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Iranian mourners beat their heads and chests during a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 23, 2026, prior to Ashoura, which commemorates the 7th-century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, one of Prophet Muhammad’s grandsons and one of Shiite Islam’s most beloved saints, and 72 of his companions, who were killed in a bat…
Each morning, Mahmoud Ayyad walks up to the roof of his apartment building in Gaza city's Al Rimal neighbourhood and sees them standing tall: towering structures visible from kilometres away.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met the leaders of the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait on Wednesday, vowing not to undermine their security as he sought to reassure Gulf allies sceptical of a proposed deal to end the US-Israeli war with Iran.
BEIRUT (Reuters) -- The biggest casualty of the US-Iran deal may not be Israel's Iran strategy, but the political brand Benjamin Netanyahu spent decades constructing as the Israeli leader who could uniquely bend Washington to his will on Iran, analysts, former US officials and diplomats say.
Pakistan's role as a peacemaker in the Iran war, which undermined the security of the Gulf countries and affected multiple economies through energy price shocks, has raised its diplomatic profile across the world and garnered high praise from U.S. leadership.
US President Donald Trump asked Congress Wednesday for nearly $88 billion in extra spending, most of it to cover the cost of the Iran war, at a moment of growing unease in both parties over the conflict and its political price.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned shipowners on Wednesday that any new transit route through the Strait of Hormuz established without coordination with Tehran is "unacceptable and dangerous," threatening actions against vessels that ignore its instructions.
The organ from a six-and-a-half-year-old girl from Kafr Qasim, an Arab-Israeli city east of Tel Aviv, saved the life of a three-and-a-half-year-old boy from Jerusalem with a long-awaited heart transplant this week.
Israel must deepen its alliance with the United States while making clear that responsibility for Israeli security rests with Jerusalem alone.
Unidentified women walk between tents in a section of the camp housing Australian family members of suspected Islamic State militants in the Roj Camp in eastern Syria, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)
The confrontation came over lunch. The cleanup began after dinner.
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Despite the region’s vast expanses and varied landscapes, rail travel is far from a novelty in the Middle East. A line between Alexandria and Cairo opened in 1854 and the Hejaz Railway, constructed by the Ottoman Empire between 1900 and 1908, are two examples of early modernisation in the Arab world.
The US and Iran finalized diplomatic talks in Switzerland this week, ending months of escalation and opening what the Trump administration is calling a new chapter of regional diplomacy. Israel was not in the room. The agreement, according to reporting confirmed in part by Vice President JD Vance on CBS, includes a …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump berated Senate Republicans face to face on Wednesday for allowing a vote to block his war in Iran, further escalating a feud that has diverted GOP efforts to focus on election-year affordability issues and brought much of the chamber’s business to a halt.
Dubai: Trump International Golf Club has ornate fountains, striking views, strong branding – and a good collection of hats emblazoned with the words “Make America Great Again.”
US President Donald Trump faced pointed criticism over the Iran war Wednesday in a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans, shortly before his administration asked Congress for tens of billions of dollars to pay for the conflict.
Five more South Korean-operated vessels have exited the Strait of Hormuz following last week's ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, bringing the total number of vessels that have left the region to 11, the maritime ministry said Thursday.
SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- Five more South Korean-operated vessels have exited the Strait of Hormuz following last week's ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, bringing the total number of vessels that have left the region to 11, the maritime ministry said Thursday.
A little over a month ago, we explained that energy traders are "Traders Puzzled As Physical Oil Prices Tumble Amid Surging Chinese Crude Sales, Plunging Imports", and highlighted how already razor-thin independent refiner (teapot) margins had plunged to record negative as a result of the war in Iran and government …
Dos niños ondean banderas de Estados Unidos en una gasolinera mientras la caravana presidencial de Donald Trump pasa frente a ella, el martes 23 de junio de 2026, en Pensilvania. (AP Foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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Jerusalem: A team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations accused Israel of deliberately shooting children in Gaza and repeated its accusation that Israel has committed genocide in the territory.
