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Vast crowds loyal to the Islamic Republic have gathered in Tehran at a funeral ceremony for Iran's former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint US-Israeli strikes at the start of the war.
Are certain officials exaggerating the rising threat that Hamas poses to Israel in order to influence the upcoming October elections and possibly also to push for a new invasion?
President Isaac Herzog denounced the government's decision not to comply with a Supreme Court injunction barring newly appointed Second Authority Council members from convening, following petitions arguing the new appointments were political, in a post on X/Twitter on Sunday, bringing about a constitutional crisis.
President Isaac Herzog hit out on Sunday at Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan's Friday comments that "Israelis are a burden on the world."
About 100 activists of the HaBashan Pioneers settler movement were detained by the IDF after crossing from the Israel-Syria buffer zone into the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, the group announced on Sunday.
An Israeli drone attack has killed two Palestinians in the al-Samar area, east of Gaza City, according to Gaza’s ambulance and emergency services.
Syrian state media SANA confirmed reports over the last several days that French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to visit Syria for talks in the coming weeks.
Tehran, Iran – A week of ceremonies for the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has adopted heavy symbolism to promote pro-government religious and political messages.
That is the latest prediction of the former two-term failed congressman Jamaal Bowman, once considered a member of “The Squad,” who represents the far-left of what remains of America’s Democratic Party.
The IDF and Defense Ministry are preparing a joint plan to purchase NIS 130 billion in military aircraft, munitions, and factories following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's December 2025 approval of a NIS 350 billion increase in the defense budget, Walla learned on Sunday.
A new study from Hashomer Hachadash and the Rifman Institute for Negev Development has found that organized crime costs Israel’s economy approximately NIS 23 billion and each household around NIS 8,000 a year.
Most US voters think the war with Iran was not worth the cost, according to a Sunday poll by the Financial Times, with the $67 billion the White House asked Congress to cover war expenses viewed as too high relative to the objectives achieved during the conflict.
France’s President Emmanuel Macron chairs the fifth follow-up meeting on combating drug trafficking, at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, Thursday July 2, 2026. (Simon Wohlfahrt/Pool Photo via AP)
Syrian authorities have postponed the first meeting of the new transitional parliament, days after announcing the inaugural session had been scheduled for Monday.
Syrian authorities have postponed the planned opening of the country's new parliament created after the removal from power of Bashar Al Assad.
Police arrested 14 activists in central London on Saturday after they staged a protest marking one year since Palestine Action was banned, inviting officers to join the proscribed group.
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BAGUIO CITY — The city government here received the brass plaque and adobe trophy after the city was awarded international recognition at the prestigious 6th Edition of the Tehran Golden Adobe Global Awards – Top Urban Projects & Experiences 2025, held in Tehran, Iran.
On June 26, Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement outlining the principles for a final agreement, provided its conditions are implemented.
With Israel's high-tech sector once again the main motor of the economy, a company has told The Jerusalem Post that many start-ups are scaling up their teams by hiring offshore personnel.
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Israel's Central Elections Committee is considering live-streaming the vote-counting process during the next national election, attorney Din Livne, who heads the committee, said on Sunday.
A nearly 90-minute phone call between Presidents Trump and Putin on July 4th could signal shifting White House priorities, as it tries to find permanent offramp and settlement in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, but also as the Ukraine war seems to be fast heating up again.
The Mossad carried out operations in Gaza during the era of former Mossad director Yossi Cohen, but not since 2021, and certainly not anytime leading up to Hamas’s October 7, 2023 massacre, The Jerusalem Post confirmed on Sunday.
Even though most of their instruments have been destroyed, teachers are restarting classes, using music to give relief to traumatised people
Ankara has increasingly embraced religiously conservative rhetoric and "family values" as part of a broader political strategy aimed at consolidating support among nationalist and conservative constituencies, two experts told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
Haredi (ultra-Orthodox)protesters continued their demonstrations against light rail construction on Jerusalem's Bar-Ilan Street on Sunday.
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei plans to appoint a new chief justice of Iran, anti-regime London-based outlet Iran International reported last week.
Israel believes fighting in Gaza could resume within the next two months, potentially before October's elections, according to a report by Israel's Channel 12.
Sari Shriki grew up with prison as part of her family story. Now, at 19, she enters prison each day in uniform, serving as a national service volunteer with the Israel Prison Service.
The IDF is set to require soldiers to enter reserve duty immediately upon their discharge from regular mandatory service, N12 News reported on Sunday.
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to visit Syria to discuss strengthening bilateral ties, economic co-operation and regional developments, Syrian media reported on Sunday.
Truck reported to be carrying ammonium nitrate, a hazardous chemical linked to deadly explosions in Tianjin in 2015 and Lebanon in 2020
Truck reported to be carrying ammonium nitrate, a hazardous chemical linked to deadly explosions in Tianjin in 2015 and Lebanon in 2020
Immediate pressures over Ukraine, Iran and spending mean alliance’s concerns about China could be sidelined at Ankara gathering
Immediate pressures over Ukraine, Iran and spending mean alliance’s concerns about China could be sidelined at Ankara gathering
Gil Dickmann, cousin of the killed hostage Carmel Gat, asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he would consider his late brother, Lt.-Col. Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu, "returned from Entebbe," during a speech at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday.
Last week, the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Jassim Mohammed Al-Badawi, went to Iraq.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen Eyal Zamir described the Hezbollah terror group as "exhausted" during a meeting with Israeli soldiers at the Beaufort Ridge in southern Lebanon on Sunday, the military announced.
Large crowds of people attended funeral prayers for late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s in the Iran's capital, Tehran, on Sunday on the second day of a week of ceremonies.
Iraq’s state-run Basra Oil Company on Sunday signed a joint management contract with US company Halliburton for two oilfields in the oil-rich province of Basra.
Many Israelis who still believe that compromise with the Palestinians is necessary no longer trust them. They are not extremists. Many understand that ruling over another people forever is dangerous for Israel morally, politically, and internationally. They know the occupation is not sustainable. But they are afraid.
Israeli journalist and author Amir Tibon won the 2026 Sami Rohr Prize for nonfiction for his book The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel’s Borderlands, a Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature press release announced on June 16.
The Iranian-backed Houthis have been reinforcing frontlines in Yemen and preparing possible offensives over the last month. This has now manifested in several incidents over the last 96 hours that may be part of a pattern.
A cargo vessel in the Red Sea has reported coming under attack, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre, a British maritime security alert service, said Sunday, amid a fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran.
Leaders including Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian were in attendance for the former supreme leader's funeral, but Mojtaba Khamenei was absent
Una mujer sostiene un cartel que dice “Liberen al doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, Liberen Gaza” durante una protesta ante las oficinas de Shin Bet en la que pedían la liberación del médico, en Tel Aviv, Israel, el 1 de enero de 2025. (AP Foto/Matias Delacroix, Archivo)
A suspect armed with a knife ran at Israel Police officers operating in Bat Yam, police said on Sunday afternoon, adding that the incident has been ruled as criminally motivated.
Eurovision Song Contest director Martin Green affirmed in a recently published interview with Variety that there would be no further votes by countries in the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) on whether to exclude Israel from the competition.