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Un buque portacontenedores anclado, con un pequeño bote de motor en primer plano, en el estrecho de Ormuz frente a Bandar Abbas, Irán, el sábado 2 de mayo de 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA vía AP)
Travellers flying to the UAE with the continued uncertainty of the Iran conflict were advised to check their travel insurance carefully, especially when it came to claims relating to cancellations, medical treatment, and flight disruption.
Oil prices fell Friday after President Donald Trump said he is meeting in the White House Situation Room to make a final determination about an agreement with Iran.
Iran's top negotiator, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, said on Friday in a post on X/Twitter that Tehran does not trust guarantees or words and would judge by actions, adding that Iran would not act unless the other side acted first.
US President Donald Trump is heading to the White House Situation Room to make a final decision on Iran, according to a Friday Truth Social post by the president.
Since 2016, a mystery has surrounded World Vision’s former Gaza director Mohammed el-Halabi.
US President Donald Trump says he is preparing to make a final decision on a potential agreement with Iran as talks reach a critical stage.
WASHINGTON, May 29 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he will hold a meeting in the White House Situation Room to make a "final determination" on peace negotiations with Iran, reiterating his demands that Iran forgo any pursuit of a nuclear weapon and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday that reaching a ceasefire with Israel was essential, as Israeli and Lebanese military delegations met at the Pentagon.
After two years of relentless bombardment and ground invasions, Israel’s future in Gaza had appeared to be settled with the signing of United States President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan on October 9, 2025.
Lebanon is again facing deadly Israeli airstrikes despite an officially declared ceasefire, RT correspondent Ali Rida Sbeity has reported from the south of the country. The strikes on Thursday came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated plans to expand military operations in southern Lebanon and enl…
President Donald Trump on Friday morning said he is meeting in the Situation Room "to make a final determination" after listing everything that Iran must do for him to approve a deal to end the war.
At least seven of nine musical acts set to play in a concert series to mark 250th anniversary of US dropped out within 48 hours of the lineup being announced
LONDRES (AP) — Un ciudadano griego debía comparecer ante un tribunal el viernes, acusado de ayudar a un servicio de inteligencia extranjero, supuestamente iraní, a poner en la mira a un periodista que trabaja en Londres.
Hezbollah is pushing for a complete ceasefire and requesting that Iranian negotiators ensure that the terror group is included in any agreement reached with the US, a senior IDF Northern Command official told Israeli public broadcaster KAN News on Thursday.
A container ship sits at anchor as a small motorboat passes in the foreground in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
A Greek national has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service, believed to be Iran's, over the targeting of a journalist working for the London-based television station Iran International, British police said on Friday.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Washington on Friday for talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that are expected to include the latest developments in negotiations on ending the Iran war.
LONDON (AP) — A Greek national was set to appear in court Friday on charges that he helped the intelligence service of a foreign country, believed to be Iran, target a journalist working in London.
The German government has expressed concern over Israeli plans to extend its military control of Gaza.
Israeli forces’ seizure of activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla en route to Gaza and the mistreatment they endured made headlines last week.
Iran's Tasnim reports Friday that the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is not yet finalized, and that Thursday's flurry of Western media headlines about an agreement finally being reached were inaccurate.
Germany’s implementation of EU sanctions against a pro-Palestinian journalist whom Brussels has accused of fueling discord on Russia’s behalf has descended into “totalitarian madness,” German opposition politician Sahra Wagenknecht has said.
A Gazan artist has managed to have his art smuggled to Europe in the hope that the world remembers his people's pain as Israel prepares to extend its control of the strip.
Fleur Hassan-Nahoum speaks with the urgency of someone who sees several crises at once: hostile campuses, regional realignment, war with Iran, the future of Gaza, the stubborn persistence of antisemitism, and the need for stronger women’s leadership. Her answer to all of it is impacted by the same instinct—build som…
At this pivotal moment in Jewish history, Israel does not need a cautious bureaucrat or a diplomatic placeholder as its next consul general in New York. It needs a fighter, a truth-teller, and a leader capable of confronting uncomfortable realities with clarity and courage. Caroline Glick is uniquely qualified for t…
US equity futures are higher, continuing their slow motion-gamma squeeze into record territory, as traders waited to see whether America and Iran could finally get the peace deal they have already priced in every single day for the past month. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are up 0.1%, and poised to rise for the nint…
A "double scar" of past inflation woes and geopolitical trauma is warping how consumers view the economy and threatening a drop-off in retail spending, new research from the European Central Bank showed.
Syria's President Ahmad Al Shara visited an area stricken by floods on Friday after days of mayhem caused by surging waters in the Euphrates.
France’s public prosecutor is to investigate Israel’s treatment of French nationals arrested during a military raid on an aid flotilla bound for Gaza.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have killed two Kurdish activists in the west of the country who went into hiding following anti-government protests in January, two rights groups said on Friday.
Ireland’s Seamus Coleman walks as tennis balls are thrown on to the pitch during the international friendly soccer match between Ireland and Qatar in Dublin, Ireland, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/ Peter Morrison)
Anti-Israel activists protested against a Jerusalem municipality real estate investment event led by Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion in Manhattan on Thursday, with activists rejecting Israeli control of the holy city and claiming it as Palestinian land.
Pro-Palestine candidates were more likely to win their seat than candidates from any major party besides Reform at the recent local elections in England, Middle East Eye can reveal.
Activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla comfort each other upon their arrival at Istanbul Airport, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
With its failure to defeat Iran or force the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the US war on Iran has been labelled a "strategy of desperation", a "historic blunder" and a "strategic defeat".
Japan's healthcare industry, like that of its counterparts around the world, depends on supplies of oil derivatives used to make medical consumables, such as gloves and tubing. © Kyodo
With each passing day, doubts and speculation surrounding the existence of a leadership under Mojtaba Khamenei continue to intensify. While earlier information published by The Media Line indicated that he had been severely injured and hospitalized in the intensive care unit of a secret Islamic Revolutionary Guard C…
On April 6, Nicholas Kristof posted a picture from the West Bank posing with Munther Amira, a Palestinian he described as having endured “brutal abuse in Israeli prisons.” I forwarded it to a few well-connected people with a simple question: “Does someone in the Israeli government know he is here? If so, they should…
Global oil prices have tumbled by around 20% from 2026 highs as investors have grown increasingly optimistic on prospects for a long-lasting ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran, which would unlock shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court has ruled in favor of Mellat Bank in a suit against the Bank of Korea (BOK) over its denial of a 2019 request to open a new bank account to operate surplus funds, judiciary sources said Friday.
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U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and launch talks on Iran’s nuclear program, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
A Seoul court ruled in favor of Iran’s major commercial bank in a damages suit filed against the Bank of Korea, ordering the Korean central bank to pay 10 billion won ($7.3 million) plus delayed interest.
The Republican candidate for governor of New York told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that he attended Thursday’s Israeli real estate expo in Midtown Manhattan to show that he was an Israel supporter and investor.
Occupied East Jerusalem, Palestine – A controversial Israeli plan to digitally register property ownership in the occupied West Bank is a “dangerous colonial occupation step that represents a direct assault on the historical and legal rights of the Palestinian people to their land and property”, the Palestinian Land…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he had ordered the army to occupy 70 percent of the Gaza Strip, in the latest violation of the October ceasefire.
US, Iran reach MoU on 60-day truce, Trump’s approval pending
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Shimon Peres, the world-renowned statesman who had served in multiple governments for an aggregate 24 years, was dethroned by a political novice nearly three decades his junior, the woefully inexperienced Benjamin Netanyahu, who had not been a minister for one day.