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Israel has seized planning and construction powers at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied West Bank from Palestinian authorities, scrapping parts of an agreement in place since the 1990s, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Tuesday.
Abbas Araghchi says war ‘not fully come to an end’ without Israeli forces leaving territories occupied during present conflict
Qatar shut the world's largest LNG facility early in the U.S.-Iran war after Iranian Shahed one-way attack drones struck critical energy infrastructure, triggering chaos across global gas markets, just as the Hormuz maritime chokepoint was shuttered.
Israel is not mentioned in the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, according to a reported draft of the 14-point deal shared by Al Arabiya on Tuesday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Omani counterpart, Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, have reaffirmed their countries' commitment to international law governing maritime navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Oman News Agency.
Israel has carried out three consecutive drone strikes targeting the town square of Mayfadoun in Lebanon's southern Nabatieh district, according to the country's National News Agency (NNA).
US President Donald Trump threatened to attack just one Arab Gulf country during the war on Iran: Oman. Now, it is emerging as the biggest winner from a new Middle East order being hashed out by the US and the Islamic Republic.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cross-examination in his criminal trial ended on Tuesday after nearly a year of questioning, moving one of the most politically consequential trials in Israeli history into the final stretch of his testimony before the defense resumes questioning him.
A provision in the proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the US and Iran will allow Iran to begin selling oil and fuel immediately upon its signing, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the agreement.
Syria has awarded US energy company ConocoPhillips and a company linked to Syrian-British billionaire Ayman Al Asfari a deal to develop gasfields in the country, state media reported on Tuesday.
With oil prices plunging after the announcement of a U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement and plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, traders are asking: Is the geopolitical risk premium gone, or is the market setting up for another shock?
BRUSSELS — The United States and Iran's provisional agreement on Sunday to end the war sent share markets soaring as oil and gas prices dropped to their lowest level since early March.
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MANILA, Philippines — Transport group MANIBELA warned of wider protest actions if the Department of Energy (DOE) and oil companies fail to implement a major fuel rollback following United States President Donald Trump announcement of peace deal between the US and Iran.
A controversial anti-Israel motion scheduled for a Montreal City Council meeting has been postponed until August.
US Envoy to Iraq and Syria Tom Barrack arrived in Iraq this week for a series of important meetings. On June 15, Tom Barrack, who is also the US Ambassador to Turkey, wrote that he was “happy and honored to be back in Baghdad, meeting with our great US Embassy team led by Chargé d’Affaires Joshua Harris. Today I wil…
Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians have been stripped of administrative authority over the Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, in a move likely to deepen concerns over Israeli control of the holy site.
On Monday, hours after the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran, families that had been displaced because of the war began to return to communities in southern Lebanon, despite warnings from the authorities that it was not safe yet.
Israel has reproached the Belarusian President, Aleksandr Lukashenko, for his “deeply disturbing” comparison between the Holocaust of the Jewish people and Israel.
Sama Safi, a 20-year-old Palestinian-American psychology student living in the West Bank, was arrested on June 2 during an IDF raid on her home and held without charge.
Israeli drone strikes targeted three vehicles in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least four people and wounding others, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.
TEHRAN — Iran said on Tuesday that talks with the United States on its nuclear program and sanctions relief were likely to begin later this week, as US President Donald Trump said the Strait of Hormuz would “completely open” once the foes sign their deal.
QUALIFIED Pag-IBIG Fund members can now borrow up to P10,000 as cash aid through the Special Assistance for Financial Emergencies or SAFE Loan amid the continuing effects of the Middle East war, its top officials said on Tuesday.
The United States denied Israel's request to view the newly agreed-upon Memorandum of Understanding before the signing ceremony, expected to be held in Switzerland later this week, a source confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.
At least four people have been killed in a series of Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh governorate, according to Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA).
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The headline strapped across the front page of the Israeli news site Haaretz on Tuesday summed up the feelings of many: “The Iran Fiasco Is Netanyahu’s Biggest Failure Since October 7”.
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has warned that future negotiations between Tehran and Washington are likely to face greater challenges, saying the next phase of talks will be "more difficult" than the initial stage.
Iran's leadership is trying to present its emerging memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the US not as a retreat, but as the result of resistance and victory. That is not an easy argument to make.
While Israeli politicians and journalists voiced anger on Sunday over the emerging deal between the US and Iran, on Monday military affairs experts warned that Iran is becoming a regional power.
Israel's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by prominent Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, ordering that he remain detained without charge under Israel's Unlawful Combatants Law.
Explosions reverberate as a plume of smoke rises on the edge of Nabatieh in south Lebanon. It was still Tuesday morning, but in that time the Israeli army had already launched nearly a dozen artillery strikes towards the edge of the city.
Trump-Netanyahu fallout exposes divisions over Iran deal
Regular readers know that the threat of suicide drones has expanded beyond the modern battlefields of Ukraine and the Middle East - with potential targets including data centers and critical infrastructure. Given this potential, it was only a matter of time before an FPV-style attack was attempted on the homeland.
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Dan David Prize will award nine historians and archaeologists with $300,000 to recognize their work and support future research, the foundation announced Tuesday.
Jugadores de Cabo Verde celebran su empate ante España en el partido por el Grupo H del Mundial, el lunes 15 de junio de 2026, en Atlanta. (AP Foto/Erik S. Lesser)
Governor Michele Bullock delivers a strong message after the Reserve Bank holds the cash rate at 4.35%, ending a run of three rises
London's Metropolitan Police are not investigating the Great Israeli Real Estate Event which took place on Sunday, Middle East Eye has learnt.
Israel has launched three consecutive drone strikes on the Mayfadoun town square in southern Lebanon’s Nabitieh district, Lebanon’s National News Agency reports.
The United States military has overseen scores of secretive ship-to-ship oil transfers to keep Gulf energy exports flowing, using aerial and water drones as well as helicopters in an operation to guide convoys to awaiting tankers.
Hezbollah has received assurances from its ally Iran that it will demand a withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon in its next phase of talks with the United States, Hezbollah's media relations office told Reuters on Tuesday.
US President Donald Trump appears frustrated with Israel’s continued conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Liquefied natural gas tankers, the costliest ships to insure and the last to risk the Strait of Hormuz, are rushing to leave the Gulf as the US and Iran near a preliminary deal on Friday to restore safe passage.
London's Metropolitan Police are not investigating the Great Israeli Real Estate Event which took place on Sunday, Middle East Eye has learnt.
I have not seen Sydney Sweeney in any of her films, but I am aware that her boyfriend is the Jewish Scott ‘Scooter’ Braun, a very successful businessman and record executive. And he is not fearful of identifying with Israel.
At a G7 summit dominated by the US-Iran agreement, American President Donald Trump delivered a series of striking statements on Tuesday that mentioned Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Syria and the Strait of Hormuz.
The agency warns that the region’s energy import bill could triple to US$245 billion by 2035 if it does not quickly look for alternatives
The agency warns that the region’s energy import bill could triple to US$245 billion by 2035 if it does not quickly look for alternatives