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The Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen’s internationally recognised government says it will respond with “unprecedented determination and force” to any attempt to target the kingdom or violate Yemeni sovereignty.
Gold's appeal as a safe-haven asset has started to evolve amid geopolitical uncertainty, with analysts saying it changes investment strategies for the commodity.
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America’s 250th anniversary has become a partisan tug-of-war, like everything else. Trumpians overly romanticize American history, while the president’s opponents wallow in grievance.
Fifty years ago, on July 4, 1976 – as America rejoiced with fireworks and fanfare to celebrate its bicentennial – news broke of one of the most audacious military operations in history.
Mourners thronged a vast prayer complex in Tehran on Saturday as the week-long funeral ceremonies of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began with the national anthem, religious eulogies and readings from the Koran.
A mourner holds a portrait of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as mourners gather for the start of the dayslong funeral ceremonies for Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
The programme, aimed at keeping 1m girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, withdrawn after aid cuts
Iran's mission to the United Nations has accused the United States of fostering a "culture of impunity" by failing to accept responsibility for the 1988 downing of Iran Air Flight 655.
A Serbian peacekeeper in Lebanon was killed in a mortar attack, the UN interim force in the country announced on Saturday. Two other peacekeepers were injured in the incident on Thursday near the south-eastern district of Marjayoun.
Gaza remains mired in a severe humanitarian crisis and efforts to permanently ending the war between Israel and Hamas have stalled
Gaza remains mired in a severe humanitarian crisis and efforts to permanently ending the war between Israel and Hamas have stalled
Citing local sources, Palestinian news agency WAFA said that Israeli forces stormed the city of Nablus on Saturday, raided several homes, and then arrested the two young men named Awni Al-Shakhshir and Ibrahim Al-Fino.
Hamas executed a Palestinian in the Gaza Strip on charges of collaborating with Israel, according to a report on Thursday by London-based Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat.
Syrian authorities have said they had begun trying suspects over a wave of deadly violence that tore through the Druze-majority Sweida province last year. The episode last July involved some of the worst internecine bloodshed the country had seen since the toppling of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in late 2024.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich have offered the clearest signal yet that they are considering the establishment of new Jewish settlements on what remains of the Gaza Strip after almost three years of their country’s genocidal war against Palestinians in …
Six days of funeral ceremonies are planned to commemorate Ali Khamenei, who ruled Iran from 1989 until his killing aged 86 on February 28
Six days of funeral ceremonies are planned to commemorate Ali Khamenei, who ruled Iran from 1989 until his killing aged 86 on February 28
At least 13 countries, including several in Eastern Europe, Africa, the Gulf and East Asia, decided against attending the funeral ceremony for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei under US pressure, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported.
Iran is staging a six-day funeral procession for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader who led the Islamic Republic for four decades and was killed on the first day of the U.S.-Israeli war in February.
Thousands of mourners streamed into Tehran’s Grand Mosalla complex ahead of funeral ceremonies for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, with authorities imposing major traffic restrictions as crowds walked long distances to reach the venue.
Speaking at Mount Rushmore during celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the United States, Trump praised US military power and declared that Iran was seeking a political settlement after months of conflict.
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Covid, Ukraine, Iran: three shocks in six years appear to have ended Asia’s love affair with efficiency no matter the cost
Covid, Ukraine, Iran: three shocks in six years appear to have ended Asia’s love affair with efficiency no matter the cost
Varias mujeres rinden homenaje ante los ataúdes del líder supremo iraní asesinado, el ayatolá Alí Jamenei, y miembros de su familia durante una ceremonia de velatorio previa a los funerales de varios días en la Gran Mezquita Imán Jomeini Mosalla, el viernes 3 de julio de 2026, en Teherán, Irán. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, months after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war. He was 86.
India should reconsider the supply of arms to Israel and ensure it is not "going down in global history as having contributed to the genocide in Gaza", says an Indian judge who was one of the main authors of the UN’s scathing report that said Israel’s targeting of children amounted to genocide.
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US President Donald Trump said Iran is actively seeking a political settlement with Washington ahead of renewed talks between the two sides.
Diplomats and Lebanese officials from across the political spectrum have quietly acknowledged the mammoth obstacles facing the new Israel-Lebanon peace framework – with one Western diplomat privately dismissing it as a “non-starter”.
Iranian religious leaders and other mourners pay their respects before the coffins of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family during a viewing ceremony ahead of the dayslong funeral ceremonies at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3, 2026. (AP P…
Un motociclista llena el tanque frente a un punto de recarga para vehículos eléctricos en una gasolinera, el 28 de mayo de 2026, en la provincia tailandesa de Nakorn Pathom. (AP Foto/Anton L. Delgado)
Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah has long been acclaimed as the definitive documentary about the Holocaust, but although it has been widely screened and won countless awards in the more than 40 years since its release, Lanzmann had to struggle to get it made.
Wars may come and go, but the Jerusalem Film Festival, which will take place from July 9-19, is a welcome and enduring reminder of the power of cinema to illuminate our world.
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter said Israel’s framework agreement with Lebanon depends on conditions on the ground, not on a fixed timetable for an Israeli withdrawal, while warning that statements by Israeli politicians could damage Jerusalem’s standing in Washington.
While the IDF’s Southern Command is preparing for the possibility that war against Hamas may be necessary to disarm the terrorist organization, Walla learned on Friday that the International Stabilization Force (ISF), the multinational force created to manage the security and governance situation in the Gaza Strip, …
A Palestinian citizen of Israel has been killed in a shooting in Maghar, Haifa district, WAFA reported.
Official farewell ceremonies for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have begun at Tehran’s Mosalla prayer complex, according to Iranian media.
The UN Human Rights Office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has condemned the “extrajudicial execution” of a Palestinian man accused of collaborating with Israeli forces by a group affiliated with Hamas.
Thousands of mourners have gathered at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla complex ahead of funeral ceremonies for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to AFP.
Tehran: Iran has begun a series of elaborate events to mourn and bury its late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with banners across the capital, Tehran, urging people to rise up in support of the Islamic Republic after the devastating war that killed the 86-year-old cleric.
A poll released by Israel’s Channel 12 exposes collapsing public confidence in Netanyahu government as election looms, with the majority of Israelis holding a negative view of the prime minister and several cabinet ministers, Israeli media reported.
A 21-year-old US citizen studying at a Haredi yeshiva in Jerusalem has been charged with spying for Iran after allegedly carrying out a series of intelligence-gathering tasks in exchange for cryptocurrency payments, Israeli media reported.
More than 640,000 displaced Lebanese have returned to their homes since the ceasefire with Israel took effect on 21 June, while about 500,000 people remain displaced, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
Indictments were filed in the Haifa Magistrate's Court against two main suspects, a man and a woman, accused of running a human trafficking network in Haifa and Kiryat Shmona on Friday.
Turkey is developing a space and ballistic missile launch site in central Somalia, combining a satellite launch base for the Turkish space program with a testing site for long-range ballistic missiles, according to a report on Wednesday by French newspaper La Monde.
Israeli settlers raided several Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank, with local reports describing attacks, arrests and confrontations involving Israeli security forces.
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has warned it will respond with “utmost firmness and unprecedented force” to any attempt to target Saudi Arabia after the Houthis threatened attacks on airports and other strategic facilities.