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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.
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.
Hamas says a delegation has arrived in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials and mediators on implementing the first phase of the US-brokered Gaza “ceasefire” agreement.
WASHINGTON — The American job market continues to show surprising strength — good news for President Donald Trump who has taken a beating in the polls over the surging gasoline prices that followed U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.
Negative views of both Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have soared since last year across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, according to a new poll from Pew Research Center.
President Donald Trump faces the risk that Iran will close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait if the conflict in the Middle East escalates, a scenario that would slash oil supplies to an already deeply disrupted market.
French anti-terrorism prosecutors say they have opened a preliminary investigation into suspected “torture” and “war crimes” over Israel’s alleged mistreatment of French activists who took part in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last month.
Gal Gadot fans will be happy to hear that her latest movie, In the Hand of Dante, will begin streaming on Netflix on June 24.
To bring up an age-old quandary, what is jazz? If you’re looking for clues in the lineup of this year’s Jerusalem Jazz Festival (June 9-11), you may come away more baffled than enlightened.
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A man was attacked on Friday by a group of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters while passing their demonstration in front of a Jerusalem police station, according to Ynet.
Israeli sources have blamed officials inside the White House for leaking details of an Israeli plan involving Iran to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Jerusalem Post reported.
LONDRES (AP) — Dos hombres rumanos fueron condenados en un tribunal de Londres el viernes por el apuñalamiento de un periodista de una cadena de televisión en persa en un ataque que, según los fiscales, se llevó a cabo por encargo de autoridades en Teherán.
There are two main ways to understand the October 7, 2023, attacks.
Pouria Zeraati of Iran International TV was stabbed three times outside his London home in attempt to ‘silence’ him
A military jeep drives over a roadside bomb. The explosion takes arms and legs and scars hearts and minds. It’s not a jeep that gets blown apart but lives. The shock wave ripples through families. It deprives children of their parents and robs parents of a piece of their future.
An organization that works with ultra-Orthodox soldiers called on the prime minister to end the recent wave of arrests of young haredi yeshiva students, warning that arrests threaten any solution to the draft issue.
Negotiations between the United States and Iran "are at a deadlock," Mohsen Rezaei, Iran's military advisor to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, told CNN in an interview on Friday.
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For years, Rizwan worked non-stop to make a success of his business selling South Asian and Middle Eastern products in the Swedish city of Malmo.
By sunset, the old stone streets of Batroun are lively again.
The last time the US staged a football World Cup, it went off-script from the start.
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GENEVA, Switzerland — The 2026 Eurovision Song Contest was watched by 131 million viewers, organizers said Friday, down 35 million on the year before after five countries boycotted over Israel's participation.
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On the coastal road in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, seven university students – four in medicine, two in dentistry, one in software engineering – are behind the counter of an ice cream parlour.
Lebanon's leaders criticised Hezbollah and Iran after the group rejected a ceasefire agreement reached between Lebanon and Israel, which failed to guarantee an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory.
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Ireland has barred Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, from visiting the country, citing their conduct towards pro-Palestinian activists and support for policies that would displace Palestinians from their homeland.
Thousands flee including from village hosting at least 2,500 displaced people, one day after Hezbollah rejects ceasefire
Israel’s air force struck different parts of southern Lebanon on Friday as the military issued evacuation warnings for nine villages, including one that has been spared much of the destruction and was sheltering thousands of people displaced by the three-month war.
Snack maker Calbee has switched some packaging to black and white over difficulties in procuring naphtha-derived inks. (Photo by Akitoshi Sugiura)
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Tehran, Iran – In the popular Bastan market in the west of the Iranian capital, where the inviting smell of fresh bread and fruit mingle with the sight of colourful fabrics and clothing, the scene no longer holds its usual joy.
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Israel deployed special forces to Azerbaijan, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Somaliland during its war with Iran, according to a CNN report published on Friday.
I have spent the past five years collecting evidence of grave violations of international law in Gaza and the West Bank. All states, including Australia, must respond to these atrocities
Hezbollah has continued to carry out operations against the Israeli military in Southern Lebanon, according to Al Mayadeen news.
Spanish U.N peacekeepers patrol at an entrance of Dibbine village, southeast Lebanon, Friday, June 5, 2026, a day after Israeli forces withdrew following intense clashes with Hezbollah fighters. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A growing divide between fans and team, coupled with economic hardship and war, has dampened the mood
Husam Badran of the Hamas political bureau told Al Jazeera that the group will not lay down its arms until comprehensive decisions are made alongside other Palestinian factions.
US-Iran Talks at Risk as Lebanon Tensions Escalate
It is maddening to be handcuffed by the US president when fighting Hezbollah, especially when Israeli soldiers and civilians are falling like flies to the terrorist army’s drones and rockets.
One good thing, among many, about being semi-retired is that when breaking stories tumble out, friends and acquaintances have stopped asking me, “What’s really going on?”
On Wednesday, Israel and Lebanon announced yet another ceasefire – after they had seemingly already agreed to a truce on April 16.