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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.
On July 4, Americans will mark 250 years since their declaration of independence from Great Britain. On the same day, Iranians across the world are being urged to gather outside US embassies as part of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi’s “Global Week of Action for a Free Iran,” running from July 4 to July 9. The campaign al…
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, then Iran’s supreme leader, speaks during Friday prayers at Tehran University, July 30, 1999. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Popular Israeli singer Sasson Shaulov was lightly wounded in a car accident on Thursday night, Magen David Adom announced on Friday.
The IDF and Shin Bet (Israeli Security Agency) have killed a Hamas terrorist who held hostages in the Gaza Strip after October 7, 2023, the military announced on Friday.
Khamenei’s coffin readied as Iran prepares for seven-day funeral
A San Francisco jury has convicted seven pro-Palestine protesters of multiple misdemeanour charges for blocking the Golden Gate Bridge during a 2024 demonstration, but remains deadlocked on a more serious felony conspiracy charge.
Oman's reputation for neutrality has earned it the nickname the "Switzerland of the Middle East."
An officer with a highly sensitive operational role on October 7 opened a professional discussion this week about the lessons of that terrible day, saying that "As a middle-ranking officer in the IDF, I look at the commanders above me and below me, and I tell you, we have changed. I am not the same person, and the a…
The IDF's Duvdevan unit, acting on intelligence from the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), arrested eight Palestinians suspected of chasing and assaulting Israeli civilians during Thursday's incident in the West Bank village of Mukhmas, the military and Shin Bet announced in a Friday morning joint statement.
NATO leaders gather next week in Ankara, where Europeans aim to set aside strife with US President Donald Trump over Iran and Greenland and show they are stepping up to defend the continent as Washington cuts back on its commitments to the alliance.
Delayed by months of conflict, the multi-city mourning rites begin amid a fragile US-Iran ceasefire
Delayed by months of conflict, the multi-city mourning rites begin amid a fragile US-Iran ceasefire
Once again, the United Nations reminds us that genocide is taking place in the Gaza Strip.
Los ataúdes del líder supremo iraní, el ayatolá Ali Jamenei, arriba al centro, y junto los de sus familiares antes de los funerales de varios días en la Gran Mezquita Imam Jomeini Mosalla, en Teherán, Irán, el 3 de julio de 2026. (Foto AP/Vahid Salemi)
The commander of Khatam al-Anbiya, Ali Abdollahi, threatened Israel and the US against making “any miscalculation” during former Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei's week-long funeral, warning of “harsh and regrettable responses” in the case of an attack in a Friday statement.
Masood had never had it easy financially. As a musician in Tehran, his work was often interrupted by bans on events during religious occasions or the fallout from Iran’s years-long shadow conflict with Israel.
Business activity in the UAE's non-oil private sector grew at the slowest pace in five years in June, while employment contracted for the first time in more than four years, as companies tackle the fallout of the Iran war.
Ahmad Vahidi, the caretaker commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has made his first public appearance since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran, according to Al Jazeera.
Iran has begun preparations for the funeral of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei after his body arrived at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla mosque ahead of ceremonies expected to draw millions of mourners.
An active IDF reservist who lives in a southern city was arrested this week on suspicion of possessing and trafficking weapons.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar lashed out at Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan late Thursday night, following his comments that Israel was a “burden that humanity can no longer bear” on a TV broadcast.
If Netanyahu left Likud and ran in the next election as the head of his own party, he is projected to win 16 seats, according to a Maariv poll conducted by Lazar Research, headed by Dr. Menachem Lazar, in cooperation with Panel4All, published Friday.
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani was carried on the shoulders of supporters through the streets of Tripoli in a highly symbolic moment that illustrated the shift in relations between Lebanon's Sunni heartland and Syria since the downfall of Bashar Al Assad.
Displaced Palestinians in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, marked 1,000 days since Israel began its genocide on the besieged strip, following the Hamas-led attack in southern Israel on 7 October 2023.