There remains a major divergence in how Iran and the United States are interpreting the results of the MoU signing in the wake of the historic Switzerland peace talks, as lower-level teams remain in place to hammer out the technical details of the agreement.
More than five decades after Israel’s only World Cup appearance, the Israel Football Association says it has no intention of trying to leave Europe for the Asian regional qualifying system that once took the country to the tournament, before Arab-led boycotts helped force it out.
US President Donald Trump is set to meet munitions makers at the White House on Wednesday as his administration pushes to expand weapons production after military operations in Iran and other conflicts drew down US stockpiles.
Mamdani-backed Israel critics swept the primaries, marking a seismic backlash against pro-Israel incumbent Democrats and solidifying the left-wing mayor’s status as a power broker in New York. Tuesday night ended with victories for three congressional candidates, Brad Lander, Claire Valdez, and Darializa Avila Cheva…
US President Donald Trump said that he was disappointed in the level of NATO participation in the Iran war during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who defended European countries' contributions on Wednesday.
Judea and Samaria police rescued an IDF soldier from the West Bank town of Tarqumiyah, following a report from security forces of a person in military uniform handcuffed in the center of the town.
United States President Donald Trump has returned to a familiar theme during a meeting with NATO chief Mark Rutte, slamming European countries for not supporting the US-Israel war on Iran.
Congress has told Trump to stop Iran war- why does it matter?
The administration of United States President Donald Trump has requested that Congress approve an additional $87.6bn in spending for causes including the US-Israel war on Iran.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that charging tolls on the Strait of Hormuz will not happen, amid reports that Iran seeks to establish a mechanism with Oman to regulate traffic in the crucial waterway.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte played to U.S. President Donald Trump’s love of praise and splashy visuals during a visit to Washington that was aimed at easing the U.S. leader’s anger over alliance nations’ reluctance to help with the campaign against Iran.
US President Donald Trump has criticised several European allies for what he described as a lack of support during the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Donald Trump and Republicans in the U.S. Senate squabbled on Wednesday, as the U.S. president abruptly canceled plans to sign a bipartisan housing bill and lawmakers pressed him over his handling of the war in Iran.
US President Donald Trump has said he has seen no evidence suggesting the United States was responsible for the missile strike that hit an Iranian primary school on 28 February, the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran.
US President Donald Trump faced pointed criticism over the Iran war on Wednesday in a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans, before his administration asked Congress for about $87.6 billion to pay for the conflict.
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The last of the Islamic State-linked Australian women stranded in a detention camp in Syria has been granted a permit to return to Australia, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has revealed.
The US Senate on Tuesday passed a war powers resolution - a symbolic rebuke of President Donald Trump which calls for an end to the US-Israeli war against Iran, and requires explicit authorization from Congress.
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says the UN's nuclear inspectors will visit Iran's enrichment sites, despite Tehran indicating that any such inspections will only take place after a final agreement is reached.
The CEOs of Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Honeywell arrived at the White House on Wednesday for a meeting with President Donald Trump, as the administration presses major defense contractors to ramp up weapons production amid concerns about U.S. missile and munitions stockpiles.
From the rise of devastating asymmetric warfare to the crumbling of the US maritime hegemony and alliances, the war offers food for thought
From the rise of devastating asymmetric warfare to the crumbling of the US maritime hegemony and alliances, the war offers food for thought
President Trump was angry.
What do the ultra-wealthy owe the rest of us? It may be the defining argument of our second Gilded Age.
Following a Lebanese report that contacts are underway to bring back the remains of Israeli navigator Ron Arad, who was captured in Lebanon in 1986, his friend Ronen Meir told 103FM on Wednesday that listeners should keep the matter in perspective: "We are overwhelmed with attempts and disappointments."
An official FIFA and LEGO collaboration will bring a World Cup-themed interactive fan experience to northern Israel for three days this summer, offering free admission to children and families at Sha'ar HaTzafon Mall in Kiryat Ata.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted that Israel will be the first country in the world to solve the global issue of explosive drones during a speech at the Federation of Local Authorities in Israel Conference on Wednesday.