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Sunni Muslims hold a portrait of imprisoned Sunni cleric Ahmad al-Assir during a protest against a clause in a proposed amnesty law that would exclude some prisoners, including the cleric, from being eligible for amnesty, after Friday prayers in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
Iran’s deadly attack on Kuwait airport has raised questions over how to defend against sophisticated threats launched from short range.
Iran’s deadly attack on Kuwait airport has raised questions over how to defend against sophisticated threats launched from short range.
Musab Al Juwayr was 18 years old and in tears. The young Al Hilal midfielder sat alone on the turf at Riyadh's Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium after a costly late mistake had helped condemn his boyhood club to defeat. Teammates gathered around him. So did coach Leonardo Jardim. Nothing could stem the emotion.
Musab Al Juwayr was 18 years old and in tears. The young Al Hilal midfielder sat alone on the turf at Riyadh's Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium after a costly late mistake had helped condemn his boyhood club to defeat. Teammates gathered around him. So did coach Leonardo Jardim. Nothing could stem the emotion.
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has reportedly raised its counter-intelligence threat assessment for Israel to “critical”, according to US media reports citing two current US officials and one former official.
The State of Palestine's official X account has praised Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar after she opposed a decision by Prime Minister Janez Jansa to remove the Palestinian flag from a government building in Ljubljana.
The Independent has argued that the economic consequences of the conflict between the United States and Iran are increasingly being felt in Britain, with households facing higher costs for energy, food and mortgages amid wider market disruption.
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U.S. boaters, like drivers, are feeling the pinch from the Iran war with higher gas costs. (AP video: Mike Householder and Dee-Ann Durbin)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents warn that he is politicising key institutions ahead of elections due by October, after a week in which his loyalists were appointed to state positions.
The Lebanese Civil Defence said five people, including a paramedic, were killed and another person wounded in an Israeli strike on the southern town of Zibdin, as Israel continued air strikes and artillery shelling across southern Lebanon.
The haftarah for Parashat Shelach, taken from the second chapter of the Book of Joshua (verses 1-24), tells a dramatic story.
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, praised Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar after she criticised the decision by Prime Minister Janez Janša to remove the Palestinian flag from the main government building in Ljubljana.
Chinese firms dominate the global market for machinery used to extract offshore energy – a sector that is booming amid the Iran war
Chinese firms dominate the global market for machinery used to extract offshore energy – a sector that is booming amid the Iran war
France is weighing alternatives to the peacekeeping force in south Lebanon, including a security mechanism that may not be deployed under a UN mandate, special envoy to Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian revealed.
ISTANBUL — Iran's football squad have been granted visas to enter the United Sates so they can play in the World Cup, US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack confirmed Friday.
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Friday that lowering pump prices will ultimately take a resolution with Iran to get more oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat and fierce critic of Israel, forced a vote on the House floor Thursday. It was defeated 324 to 92, with 91 Democrats voting in favor. The sole Republican vote came from Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, who will be departing Congress next year after losing his primary.
Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar criticised the decision by newly appointed Prime Minister Janez Janša to remove the Palestinian flag from the main government building in Ljubljana, saying the situation in Gaza and the occupied West Bank remains unresolved.
US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran’s military has been “totally destroyed” and only has around 21% of its missile capacity left after US-Israeli strikes, during an interview with NBC News’s Kristen Welker on Friday.
Senior Israeli defense officials said earlier this week that they believe Iran is “playing with cards it does not have” as US President Donald Trump continues efforts to prevent renewed fighting and reach a new agreement with Tehran.
Geopolitical headwinds and economic uncertainties continue to disrupt the aviation industry’s post-pandemic recovery, IBA says
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En esta foto del 28 de febrero de 2022 se puede ver el símbolo de Naciones Unidas afuera de la sede del organismo. (AP Foto/John Minchillo, archivo)
Iran’s Deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Tehran is seeking the immediate release of at least half of its frozen assets as part of any memorandum of understanding with the United States.
Hezbollah said it carried out 32 separate attacks against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon from Thursday into Friday, targeting troops, military vehicles and positions with rocket salvoes, artillery fire and explosive drones.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisconsin — The US military said it shot down four Iranian drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and then struck some of the Islamic Republic’s coastal surveillance radar sites in response, raising the risk to a shaky ceasefire as the Trump administration ramps up pressure o…
US President Donald Trump said reaching an agreement with Iran will take time, pushing back against critics who have urged his administration to move more quickly.
The US Department of War has said it shot down several Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz and carried out strikes against Iran’s coastal installations to prevent a further threat.
Iran and the US have exchanged a series of attacks near the strait of Hormuz, imperilling efforts to reach a peace deal
The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, Feb. 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Personas caminan por la playa mientras otras se adentran en el agua en el estrecho de Ormuz, donde buques de carga y de servicio se encuentran anclados frente a Bandar Abbas, Irán, el lunes 1 de junio de 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA vía AP)
A seven-month-old baby boy has been killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry has said.
The Pentagon is viewed from the window of an airplane Aug. 27, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Lebanon's president has angrily lashed out at both Hezbollah and Iran - the latter for using the Lebanese nation and people as a bargaining chip in the war and standoff with the United States and Israel.
The UN’s humanitarian office says Israeli attacks have directly affected at least 1.4 million people across Lebanon, leaving them in need of urgent assistance.
Alireza Jahanbakhsh, de Irán, trabaja con la selección nacional de su país durante una sesión de entrenamiento en Antalya, al sur de Turquia, el martes 2 de junio, como parte de su preparación para la Copa del Mundo. (AP Foto/Khalil Hamra)
Hamas says Israel’s killing of seven-month-old Sam Fahd Abu Haikal exposes “the true face” of its “brutality” against Palestinians.
Brooklyn Councilwoman Inna Vernikov is in hot water for her “Islamophobic” posts ripping lefty detractors for staying silent after DSA members condemned Muslim pro-Israel protesters to hell.
Janez Jansa began his fourth term as Slovenia’s prime minister by ordering the Palestinian flag removed from the main government building in Ljubljana, where it had flown for two years.
Chemical makers in Japan have been finding alternative sources for the plastic raw material as conflict drags on in Iran. (Photo by Tomoki Mera)
This past Sunday, New York’s Fifth Avenue was engulfed in a sea of blue and white, surrounded by one of the largest displays of police security in recent memory. For over six decades, consistently since its inception as a modest youth salute in 1964, the annual Israel Day Parade has served as a day of celebration, j…
For decades, the alliance between the State of Israel and American Jewry has been one of the pillars of Israel’s diplomatic, security, and strategic strength.
Three Palestinians were injured during IDF operations in the area of Hebron in the West Bank earlier on Friday after soldiers mistook a vehicle as having accelerated toward them.
Iran’s players work out during a training session, in Antalya, southern Turkey, Tuesday, June 2, 2026, ahead of the World Cup soccer tournament. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
United States President Donald Trump has sought to reassure farmers hard-hit by tariffs and the economic fallout of the US-Israeli war with Iran during a visit to Wisconsin.
Iran's World Cup football team players have been granted visas to enter the US, just 10 days before their first match in Los Angeles amid a conflict between the two countries.
A seven-month-old Palestinian baby has been killed after Israeli forces opened fire on his family’s car near Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
