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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)
Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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)
Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich called for the establishment of Jewish settlements within Gaza, claiming that the Israeli military controls nearly 70 per cent of the strip.
At least six people were injured after an argument between football supporters of Brazil and Germany escalated into armed clashes in southern Lebanon on Monday evening.
The UAE has said its nationals can travel to Lebanon, effective on Monday, lifting a weeks-long ban in place because of the Middle East war and concerns about Iran's influence.
An ex-nurse accused of launching an antisemitic tirade at an Israeli influencer has scored a legal victory after a drug possession charge was withdrawn.
The New York Times has hired Atlantic staff writer Yair Rosenberg to launch a national beat covering Jewish American life, bringing a widely known journalist on antisemitism and Jewish affairs to a newspaper whose coverage of Israel and the Jewish community has been under unusually intense scrutiny since the October…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration on Saturday night that he intends to form a broad national government after October’s election is, in principle, exactly what Israel needs. In fact, it is what The Jerusalem Post has repeatedly argued since the October 7 massacre.
This weekend’s images of armed and masked men roaming the streets of Baghdad are scenes that many Iraqis hoped had been relegated to the past. Yet this was not a terrorist attack or a militia operation. Amid gunfire on Saturday and Sunday, elite anti-terrorism soldiers raided addresses in the capital’s Green Zone, d…
US Representative Rashida Tlaib said she will force another vote in Congress aimed at ending US involvement in what she described as Israel’s “campaign of ethnic cleansing and territorial expansion” in Lebanon.
US Representative Greg Casar said he plans to vote in favour of an amendment that would halt military aid to Israel, arguing that Americans "should not be financing more weapons for Netanyahu".
SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded slightly higher late Tuesday morning, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street as easing tensions in the Middle East boosted investor appetite.
Iran has said negotiations on a final agreement with the United States, including on its nuclear programme, have not yet begun.
President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday that all but two South Korean-operated vessels have left the Strait of Hormuz after being stranded there amid the US-Iran war.
The Israel National Basketball Team is preparing in earnest for the upcoming World Cup qualifying games against Germany and Croatia, as coach Ariel Beit Halachmi will be without many of his regulars due to injuries.
The government plans to lower the resource security crisis warning for crude oil by a notch to Level 2, the vice industry minister said Tuesday, following the stabilization of global oil prices amid progress in peace talks between the United States and Iran.
The Knesset rejected a bill aimed at preventing representatives of the International Red Cross from visiting Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention centers after the proposed bill’s first reading on Monday.
Iran is in a stronger position relative to the US than it was before US President Donald Trump’s “reckless and costly war,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) claimed in a press conference prior to a security briefing on the US-Iran war on Monday.
A Gaza flotilla member has been arrested after protesters gathered outside court to support pro-Palestine activists charged with using a banned phrase.
SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday that all but two South Korean-operated vessels have left the Strait of Hormuz after being stranded there amid the U.S.-Iran war.
Supporters of Brazil’s national soccer team celebrate, after Brazil scores its first goal against Japan during a Round of 32 match at the FIFA World Cup, in the Jabal Mohsen neighborhood of Tripoli, northern Lebanon, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- The government plans to lower the resource security crisis warning for crude oil by a notch to Level 2, the vice industry minister said Tuesday, following the stabilization of global oil prices amid progress in peace talks between the United States and Iran.
Federal court judge rules Ofir Birenbaum breached parts of settlement with Middle Eastern restaurant reached after incident when working with Daily Telegraph
South Korean stocks opened slightly higher Tuesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street as easing tensions in the Middle East boosted investor appetite for tech shares.
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SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened slightly higher Tuesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street as easing tensions in the Middle East boosted investor appetite for tech shares.
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The commander of US Central Command (Centcom), Adm. Brad Cooper, has met senior civilian and military leaders in Israel and Lebanon during an ongoing trip to the Middle East, as Washington pushes ahead with implementing a new Israel-Lebanon framework agreement.
After weeks of backlash from Jewish groups and leaders, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights this weekend opened its exhibit on the Nakba, the narrative of Palestinian defeat and displacement upon Israel’s founding.
Jonathan Conricus, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank and a former international spokesman for the IDF, sees the Middle East as a series of collisions rather than a single crisis.
An ultra-Orthodox (haredi) rabbi cursed IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir during a Bnei Brak anti-military draft protest on Monday, claiming that the army “educates for the most severe offenses in the Torah.”
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff told lawmakers that the technical team responsible for nuclear negotiations with Iran has left Switzerland for Qatar, according to Politico, citing sources familiar with the discussions.
The situation in Gaza and the occupied West Bank remains "volatile" despite a US-brokered ceasefire agreed to in October, according to Ramiz Alakbarov, the UN's deputy special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and resident and humanitarian coordinator.
Israel's High Court of Justice has ruled that state comptroller Matanyahu Englman exceeded his authority in several probes into the failures leading to the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack, barring him from completing and publishing his examinations of eight key issues.
DUBLIN (AP) — El partido de local de Irlanda contra Israel en la Liga de Naciones se jugará a puerta cerrada en Serbia en octubre.
The publisher of Drop Site News is no longer on the board of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), implying that she was removed after she questioned the organisation's exclusion of certain Palestinian journalists from its Gaza death toll, Nika Soon-Shiong revealed on Monday.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said US-Iran talks depend on both sides honouring their commitments, saying "mutual understanding is a bilateral matter."
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Israel will continue trying to escalate the conflict in Lebanon after failing to “break Iran’s deterrence,” Max Blumenthal, editor-in-chief of The Grayzone, has said.
Ramiz Alakbarov, deputy special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said the situation in Gaza and the occupied West Bank remains “volatile" and called on the US-brokered “ceasefire” in October to be respected.
Kurt Campbell served as deputy secretary of state in the Biden administration from 2024 to 2025. (Photo by Yuji Murakami)
The publisher of Drop Site News is no longer on the board of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), implying that she was removed after she questioned the organisation's exclusion of certain Palestinian journalists from its Gaza death toll, Nika Soon-Shiong revealed on Monday.
Live Blog Update| War on Iran This is an entry from: Live: Iran says no talks with US in coming daysIn photos: Palestinians mourn their dead following Israeli attacks29 June 2026 22:32 BST Mourners attend the funeral of 13-year-old Palestinian girl Alin Al-Farra, who was reportedly killed in an Israeli strike, at Na…
Gaza health officials said Israeli strikes killed five people, including a child, in the Palestinian territory on Monday.