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Maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz remains at levels before the Iran-US agreement, says the Kpler maritime tracking platform, but there are signs of recovery ahead of Friday's official reopening.
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On May 17, 2025, Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi sent a letter to the leaders of all 193 UN member states, asking them to formally recognize Somaliland's independence.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he liked the idea of blaming Vice President JD Vance if a deal to end the war with Iran does not work out.
More than 1,000 people in Gaza have been killed since a US-brokered October “ceasefire” between Hamas and Israel was agreed, and the humanitarian situation in the besieged enclave remains catastrophic.
People fill water containers at a free distribution point amid water outages in Khartoum, Sudan, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali, File)
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The funeral of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will take place in July with ceremonies across the country and a stop in Iraq, it has been revealed.
Ending the "indoctrination" of Palestinian schoolchildren into glorifying the murder and murderers of Jews and Israelis is key to undermining the Palestinian Authority’s Pay-for-Slay program, panelists at a Monday StandWithUs event on the issue said.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and new Mossad Director Roman Gofman held their first regular one-on-one working meeting on Wednesday night.
Brent crude futures tumbled below the $80-per-barrel level earlier this morning for the first time since March as traders priced in the U.S.-Iran peace deal and the expected reopening of the Strait of Hormuz maritime chokepoint on Friday. Goldman Sachs and RBC Capital Markets both slashed their fourth-quarter Brent …
While US President Donald Trump has recently hailed the resumption of oil flows from Gulf allies, Iran, too, appears to be gearing up to resume exports and trading.
An anonymous Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) officer whose identity was exposed by Likud MK Tally Gotliv petitioned the High Court of Justice on Wednesday against the Knesset’s decision to grant her immunity from criminal prosecution, arguing that the vote was legally flawed, politically predetermined, and dangero…
The Houthis are one of the Iranian-backed groups in the region that remain strong. While Hezbollah and Hamas have suffered blows, the Assad regime has fallen, and militias in Iraq are under pressure, the Houthis remain steadfast in Yemen. They have achieved this because they are secure in the mountains of northern Y…
A $300 billion private fund designed to trigger investment into Iran is outlined in the US-Iran framework agreement and more than half that sum has already been committed, a source with direct knowledge of the deal told Reuters.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Franja de Gaza (AP) — Operaciones israelíes en la Franja de Gaza han matado a 1.005 palestinos desde que se alcanzó un alto al fuego entre Israel y el grupo Hamás en octubre pasado, informó el miércoles el Ministerio de Salud de Gaza.
A senior Israeli official has questioned whether Israel would have launched its operation against Iran had it known the political consequences in advance amid growing public anger.
When US President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iran in late February, Turkish officials found themselves sidelined.
In this photo released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor’s secondary circuit as officials and media visit the site near Arak, Iran, Dec. 23, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)
Mohammed Matar, 11, participates in a psychological support session using a virtual reality headset in a tent operated by a medical technology team in Zawaida, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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AFTER nearly four months of war, the United States and Iran have finally confirmed that a preliminary deal to end their conflict has been agreed, and is expected to be signed in Switzerland on Friday, June 19. This is welcome news for us here in the Philippines, as we have been hit hard by skyrocketing fuel prices, …
US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a new agreement with Iran has been greeted with applause across much of the world.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday urged Israel to be a "positive player" for peace in the Middle East following a deal between Iran and the US.
BERLIN — German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul urged the U.S. and Iran to make public the details of their peace agreement on Wednesday, saying Berlin could only consider joining a mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz once the terms are clear.
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Stock markets in Abu Dhabi and Dubai recorded their highest close in three months amid optimism generated by a US-Iran peace deal that has eased tensions across the Middle East.
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Italy's embassy to Tehran will re-open on Friday after more than three months of closure because of the Iran war, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
A proposed $300 billion investment fund has emerged as one of the most consequential-and politically explosive-features of the U.S.-Iran framework agreement, turning what began as a war-ending diplomatic effort into a test of whether private capital can be used as a substitute for reparations, sanctions relief and s…
Beirut, Lebanon – On June 6, Lebanon’s second airport received a flight carrying a number of officials, including Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.
The extremist group Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed a new attack in Syria, with Syrian state media saying on Wednesday that “an improvised explosive device detonated yesterday against the vehicle of Salah Ahmad al-Saleh, head of the Justice Palace department in Babila, south of Damascus, leaving him injured in the …
Ankara gave Hezbollah delegations assurances that Turkey supported the Iran-backed group’s continued role in Lebanon, and that Damascus had no plans to take action against the terrorist organization, Lebanese Member of Parliament Ali Fayyad told the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen last week.
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Wednesday that his country's negotiations with Israel in Washington were independent of the US-Iran deal.
After a US watchdog report earlier this week said that the American fleet of F-35 stealth fighters has seen reduced readiness and usability as maintenance issues drag down mission-capable rates, Israeli sources said that their F-35s were faring better.
Five IDF soldiers were wounded in southern Lebanon when an explosive drone operated by Hezbollah hit their location on Wednesday, according to a statement from the IDF.
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Oil prices have tumbled in recent days as optimism grew there would be a lasting Middle East peace agreement, which would mean supplies would be back on track - but investors are taking a breather today with prices marginally higher this morning, rising off three month lows (and the 200DMA) after Trump threatened to…
Israel has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of anti-Semitism after he compared its actions in Gaza to the horrors of the Holocaust.
Israel has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of anti-Semitism after he compared its actions in Gaza to the horrors of the Holocaust.
The Lebanese president says ‘nobody is negotiating for us’ in seeking to end the hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah
The Lebanese president says ‘nobody is negotiating for us’ in seeking to end the hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah
National Security Minister MK Itamar Ben-Gvir has appointed six members of bereaved families from the Choosing Life Forum as official inspectors under the Death Penalty for Terrorists Law, Ben-Gvir confirmed on Wednesday.
Fears are mounting in Israel over a public rift emerging with the US, the country’s most important backer, amid reports that the ruling Likud party shelved an election campaign to promote Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s close ties with President Donald Trump.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir announced on Wednesday that the pilot program to try out women serving in tank units will begin in November, despite opposition from about one-third of the hesder yeshivas that provide significant numbers of religious Zionist combat soldiers.
The Knesset plenum approved on Wednesday to grant Likud MK Tally Gotliv immunity after she was indicted for disclosing and publishing classified confidential information in violation of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) law by exposing the identity of a Shin Bet officer.
With the war with Iran hopefully coming to an end, US President Donald Trump and the Board of Peace must now return their full attention to Gaza.
Un grupo de manifestantes durante la marcha del orgullo gay de Seattle, el 25 de junio de 2023, en Seattle. (AP Foto/Lindsey Wasson)