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Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrates a point against McCartney Kessler of the United States in their second round women’s singles match, at Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
The 2026 WTA Finals has been relocated from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to Indian Wells, California upon the request of the WTA.
Wafa news agency reported two Israeli strikes that have left at least three dead and several critically injured in northern Gaza City on Wednesday.
The Judicial Selection Committee selected 26 judges and senior registrars on Wednesday, adding to the 68 judicial officials chosen earlier this week in the committee’s first broad round of appointments after roughly a year and a half of delay.
The Knesset plenum passed a controversial bill in a preliminary reading on Wednesday that seeks to restrict the noise levels of mosque loudspeaker systems in the country by requiring permits for their operation and imposing fines for noise violations.
Israel's wars across the Middle East will never end, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Channel 14 News on Tuesday.
ARCHIVO – En la imagen, publicada por el departamento de medios extranjeros del gobierno iraní y distribuida sin cambios por la AP, se muestran tumbas preparadas para las víctimas, principalmente menores, de un ataque realizado el 28 de febrero contra una escuela primaria en Minab, Irán, el lunes 2 de marzo de 2026.…
Defence Minister Israel Katz said that the Israeli army will continue to occupy areas in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza “until further notice” in a statement from the defence ministry released on Wednesday.
People visiting Saudi Arabia for religious pilgrimages and tourism are being detained, subjected to unfair trials and sentenced to lengthy jail time over social media expression, according to a new report.
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The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities has awarded fourteen prestigious Adams Fellowships to outstanding doctoral students in science and engineering, recognizing what academy leaders described as the next generation of Israeli scientific talent at a time of mounting challenges facing the country's research c…
As he visited troops in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the military “will not leave” the area as long as the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah remains a “threat” to his nation.
A startling minority of Syrians have confidence in the new People’s Assembly’s ability to represent the people or influence the government’s decision, according to a survey conducted by the Arab magazine Syria in Transition.
Former deputy Supreme Court president Prof. Hanan Melcer warned on Tuesday that Israel’s election integrity was at risk ahead of a possible early election, but he said the danger could be prevented through preparation against artificial intelligence (AI), anonymous online activity, and foreign interference.
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Boaz Bismuth on Wednesday sent a letter to Shin Bet Director David Zini, apparently seeking his intervention against the High Court of Justice and possibly also in the upcoming Knesset elections.
The government told the High Court of Justice on Wednesday that legislation to establish its proposed alternative framework for investigating the October 7 massacre is expected to pass its first Knesset reading on Monday, July 6.
Former US vice president Kamala Harris held a private call with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani last week and has been holding closed-door meetings with prominent progressive figures, including pro-Palestinian activists, according to an Axios report on Wednesday.
Former Supreme Court justice Edna Arbel, who served for eight years as state attorney before joining the bench, died on Wednesday, the judiciary announced.
If Iran wants to survive, it needs to develop a nuclear weapon, Prof. Eyal Zisser, a Middle East expert from Tel Aviv University, said in an interview on 103FM on Monday.
The first parliament in Syria’s post-Assad era has taken shape with the release of a list of 70 legislators picked by President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
The Israeli army arrested five women activists in the occupied West Bank early on Wednesday morning. The women, who work with health committees, were arrested after their homes were raided.
The Basra Oil Company (BOC) has signed a non-disclosure agreement with US energy giant Chevron to “regulate data exchange for evaluating” the vast West Qurna 2 oilfield, Iraq’s Ministry of Oil said on Wednesday.
At least 4,297 people have been killed and another 12,196 wounded in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since 2 March, the country's health ministry is reporting.
Oil extended its biggest quarterly drop since the pandemic this morning as traders monitored US-Iran peace talks and a market for real-world barrels that’s been in freefall.
Israel's wars across the Middle East will never end, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Channel 14 News on Tuesday.
The British Museum removed the terms “Palestine”, “Palestinian” and “Israelite occupation” from its displays in direct response to months of lobbying in 2024, a Middle East Eye investigation has found.
Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery has imported two cargoes of crude oil from the United Arab Emirates this month, marking its first ever purchase from a Middle Eastern supplier, S&P Global Commodity Insights reported last week.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz while using a route not approved by Iran, state television in Tehran reported Wednesday. The vessel was identified as a foreign container ship, with no other details.
Beersheba’s Soroka University Medical Center announced a new partnership with Azerbaijani healthcare providers and hospitals in late June.
Mor Institute has launched what it says is the first comprehensive preventive genetic test in Israel, offering healthy adults a saliva-based screening for genetic predisposition to dozens of medically significant diseases.
President Isaac Herzog addressed the joint plenary of the Romanian Parliament during his state visit to the country on Monday, praising US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for their role in negotiating the recently signed deal between Lebanon and Israel.
Australian unicorn Airwallex announced on Sunday plans to expand its recruitment operations in Tel Aviv following a new $320 million investment round that put its valuation over the $11 billion mark.
In the wake of alarming victories by virulently anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian candidates in New York’s Democratic primaries and elsewhere, I’ve been hearing from friends, relatives, and readers that a hostile wave is sweeping over the Democratic Party and it’s time for Jews to go Republican.
A June study from Bimkom showed an acceleration in the Israeli government’s use of settlement jurisdiction orders in the West Bank since October 2023.
Delegates at a Syrian-British business meeting in Damascus on Wednesday cracked jokes and were sanguine about Syria’s prospects of emerging from its economic difficulties with international help, 18 months after the ousting of Bashar Al Assad.
Crowds gathered outside the UK Court of Appeal draped in keffiyehs and waving Palestinian flags. Placards read: “It’s not a crime to act against genocide” and “Stop arming Israel”.
JERUSALEM — It was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Most of the victims were children.
Israel has for decades carried out a “reproductive genocide” of the Palestinian people, obliterating medical institutions, executing women and children and degrading the lived environment to such a point that it results in infertility, a new report says.
Several Palestinians have been wounded in an Israeli drone strike on Gaza City, Wafa news agency is reporting, citing medical sources.
The Israeli army arrested five women activists in the occupied West Bank early on Wednesday morning. The women, who work with health committees, were arrested after their homes were raided.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the European Broadcasting Union announced Wednesday that Canada will participate in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest.
UAE contractors are absorbing higher costs of building materials in order to preserve growth in the country's real estate market in the aftermath of the Iran war, a Moody's report has found.
President Masoud Pezeshkian has announced the easing of some financial and foreign-exchange restrictions included in Iran's ongoing talks with the US, Iran's Fars news agency is reporting.
Israel's lobbying of Nigel Farage's Reform UK is in the spotlight again following a parliamentary debate over pro-Israel influence on British politics last week.
US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, whose agency was responsible for enforcing controversial security measures targeting the Iranian soccer team at the World Cup, has said the job made him dance with joy and he was happy Iran was eliminated.
US equity futures point to a softer start to the third quarter as investors await a fresh batch of economic data and the first major overseas appearance by Fed Chair Kevin Warsh. As of 8:20am ET, S&P futures are down 0.2%, off session lows, while Nasdaq futures are down 0.6: techs lags following NDX’s 3.9% gain over…
The three-way US-Israel-Lebanon deal, agreed and signed on Friday, brings clarity to what has been the somewhat obscure situation produced by the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), agreed on June 17.
Israel should seek out a regional alliance that knits together ties with Greece, Cyprus and India. This is the vision that Israel’s Ministry of Defense (IMOD) Director General Maj. Gen. (res.) Amir Baram discussed at the Herzliya Conference at Reichman University on Wednesday, July 1.
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee dismissed the idea that Washington sees a new pragmatic leadership emerging in Tehran, telling The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that the Trump administration remains committed to preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and sees no meaningful shift in the regime’s attitude.
President Trump started this week by claiming that Iran had "requested" direct talks in Qatar, but as of yet the ground reality in Doha is that Iranian officials have refused, leaving US representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to just bide their time and deal with Qatari and Pakistani intermediaries.