Israeli fighter jets entered Iranian airspace as Tehran's top negotiators were engaged in diplomatic efforts with the United States, according to a New York Times report that says American officials feared Israel was plotting to kill two senior Iranian officials involved in peace negotiations.
Mourners touch the coffin of Zahra Haddad-Adel, daughter of former Iranian parliament speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel and wife of Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, during her funeral in Tehran, Thursday, July 2, 2026. According to Iranian authorities she was killed in the same strike that killed then-Supreme Le…
The body of Iran's former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was allegedly moved in public for the first time since his assassination, during a farewell ceremony attended by thousands of relatives of those killed in the war, Iranian state media reported.
Iran has begun several days of public mourning and funeral processions for its former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, more than four months after he was killed in strikes launched by the US and Israel.
Syria has described the bomb blast at a cafe near Damascus's main courthouse on Thursday afternoon as a "terrorist" act, after the attack killed nine people and injured more than 20.
The body of Iran’s former supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, has arrived at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla mosque as funeral ceremonies begin for the leader who headed the country for more than 36 years.
Huge scale of funeral for supreme leader across five cities is intended to relay message of resistance to rest of the world
US Senator Bernie Sanders has criticised the influence of major political action committees and lobbying groups, warning that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) and other “billionaire-funded super PACs” are preparing to spend heavily in Michigan’s Senate race.
The end of financial year has come and gone, capping off the best quarter on Wall Street since the Covid-19 recovery, finishing up nearly 15 per cent. The Nasdaq rose 21.4 per cent for the quarter and the Dow added 12.9 per cent despite a war in the Middle East and sky-high oil prices, which saw the ASX fall flat.
President says Washington’s relationship with Nato is ‘not reciprocal’ and ‘they were not there for us’ in Iran war
Fri 3 Jul 2026 at 3:17pm
Seven protesters who blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge in a 2024 pro-Palestinian protest against Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza were convicted of misdemeanor charges by a San Francisco jury that remained deadlocked on the more serious charge of felony conspiracy.
An IDF reservist was severely wounded on Thursday during an altercation with a Hezbollah terrorist in Bint Jbail in southern Lebanon, the military announced on Friday morning.
Israeli fighter jets entered Iranian airspace as Tehran's top negotiators were engaged in diplomatic efforts with the United States, according to a New York Times report that says American officials feared Israel was plotting to kill two senior Iranian officials involved in peace negotiations.
Seven protesters who blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge in a 2024 pro-Palestinian protest against Israel's assault on Gaza were convicted of misdemeanour charges by a San Francisco jury that remained deadlocked on the more serious charge of felony conspiracy.
Two consecutive Israeli drone strikes left two people injured in the Seddiqine area of the Tyre district in southern Lebanon overnight, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported.
Iran has warned the US and Israel against any attacks during the upcoming funeral processions for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the opening strikes of the war, as Tehran prepares for days of heavily secured mourning ceremonies.
Starting on July 3, millions of mourners are expected to gather for seven days of funeral ceremonies and processions for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, with religious rites planned in cities across Iran and Iraq.
Justice Robert Bromwich found lawyer Rebekah Giles passed information to Sky’s Sharri Markson that led to pro-Israel activist breaching part of a legal settlement with the restaurant. Plus: former ABC insider investigates … the ABC
More than 100,000 children in Lebanon could be left without a classroom when the next academic year begins, unless urgent action is taken before September to repair and restore schools damaged in Israeli bombardments, Unicef said.
A wave of left-wing candidates with sharply critical Israel stances have won their Democratic primary this year and are set to head to the US Congress. Who else of like mind could join them in the coming months?
Speaker of Iran's Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf met Khalil Hamdan, a senior member of Lebanon’s Hezbollah-allied Amal Movement, and other Lebanese officials in Tehran, Iranian media reports said.