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SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened lower Monday as investor sentiment remained cautious amid renewed uncertainty over the fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire and rising oil prices.
A vendor tends to a customer at a public market in Quezon City, Metro Manila. The Philippines reported 7% year-on-year inflation in April and May due to the impact of the Iran war on fuel prices. © Reuters
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Oil edged higher on Monday after renewed military strikes between the U.S. and Iran reignited concerns over crude supplies from the Middle East.
Lebanese Parliament Speaker and Hezbollah ally Nabih Berri says that the trilateral framework agreement between Lebanon, Israel and the United States will not pass as it doesn’t guarantee Lebanon’s rights.
Russian president says he expects to host US representatives once Middle East crisis eases; Siberian region of Irkutsk sets 50-litre limit at state-run outlets. What we know on day 1,586
Israel has renamed its controversial plan to encourage Palestinians to leave Gaza, dropping the term "voluntary migration" in favour of "Freedom of Movement Plan", Aljazeera reported, citing Israel's Channel 13.
Garry Rodrigues, de Cabo Verde, trata de consolar a Abdulelah Alamri, de Arabi Saudí, después de un empate en el Mundial, el viernes 26 de junio de 2026 en Houston (AP Foto/Eric Gay)
Between 60 and 75 percent of journalists in Gaza have lost their homes or been forcibly displaced since October 7, 2023, according to the Freedoms Committee of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate.
Se eleva humo tras un ataque aéreo israelí en Deir al-Balah, en el centro de la Franja de Gaza, el sábado 27 de junio de 2026. (Foto AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
‘Any attempt to adopt new or separate arrangements … will only lead to more complicated situations,’ said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi
‘Any attempt to adopt new or separate arrangements … will only lead to more complicated situations,’ said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi
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The IDF destroyed a 200-meter terror tunnel used by Hezbollah in Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Sunday night.
Iran did not take part in technical talks slated for Sunday due to recent attacks on the country and unfulfilled conditions of the MoU with the United States, a member of the Office of Preservation and Publication of the Works of Iran’s Supreme Leader told state TV on Sunday.
Israeli forces have shelled a village in southern Syria, close to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Syria’s official news agency SANA reports.
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry has praised the national football team after its hopes of reaching the World Cup knockout stage ended, saying the players had endured “inhumane and unprecedented pressures”.
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Israel and Lebanon have potentially opened a new chapter in their history after signing a historic 14-point Trilateral Framework Agreement on Friday. Far from a peace treaty, the agreement represents an initial – but nevertheless unprecedented – step in that direction, with significant implications for Israel, Leban…
Saudi Arabia players react after the World Cup Group H soccer match between Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia in Houston, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Israeli attacks killed at least three Palestinians and wounded several others in the Gaza Strip, as Israel continued its assault on the enclave and expanded raids across the occupied West Bank.
After roughly a year and a half of backlog, political tensions, and legal pressure, the Judicial Selection Committee on Sunday selected 68 people for posts across Israel’s court system.
Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, June 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Most of the US stock market rose after oil prices eased back to where they were before the war with Iran, but drops for stocks swept up in the mania around artificial-intelligence technology kept the market in check.
Nearly half of the dialysis machines at Gaza’s largest hospital have stopped working as Israel’s blockade and repeated attacks continue to cripple the enclave’s health system.
Exiled underworld kingpin Kazem “Kaz” Hamad ordered the firebombing of the Adass Israel synagogue as payback to Iran for allowing his gang to operate an international drug and cigarette-trafficking network in areas under its control.
The failure of the June 26 protest movement cannot be explained by fear of Hamas alone. Fear certainly existed, but it was not the decisive factor. Gaza has witnessed repeated protests against Hamas over the years.
The new Slovenian Prime Minister, Janez Jansa, plans to repair ties between Ljubljana and Jerusalem and relocate the Slovenian embassy from Tel Aviv to the capital of Israel.
The Israeli targeting strategy is constantly shifting on all fronts.
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Israeli forces have expanded their occupation in Syria’s southern Deraa province, setting up new checkpoints and moving military vehicles deeper into the area, Syria’s state news agency SANA reports.
The top executive of Japan's largest shipping company told the Financial Times in an exclusive weekend interview that the path toward normalization in the Strait of Hormuz remains far more complicated than anticipated. He warned that shipping volumes may stay well below prewar levels for months, as IRGC-laid mines a…
Thirty years ago, on June 18, 1996, Benjamin Netanyahu became prime minister of Israel for the first time. His victory in the May 29, 1996 election was a moment of profound political reorientation for the Israeli state.
Thirty years ago, on June 18, 1996, Benjamin Netanyahu became prime minister of Israel for the first time. His victory in the May 29, 1996 election was a moment of profound political reorientation for the Israeli state.
By the 1980s, the Soviet Union’s attempt to centrally plan every detail of human existence swelled its Council of Ministers to over 100 cabinet-level officials. They had a ministry for everything. There was a Ministry of Heavy Machine Building, a Ministry of General Machine Building, and a Ministry of Medium Machine…
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There is an old saying: insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.
A man hurled antisemitic abuse at an Orthodox Jewish woman in a London supermarket last Monday, the Metropolitan Police confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
A bipartisan group of US House lawmakers is urging the Trump administration not to approve the sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets to Turkey, warning that Ankara's continued possession of the Russian-made S-400 air defense system poses a serious threat to US military technology.
A new agreement between Israel and Lebanon, backed by a US guarantee, makes clear that Israel will withdraw from southern Lebanon only after Hezbollah has been removed from the area.
The “very nature” of the US is to break its promises and treaties, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday, following renewed attacks on the Islamic Republic’s coastal infrastructure.
The family of Palestinian man Majdi Nour Abu Ara has been told he was killed a year and a half after Israeli forces bombed the vehicle he was travelling in north of Tubas, in the occupied West Bank.
State prosecutors on Sunday indicted Be’er Ya’acov deputy council head Noam Sasson and six other defendants over allegations that he exploited his municipal position to steer public contracts to associates, including a transportation tender from which a company allegedly received more than NIS 20 million.
Plans to establish a new beit oleh (immigrant house) in Tel Aviv are underway, with the new facility aiming to make life for olim chadashim (new immigrants) easier by giving them a place where they can go work, relax, and integrate with local Israelis, Tel Aviv-Yafo Vice-Mayor Guy Avner told The Jerusalem Post on Th…
I was approaching the Orient Hotel on June 17, carefully walking through the construction-plagued and obstacle-strewn Emek Refaim Street, on my way to the first day of a conference.
The Likud Constitution Committee voted unanimously on Sunday to postpone the date for the party's primaries to August 4 ahead of the upcoming elections, and is expected to release updated rules on the primary process this week.