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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Trump administration is working to “dismantle the [International Criminal Court] brick by brick”, throwing down a public gauntlet to the court that issued an arrest warrant in 2024 for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Graham Platner concluded his Senate bid on a pro-Palestinian note on Friday, in the last lines of a letter to Maine’s secretary of state formally withdrawing his candidacy.
The Knesset’s plenum passed on Monday the contentious legislation advanced by the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties that will enshrine Torah study as a fundamental value in the country’s Basic Law, in its final readings required to become law.
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The price of Brent crude has jumped more than three percent while gold prices slumped further as fighting between the US and Iran continues.
The summer months in Israel, from June to September, are not only synonymous with the blistering Middle East heat but also with hordes of excited tourists exploring the multitude of ancient and holy sites, soaking up the sun along the Mediterranean shoreline, and enjoying Israel’s renowned cuisine.
The International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency, said Monday that it opposes transit fees in the Strait of Hormuz after President Donald Trump demanded that ships pay protection money.
After several months in which it seemed possible that elections would be called earlier, Israel now has a date for its voters to head to the polls to pick a new government.
An Israeli citizen was killed after a fall in the Swiss-Italian Alps in the border region, Israeli media reported on Monday.
Iran's foreign minister says the country has "always been the guardian of the Strait and will remain so forever".
The British government is pressing to use new powers allowing it to criminalise state proxies in order to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a threat to national security.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid pledged on Monday that the next government would "repair Israel," as other opposition party leaders vowed to repeal the coalition's controversial legislation being advanced in a legislative blitz during the Knesset's final week before it goes into recess ahead of the October 27 elections.
By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
Less than a week into the US-Iran conflict, specifically on March 3, we began to see the writing on the wall: Tehran's leverage over the Strait of Hormuz would eventually erode. That would happen not only because the US military could systematically destroy IRGC's radar sites, coastal missile batteries and drone lau…
After losing his home, bookstore and son in the war, Gaza bookseller Mohammed Saad is rebuilding his collection one rescued book at a time. Selling volumes from a roadside tent, he is determined to preserve culture, memory and hope despite the devastation.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reportedly wooed by Mossad agents after distancing himself from Khamenei
The document released on Monday, which showed that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar believed Israel might use nuclear weapons in response to an October 7-style invasion, is nothing short of astounding.
Saudi Arabia's Abha International Airport was struck by Houthi missiles on Monday, local media reported.
The number of tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz has fallen over the past 24 hours to its lowest level in two months, as renewed fighting between the US and Iran and attacks on vessels heighten safety concerns.
The European Commission on Monday announced the launch of a joint initiative with 15 partners to provide €883.6 million (about $1 billion) in assistance to support recovery efforts in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel will try to speed up the talks with the Trump administration over the future Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), starting with an expected return visit to Washington this week, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
The IDF soldier who was seen on controversial influencer Clavicular’s stream was formally reprimanded by the IDF and has been removed from her position and demoted to a cook, N12 reported on Monday.
Reconstruction is under way on tens of thousands of homes damaged by US-Israeli attacks on Iran's capital.
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El iraní-estadounidense Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi posa para una foto el viernes 10 de julio de 2026, antes de dirigirse al tribunal federal de Boston. (Foto AP/Michael Casey)
The EU’s foreign policy chief said the options are not against Israel but against illegal settlements that undermine the two-state solution
The EU’s foreign policy chief said the options are not against Israel but against illegal settlements that undermine the two-state solution
A meeting concerning Hamas terrorists arrested after October 7 could not proceed after judiciary representatives failed to show up twice in a row, the Knesset announced on Monday.
The High Court of Justice appeared reluctant Monday to intervene in the legislative process behind Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi’s sweeping broadcasting reform before the bill has passed into law, repeatedly questioning whether the petitions against it were premature.
More than 8 million barrels of oil transited the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday with U.S. military assistance amid the renewed fighting with Iran, the U.S. Energy Department told CNBC in a statement.
The European Commission has announced a billion-dollar aid and reconstruction fund aimed at helping the recovery of Gaza from more than two years of devastating war.
Lebanese and Israeli political delegations are expected to meet in Rome on Tuesday for the next round of US-brokered direct talks, a Lebanese political source told The National.
Israeli forces bombed a group of Palestinians near Gaza City, critically wounding several people, according to Wafa news agency.
ARBONNE-LA-FORÊT, France — French officials rushed two firefighting planes to the Paris region Sunday, after a fire erupted south of the French capital, disrupting traffic during a busy summer travel weekend and piling more misery on a region sweltering through its latest heatwave.
Airlines are largely operating as normal in the region, despite the recent escalation in fighting between the US and Iran that has affected some Gulf countries.
An Israeli-American surgeon, a Florida-based advanced foregut and hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgeon, was disinvited from delivering a remote lecture at the Lebanese Society of General Surgery’s 27th annual Spring Conference on Surgery earlier this month, according to Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese media reports.
Between foreign reports, public confirmation by former head of Military Intelligence Tamir Hayman, and The Jerusalem Post’s own Western sources, it has been known now for some time that the Mossad sought to replace former supreme leader Ali Khamenei with former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Israel has expanded a blanket ban on Red Cross access to Palestinian captives despite a High Court decision declaring it unlawful.
Lebanon's National News Agency says an Israeli shell landed in Kfar Shouba, a village in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh governorate.
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, left, speaks with Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, center, during a round table meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Marius Burgelman)
Washington: The United States will “guard” the Strait of Hormuz and charge ships a toll of 20 per cent of their cargo value to pass safely, President Donald Trump announced, as renewed fighting in the region threatens to spiral out of control.
It is easy, if not to say tempting, to be cynical about Andy Burnham.
Trump says the US is "reinstating" a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and will charge ships for safe passage.
“De facto authorities” invaded and assaulted staff at the Abu Rashid food distribution point in Jabalia on Saturday, United Nations Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov complained on Sunday, while notably failing to name Hamas in his statement.
Iranian American defendant Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi poses for a photo Friday, July 10, 2026, before heading into federal court in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)
An Israeli high-school student is facing possible disciplinary action after distributing flyers urging classmates to refuse military service over Israel's genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank, according to a report published by Haaretz.
Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council has announced the recovery of 375kg of gold connected to a case involving the arrest last month of the former Deputy Minister of Oil for Refining Affairs, Adnan Al Jumaili, on suspicion of corruption.
El rabino Levi Shemtov habla ante la multitud antes de encender la Menorá, en la Elipse cerca de la Casa Blanca en Washington, el 14 de diciembre de 2025. (Foto AP/Jose Luis Magana, Archivo)