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Rabbi Levi Shemtov speaks to the crowd before he lights the Menorah during the annual National Menorah Lighting in celebration of Hanukkah, on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
The main entrance to Haaretz's Tel Aviv office was smashed by a masked vandal on Wednesday morning, the newspaper confirmed.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin on Wednesday called on the government to disobey a High Court of Justice ruling that ordered a new Knesset vote for the appointment of the attorney Michael Rabello as state comptroller.
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‘I don’t want to deal with them any more,’ US president tells reporters on the sidelines of the Nato summit in Turkey
‘I don’t want to deal with them any more,’ US president tells reporters on the sidelines of the Nato summit in Turkey
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"I think it's over. I don't want to deal with them any more, they're scum," Trump said at the ongoing Nato summit in Ankara when asked if the truce with Iran was now finished.
Thousands of mourners have gathered in Iraq’s Najaf as funeral processions for Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began in the holy city.
Israel and Turkey are in a bit of a tug-of-war with President Trump and potential major arms deals hanging in the balance. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had vehemently complained to Trump in a Friday call about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's escalating anti-Israel rhetoric, officials cited in A…
One of the consistent features of the more than 1,000 days of Israel’s genocide in Gaza is that, no matter how poor and cowardly so much of the political class has been, most of the global public remains both appalled and insistent that their governments take action.
US President Donald Trump did not announce in Ankara on Tuesday that he was selling F-35s to Turkey; he did something more important: alongside Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at the opening of the NATO summit, he explained why, in his view, opposition to the deal is no longer self-evident.
Iran possesses chemical weapons, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed during an interview on Newsmax's The Record With Greta Van Susteran on Tuesday.
A dawn raid inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone delivered one of Iraq's most dramatic anti-corruption crackdowns in years, but many Iraqis remain unconvinced that some of the country's most powerful figures will ever face justice.
The son of the Palestinian doctor Dr Hussam Abu Safiya has told Middle East Eye that his family feels betrayed by human rights groups, and that they hold the international community accountable for his deteriorating health in Israeli prison.
President Donald Trump is set to meet with fellow NATO leaders on Wednesday, as the alliance confronts mounting challenges from both external threats and internal divisions.
Hundreds of football fans across parts of Gaza watched Tuesday's Argentina v Egypt World Cup game amongst the ruins of shattered buildings.
Violations of Iranian arrangements in the Strait of Hormuz as well as ongoing Israeli attacks in Lebanon are making the interim deal with the US "ineffective", the country's foreign ministry said.
In today’s episode of Trending Middle East, air raid sirens sound across Kuwait and Bahrain after the US renews strikes on Iran in response to attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
Dolientes ondean banderas religiosas chiíes y un retrato del difunto líder supremo de Irán, el ayatolá Ali Jamenei, en el exterior del mausoleo del imán Ali en la víspera de las ceremonias funerarias, en Najaf, Irak, el 7 de julio de 2026. (AP Foto/Hadi Mizban)
Kuwait has condemned Iran's strikes on its territory as a "blatant violation of the country's sovereignty", state media quoted the foreign ministry as saying.
Finance chief announces plan to visit kingdom as Hong Kong becomes first city to host LEAP tech conference outside Saudi Arabia
Finance chief announces plan to visit kingdom as Hong Kong becomes first city to host LEAP tech conference outside Saudi Arabia
New explosions were reported in Iran's south western city of Bushehr.
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The IDF killed a Hezbollah terrorist after being shot at while conducting a search of a structure where an IDF soldier was injured last week, the military announced on Wednesday.
The coffin of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrived in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf on Tuesday after funeral ceremonies in Iran, bringing a multi-day procession to one of Shi'ite Islam's most sacred sites following the leader's death in a February 28 US-Israeli strike.
An official funeral ceremony was held Tuesday night for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at Najaf International airport in Iraq.
Nato chief Mark Rutte said he expects alliance leaders to reassert their call for Iran to completely reopen the Strait of Hormuz and that the country "should never get its hands on a nuclear capability".
Tehran, Iran – Three weeks after Iran and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding to extend their ceasefire, their truce remains fragile.
Dos hombres pasan junto al logo de la OTAN durante el Foro de Industria de Defensa en la cumbre de Ankara, Turquía, el martes 7 de julio de 2026. (AP Foto/Hussein Malla)
Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten said that it was important to show Iran that "breaches" of the truce in the Middle East will not be tolerated.
The Iranian army announced it launched a drone attack on US forces at the Isa Air Base in Bahrain, vowing that Washington's army infrastructure in the region will all be "legitimate targets".
Un soldado iraquí chií canta en la víspera de las ceremonias fúnebres del fallecido líder supremo de Irán, el ayatolá Ali Jamenei, en el exterior del mausoleo del imán Ali, en Najaf, Irak, el 7 de julio de 2026. (AP Foto/Hadi Mizban)
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Damascus was rocked on Tuesday by explosions during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, the first European Union leader to visit the country since forces led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa deposed Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.
Britain’s Middle East minister has been challenged for not being tough enough on Israeli illegal settlers, while admitting relations with Israel are at a low ebb.
People march during a demonstration against the NATO summit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. Poster in the center reads in Turkish: “Murderer Trump. Get out of Turkey”. (AP Photo/Erdem Sahin)
A screen shows the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The US military attacked Iran early Wednesday after it said Tehran struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, part of an American effort that also revoked the Islamic Republic’s ability to openly sell crude oil in the world market. Iran retaliated with strikes targeting Bahrain an…
The Hang Seng Index rises by 2.4 per cent as technology stocks lead gains despite renewed tension in the Middle East
The Hang Seng Index rises by 2.4 per cent as technology stocks lead gains despite renewed tension in the Middle East
Oil prices rose more than 2 per cent on Wednesday, rising above $75 per barrel following renewed fighting in the Middle East, with the US also reinstating oil sanctions on Iran.
Daewoo Engineering & Construction said Wednesday it has completed a 62-kilometer highway linking Iraq's new Al-Faw Port with Um Qasr, marking another milestone in one of the country's largest infrastructure projects.
US President Donald Trump has rebuffed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call not to sell F-35 fighter jets to Türkiye.
Tovi Murru, 32, chops wood to cook dinner in Kohima, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)