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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — US President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Saturday after the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saw open calls for his killing, further underlining the tensions gripping the Mideast as an interim deal to end the war buckles under repeated crossfire in the region.
Plans specify tolls must not be compulsory, as US officials urge Iran to make public statement that strait is open and that shipping can safely pass
The New Israel Fund cited freedom of speech in pushing back Friday against a congressional investigation alleging that the US nonprofit violated its tax-exempt status by funding political campaign activity in Israel in 2019.
Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier defended her presence at a pro-Palestinian rally the day after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel during a wide-ranging interview Friday with progressive Jewish author Peter Beinart.
The debate over Iran’s missile arsenal has resurfaced following an argument that it is unfair to ask Iran to give up its missile capabilities while other countries in the region possess similar ones.
The commissioner of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Office of International Affairs, Ana Maria Archila, was scheduled to meet with an Iranian official before the US State Department intervened, according to a City Journal report on Thursday.
The IDF announced on Thursday that it held its first Arrowhead agility test in three years, reintroducing the multi-brigade fitness competition after a years-long hiatus.
A US military delegation arrived in Lebanon on Friday to help implement an agreement to end the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the Financial Times has reported, citing Lebanese officials.
In this photo released by Iran’s Supreme Leader’s office, mourners carry the coffin of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei above the crowd for the final prayer before his burial at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, northeastern Iran, Thursday, July 9, 2026. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via…
In the days before President Donald Trump signed his preliminary deal with Iran after a dinner at Versailles — where World War I officially ended — he and his aides described their strategy: The Strait of Hormuz would open to traffic, and the United States would open the spigot so that Iran could sell billions of do…
Israeli forces first detained Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine and preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque, after he concluded Friday sermon and prayers, WAFA reported.
The Lebanese Health Ministry announced it has recorded 4,321 deaths and 12,207 injuries due to the Israeli military attacks on Lebanon since 2 March 2026.
The UN Security Council met on Friday for a session since Resolution 2231 technically expired last October, with Russia and China once again forcing a procedural vote before any discussion could begin.
The Israeli government is set to approve a budget on Sunday worth over NIS 1 billion for road construction to and between West Bank settlements, according to a statement released by the Finance Ministry.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus on July 6 to 7, 2026, marked the most visible sign yet of a thaw in French-Syrian relations, as both governments sought to move beyond years of diplomatic estrangement toward cooperation centered on diplomacy, economic recovery, and reconstruction.
The United States on Wednesday officially began the process of removing Syria from its list of State Sponsors of Terrorism after US President Donald Trump notified Congress of his decision to rescind the designation, which had been in place since 1979.
The US Treasury Department announced that it had imposed new sanctions on individuals and groups linked to Iran, according to a department press release on Friday.
Syrian authorities announced Wednesday that they had dismantled several Islamic State (ISIS) cells operating in southern Syria and arrested senior ISIS figure Firas al-Dagher, who officials say held several high-ranking positions within the organization, including serving as the group's so-called "Governor of Lebano…
The US is demanding that Iran publicly declare the strategic Strait of Hormuz fully reopened to navigation and pledge not to attack tankers transiting the waterway, which carries around a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil and LNG trade, several news outlets reported on Friday.
Fire blazes in Iran after "powerful" US strikes
Women and girls in southern Lebanon, which has suffered devastation due to Israeli military operations, face heightened risks of gender-based violence and disrupted access to essential health services, the UN's humanitarian agency has reported.
Hakan Fidan told The National in an interview that attention had shifted elsewhere because of the war in the Gulf and that “we need to get more pressure from the international community to put on Israel to let Palestinians get more international humanitarian aid”.
Iranian mourners in the city of Mashhad have set a giant Lego-style effigy of US President Donald Trump ablaze during a funeral procession for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to local media.
Iranian mourners in the city of Mashhad have set a giant Lego-style effigy of US President Donald Trump ablaze during a funeral procession for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to local media.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US President Donald Trump discussed bilateral relations and regional stability during a phone call, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi posted on X a US Department of Commerce document announcing the easing of export control regulations and elevating the UAE's export status, which he said was a reward for its support of military aggression against Iran.
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Andy Burnham, who is on track to become Britain’s next prime minister following Keir Starmer’s resignation last month, apologized for his party’s handling of the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas mass killings in Israel, saying that it should have done more to push for a ceasefire and called for exerting greater …
Yet another survey has found that fewer than half of Jews in an American city identify as Zionists, this time in Milwaukee, the childhood home of Golda Meir, the Zionist icon and former Israeli prime minister.
The United States is demanding that Iran publicly state it will stop attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and that all lanes in the strait will be open to shipping with no tolls, senior US officials said on Friday.
Iran is attempting to restore nuclear sites damaged during the US and Israel's Operation Epic Fury and Operation Roaring Lion, according to a Friday CNN report based on satellite imagery of the sites.
The Iran war saga has seen its fair share of bizarre and wild twists, and Friday has brought yet another - with the NY Post reporting that President Trump said he "left instructions" for a massive bombing campaign against Iran in the event he's assassinated by Iranian operatives.
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The US issued new Iran-related sanctions on Friday targeting a key financier for Iran's new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei and 13 other individuals and entities, following Tehran's resumed attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, the Treasury Department said.
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When Ali al-Zaidi was nominated as Iraq’s Prime Minister in April, a senior Iraqi diplomat sitting with Middle East Eye breathed a sigh of relief and called Zaidi to congratulate him.
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When Ali al-Zaidi was nominated as Iraq’s Prime Minister in April, a senior Iraqi diplomat sitting with Middle East Eye breathed a sigh of relief and called Zaidi to congratulate him.
Commercial vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
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WASHINGTON — Many Jewish adults feel unsafe in the United States, a new AP-NORC poll finds, with a majority saying they feel less safe than they did before Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
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An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed one person on Friday, Lebanese state media reported, the latest attack despite a truce in the war.
The Israeli government ordered the military to refrain from carrying out “sensitive operations” in southern Lebanon following American pressure, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported.
Iran is rushing to push out its oil exports after a US decision to reinstate sanctions brought Tehran’s limited window of access to an economic lifeline to an abrupt close.
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Countries should reject efforts by Iran to impose sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran's "unilateral decision" to create a body to control traffic through the waterway, the UN shipping agency's governing council agreed on Friday.
An Israeli delegation, including senior IDF officers, held “strategic” discussions with senior Egyptian military officers in Cairo over the past few days, KAN News reported Thursday