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[CAPE TOWN] South Africa needs billions of dollars from the Gulf's oil monarchies to rescue a stalling economy. This year, its ministers toured the region asking for it. They also sent the navy to drill alongside Iran.
When Israel made the historic decision late last year to recognize Somaliland, it did something few nations are willing to do: it acted on principle and strategic interest rather than diplomatic convention.
The relationship between Ethiopia and Israel stretches back thousands of years – to the days of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba – rooted in biblical tradition and strengthened over decades through diplomacy, migration, trade, and cultural exchange.
Lebanon's military has said that a "targeted" Israeli strike wounded two soldiers in southern Lebanon, a day after military delegations from the two countries met in Washington.
The oil market might face a new reality after the Iran war in which exports through the Strait of Hormuz do not return to the levels once considered normal, as shipowners now have to weigh the risk that fighting could abruptly break out in the volatile Persian Gulf.
The US and Iran are signalling cautious progress towards a possible agreement, although tensions remain high and military threats continue to accompany diplomacy, according to US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth, who warned that Washington would strike Tehran if talks fail.
Egypt has launched an urgent diplomatic intervention to rescue a fragile Gaza ceasefire agreement that is on the brink of collapse.
For some Americans' finances, the Iran war was over almost as soon as it began. Those with access to stocks — a majority of Americans have some, though the ultrawealthy have most — saw the S&P 500 dip about 8% when the war started, only for it to bounce 19% starting in late March, more than making up its losses. The…
Israel's military on Saturday issued three expulsion orders for residents of 13 villages in southern Lebanon, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said troops had pushed deeper into the country.
Israel's military on Saturday issued three expulsion orders for residents of 13 villages in southern Lebanon, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said troops had pushed deeper into the country.
Jonathan Grossman is a professor of Bible at Bar-Ilan University and a senior faculty member at Herzog College in Alon Shvut. The Sacrificial Service: Gestures of Flesh and Spirit, translated into English by Sara Daniel, is his sustained argument that the sacrificial system of Leviticus is not a concession to Israel…
It’s usually the first question you ask someone, especially someone you haven’t seen in a long time. But in the case of Oren Nahari – author, lecturer, and for many years the editor of foreign news at Channel 1 – the question receives a direct answer, one firmly grounded in reality.
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Israeli air strikes have killed one Palestinian and wounded several others in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to Wafa news agency.
Mike Huckabee, the US Ambassador to Israel, delivered the commencement address at Yeshiva University in New York City on Thursday, where he was awarded the Presidential Medallion.
US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack will step down from his post following the expiration of his formal mandate, but he is set to maintain a central diplomatic role managing policy for Syria and Iraq, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced.
When disaster strikes and people are wounded in war or terror, or injured in accidents and natural catastrop stinctively rush to help them. Yet there are times when EM physicians and hospitals themselves need help.
Iran came from behind to beat The Gambia 3-1 in a friendly match in Turkey on Friday just days before traveling to the FIFA World Cup in North America.
The self-proclaimed master dealmaker can’t seem to stop sabotaging his own negotiations
‘G” was born into a Maronite Christian family in southern Lebanon, part of a community that traces its roots to the ancient Phoenicians. His early childhood unfolded in a quiet Christian village just 15 kilometers from the Israeli border, surrounded by rolling hills, farmland, and deeply rooted family traditions. Li…
Australians detained by Israeli forces as they attempted to deliver aid to Gaza have taken evidence of their alleged abuse to the International Criminal Court.
South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Saturday highlighted Seoul's drive to strengthen its own defense capabilities while deepening its alliance with the United States, amid evolving North Korean threats and uncertainties from Middle East tensions.
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Could it be that Israel’s 30-year narrative about Iran - one that persuaded US President Donald Trump to wage a criminal and disastrous war of aggression - was always a fiction, an invention cooked up in Tel Aviv?
Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon killed three people and wounded more than a dozen early on Saturday morning, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.
Hezbollah said on Saturday it fired rockets at the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona.
SINGAPORE, May 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Saturday highlighted Seoul's drive to strengthen its own defense capabilities while deepening its alliance with the United States, amid evolving North Korean threats and uncertainties from Middle East tensions.
Prospects for a US-Iran agreement to end the conflict remained uncertain on Friday, with President Donald Trump saying he would make a “final determination” on a deal, while Iranian officials stressed that no understanding had yet been reached.
Former Gaza hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal and other Israelis who were impacted by Hamas’s October 7 massacre received therapeutic tattoos courtesy of the Healing Ink program on Friday.
A fire broke out in an eight-story residential building in Lod in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Frank is a truck owner-driver, meaning he owns his own truck, picks up contracts wherever he happens to be in Australia and pays for his own fuel. He can spend up to two months at a time on the road, and lives by the rule-of-thumb that one third of a job's pay should go to fuel, one third should go to truck maintena…
Un soldado israelí en un puesto militar que vigila la llamada Línea Amarilla, el martes 26 de mayo de 2026, en la Franja de Gaza. (AP Foto/Ariel Schalit)
Beijing: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has rejected claims that weapons sales to Taiwan had been paused due to the Iran war, as he chided allies for not spending enough on their own defence while praising Australia for “stepping up”.
According to details reported by Tasnim News Agency and cited by Mehr News, a possible preliminary understanding between Iran and the United States would not restore the Strait of Hormuz to its pre-war status and would leave Iran's authority over the strategic waterway unchanged.
Tom Barrack, US President Donald Trump's special envoy to Syria, will be stepping down from his role.
Esmail Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran’s foreign ministry, said the United States and other Western countries have no right to use “should and must” language when dealing with Tehran.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the Islamic Republic is ready to achieve a “dignified framework” to end the ongoing war and reduce regional tensions, state media reported.
A conversational support platform based on artificial intelligence (AI) developed in Israel can significantly reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, form a meaningful therapeutic alliance with users, and provide round-the-clock emotional support.
The US is ready to restart attacks on Iran if a deal cannot be reached, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday, as negotiators from Washington and Tehran worked to bridge major differences blocking an agreement.
A children’s playground in Gaza was attacked by Israeli air strikes, with video showing destruction, damaged play equipment, and blood on the ground.
A White House official said that a meeting of the US-Iran task force concluded after about two hours of discussions, stressing that President Donald Trump “will not make any agreement with Tehran unless it is good for the United States and meets its red lines”, Al Jazeera reported.
The Israeli combat soldier saw his teammates yelling in celebration, congratulating one another. They had just struck a vehicle of Palestinians driving near the Israeli-controlled part of the Gaza Strip, killing everyone inside. The reservist said scenes like this had become common after a fragile ceasefire took eff…
Some Iranians hoped foreign intervention would unseat the regime but instead the US-Israel war has damaged livelihoods and strengthened those in power
Belgian sailor and Global Sumud Flotilla volunteer Arno Meyns says he suffered fractured ribs and a collapsed lung after Israeli forces illegally seized a Gaza-bound aid vessel in international waters and kidnapped those on board.
Pentagon chief also tells Singapore defence summit of ‘alarm’ at China’s military buildup but says US does not seek ‘needless confrontation’
Israeli forces have demolished residential homes in the town of Dibbine in Lebanon’s Marjayoun district, according to reports from Al Jazeera Arabic.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise visit to the Lebanese border, where he confirmed that Israeli troops had crossed north of the Litani River and advanced south of the city of Nabatieh.
Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said President Donald Trump is set to make a “generational investment of $1.5 trillion on defence this year” as part of what he described as an “historic national manufacturing mobilisation of its defence industrial base”.