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Muslim pilgrims prostrate as they offer evening prayers around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site in the holy city of Mecca during the annual hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Spain led the opposition to Trump’s Iran war, but on the Cuba blockade, the challenge is absent
The US and Iran are "very close" to a memorandum of understanding, Vice President JD Vance said, adding that this would extend the ceasefire by 60 days.
My parents spent a gap year volunteering on Kibbutz Sa’ad, a religious kibbutz in the South, a few kilometers from Gaza, before university. It moved them enough to make aliyah. Some of their friends from those months still live on kibbutzim today.
Trader Robert Arciero works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Uncertainty has clouded the All Whites and Team Melli’s group stage opener to be held in Los Angeles on 15 June
Industrial output in Japan rose in April, helped by increases in machinery production. (Photo by Naoki Hori)
MANILA, Philippines — Motorists may get relief from lower fuel prices next week, with diesel and gasoline pump prices seen to decline sharply as global oil prices eased amid developments in the Middle East war, local oil industry sources said.
SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded higher late Friday morning as investors were buoyed by reports that the United States and Iran had reached an agreement to extend their ceasefire.
The Department of State said it was sanctioning several entities, individuals "involved in the transportation of Iranian petroleum or petrochemical products".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he directed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to increase control of Gaza to 70%.
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In its first report to the UN Security Council, the Board of Peace this month said Hamas’s refusal to disarm was the main obstacle to the reconstruction of Gaza.
Security preparations for this weekend’s Israel Day Parade would be “the most extensive” that the NYPD has ever put together, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Thursday.
IDF commanders, soldiers, and equipment were used without higher authorization to host a group of VIP customers from a private production company, KAN News reported on Thursday.
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
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States and Iran closed in on a framework for a ceasefire extension detail Thursday but President Donald Trump has yet to approve any agreement, US officials said.
South Korean stocks opened sharply higher Friday following reports that the United States and Iran have reached an agreement to extend the current ceasefire.
South Korea's industrial output lost ground in April from a month earlier, data showed Friday, with retail sales and facility investment sliding amid economic uncertainties stemming from tensions in the Middle East.
Palestinian civil defence workers in Khan Younis are battling a massive fire following a new Israeli strike.
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday reiterated President Donald Trump's "redline" demands in negotiations with Iran, including Tehran's commitment not to seek nuclear weapons, amid reports that Washington and Tehran have reached a tentative peace deal awaiting Trump's final approval.
US president’s move comes as both sides try to prevent fresh ceasefire breaches scuppering a potential deal
Vietnamese Communist Party leader To Lam, left, will deliver a keynote address during this year's Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will represent Washington at the security meeting. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened sharply higher Friday following reports that the United States and Iran have reached an agreement to extend the current ceasefire.
(2nd LD) S. Korea says U.S. made no proposal to change combined command structure after OPCON transfer
SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industrial output, which tumbled in April from a month earlier in the wake of tensions in the Middle East, is likely to rebound in May amid signs of improvement in business sentiment, the finance minister said Friday.
An Israeli strike on the Zeitoun neighborhood, Gaza City, killed one Palestinian and injured several others.
Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Friday as investors weighed fresh military activity involving Iran against signs that Washington and Tehran were nearing a temporary agreement to halt their three-month conflict.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Israel and Hamas are deadlocked in talks to advance the US plan for Gaza, with Israel effectively controlling 64 per cent of the territory
Israel and Hamas are deadlocked in talks to advance the US plan for Gaza, with Israel effectively controlling 64 per cent of the territory
Controversy has broken out in Germany over the trial of five pro-Palestinian activists, who are charged with belonging to a criminal organisation and destroying about €1m (£870,000) worth of property at the site of an Israel-based defence firm in Germany's Ulm.
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) residents of Motza, Israel were using dolomite in their plaster some 8,000 years before the Romans did, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, making it the oldest known case of the technique being used.
If someone had asked Kenny Miller a year ago, while he was working under Ronny Deila at Atlanta United, that in one year he would be in charge of Israeli powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv and would be hoisting the State Cup as his first title as a head coach, he would have asked them if they were absolutely crazy.
Israel is expected to open a resident embassy in Fiji over the weekend, The Media Line has learned, with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar heading to the Pacific island nation as Jerusalem and Suva move to deepen diplomatic, strategic, and development ties.
For the first time in its 73-year history, Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial museum and archive, is establishing educational centers outside the Jewish state.
Rising heat in Saudi Arabia threatens millions of Muslim pilgrims – but cutting fossil fuels would keep it safer
Three people have been killed and others wounded in an Israeli drone attack on a security checkpoint in the al-Mawasi area near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.
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Republic of Ireland fans threw tennis balls featuring the Palestine flag on to the pitch during Thursday's game
Iran’s Mehr news agency says Iranian armed forces fired warning shots at four vessels near the Strait of Hormuz.
Traffic at the Strait of Hormuz remains quiet amid the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran. © Reuters
India has a “crazy love” for Israel and shares a “unique relationship” with the Jewish state, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the Jordan Valley Conference on Thursday, describing New Delhi as one of West Jerusalem’s strongest supporters.
Seoul gives Tehran room to maneuver: If Iran did it, Tehran should say so
When Representative Haley Stevens of Michigan was asked on Thursday during a Democratic primary debate for Senate what it meant that she had accepted campaign contributions from donors to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group, she spoke 160 words without coming remotely close to answering the question.