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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.
Belgian local authorities asked the European Commission to move a meeting between defense chief Andrius Kubilius and a French arms manufacturer on Friday due to security concerns.
Iran's navy said on Friday it had fired warning missiles and drones at US warships in the Gulf of Oman, accusing the US Navy of harassing maritime traffic and seizing commercial vessels and oil tankers, Iranian state media reported.
Israel deployed commandos and intelligence units to Azerbaijan to facilitate operations against Iran during Operation Roaring Lion, CNN reported on Friday, citing four sources familiar with the matter.
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Israel has continued to launch attacks on southern Lebanon despite the two countries striking a new United States-brokered ceasefire agreement.
Tension with Iran will not affect the long-term AI aspirations of countries across Middle East, technology policy experts said during an event in Washington.
Israel announced it would open an embassy in Slovenia, only hours after a right-wing populist government was sworn into office, marking a break from frosty relations with the previous leftist cabinet.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun stated that the Iranians are "using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in their negotiations with the United States" in an interview with CNN.
Un soldado libanés frente a un vehículo de la ONU cerca de la aldea de Dibin en el Líbano el 5 de junio del 2026. (AP foto/Hussein Malla)
GENEVA — The UN on Friday more than doubled its aid appeal for Lebanon as the country reels from Israel's war against Iran-backed Hezbollah, saying nearly $640 million was needed over six months.
Iran’s crude oil exports fell to their lowest level in at least six years in May, as a United States naval blockade squeezes Tehran’s most important source of income amid a fragile ceasefire between the two nations.
MUMBAI — India's economy grew at a faster pace than expected in the first three months of 2026, driven by strong government spending and a robust services sector, official data showed on Friday.
The Iranian military has fired warning missiles at US vessels in the Gulf of Oman in response to the US seizing commercial oil tankers, according to local media and as reported by Al Jazeera.
Bulldozers and personnel from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) worked through streets lined with damaged buildings and debris. Dibbine is the first area vacated by Israeli forces under a renewed ceasefire arrangement aimed at reducing tensions along the border and creating conditions for broader …
Government figures show unemployment rate at 4.3% amid rising inflation and economic uncertainty from Iran war
The United Nations has doubled its call for aid to Lebanon as it bids to stem a “severe and deteriorating” humanitarian crisis brought on by four months of war with Israel.
Celtic fan groups have expressed opposition to the potential appointment of Robbie Keane as manager because of his previous role in charge of Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv.
If it was indeed Trump's intention to starve Iran's economy of oil export revenue, the plan may just be working: Iran's oil exports fell to their lowest level in at least six years in May as the US naval blockade has succeeded in choking off crude shipments and leave tens of millions of barrels stranded at sea.
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.
South Korea on Friday condemned "all acts" threatening the safety of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, following the death of a Serbian peacekeeper serving with the mission.
Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, has declined to describe Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide.
I was recently reminded of a souvenir from the days of my army service in the northern branch of the IDF’s Liaison Unit to the UN Forces. It’s a certificate that UN soldiers distributed as a self-deprecating joke in the early 1980s, in the period leading up to what would become known as the First Lebanon War, which …
‘Here I stand,” said Ehud Barak, quoting the moving prayer in which the cantor humbly prepares to mediate between Jew and God.
SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Friday condemned "all acts" threatening the safety of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, following the death of a Serbian peacekeeper serving with the mission.
The Global Sumud Flotilla, which was attacked by Israeli forces on 18 May as it attempted to relieve the blockade of Gaza, was carrying an array of humanitarian aid.
Hamas says it will not hand over its weapons right now, resisting ongoing disarmament demands and stating that the ultimate fate of its military arsenal will be decided following comprehensive discussions with other Palestinian factions.
The Israeli military on Friday issued forced displacement orders for at least eight villages in Lebanon's Sidon district, saying it would carry out military strikes.
The Israeli military's Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee issued expulsion orders for residents of nine towns and villages including south Lebanon's Sarafand, a town on the coastal road between Sour (Tyre) and Saida.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran is putting millions of people at risk of hunger.
At a moment it's become more than clear that the US and Iran are not anywhere closer to the negotiating table, and after they've shown little progress after a week of clashes - as one Friday morning Bloomberg headline reads, Tehran has again putting US bases in the region on notice, while admitting "no tangible prog…
Israeli strikes overnight on the historic southern Lebanese city of Sour (Tyre) killed at least six people, a civil defence source told Middle East Eye on Friday.
As the Knesset’s dissolution advanced toward its second and third readings this week, the country’s upcoming elections continue to rapidly approach.
In a quarter partially affected by the economic disruptions from the Middle East conflict, India's economy grew at 7.8% year-on-year in the three months to the end of March, a faster-than-expected pace.
For the full fiscal year through March, gross domestic product growth came in at 7.7%, up from the 6.5% reported in the previous fiscal year. © Reuters
An Israeli flag hangs on a destroyed building in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Thursday June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
The OBR says it underestimated the fiscal damage from the 2022 energy shock and will apply those lessons to the latest Middle East-driven price surge.
Next Saturday will mark one year since the 12 Day War – the attack on Iran in June 2025 that saw the Israel-American military alliance soar to new heights and eventually led to Roaring Lion-Epic Fury being launched more than three months ago.
Call it the presidential rant heard round the world.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions at the House of Councillors budget committee in Tokyo on June 5. (Photo by Ken Suzuki)
Israel and its lobby will use section 224 of the National Defense Authorization Act to bind the US to a state that has gone rogue
With food and medicine already scarce, emergency services, bakeries and water supplies are increasingly being pushed to the brink
The story of the people of Israel wandering in the desert for 40 years on their journey to the Promised Land became a symbol and inspiration for many nations that aspired to independence. They drew strength from it and learned never to abandon the dream. Yet the truth is that this long journey was born from one of t…
Lia Malka Cohen, 35, has been identified as the victim of Thursday's Ayalon Highway car bombing, Israel Police confirmed on Friday.
HELSINKI, Finland — Iran's influence over the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz has inadvertently transformed the energy security debate, effectively casting fossil fuels rather than renewables as the primary source of vulnerability.
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Oil prices were steady on Friday but were on track to post their first weekly gain in three weeks as renewed fighting between the US and Iran raised concerns of continued supply disruption in the Middle East.
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