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Israeli newspaper Haaretz, citing military officers and informed sources, reported that there is growing frustration within the Israeli army over not being kept informed about negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
A video posted on social media shows Israelis at the beach running to shelters after Hezbollah rockets fell into the sea off the coast of Nahariya, according to Israeli media.
U.S. continues to pursue a ‘great deal’ which would make sure Iran does not have nuclear weapons, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the press in Singapore during his trip for the 23rd Shangri-La Dialogue security summit. Hegseth also hailed a “new chapter” in relations with China, saying a “more collaborative…
Staff Sgt. Michael Tyukin was killed in battle while fighting in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced on Sunday morning.
The Israeli military said it has begun a “large-scale operation” in the Shaqif Heights and Saluki Valley areas of southern Lebanon, describing the campaign as an effort to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure and “eliminate militants” while expanding its control of the area.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a May Day rally at Washington Square Park in New York, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A US aircraft fired a missile at a cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman while enforcing the blockade of Iran, US Central Command (CENTCOM) has said.
IDF ground troops have entered and secured the Beaufort Ridge and Wadi al-Saluki areas of southern Lebanon, the military announced on Sunday morning.
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UAE fuel prices are set to increase in June, amid a drop in global oil benchmarks, which have been volatile due to shifting positions in the US-Iran war. However, diesel prices will drop.
Today, tens of thousands will march up Fifth Avenue for Israel Day, the largest pro-Israel parade anywhere outside the Jewish state. Every sitting New York City mayor has joined them for 61 straight years.
BEIJING (AP) — China’s factory activity was flat in May, according to an official survey released Sunday, raising questions about how much further the country’s economy can shield itself from the fallout of the ongoing Iran war and pressure on demand.
US President Donald Trump said Washington is “close to a very good agreement with Iran” but warned that military options remain available if negotiations fail.
A Gaza-bound activist land convoy was dissolved in Libya on Thursday, after it was denied entry into the eastern half of the country and ten of its activists were arrested, according to statements by the Global Sumud Flotilla and the Government of National Stability (GNS) Foreign Ministry.
US President Donald Trump met advisers on Friday to discuss extending the ceasefire with Iran but did not make a final decision, according to reports in the US media.
Nawaf Salam says Israel collectively punishing southern Lebanon and forcing people ‘into exile’ but defends security talks with Tel Aviv
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Police in the West Bank opened an investigation on Wednesday into an incident in Masafer Yatta in which the suspect was allegedly seen in a video circulating online brutally beating an animal, as well as attacking a woman and a child.
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Lebanon's prime minister accused Israel Saturday of pursuing a "scorched-earth policy" in his country's south, urging a halt to the fighting as Israel carried out fresh airstrikes and issued evacuation warnings for more than a dozen locations.
Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported that the country’s military has unveiled a new naval attack craft named “27 Rajab” during a ceremony in Tehran’s Enqelab Square.
The Israeli military issued new evacuation warnings for residents of several villages in southern Lebanon, ordering them to move north of the Zahrani River.
Iran says a proposed agreement with the United States has not yet been finalised and that negotiations remain ongoing through Pakistani mediators and other regional actors, despite signals from Washington that a deal may be close.
Israeli forces continued military operations across Gaza despite the ceasefire as Palestinians in the occupied West Bank reported a series of Israeli raids and attacks by Jewish settlers, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
Israeli troops have expanded their ground operations after crossing the Litani River and are continuing to push north towards the city of Nabatieh, Al Jazeera reported.
Hezbollah said it carried out 24 military operations on Saturday targeting Israeli troops, military vehicles and infrastructure, while also launching multiple rocket barrages at the northern Israeli settlement of Kiryat Shmona.
President Trump has toughened the terms of a potential framework for a deal to end the war in Iran, and has sent those proposed changes back to the country for consideration, according to three officials.
Israeli broadcaster Channel 13 reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened an urgent security assessment with defence minister Israel Katz, Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and senior northern commanders after a major escalation on the Lebanese front.
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The United States has warned it is “more than capable” of resuming its war on Iran as President Donald Trump considers a proposed peace agreement that officials say must meet Washington’s “red lines”.
To say that there’s been a lack of international music in Israel since Bruno Mars appeared at Park Hayarkon on October 7, 2023, is an understatement.
In his recent op-ed, French Ambassador Frédéric Journès laments what he calls the “staged hostility” of the Israeli public toward France. He paints a picture of a misunderstood ally, wounded by the “anger” of a nation at war.
Not everyone has the talent to appear to be deeply entrenched and busily focused on carving a peace deal that will satisfy two diabolically opposed sides. But when it comes to the highly skilled merchants of Persia, no one does it better.
Home Front Command updated its security guidelines for Israel's northern communities on Saturday night, in light of the increasing tensions between Hezbollah and Israel.
Israeli communities came under numerous attacks across northern Israel on May 30. These were among the 270 sirens and alerts sounded in Israeli communities since May 20. The figure is based on the number of areas affected and alerts recorded by the Red Alert app.
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At least one person has been killed in an Israeli air strike near Nabih Berri Governmental University Hospital in Nabatieh, as Israel continues its bombardment of southern Lebanon.
SEOUL, May 31 (Yonhap) -- With President Lee Jae Myung set to mark one year in office this week, his government has put top priority on efforts to revive economic growth and reinvigorate the capital market, which has received a boost with the local bourse pulling off a world-leading rally.
A cafe owner in northern England has said British police offered him financial incentives and promised to turn a blind eye to some low-level offences if he informed on the proscribed group Palestine Action.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to convene a high-level security meeting at 10:30pm local time (19:30 GMT) as Israeli forces continue their military offensive in Lebanon and push deeper into areas where Hezbollah operates.
An Israeli air strike on southern Lebanon killed nine Syrian members of the same family, including six children, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry.
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett sharply criticized the government's handling of security in northern Israel on Saturday, accusing it of reverting to a policy of "containment" amid a sharp escalation in Hezbollah rocket fire that included a direct missile hit in central Kiryat Shmona.
Israel has tightened civil defence restrictions in communities near the Lebanese border, ordering schools to close and limiting public gatherings amid growing security concerns.
Iran has reasserted its control over the Strait of Hormuz, warning that foreign commercial and military vessels will be targeted, if they do not comply with regulations governing passage through the strategic waterway.
Northern Israel has come under heavy attack from Hezbollah on Saturday, after this past week a full-scale war has resumed in southern Lebanon, which even saw the resumption of Israeli airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, much further to the north.
More than 2,400 families in eastern Syria's Deir Ezzor province have been affected by severe flooding after water levels in the Euphrates River rose sharply, inundating villages, damaging farmland and disrupting access to essential services across the region.