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Iran’s Quds Force commander Ismail Qaani says a “new security belt” of allied forces will stretch across some of the world’s most sensitive maritime routes, warning the US and Israel that further attacks will draw a united response.
Wall Street is recovering some of its sell-off from Friday, as stocks swept up in the artificial-intelligence boom bounce back on Monday. Oil prices, meanwhile, are higher following fighting between Israel and Iran, but they have come off their peaks from overnight.
UK’s Green Party leader Zach Polanski wore a shirt calling to free convicted Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti at a Saturday party event, according to videos published on social media by the London Green Party.
Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi on Monday renewed his opposition to negotiations with the Islamic Republic, arguing that the latest regional escalation demonstrated that lasting peace and stability cannot be achieved while the current regime remains in power.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid said on Monday that there was no productive strategy behind Israel’s attacks on Iran, arguing that the country was failing to achieve its military objectives while continuing to draw its citizens into repeated rounds of conflict.
For the first time since the April 7 ceasefire, Israel and Iran traded repeated blows on Sunday night and Monday until US President Donald Trump imposed a new ceasefire on the sides late in the afternoon.
A major EU summit, a meeting of the full European Council, is scheduled for June 18-19 in Brussels. The European Council brings together the heads of state or government of the 27 EU member states.
Tue 9 Jun 2026 at 4:56am
Over 60,000 people marched in support of Israel at the annual Walk With Israel event in Toronto on Sunday, according to the United Jewish Appeal (UJA) Federation of Greater Toronto, rallying under heavy police protection and the scrutiny of anti-Israel counterprotesters.
Israel’s first Olympic medalist, Yael Arad, was awarded the Chaim Herzog Presidential Award for Unique Contribution to the State of Israel at a ceremony held last week at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem.
O conflito entre os Estados Unidos e Israel com o Irã tornou a Espanha uma opção atraente para viajantes que buscam destinos turísticos mais distantes da guerra, em detrimento de países como Emirados Árabes Unidos, Chipre e Turquia.
IAEA chief says Iran-US nuclear talks in 'complicated phase'
Recent exchange of missiles between Iran and Israel highlights diverging views between US president and Israeli PM
President Trump, who campaigned to keep the United States out of wars, has denied in a televised interview making this promise. Trump was asked about the US-Israel war with Iran - on NBC's "Meet the Press" - and said "I didn't guarantee 'no war'".
US President Donald Trump told Israel's Channel 12 that he warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against escalating the exchange of fire with Iran into a full-scale war, according to a Monday evening report.
Iran’s top negotiator and parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, says Washington’s latest actions show the US is “neither committed to a cease-fire nor believes in dialogue”.
TIRANA — Iran has rebuked claims by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama that it is behind disinformation campaigns surrounding protests in Albania that are now in their ninth day.
Lebanese security officers gather at the site where an Israeli airstrike hit a building in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburb, Lebanon, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
A vendor looks on from the window of his shop at a local street market following air raid sirens warning of incoming Iranian missiles in Haifa, northern Israel, Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
The Iranian regime has announced the end of attacks against Israel, while the US president has claimed both sides ‘want a ceasefire’. This comes after Iran and Israel attacked each other’s territory for the first time since a fragile ceasefire took effect in April. The Israeli strikes are in apparent defiance of Don…
Britain is set to announce fresh sanctions against Israel this week with other western states in opposition to the E1 settlement project, which would effectively split the occupied West Bank in two.
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We've been documenting the apparent immense strain in the US-Israel relationship related to Iran policy and strategy. In this latest round of trading major blows, President Trump reportedly not only told Israel to immediately halt its response and to not retaliate, but gave no order for US forces to protect Israel, …
Iraq and Syria have reopened their airspace after temporarily shutting it during the latest exchange of attacks between Israel and Iran.
A published proposal of the bill sponsored by lawmakers from the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ), showed on Monday that the legislation seeks equality of rights between IDF soldiers who serve and haredim who evade military service.
Danish shipping giant Maersk is still shipping smaller weapons components to Israel that include rifle and pistol parts, as well as bomb bodies, despite its assertion to the contrary last year, according to a report published on Monday by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) and Oxfam Denmark.
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If you haven’t yet visited or haven’t decided to do so, allow me to urge you to go to the Israel Museum and spend a few minutes at the A Voice from the Desert exhibit. The Great Isaiah Scroll, all 7.17 meters of it, is on display, curated by Hagit Maoz, at least until mid-September, at the Bella and Harry Wexner Gal…
Iran’s latest missile barrages against Israel should be read as more than retaliation for an Israeli strike in Dahiyeh. They are part of a wider attempt to use Israel as leverage in the negotiations with Washington.
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, a White House official told AFP, after the first exchanges of fire between Israel and Iran since an April ceasefire.
The presiding judge in a Palestine Action trial has refused an application by defendants to remove himself from their sentencing hearing over claims of bias.
Israel says it will reopen the Kerem Shalom, or Karem Abu Salem, crossing on Tuesday for the gradual entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
The latest episode of the Jerusalem Dispatch opens mid-crisis.
Following the de-escalation of the security situation with Iran, the Home Front Command announced on Monday night that it will update its defensive guidelines for activities nationwide, effective at 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday.
After weeks of warning that continuing Israeli attacks on Lebanon would jeopardise diplomacy, Iran launched its first direct strikes on Israel in two months overnight on Sunday, casting new doubts about the likelihood of a US-Iran peace deal.
Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities have expressed readiness for stronger military confrontation if necessary, after ending an exchange of fire with Israel that raised concerns of a return to all-out war.
Oman’s decision to allow rhetoric surrounding the shared administration of the Strait of Hormuz is “puzzling,” former US ambassador to Oman, Marc Sievers, told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
Saudi Arabia says a ballistic missile launched from Yemen landed in an unpopulated area near the Saudi-Yemeni border.
It is quite amazing to see the silly huge dustup on both sides of the Atlantic in the wake of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s participation in the recent Israel Day Parade in New York City.
Iran has dismissed new European Union sanctions over maritime security threats, saying it will continue asserting sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.
UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi called on Iran on Monday to "re-engage" with him so inspections can resume at sites the US and Israel bombed a year ago, as the US led a push for a resolution to that effect at the agency's board.
The IDF on Saturday struck and killed three senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in the central Gaza Strip, the military confirmed on Monday.
Israel will continue to attack the Beirut neighborhood of Dahiyeh if Hezbollah continues to attack Israel's northern region, Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Monday afternoon.
A California mayor who has garnered controversy after sharing conspiracy theories that cast the Bondi Beach Massacre as a false flag attack and identified Hamas as a defensive force appeared set to lose his reelection bid, according to preliminary results published on Friday by Contra Costa County.
Five organizations affiliated with the global Muslim Brotherhood network are active in Italy, Israel’s Diaspora Affairs and Combatting Antisemitism Ministry alleged in a new report on Sunday.
Iran's armed forces say they have halted military operations against Israel, after the two countries exchanged strikes for the first time since April's ceasefire.
‘Nothing is clear. People don’t know what to do, they are angry. Ultimately, it needs to be decided: are we at war or at peace?’
‘Nothing is clear. People don’t know what to do, they are angry. Ultimately, it needs to be decided: are we at war or at peace?’
Fahd Abu Haikal, 41, is still in shock at the sudden death of his seven-month-old son, who was shot dead by an Israeli soldier as he travelled through the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Friday.
Russia’s Embassy in Tel-Aviv has warned its citizens against traveling to Israel after the country traded fire with Iran earlier on Monday in their first attacks since the United States and Tehran struck a ceasefire deal two months ago.