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Negotiations offer Gaza hope, but residents say collapse is already here - feature

In Gaza, uncertainty over negotiations and postwar arrangements is deepening the strain of daily life. As shortages spread across water, fuel, health care, and basic services, people inside Gaza and beyond say the current framework is not addressing the deeper crisis on the ground.

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Trump heads to Nato summit, Iran mourns Khamenei and Macron set for Syria visit | The National

In today’s episode of Trending Middle East, US President Donald Trump heads to the Nato summit in Turkey, where Iran, defence spending and support for Ukraine are expected to dominate discussions. European allies are also expected to outline new contributions to security in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Why Canada stands with Ukraine but not Gaza

Ottawa speaks about international law and human rights only when it suits western geopolitical interests. The contrast between Canada’s response to Israel over the Gaza war, and Russia over the Ukraine conflict, highlights the government’s dangerous double standards, which come at the expense of the legitimacy of gl…

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Released from Iranian prison after 804 days, Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert has a message for Iran

Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert traveled to Iran in 2018 for an academic conference and left 804 days later, after a ten-year espionage sentence, stints in Evin and Qarchak prisons, and the prisoner swap that finally brought her home. In her conversation on the JPost sits down with... podcast, the Australian-British Middle …

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Hamas to dissolve Gaza Strip committee for monitoring government activity - report

Two sources in the Hamas terrorist group told the Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper on Sunday that the organization’s leadership is expected to announce the dissolution of the “committee for monitoring government activity,” the body that effectively serves as Hamas’s government in the Gaza Strip.

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Trump to meet with Ukraine's Zelenskyy and Syria's al-Sharaa during the NATO summit

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Wednesday while attending the NATO summit in Turkey, the White House said. Those discussions will come as Kyiv tries to refocus Trump’s attention on the conflict with Moscow an…

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Inicia procesión en Teherán por funeral del asesinado líder supremo iraní Alí Jamenei

Un grupo de personas lanza consignas al congregarse en la plaza de la Revolución Islámica para la procesión fúnebre del fallecido líder supremo de Irán, el ayatolá Alí Jamenei, bajo una valla publicitaria que muestra la imagen de Jamenei, en Teherán, Irán, el lunes 6 de julio de 2026. (Foto AP/Altaf Qadri)

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