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At least three Iranian tankers carrying nearly five million barrels of crude oil have exited the U.S. Navy blockade in the Strait of Hormuz in the first such outbound shipment in two months, as shipowners cautiously reposition ahead of a U.S.-Iran deal signing in Geneva on Friday.
NABATIYEH, Lebanon — Starting in the early hours of Tuesday, Aida Jleilati and her daughter dug through the pile of rubble that was once their home in the city of Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon picking up some of their belongings that survived a late May airstrike by Israel.
Israeli military activity continued across parts of southern Lebanon on Tuesday despite the upcoming signing of a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran.
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Israeli rights group Peace Now has criticised the government's decision to assume planning and construction powers from the Palestinian Municipality of Hebron in areas linked to Israeli settlements and religious sites in the city.
Australian police have begun inquiries into claims that Israeli forces raped, tortured, and abused activists detained during last month’s raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
Australian police have begun inquiries into claims that Israeli forces raped, tortured, and abused activists detained during last month’s raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders pose during a group photo of leaders at the G7 summit, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Vice President JD Vance appears on “Hannity” on Monday, June 15, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
By Malcolm Moore, Nassos Stylianou, Alice Hancock, Lucy Rodgers, Irene de la Torre Arenas and Dan Clark in London
Last Wednesday, a day before the arrival in Beirut of a Saudi envoy, Yazid bin Farhan, Saudi Arabia announced it would lift all restrictions on Lebanese exports to the kingdom. The move was widely interpreted as Riyadh’s support for the Lebanese state, in particular President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.
Talks between Lebanon and Israel aimed at negotiating a ceasefire and cementing border security are expected to continue and could accelerate, as Washington and Tehran move towards signing a memorandum of understanding on Friday to end the war, a senior Lebanese official said.
Talks between Lebanon and Israel aimed at negotiating a ceasefire and cementing border security are expected to continue and could accelerate, as Washington and Tehran move towards signing a memorandum of understanding on Friday to end the war, a senior Lebanese official has said.
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A 15-year-old Palestinian girl was wounded during an Israeli military raid in the town of al-Mughayyir in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) has condemned the Israeli government's reported seizure of authority over the Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, describing the move as an attack on Palestinian rights, religious freedoms and international law.
Iraq boss Graham Arnold refused to give up on reaching the knockout stages of the World Cup – despite seeing his side beaten 4-1 by Norway on their return to the tournament after 40 years.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the country would not accept humiliation and had learned from the late Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, to preserve its dignity in the face of external pressure.
Iraq’s Aymen Hussein (18), celebrates scoring his side’s first goal during the World Cup Group I soccer match between Iraq and Norway in Foxborough, Mass., near Boston, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
The UK, Australia, and Canada have launched a new International Peace Fund to advance peace between Israel and Palestine, the three countries’ foreign ministers announced on Thursday.
When the leaders of the G7 group of nations arrived in France this week for their widely anticipated summit, there was plenty of bonhomie for the cameras. French President Emmanual Marcon and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer smiled broadly as they shook hands. US President Donald Trump, a well-known sceptic of multila…
Mahmoud Nofal, 64, plays with his grandchildren, Tamim and Ranin Nofal, whom he has raised since their parents were killed in an Israeli airstrike, outside their tent in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
As the sun began to set over Boston’s City Plaza, the dream was slipping away.
A purported draft of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding circulating online suggests that Washington could grant Tehran sweeping sanctions relief and access to frozen assets while leaving key nuclear issues to future negotiations.
A purported draft of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding circulating online suggests that Washington could grant Tehran sweeping sanctions relief and access to frozen assets while leaving key nuclear issues to future negotiations.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held brief talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in France on Tuesday, exchanging views on the Indo-Pacific even as the crisis in the Middle East continued to dominate the gathering.
The United States has reportedly rejected an official Israeli request to review the memorandum of understanding reached between Washington and Tehran, according to Israeli media reports.
Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, warned that any breach of the memorandum of understanding between Tehran and Washington would trigger a "crushing response" from Iran.
Iran has intensified diplomatic consultations ahead of the signing of its agreement with Washington and the start of negotiations in Geneva.
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SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean bond market sentiment slightly improved for July after the United States and Iran agreed on a deal to end the war in the Middle East, a poll showed Wednesday.
A road map for peace between the US and Iran is poised to pave the way for the Strait of Hormuz to reopen on Friday, offering respite after months of disruption to global shipping.
The financial cost of the Iran war is becoming clearer as according to the latest study by the Institute for Economics and Peace, the conflict is costing the global economy $2.2 trillion in annual GDP.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Donald Trump last year that he was the “greatest friend Israel ever had in the White House."
US Vice President JD Vance said Washington views negotiations with Iran as a means of achieving results rather than rewarding Tehran, adding that he would attend upcoming talks in Geneva to assess Iran's commitment to the process.
Bloomberg has published what it says are leaked details of a memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran that would formally end hostilities and establish a framework for a broader agreement.
Four infants were hospitalized in Jerusalem on Thursday after consuming fruit puree laced with anesthetic substances.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised new immigrants from India’s Bnei Menashe community on Thursday that Israel will “bring the entire community to Israel over the next four years” during an event welcoming its first members.
The Iran Football Federation (FFIRI) said on Tuesday that winger Mehdi Torabi's visa had expired after a single visit to the United States for the team's World Cup opener in Los Angeles.
The United States would not exist if it weren't for Israel, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee announced during the International Conference on Israeli Heritage in Judea and Samaria on Tuesday.
Eliezer Bublil, 63, from Even Yehuda, was arrested on Monday on suspicion of threatening a pharmacist at a Clalit Health Services pharmacy, spitting at her, and making racist remarks, including: “You Arabs should not be here.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told off IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir during a security cabinet meeting after Israeli Air Force Commander Brig.-Gen. Omer Tischler released a letter on Tuesday revealing details on the canceled attack on Iran, Ynet reported.
US officials have confirmed that Iran's national team will be required to leave the United States within hours of the final whistle of its World Cup group-stage matches in Los Angeles and Seattle.
TOKYO/DETROIT – Tokyo auto shops and Detroit car dealerships have been running short of motor oil, paint and other products for months since the Middle East conflict snarled global supply chains.
Lindsey Graham, the uber-hawk Republican senator from South Carolina who perhaps more than anyone else in Congress urged Donald Trump to start the war against Iran, is also one of the president’s most vocal sycophants. No matter what Trump does – bomb or not bomb – Graham can be relied on to chime in with praise.
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