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Yemen's armed forces said on Friday they confronted Saudi "warplanes" that they said attempted to prevent an Iranian civilian aircraft from landing at Sanaa International Airport, according to a statement by military spokesperson Yahya Sarea.
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani's second official visit to Lebanon carried a significance that went well beyond the formal meetings on his schedule.
PERFIL – El ayatolá Ali Jamenei, entonces líder supremo de Irán, habla ante miles de personas reunidas en la Plaza del Imán en Isfahán, Irán, el 30 de octubre de 2001. (AP Foto, Archivo)
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Fifty-six state branches want the laws reviewed, while gambling, Aukus and Palestine are also on the agenda
General view of the outside of the Central Criminal Court, commonly known as the Old Bailey, in London, Oct. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)
Ghana's inflation nearly doubled in June as high fuel prices caused by the war on Iran continued to rattle the economy.
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani's second official visit to Lebanon carried a significance that went well beyond the formal meetings on his schedule.
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani's second official visit to Lebanon carried a significance that went well beyond the formal meetings on his schedule.
The NSN Cycling Team were acclaimed just like any other outfit during the Tour de France teams presentation in Barcelona on Thursday, a stark contrast to the tense atmosphere last year when the team competed as Israel-Premier Tech.
The US was concerned that Israel could kill Iran’s top negotiators in an attempt to derail the peace negotiations between Washington and Tehran, the New York Times has reported, citing American officials.
Tennis player Zeynep Sonmez has said she was told by Wimbledon organisers that wearing a Palestine pin was prohibited, leading her to display solidarity with Palestinians through her racket.
Over the past year, it may have appeared that the pro-Palestine protest movement in the United States has lost momentum in the face of smears, crackdowns, indifference and fatigue.
Two hundred and fifty years ago, a group of 56 extraordinary patriots gathered in Philadelphia and did something the world had never seen: they risked their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to declare that freedom is not a gift from government – it is a birthright from God.
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ARCHIVO – El ayatolá Ali Jamenei, líder supremo de Irán, habla durante las oraciones del viernes en la Universidad de Teherán, el 30 de julio de 1999. (AP Foto/Kamran Jebreili)
Lebanon is actively courting Emirati capital as it seeks to revive its struggling economy, with its ambassador to the UAE saying investors from the Gulf state are “more than welcome” amid growing momentum in bilateral engagement.
Lebanon is actively courting Emirati capital as it seeks to revive its struggling economy, with its ambassador to the UAE saying investors from the Gulf state are “more than welcome” amid growing momentum in bilateral engagement.
A Palestinian child was killed in Gaza and another wounded by an Israeli drone that dropped an explosive device as they collected water.
Bashar Hilal, 10, plays with dogs left behind by their owners after they fled following the outbreak of the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, at an animal shelter in the village of Kfaroue, near Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
This weekend marks 1,000 days since the Hamas-led October 7 massacre in which 1,164 people were killed, and 251 were taken hostage.
Once a Trump cheerleader, the former Fox News host turned podcaster has broken with the administration over the Iran war
Once a Trump cheerleader, the former Fox News host turned podcaster has broken with the administration over the Iran war
Mahmoud Mabrouk is a classical Arabic singer from Gaza who has been given the prospect of a fresh start outside the war-torn enclave with a one-way ticket to France to settle with his wife and toddler to work on his art.
Mourners carry the coffin of Fathi Muhammad Saeed Qabbani, who was killed Tuesday when an explosive device detonated in a cafe near Damascus’ main courthouse complex, during his funeral in the Al-Midan neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Friday, July 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
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Hussein Hamza, feeds dogs left behind by their owners after they fled following the outbreak of the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, at his animal shelter in the village of Kfaroue, near Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
The body of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was lying in state in the great prayer hall of Tehran’s Grand Mosalla complex on Friday.
A seven-day series of state funeral ceremonies for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has begun in Iran, with foreign delegations from more than 100 countries arriving to attend.
After almost every meeting with Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani in Beirut, Lebanese politicians repeated the same narrative: the neighbouring official pledged that Damascus was not seeking to regain sway over Lebanese politics.
The IDF's haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Hashmonaim Brigade had its first-ever officer course graduation on Wednesday, the IDF announced on Friday.
Israel's 400,000 tech employees have for some years been expensive in global terms, with their cost second only to that of Silicon Valley. The tech giants preferred to pay dearly for the Israeli worker, knowing that they would receive a better result than their counterparts in India and eastern Europe, while their p…
Over the past week, the IDF has operated continuously across all four of Israel’s fronts in order to protect the state and its citizens.
Tel Aviv District Police arrested two suspects near Tikva Market in south Tel Aviv on suspicion of being involved in an assault against activists, including Tel Aviv Deputy Mayor Chen Arieli, police confirmed on Friday.
Ben-Gurion Airport Police arrested a well-known Israeli television star on Friday morning after he was suspected of driving a Tesla with an invalid driver's license.
In diplomatic terms, it was a mini-earthquake but in the positive sense: The “Trilateral Framework” agreement signed between Israel, Lebanon, and the US last Friday was enough to shake the cobwebs and rust off the “Good Fence” along the border but not enough to open the gate.
President Isaac Herzog visited US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee at the US Embassy in Jerusalem in honor of the United States marking its 250th Independence Day.
There was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday night, sitting in a television studio conducting a live interview. It was as though he had never left.
A group of Israeli settler activists gathered along the fence separating the occupied Golan Heights from southern Syria in mid-May.
The extent of damage to some of Iran's military and nuclear sites has been revealed for the first time after more than a quarter of a million previously restricted high-resolution satellite images were released.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian paid his respects on Friday before the remains of Ali Khamenei, accompanied by government officials including the Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
Iran and Oman have come to an agreement regarding the regulation of traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, based on Article V of the Memorandum of Understanding with the United States, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf announced during a meeting with Chinese officials on Friday.
Standing by the recently fallen Berlin Wall, I felt what everyone else felt in those heady days: America won.
Israel’s Security Cabinet has approved a plan to establish 13 new settlements in the central occupied West Bank, a move Palestinian officials say will further fragment the territory and isolate East Jerusalem from its surrounding Palestinian communities.
Since 2020, Palantir, the controversial US data surveillance firm with links to Israeli abuses in occupied Palestine, has won over £670m in contracts with British civil and defence industries, raising both ethical and national-security concerns among politicians and campaigners.
The chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Ahmad Vahidi paid his respects in Tehran before the body of Ali Khamenei, his first public appearance since the US-Israel invasion of Iran in February.
Oil was heading for a fourth consecutive weekly loss on Friday as traders continued to strip out the geopolitical risk premium built into prices during the Iran war, as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz recovers following the deal signed by Tehran and the US.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir awarded US Air Defense Battery Captain Nathan John Pernot and several other battery commanders with an IDF Certificate of Appreciation during Thursday's situational assessment, the military confirmed on Friday.