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Whoever wins the election in Israel later this year must rein in defense-led state spending that has grown in recent years and invest more in education, infrastructure and other growth engines, Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron said on Wednesday.
ICJ Palestine has been ordered by a UK judge to pay full legal costs of £82,130 to a British-Israeli dual national it tried to prosecute for serving in the IDF.
The family of British couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who are serving a 10-year prison sentence in Iran on espionage charges that they deny, said on Wednesday that a judge had extended Craig Foreman's sentence by two years for speaking to the media.
The fragile calm that has defined relations between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthi rebels since a 2022 truce is facing its most serious test, with a recent military exchange threatening to pull both sides back towards confrontation.
Anna Liedtke files criminal complaint in Israel over alleged attack by female guards and says abuse was intended to silence campaigners
The Pentagon opened Wednesday morning (US time) by announcing yet another round of strikes on Iran, in what looks like sustained action - also increasingly expanding to include civil and energy infrastructure of the Islamic Republic.
Aliyah and Absorption Minister Ofir Sofer (Religious Zionist Party) announced that he will not run for re-election in a statement released on Wednesday.
The High Court of Justice on Wednesday temporarily froze a law passed by the Knesset a day earlier that would halt arrest, investigation, and enforcement proceedings against qualifying haredi yeshiva students who failed to report for military service.
In this Feb. 26, 2019, file photo, Jeep vehicles are parked outside the Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
If there is one thing that has long defined the political career of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it is Iran.
Futures are higher led by technology stocks, after solid earnings from ASML offered fresh evidence of the relentless demand for chips enabling the global AI buildout and boosted sentiment across the AI Infra trade. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are up 0.1% and Nasdaq futures rise 0.4%, both off session highs. In Tech…
Israel's military court sentenced an active-duty soldier to five years in prison for sending videos of missile interceptions to an Iranian agent, the Israeli army announced.
Three members of a family – a father, a mother and their six-year-old daughter – have been killed in an Israeli air attack on an apartment in central Gaza as Israel continues to violate a “ceasefire” with near-daily attacks.
An attempt to turn controversial American influencer Clavicular into an unlikely ambassador for Israel has ended in embarrassment, with an Israeli soldier working for the military's propaganda unit removed from her position after appearing in his livestreams.
“It’s the era of robots,” Robotican CEO Hagai Balshai told Defense & Tech by The Jerusalem Post.
Ever since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran has been an autocratic theocracy, ruled with an iron fist by the supreme leader – first Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini until his death in 1989, and then Ayatollah Ali Khamenei until he was killed on February 28, 2026, in an airstrike.
The British Embassy in Israel and the UK Department for Business and Trade hosted a showcase of British gin producers in Tel Aviv on Monday, seeking to expand commercial ties between UK distilleries and the Israeli market.
The government approved on Tuesday the establishment of a new Masa program called Masa Diplomacy, which will provide Jewish youth in the Diaspora with the knowledge, tools, and skills for Israel advocacy and public diplomacy in an international sphere, the Prime Minister’s Office and the Foreign Affairs Ministry ann…
The Knesset voted early Wednesday to repeal the 2021 kashrut reform, blocking private bodies from issuing official kashrut certificates and returning control over certification to the Chief Rabbinate and authorized public rabbis.
The United States launched a new wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced.
Palestinos trasladan los cuerpos de personas fallecidas en un ataque militar israelí contra un edificio residencial durante su funeral en el Hospital Al-Aqsa en Deir al-Balah, en el centro de la Franja de Gaza, el miércoles 15 de julio de 2026.(AP Foto/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Cross-party MPs have demanded an urgent, independent investigation into the British Museum’s erasures of “Palestine”, “Palestinian” and “Israelite occupation” from displays, citing fears of political interference and misleading statements by the national institution.
Lebanon has held trade talks with Syria as the two countries look to add economic ties to their recovering political relationship.
President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
An Israeli attack in northern Gaza’s Jabalia camp on Tuesday killed the director of a police station and several officers, adding to a mounting civilian death toll.
United States forces have struck Iran’s Qeshm, Kish and Abu Musa islands in recent days as part of an escalating campaign that has also pounded port cities along Iran’s southern coast, including Bandar Abbas.
Palestinians carry the bodies of people killed in an Israeli military strike on a residential building on the back of a vehicle as they attend their funeral at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 15, 2026.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
La Corte Penal Internacional se ve el 9 de diciembre de 2025 en La Haya, Holanda. (AP Foto/Peter Dejong, Pool, Archivo)
Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy for the global coalition against IS, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq, June 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)
President Donald Trump has threatened to strike Iran's energy infrastructure
Israel has approved more than $400 million to establish dozens of new settlements in the occupied West Bank, despite international condemnation of what critics describe as the de facto annexation of Palestinian territory.
Israel has approved more than $400 million to establish dozens of new settlements in the occupied West Bank, despite international condemnation of what critics describe as the de facto annexation of Palestinian territory.
Several consecutive days of strikes exchanged between the U.S. and Iran have once again thrown oil prices into the spotlight — and cast uncertainty on the European Central Bank's interest rate decision next week.
Entrepreneur Dovi Frances was never formally invited to join Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, he confirmed on Tuesday while speaking at the Negev Conference 2026 at the Dimona Cultural Center.
A number of welfare payments intended to help disabled Iranians cover living expenses, medical costs, and nursing support were canceled or suspended in June due to a funding shortfall, the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA) reported on Monday.
An individual with close ties to Hezbollah was accused of being a “high-level Israeli agent” and arrested in Beirut last week, a judicial source told Agence France-Presse and Arab media sites earlier this week.
Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) demonstrators gathered around IDF recruitment centers in central Israel to protest the drafting of haredi soldiers, Israeli media reported on Wednesday.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen on Dec. 9, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool, File)
On Friday mornings, members of 963 race through the ancient streets of Damascus, offering a glimpse into a society that is rediscovering itself
Save the Children UK directed a post on X at Prime Minister Keir Starmer, denouncing his legacy on Israeli atrocities against Palestinians. “History will remember your complicity,” the NGO wrote. Keir Starmer’s government “continued to enable Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians, their family, and children,” the…
Belgium’s Thomas Meunier, left, and Iran’s Mehdi Taremi fight for the ball during the World Cup Group G soccer match in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Iraq's anti-corruption authorities have arrested three senior military officers and five engineers over alleged irregularities in the awarding of a $71 million contract to renovate and equip a military hospital in Baghdad.
The Network School in Forest City came under scrutiny after its founder claimed the commune was ‘Silicon Valley outside Silicon Valley’
Extradition request for James ‘Fergie’ Chambers sparks concerns that US government is conflating humanitarian aid with terrorism
Israeli forces briefly closed one of the gates to Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday, citing military exercises.
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More than twenty ambassadors and diplomatic spouses gathered at Shalva, Israel's National Center for Disabled Children in Jerusalem, for the launch of a new "Diplomatic Ladies Circle," an effort to turn these women into advocates for disability inclusion in their home countries.
A drone came down in Iraq's Faw port without causing any damage, Iraq's state news agency reported, without giving further details.
At least seven personnel were killed in US strikes on an Iranian military base in Bampur overnight, Iran's army said, according to Iran's Tasnim news agency.
The High Court of Justice canceled Yehuda Eliyahu’s appointment as head of the Israel Land Authority on Wednesday, setting aside both the government’s decision to appoint him and the search committee’s recommendation that preceded it.