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El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, fotografiado durante un acto en la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca, el 11 de junio de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Jacquelyn Martin)
Several months ago, close in time to when the US-Iran war started, a separate conflict had erupted further east, along the Af-Pak border and even reaching as deep into Afghanistan as far as Kabul (where Pakistani airstrikes rained down).
SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks rose by more than 4 percent Friday, as investors snapped up tech heavyweights amid hopes the war between the United States and Iran could end soon.
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Trump on Iran negotiations: US president calls off strikes amid breakthrough
The 32-year-old man who killed a high school student from Nahariya after he accidentally stumbled upon the scene of an attempted assassination in January 2020 was sentenced on Wednesday in the Haifa District Court.
Physicians at Clalit Health Services’ Beilinson Hospital have successfully performed Israel’s first intrauterine (prenatal) surgery to remove a rare placental tumor that threatened the life of an unborn child, Clalit announced.
A prominent Palestinian doctor captured by the Israeli military in Gaza in late 2024 and held in detention ever since appeared by video link at a High Court of Justice hearing in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
What was reported as another collateral hit in an “open area” during the Iranian missile attack on Israel earlier this week turned into a personal and professional disaster for the Simantov family. Missile interception fragments that fell during the night between Sunday and Monday struck the unique white lily plot a…
Amid a brief round with Iran, which ended in a "hand-tying" by US President Donald Trump, who also said he is unsure whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will run in the upcoming elections, as well as the coalition’s accelerated legislation promoting a law equating Torah students with IDF service members, the L…
Israeli air strikes targeted the agricultural area of Arid Dbeibine near the southern Lebanese town of Dbeibine in the Marjayoun district, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA). The reported attack followed an overnight Israeli strike on the nearby town of Khiam.
A hacker-activist group, Handala, has claimed responsibility for a cyber intrusion targeting water facilities in California, saying the action was carried out in retaliation for alleged US strikes on water infrastructure in southern Iran, Press TV reported.
The U.K. economy shrank by 0.1% in the month to April, figures published on Friday showed, as the impacts of the Iran war continue to hamper growth.
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Egypt has welcomed US President Donald Trump's announcement that planned military strikes against Iran had been cancelled, expressing hope that the move would create momentum for a comprehensive agreement between Washington and Tehran.
June 12, 2026 — 3:30pm
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the US and Iran are on the cusp of a deal to end their conflict. The reality has proven more elusive – in part because of the nature of the negotiations themselves.
A combined rescue operation took place on Tuesday morning, as lifeguards worked to save a loggerhead sea turtle that was entangled in a fishing line.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, strongly condemned Iran's renewed attacks on Kuwait in a phone call with the country's Foreign Minister.
A man walks past the logo of the National Stock Exchange at its headquarters in Mumbai on Sept. 17, 2025. Rising inflation, near stagnant market returns in the past two years and sluggish private investment -- all compounded by the ongoing U.S. war with Iran -- are weighing on economic confidence even as policymaker…
There is the loud din of a demolition below Jerusalem's walled Old City, and from a hillside I watch a large Israeli excavator tearing into a Palestinian house.
Two Unifil peacekeepers from Malaysia were wounded in an attack on a logistics convoy near the village of Haris in southern Lebanon, according to UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.
The United States and Iran are expected to hold nuclear negotiations during a ceasefire period as part of a broader memorandum of understanding that would address Tehran’s stockpile of enriched uranium, according to a report by Axios citing an unnamed source.
Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
President Donald Trump said Thursday the U.S. is close to signing “a great settlement” with Iran to wind down the war, with a memorandum of understanding to be signed “over the next few days,” likely in Europe.
Ayoub Junaid, seven, given new pair but needs surgery as Gaza’s children remain unable to access treatment
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The KOSPI's rally comes at the end of a seesaw week for the bourse. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
The governments of Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom have launched a joint £3 million ($4 million) peace fund aimed at supporting efforts towards a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Israeli military said its air force intercepted a drone that entered an area where Israeli forces were operating in southern Lebanon, after sirens warning of a hostile aircraft sounded in the northern Israeli town of Metula.
US Representative Jim McGovern has called for the restoration of medical evacuations from Gaza, citing the death of a six-year-old Palestinian boy with leukaemia who, he said, died while awaiting approval to leave the territory for treatment.
The annual Tel Aviv Pride Parade will take place as planned on Friday, despite recent security concerns surrounding the war with Iran, organizers announced.
An Iranian reservoir for drinking water located near the Strait of Hormuz was reportedly struck by the US earlier this week following renewed strikes on the region, Iran’s semi-official news agency, Mehr News reported on Wednesday.
The US military was three hours away from striking Iran when US President Donald Trump announced that a deal with Tehran had been agreed upon and canceled a planned attack, NBC reported on Thursday, citing two US officials familiar with the matter.
There are few places on earth as intimate as a tank.
The preliminary passage of Basic Law: Torah Study should be remembered as one of the ugliest moments in the Knesset’s long history of dressing political surrender in sacred language.
Mexico's Julian Quinones scored the first goal of the 2026 World Cup, carrying on his fine form from an outstanding Saudi Pro League campaign.
Few politicians do frustration quite like Donald Trump. During a telephone interview with CNBC on June 1, the US President said drawn-out peace talks with Iran had “started to get very boring”. “I really don’t care,” an exasperated Mr Trump added. “I couldn’t care less.”
When Iran’s military announced on Monday that it had ended a round of strikes against Israel, the Raja News site had something to say about it.
The Trump administration has launched an investigation into prominent Iran war critic Trita Parsi, according to a report in the Free Press.
SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks were trading sharply higher late Friday morning as U.S. President Donald Trump fueled hopes for an end to the Iran war.
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Israeli authorities deported French journalist Alice Froussard after denying her entry upon arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, according to her employer, Radio France Internationale (RFI), and the Foreign Press Association in Israel.
US stocks rallied on Thursday after President Donald Trump said a deal with Iran was close and suggested the conflict could soon come to an end.
SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won strengthened sharply against the U.S. dollar on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trump said a peace agreement with Iran could be signed as soon as this weekend.
Bank of Korea Gov. Shin Hyun-song on Friday reiterated the need to raise the key rate at an upcoming monetary policy meeting to ease mounting inflation pressure stemming from the prolonged Middle East war.
US President Donald Trump said the conflict with Iran had effectively ended and claimed Tehran had agreed not to obtain a nuclear weapon.
South Korea is feared to face higher consumer prices and a slower job market due to the fallout from the Middle East war, the finance ministry said Friday.