-hour legislative push to advance its priorities before the Knesset recess.
The Japanese government is considering reviving naphtha stockpiling amid concerns over supply disruptions stemming from the Middle East tensions.
“In November, when the elections are over, and these talks have reached an impasse yet again, Trump doesn’t have to start bombing Iran again. Most of the high-value targets have been destroyed. There’s little military action that the Iranians can do. They’re not in any kind of nuclear breakout situation. Their balli…
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Iran reports explosions in several cities including capital while US military says it also hit and disabled tanker in strait of Hormuz
Seoul shares again plummeted Thursday, led by steep losses in technology heavyweights, as escalating tensions in the Middle East weighed on investor sentiment. The Korean won rose against the US dollar.
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The US and Iran have continued to exchange fire as negotiations stall
Mediator Pakistan on Thursday urged the US and Iran to put an end to the violence and resume talks under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) it helped mediate last month.
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SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares again plummeted Thursday, led by steep losses in technology heavyweights, as escalating tensions in the Middle East weighed on investor sentiment. The Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar.
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The United States imposed sanctions on a network of people supporting the procurement of weapons for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday, according to a press release from the US Treasury Department.
U.S. calls on S. Korea not to impose 'disproportionate' burdens on U.S. firms under revised network act
El Capitolio de Estados Unidos, visto desde el Monumento a Washington, el 9 de julio de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Another university leader has apologised to Jewish students and staff over pro-Palestinian protests on campus, and vowed to “do better”.
Washington: Australia should send military assets to the Gulf to help protect commercial shipping, former prime minister Scott Morrison has urged, as US bombing of Iran intensifies and a crisis redevelops in the Strait of Hormuz.
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced targeting a C-RAM early warning radar system at the Ali al-Salem base in Kuwait as well as a gathering of "criminal soldiers of the US terrorist army".
Tres niños juegan en el agua en el estrecho de Ormuz mientras al fondo se alza una columna de humo de una explosión, cerca de Bandar Abbas, Irán, el lunes 13 de julio de 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Palestinian shepherd Thiab Draghme leads his flock of sheep and goats past an Israeli flag placed on a road in the northern Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
The Lebanese army said on Wednesday that it received the body of a soldier killed and withheld by the Israeli army nearly three months ago.
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have killed at least 12 people over the past two days, according to Palestinian health officials.
No one starts a war expecting it to last forever.
Three boys play in the shallow waters of the Strait of Hormuz, as a plume of smoke rises from an explosion in the background, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
On Tuesday afternoon, the ruling coalition delivered one final punch to the nation’s gut on its way out when the Knesset passed a bill freezing the arrests of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft evaders for at least six months.
Tomorrow, it will be 30 days since a 14-point framework agreement was signed by the US and Iran to try to end the damaging conflict in the Middle East. Looking at the current situation, it would be fair to say that this process has thus far failed to deliver.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran "wants to settle so badly," adding that he would decide whether or not to take that step.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than half the House Democrats voted Wednesday to strip $3.3 billion in US aid for Israel, the most substantial signal yet that once rock-solid bipartisan support for the country is disintegrating in the aftermath of its war in Gaza that has killed thousands of Palestinians.
US disables unladen oil tanker using Hellfire missiles in strait of Hormuz amid concerns strikes could spiral into open conflict
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SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares extended losses late Thursday morning, led by chip stocks, as the escalating conflict in the Middle East renewed concerns over energy supplies from the region.
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TEHRAN, Iran — The United States launched a new wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday to curb its ability to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, as President Donald Trump warned he could widen attacks unless the Islamic republic returned to talks.
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Seoul shares opened sharply lower as investors took profits in technology stocks amid concerns over the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
The US House of Representatives defeated an amendment to cut off aid to Israel on Wednesday, despite nearly half of Democrats supporting it, reflecting a growing rupture between US progressives and Israel over the war in Gaza.