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Uma investigação da ONU concluiu nesta terça-feira (09/06) que autoridades israelenses estão diretamente envolvidas em ataques de colonos que mataram, feriram e deslocaram palestinos na Cisjordânia ocupada. O inquérito também afirmou que as forças de segurança de Israel dão cobertura para esses atos.
National average gas price stands at about $4.16 per gallon as Americans grapple with price hikes sparked by the war
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said oil traffic has risen and will continue to expand in the Strait of Hormuz, a globally important oil passageway that's been crippled by the Iran War.
Urea prices have risen 75% since the start of the US-Israel war in Iran, eroding the already thin profit margins of Australian grain farmers
Jerusalem does not do things quietly. It carries the weight of millennia, of faith, of conflict, of longing, in every stone.
The latest flare-up in hostilities between Israel and Iran has exposed what some observers say is the most significant crack yet in the relationship between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and United States President Donald Trump, revealing increasingly divergent interests between the two world leaders.
The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory on Tuesday released a report accusing Israeli authorities of being involved in West Bank settler attacks that have injured or killed Palestinians.
Iraq’s new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi is preparing a trip to Washington to secure support from the Trump administration and drum up investment for Iraq, which has suffered economic losses due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz since February.
PARIS — France on Tuesday banned Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, from entering the country due to his support for the West Bank annexations that threaten a two-state solution.
As we continue to 'enjoy' expensive gas across the country thanks to a broken campaign promise not to start new wars, President Donald Trump enters the 2026 midterm campaign with an unfamiliar vulnerability: voters are feeling the pain.
Local produce in Israel has been contaminated with hazardous chemicals released from army explosions during the two-year genocide in Gaza, a new study has found.
Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
The Press Council considered whether its Standards of Practice were breached by the publication of a cartoon in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald on 7 January 2026 captioned “Grass roots”. The cartoon depicts a crowd of figures above a strip of grass, holding placards and calling for a Royal Commission. The figu…
The US president and Israel’s prime minister are as united now, today, this week, and last week as they have been for the last several months. They share a vision for the Middle East. The difference between them is in timing and personality.
The long-awaited return of a ferry from Lebanon to Cyprus has been postponed again – although not for long.
Fifa has found its tournament squarely caught up in the second Trump administration’s aggressive border restrictions
By Michael Every of Rabobank
France has barred Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, together with four leaders of settler organisations, and 21 violent settlers, from entering the country.
Israeli attacks on Tyre in southern Lebanon have killed at least eight people and forced thousands to flee, just hours after United States President Donald Trump insisted a peace deal with Iran was imminent.
US President Donald Trump said Syria could help address the threat posed by Hezbollah in Lebanon, praising President Ahmad Al Shara's leadership while calling for more targeted military action against the Iran-backed militant group.
Soldados del ejército libanés llevan el ataúd del capitán Elie Khoury, quien murió el sábado en un ataque aéreo israelí durante su procesión fúnebre en Kfar Jarra, sur del Líbano, el lunes 8 de junio de 2026. (AP Foto/Mohammed Zaatari)
The UAE's floating hospital in Al Arish received five new patients from Gaza requiring urgent medical care and treatment.
Australia, Canada, France, Norway, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom have imposed joint sanctions on West Bank individuals they accuse of "horrific abuses against Palestinian civilians."
The first Middle East branch of the UK's renowned Harrow School is on course to open in Dubai in September despite the regional turmoil caused by the Iran conflict.
The southern Lebanese city of Tyre is being pounded by Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday, despite President Trump's insistence that Lebanon not come under attack. Israel's military had hours prior issued an evacuation order for all civilians in the area, amid the unraveling and failing ceasefire.
Public bodies are pushing ahead with AI tools, but gaps in budgets, data governance, procurement, and national planning are slowing the shift from pilots to full implementation.
State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman warned that Israel’s cyber-preparedness gaps before and during the Israel-Hamas war amounted to a “comprehensive and significant warning,” according to a report published Tuesday on the state’s readiness for cyber incidents and its wartime performance. The audit examined the Prime…
Sensitive computerized information at the President’s Residence was not protected in a manner suited to the risks facing a body of national importance, according to findings published Tuesday by the State Comptroller. The audit found deficiencies in cyber management, database governance, supplier oversight, email ha…
During Israel's counter-invasion of Hamas in Gaza, over 10,000 Palestinians, a spike of 92%, were imprisoned from October 2023 until January 2025, the State Comptroller's report revealed on Tuesday.
British Gaza flotilla activists and their families are considering taking legal action against the UK government after being "fobbed off" when they sought help from the Foreign Office following their abduction by Israeli forces.
View image in fullscreenTyre, Lebanon An Israeli airstrike hits a residential building. Israel’s army has told the entire population of the city to evacuatePhotograph: Kawant Haju/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenChuhuiv, Ukraine The aftermath of a Russian attackPhotograph: Sergey Bobok/AFP/Getty ImagesS…
People swim on a public beach as smoke, background, rises from an Israeli airstrike that hit the Qlaileh village, seen from the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Iran due to play group matches in Los Angeles and Seattle
US equity futures are higher as Monday’s US stock gains extend into today’s trading with both tech and small caps outperforming as the AI theme resumes its global surge and US/Iran deal optimism is back (on the back of the now daily optimistic comments from Trump) broadening the rally. As of 8:00am ET, tech enthusia…
The low-cost subsidiary of Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines is set to start operations in June 2027 with a network connecting Beirut to regional and European cities including Dubai and Copenhagen.
Oil prices fell Tuesday as President Donald Trump sought to convince the market that a deal with Tehran was days away, despite the barrage of strikes between Israel and Iran this week.
On Monday, the Houthis in Yemen announced they had fired a volley of missiles at Israel, a report later confirmed by Israeli media, which stated the projectiles were intercepted. Ansar Allah, known as the Houthis, also declared a "complete ban on Israeli maritime navigation" in the Red Sea.
US President Donald Trump has confirmed media reports of a US Army Apache attack helicopter going down near the Strait of Hormuz amid Washington’s efforts to curb oil shipments by Iran.
Lebanon’s health ministry said an Israeli air strike on the southern city of Tyre on Tuesday killed at least eight people and wounded 32 others, noting the toll was provisional.
Israel issued a forced displacement warning for the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Tuesday, including, for the first time, its Christian quarter, sparking panic among the thousands of families there.
A US helicopter has gone down over the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman in an unprecedented first of the Iran war, Central Command announced Tuesday, after which the two crew members were reportedly rescued by unmanned boats.
Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has called “unacceptable” comments made by Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir after learning he was being investigated over the treatment of Global Sumud Flotilla activists.
The US will declare “total victory” over Iran within two weeks, President Donald Trump has said, claiming Tehran was “willing to give us everything.”
Satellite imagery published by Soar Atlas early Tuesday morning on X/Twitter may indicate that Ramat David Air Base in the North may have been struck during the recent escalation in conflict with Iran over Sunday-Monday.
The former US ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides spent the past two days going up and down the 22 floors of a high-rise hotel in Tel Aviv, and it wasn't by choice.
Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir has called for the seizure of Lebanese “women and youth” to exert pressure on Hezbollah.
The sequence and speed of the latest clash between Israel and Iran cannot be understood outside of the broader context of Israel’s war on Lebanon.
Iran's football federation said that its ticket allocation for games at the 2026 World Cup had been pulled days before the tournament starts, leaving supporters who had already made travel plans unable to attend their matches.
Emirates airline has no plans to cut capacity despite financial pressures caused by the Iran war, president Tim Clark said on Tuesday, as the carrier presses for Berlin traffic rights.