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Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank is now so severe that even the ultranationalist government that oversaw the surge in attacks has been forced to acknowledge it as a problem.
There’s a new sheriff in town at Hapoel Jerusalem as the club held a festive press conference to welcome in a new era with veteran Euroleague tactician Sasa Obradovic appointed as the team’s new head coach.
A very senior defense official told me something this week that most Americans arguing about Israel have not caught up to. Israel’s goal in the new defense talks with Washington, he said, is to move from the status of “aid” to the status of “partnership.”
US President Donald Trump believes Israel will withdraw from southern Lebanon. Defense Minister Israel Katz says Israel is staying.
With Nato discussions in Turkey focusing on the freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has published a response criticising the meeting as "baseless and politically motivated".
Syria’s leader Ahmad Al Shara returned from the Nato summit in Ankara this week brandishing a letter from US President Donald Trump. It carried the large Sharpie pen signature of Mr Trump, who outlined a process he had set in motion to rescind Syria’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism.
The bombs that exploded not far from the Damascus hotel used by Emmanuel Macron during the French leader’s official visit to Syria this week were a startling reminder of the violent turmoil that ordinary Syrians have had to live with for years.
Israeli researchers are testing new methods to locate and remove unexploded munitions from the Mediterranean Sea in a project aimed at reopening part of the coastline near the central city of Rishon Lezion to the public. (AP video shot by: Sam Mednick)
The NSW government spent hundreds of thousands of dollars from the public purse defending now struck-out laws from challenges by pro-Palestine activists – including paying more than $180,000 in legal bills to the state’s most notorious protester.
On the sidelines of an eventful Nato summit in Ankara, US President Donald Trump was sitting next to his Syrian counterpart Ahmad Al Shara when he announced his intention to lift Syria’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism.
The U.S. will enage in "technical talks" with Iran and remains committed to finding a solution to the conflict, despite the two countries trading airstrikes in recent days, MS Now reported Thursday, citing a U.S. official.
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Israeli troops shot and killed a child east of Deir al-Balah, located in the central Gaza Strip.
Jayson Gillham said more than 100 Palestinian journalists had been killed by Israel since the war in Gaza began
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Iran has rushed out five supertankers and one Suezmax vessel carrying roughly 11 million barrels of crude in the past 24 hours, as strikes between the US and Iran threaten to escalate into another blockade on its ports, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.
Following the implosion of Graham Platner, a harsh critic of Israel who lobbed a parting shot about “genocide” in Gaza in his video Wednesday, quitting the Maine Senate race, a number of possible replacements have emerged. And as their names have surfaced, interest and questions about their positions on issues of co…
Members of Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev’s family have called to withdraw the criminal complaint filed against Simon Leviev (born in Bnei Brak as Shimon Yehuda Hayut), aka the "Tinder Swindler," after an agreement between the two was reached, Walla learned on Thursday.
Those behind the string of recent explosions in Damascus, including the bombings during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit earlier this week, have been arrested, Syria's Interior Ministry confirmed in an X/Twitter post on Thursday.
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Hezbollah supporters in Beirut’s southern suburbs mourned Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei at a memorial ceremony on Wednesday.
Gillham claimed Melbourne concert in 2024 cancelled in attempt to silence him over stance on Israel attacks on Gaza
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Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been buried in his hometown of Mashdad following a week-long funeral procession, state media reported.
While he left the door open for further negotiations, Trump’s declarations have plunged the world into an uncertainty it can ill afford
While he left the door open for further negotiations, Trump’s declarations have plunged the world into an uncertainty it can ill afford
A massive crowd bid farewell to the late supreme leader, while mourners chanting slogans against Trump and Netanyahu
A massive crowd bid farewell to the late supreme leader, while mourners chanting slogans against Trump and Netanyahu
Democratic Senator Ed Markey criticised US President Donald Trump over the ongoing military conflict with Iran, accusing him of defying the Congress’s vote to “end this reckless war”.
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, speaks with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as he leaves the Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, July 9, 2026. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
The US Central Command (Centcom) said “Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz”, denying Iran's “claim” that passage through the waterway is “only permitted through routes designated by Iran” in a post to X on Thursday.
Israel shared new intelligence with the US about a new Iranian plot to assassinate US President Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday night, citing people familiar with the matter.
Syrian authorities have arrested a cell responsible for “terrorist bombings” that struck the capital, Damascus, two days ago, the interior minister says.
When Iran faced an all-out war against the United States and Israel, Tehran did not respond with missiles and drones alone; it shut down the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for global energy.
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Syrian security personnel inspect a burned vehicle near the Four Seasons Hotel after two explosions rocked the area earlier while Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa was meeting French President Emmanuel Macron at the presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and former Gaza hostage Yarden Bibas together dedicated an olive tree to murdered Gaza hostages Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas at a ceremony in the northern Israeli community of Moshav HaYogev on Thursday.
Andy Burnham, who is expected to be named as Britain's new prime minister later this month, wants to exert more pressure on the Israeli government over its actions in Gaza, the Guardian reported on Thursday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone with US President Donald Trump on Thursday night, the Prime Minister's Office said in a late Thursday night statement, as part of the ongoing coordination between the two countries.
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Explosions have been heard in various parts of Iran, according to semi-official state media, while military officials in the United States have denied any involvement in new attacks.
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Man who ran Gaza World Cup viewings killed by Israeli strike
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The Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education have condemned the demolition of Yanun Elementary School in the occupied West Bank by Israeli settlers, Wafa news reported on Thursday.
For 48 hours in Ankara, Turkey, it felt as though the world was moving on Donald Trump's timetable.
Jets targeted the naval military zone in the southern Iranian city of Konarak after two explosions were heard in the area, according to governor Mohammad Younes Haqqani, IRNA news agency reported on Thursday.
Financial markets calmed in the wait to see what will come next and after President Donald Trump raised doubts about the temporary truce in the Iran war. The local sharemarket is likely to do the same when it opens on Friday.
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