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The Israeli company Magos Systems, which develops and produces advanced drone detection radar systems for comprehensive protection, announced on Monday that they had secured a NIS 21 million deal to provide hundreds of its radar systems to a "defense customer." Defense & Tech by The Jerusalem Post understands that t…
Innovative US military technology company Anduril Industries is taking its first steps in Israel. "Globes" has learned that a senior delegation of Anduril executives led by CEO Brian Schimpf will visit Israel this week. Schimpf cofounded Anduril with entrepreneur Palmer Luckey.
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, presented the UN Security Council with several images of journalists and UNRWA employees killed by Israel who were later revealed to have been terrorists, in a challenge to Israeli's critics.
The nation’s peak Jewish group is urging Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke to deny a visa to a prominent comedian who has called Israelis “genocidal ... pieces of shit” and accused Israel of bombing its own embassy, reviving a debate about the limits of free speech on polarising topics.
Iran rejected French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to cooperate on clearing mines from the Strait of Hormuz on Monday evening, warning Paris against intervening in one of the world’s most strategically important waterways.
Iraqi investigators have seized $11 million and four billion Iraqi dinars (just over $3 million) in cash from the home of Ali Maarij Al Bahadly, the Deputy Minister of Oil for Distribution Affairs, in an anti-corruption crackdown, the country's Supreme Judiciary Council has announced.
If there's one person who might perfectly symbolizes the special relationship between the US and Israel at this fraught juncture in history, it’s US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee.
The Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan region can create five million jobs by 2050 with consistent investment and business reforms, the World Bank has said.
Brig.-Gen. (res.) Dedi Simchi said Tuesday that the new political body he formed with Benny Gantz would seek to build a broad Zionist government, bridge divisions in Israeli society and expand enlistment across all sectors.
Iraq’s new prime minister, Ali al Zaidi, is leading a new charge against corruption. Over the last several days, the Iraqi security forces have been detaining politicians and officials and uncovering masses of cash and other evidence of corruption. In one case, a stable of horses was found.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday strongly condemned the haredi rabbi who cursed Zamir during a Bnei Brak anti-military draft protest, saying that "Even when there are disagreements among us, there is absolutely no place for serious incitement against the IDF and its commanders who protect us all."
In recent days, Iranian security forces have been killed in several clashes. Iraq’s Shafaq News noted on June 30 that “four Iranian security personnel were killed and several others injured in two separate armed attacks in western and northwestern Iran on Tuesday, local media reported.”
Despite almost three years of hardship and devastation during the Gaza war caused by Hamas’s October 7 massacre in southern Israel, calls for a mass protest on June 26 in the Strip went largely unanswered. The initiative to bring Gazans together to demonstrate against Hamas’s rule drew little public response last Fr…
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media after the U.S. and Iran held high-level talks near Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 22. © AP
Inflation is at risk of remaining above target despite the U.S. and Iran agreeing to end their war in the Middle East, a top European central banker warned on Tuesday.
Over the past several years, and with particular intensity since late 2019, Athens has deepened its ties with the Gulf states in ways few might have predicted.
The United States' head of homeland security said he "danced a happy dance" when Iran were eliminated from the World Cup.
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In light of the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) boycott, the Knesset plenum rejected in its first reading a bill to amend the Prisons Ordinance, Amendment No. 73, which sought to prevent representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross from entering detention facilities and to prohibit the transfer of informa…
Israel Shipyards Ltd, the defense giant known primarily for producing vessels for the Israel Navy, has recently entered the drone interception market by unveiling a subsidiary, AREONOUS.
A security deal between Israel and Lebanon risks entrenching a stalemate rather than resolving Israel's underlying conflict with Hezbollah by tying Israel's pullout from southern Lebanon to the Iran-aligned group's disarmament, a condition regional analysts and politicians say is unattainable.
South Korean stocks ended nearly 1 percent higher Tuesday, led by gains in technology shares, as investors watched for a possible resumption of US-Iran talks in Qatar aimed at easing tensions in the Strait of Hormuz. The Korean won weakened against the US dollar.
A tug boat pushes a barge carrying coal on Mahakam river in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Dec. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)
The United States has presented Israel with a proposal that would allow Gaza's reconstruction to move forward even if Hamas does not disarm, Al Jazeera reported.
For the past half century, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee – better known as Aipac – largely held sway in elections in both US mainstream political parties. They threatened and intimidated those who opposed them and, when a critic of Israel was defeated, they boasted of victory, holding it up for others…
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SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks ended nearly 1 percent higher Tuesday, led by gains in technology shares, as investors watched for a possible resumption of U.S.-Iran talks in Qatar aimed at easing tensions in the Strait of Hormuz. The Korean won weakened against the U.S. dollar.
Gold prices slipped more than 1 per cent on Tuesday and were on track for their biggest monthly decline since October 2008, as uncertainty in the Middle East gave way to expectations of US interest rate increases to tame elevated inflation.
(2nd LD) S. Korea to build semiconductor cluster in southwest with 800 tln won in corporate investment
After Iran and the United States exchanged attacks at the end of last week, attention has once again turned to diplomacy, with President Donald Trump saying that the two sides would hold talks in Doha on Tuesday.
In today’s episode of Trending Middle East, the UAE enters a new era of transport as Etihad Rail launches the country’s first national passenger service. The inaugural journey between Fujairah and Abu Dhabi marks a historic milestone for the UAE and the wider Gulf region, with more stations to open in the coming mon…
Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security Committee, said the “era of US interference in regional affairs is over” and argued that Washington would gain nothing from a renewed role in the region.
UAE petrol prices will fall in July, the first drop in five months, as global crude oil benchmarks dip to pre-Iran war levels, easing supply concerns.
The United States and Iran will meet today in Doha, US President Donald Trump announced in a post on Truth Social, despite setbacks in the ongoing peace negotiations since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding earlier this month.
Democratic politician Scott Wiener was returning to his seat at a crowded sports bar in San Francisco last week when a man, with his phone camera already recording, began berating him.
Armed assailants killed two members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and wounded two others in a shooting in the western city of Paveh, the IRGC’s Sepahnews Telegram channel reported.
Citing an estimate by Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi, CBS reported that the biggest driver of the increase has been gasoline prices, which climbed to a peak of $4.56 a gallon in May before dropping below $4 earlier this month.
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and his French counterpart, Jean-Noel Barrot, discussed the implementation of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding and broader regional developments during a phone call, according to Iranian state media.
A young Palestinian girl was killed after Israeli warplanes bombed tents sheltering displaced families in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Hamas.
Feliks, an Eastern imperial eagle which flew from Serbia across North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey and Syria, where he fell victim to traffickers looks out from a cage at Palic Zoo after returning in Serbia, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Palestinian weavers Rula Barakeh, right, and Samira Nasser work on handmade embroidered pieces at the Inaash Association embroidery workshop in Beirut, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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Turkey and several Arab nations and organisations have condemned Israel's latest incursions and attacks in Syria's southern provinces of Quneitra and Deraa.
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Japan’s factory output rose in May as manufacturers were able to cope with the fallout from the war in Iran.
An electronic board shows Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index, bottom, and exchange rate of the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar in Tokyo Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Kenichiro Kojima/Kyodo News via AP)