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Israeli satellites photographed Iran a jaw-dropping over 50,000 times during the around 40-day Operation Roaring Lion, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf will attend the signing in Switzerland of the deal ending the war with the United States, an Iranian deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday.
The much-hyped deal, which is set to be formally signed on Friday in Geneva, doesn’t end the war. It’s essentially a 60-day extension of a ceasefire
World leaders gathering at the G7 summit in France face high-stakes talks on two major global crises: the war in Ukraine and instability in the Middle East.
Somewhere over Gaza right now, a drone is making a decision. Not a soldier. Not a commander hunched over a screen in a bunker. The drone. That moment, replicated thousands of times a day across active conflict zones, is the clearest signal we have that warfare has entered a new era. The technology driving it has a n…
Israel's largest rehabilitation hospital will be built in Sde Rov, North Tel Aviv, thanks to a NIS 200 million donation anchored by the Judisman Family Charitable Foundation, according to an announcement on Monday.
MK Dudi Amsalem was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday after suffering a heart attack on Saturday, according to his spokesperson.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe warned senior American officials that US intelligence agencies had gathered evidence that raises doubts about Iran’s willingness to make concessions regarding its nuclear program, according to an Axios report citing three sources familiar with the matter on Tuesday.
The Australian government is poised to lower its travel warnings for the key Middle East hubs of Dubai and Abu Dhabi as soon as Wednesday, removing a major hurdle for travellers to buy travel insurance for flights via the region.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree announcing presidential elections next year and general elections on November 1.
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This week, moves by France to bar a senior Israeli minister, six Western states sanctioned settler networks and an Amnesty International accusation that Israel was implementing a “state-sponsored” campaign of ethnic cleansing in a drive to effectively annex parts of the West Bank, did little to restrain Israel.
Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei said his team are the "most oppressed" at the 2026 World Cup as he hit out against the team's treatment in the United States.
Since Israel launched its latest war on Gaza, Palestinian activist Mohammad Hannoun has been a figurehead in demonstrations across Italy.
The countries carrying the world’s largest refugee burden are often not the ones most people expect.
Israel's former defence minister has compared settler ideology to Nazism, and accused authorities of failing to investigate Israelis responsible for killing Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank.
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Una mujer ondea una bandera iraní durante una marcha progobierno, donde se ve la imagen del fallecido líder supremo iraní Alí Jamenei, asesinado en ataques de EEUU e Israel el 28 de febrero, en el centro de Teherán, Irán, el lunes 15 de junio de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
A woman waves an Iranian flag during a pro-government campaign as a portrait of the slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28, is displayed at right, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
In today’s episode of Trending Middle East, the first Iranian vessels pass the US blockade line without incident, providing an early test of an agreement aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
SEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has begun consultations with the United States, Iran and other relevant countries regarding navigation through the Strait of Hormuz following the signing of a preliminary deal aimed at ending the monthslong war in the Middle East, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
Speculation rises as to whether Lee will meet Trump on sidelines of summit
The US vice-president also said nuclear inspectors would return to Iran as part of the deal with Washington to end the war
A motorcyclist drives past the South Luzon Thermal Energy Power Plant in Calaca, Batangas, in the Philippines on Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado, File)
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — The naval mission for the Strait of Hormuz that US allies are proposing as a follow-up to a deal to end the Iran war would aim to reassure crews and shipping insurers that vessels can safely navigate the narrow waterway again, by removing any explosive mines and potentially providing milita…
Iran twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with New Zealand in their Group G opener
Seoul stocks shot up by more than 2 percent Tuesday, extending their winning streak to a fourth day on optimism over a US-Iran deal to end the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The local currency weakened against the US dollar.
President Donald Trump started his visit to the Group of Seven summit on Monday by hailing his agreement aimed at ending the U.S. war with Iran as a potential breakthrough for global security.
An Iranian delegation led by Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati has travelled to Moscow for talks on "monetary and banking relations between Iran and Russia", according to Iran's semiofficial Fars News Agency.
A pro-Israel pastor who inveighs against “sharia law” and wants Jews to accept Jesus is the favored candidate in a crowded congressional primary in Oklahoma on Tuesday.
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett heavily criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's conduct of the war with Iran on Tuesday on the "Hazman Hazeh" program on Kan News, saying that the Prime Minister's interests have affected Israel's standing on the world stage.
Iran's 'Shirzanen' or 'Lionesses' have been fighting for rights since the 1979 Revolution, when the hardline Islamist regime made the hijab mandatory.
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran and the United States said ships had again started moving through the Strait of Hormuz — with President Donald Trump saying the vital oil route would be "completely open" by Friday — after Washington and Tehran announced a deal to end the Middle East war.
Zidane Iqbal plays for FC Utrecht after coming through Manchester United's academy
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Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir and finance minister Bezalel Smotrich criticised the US-Iran agreement and voiced opposition to a ceasefire linked to the deal.
Oil prices edged lower early Tuesday after rising overnight, following Monday's sharp sell-off, as investors continue to await further details on the U.S.-Iran agreement to bring the Middle East conflict to an end.
SEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks shot up by more than 2 percent Tuesday, extending their winning streak to a fourth day on optimism over a U.S.-Iran deal to end the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The local currency weakened against the U.S. dollar.
(2nd LD) (News Focus) Summit shows China more focused on countering U.S. influence than curbing N.K. nukes: experts
DUBAI/LONDON – Iran’s theocratic rulers have seen off a U.S. military campaign but their real problems may be about to begin: managing the competing demands of hard-liners buoyed by surviving the onslaught and those of an impoverished, angry people.
On a Sunday in early June, Iran’s footballers landed in Tijuana, Mexico, a few hundred metres from a border they were not permitted to cross except to play.
Shipowners are unlikely to resume regular transit through the Strait of Hormuz for several weeks despite the Iran-US agreement, according to the chief executive of Japan's Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL).
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Una empleada trabaja en la caja registradora de una tienda de alimentación en Schaumburg, Illinois, el jueves 14 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Nam Y. Huh, Archivo)
Iranian supporters displayed a banner in the stands commemorating 168 children killed in a strike on a primary school in the southern city of Minab during Iran's World Cup match against New Zealand.
The sound carried across Boston Common long before the crowd came into view.
Australia’s regional oil price has tumbled 12 per cent in a week, paving the way for deeper cuts at service stations if a US-Iran peace deal sticks and offering hopes of a buffer for motorists as the federal government’s 32¢-a-litre fuel discount ends.
A new report by legal non-profit Global Echo alleges that fruit and vegetables grown in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory and the Syrian Golan Heights were routinely declared as Israeli products for export to Europe.
New Zealand’s Elijah Just (11) celebrates after scoring a goal during the World Cup Group G soccer match between Iran and New Zealand in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)