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Iran has warned it will open “new fronts” if the US launches more attacks on the country, after President Donald Trump said he had called off renewed strikes to allow for “serious negotiations” to take place.
The front gate of the east Jerusalem compound of UNRWA is seen in east Jerusalem, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, file)
The UK foreign office failed to keep any minutes of a meeting about the Middle East last December between Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper and former prime minister Tony Blair, Middle East Eye can reveal.
President Trump had on Monday announced he agreed to pause planned Iran strikes, which were supposedly going to resume Tuesday, because UAE & Saudi Arabia asked him to as they said the sides are getting close to a deal.
This image from an Airbus Defence and Space’s Pléiades Neo satellite shows a fire at an oil refinery on Iran’s Lavan Island, left, and an oil slick in the waters of the Persian Gulf around Shidvar Island, right, April 10, 2026. (Airbus Defence and Space© via AP)
More than 3,000 people have been killed by Israeli attacks on Lebanon in the past 11 weeks, with deaths reported on a near-daily basis despite a ceasefire.
Israel’s finance minister Bezalel Smotrich on Tuesday said the arrest warrant application for him at the International Criminal Court amounts to a “declaration of war” and threatened immediate retaliation against Palestinians.
Israel’s finance minister Bezalel Smotrich on Tuesday said the arrest warrant application for him at the International Criminal Court amounts to a “declaration of war” and threatened immediate retaliation against Palestinians.
DOHA — Qatar said on Tuesday that US-Iran negotiations, mediated by Pakistan, required more time to reach a deal, a day after President Donald Trump said he had postponed planned attacks to give the process a chance.
Trump calls off ‘planned attack’ on Iran, citing 'serious negotiations'
The footage also leans into popular culture, using Chinese rap and popular cartoon figures to court younger social media users
The footage also leans into popular culture, using Chinese rap and popular cartoon figures to court younger social media users
The Iran war and Tehran’s attacks on its neighbours have pushed most parts of the Gulf towards a more assertive defence posture in dealing with the Islamic republic, after years of prioritising engagement.
US equity futures are lower, set for a 3rd drop in a row, as traders waited for futile signs of progress toward a peace deal in the Middle East. and as tech and small cap stocks reacted adversely to higher bond yields around the globe, but nowhere more so than in Japan, where many tenors are trading at record lows, …
JERUSALÉN (AP) — Las fuerzas israelíes interceptaron una de las embarcaciones que seguían navegando hacia Gaza en una flotilla y detuvieron el barco cuando se encontraba a unas 82 millas náuticas (alrededor de 150 kilómetros o 95 millas) de Gaza, según el rastreador del sitio web de la flotilla.
The ceremonies, involving hundreds of couples in several major squares in Tehran, were broadcast on state TV to boost wartime morale
The ceremonies, involving hundreds of couples in several major squares in Tehran, were broadcast on state TV to boost wartime morale
Opposition MKs Ram Ben-Barak and Elazar Stern (Yesh Atid) sent a letter to MK Boaz Bismuth (Likud) demanding an urgent committee discussion after Channel 14 presenter Shimon Riklin disclosed sensitive security information during a live broadcast concerning an alleged Israeli-American strike in Iran on Monday.
Explosions were heard in Iran's Qeshm Island on Tuesday afternoon, the semi-official Iranian Mehr News Agency said, adding the cause was unknown, and no official entity has commented yet.
Live view from boats that are part of a flotilla attempting to break the Gaza blockade after the Israeli military began intercepting them.
Scotland’s goalkeeper Craig Gordon watch his team play during the World Cup 2022 group F qualifying soccer match between Scotland and Israel at Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, on Oct. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, Fille)
The average price of unleaded petrol has risen to 158.52p a litre, its highest level since the start of the Iran war, according to the RAC.
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Kurdish families who were displaced from northwest Syria in 2018 are returning to their hometowns. This has been a slow process. In 2018, Turkey launched an offensive along with Syrian rebel groups into the Kurdish areas of Afrin. At the time Ankara claimed the Kurdish region was run by “terrorists.” Ankara had push…
Investigators from Lahav 433 - The National Crime Unit summoned three political, diplomatic, and military reporters from three different news outlets to provide testimony in the “Qatargate” investigation on Monday, The Jerusalem Post confirmed.
At least one person was wounded on Tuesday when a drone launched by Hezbollah hit a parked vehicle and exploded in northern Israel without a siren sounding beforehand.
The organisers of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla say there are 10 ships still sailing towards the besieged enclave after Israeli forces intercepted 41 of its boats in international waters.
Days after letting the Saudi Pro League title slip through his fingers, Bento has been hit by further disappointment after missing out on selection for the World Cup.
The organisers of an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip say Israeli forces raided 41 of their boats in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, while 10 vessels continue to sail towards the besieged Palestinian enclave.
Samer Sinijlawi, a Fatah political activist, recently argued in The Jerusalem Post that Hamas’s reported willingness to transfer governing authority in Gaza could represent the first real step toward replacing militant rule with functioning institutions capable of eventually enforcing disarmament.
After it was canceled on Monday, the hearing in the criminal trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resumed on Tuesday morning, but will be shortened due to “security reasons.”
Six firefighting teams from the Afula area were operating Tuesday to contain a fire in an open area near the Nof Gilad neighborhood in Beit She’an, Israel Fire and Rescue Authority’s Northern District said.
The IDF's Northern Command has destroyed 60% of Hezbollah terror infrastructure in Lebanese villages, including areas where the IDF has operational control in southern Lebanon, a senior IDF Northern Command officer told Walla on Monday.
Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, is seeking to survive a primary challenge fueled by President Trump on Tuesday in what has become the most expensive congressional primary in recent history.
Iran has warned that it will "open new fronts" against the US if it is attacked again.
Israel has issued an expulsion order to a dozen towns and villages in southern Lebanon as it accused Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire.
The Islamic Republic will soon vote on a bill that would see whoever kills US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and or CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper awarded with a €50 million sum, Ebrahim Azizi, the chairman of Iran’s national security commission, told state TV on Thursday.
Ten activist flotilla ships continued toward the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to the Global Sumud Flotilla ship tracker, after most of their vessels were intercepted by the Israeli Navy on Monday.
Irish President Catherine Connolly said she was "very worried" about her sister, who was detained by Israeli forces on Monday while aboard the a flotilla bound for Gaza on Monday.
The Middle East has never suffered from a shortage of wealth or weapons. Its deeper problem has been the inability of states to transform power into stability, and prosperity into strategic resilience. Some countries built large militaries yet failed to protect themselves from internal fragmentation. Others embraced…
Foreign governments cut U.S. Treasuries in March as the Middle East war forced central banks to liquidate dollar reserves, defending local currencies against an energy shock that sent exchange rates tumbling.
Families of Australians detained by Israeli forces while attempting to deliver aid to Gaza say they hold fears for their loved ones and are in the dark about their whereabouts.
Operation Roaring Lion, aka Epic Fury against Iran has been fought and continuously recorded, via data, as well as with aircraft, missiles, drones, cyber operations, air defenses, and naval assets.
If hostilities turn into renewed fighting, Iran may fire tens or hundreds of missiles per day to “effectively confront the enemy and also change the calculation on the other side,” Hamidreza Azizi, an expert on Iranian security issues at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, told the New York …
The threat of Hezbollah's fiber-optic drones has claimed the lives of three soldiers and a civilian over the past month, and injured many more fighters, and the IDF has admitted that there is no comprehensive solution to the problem. Just last week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chaired a discussion on the subje…
Israeli forces have seized least 39 out of 51 at boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, the organizers of the action have said.
Israeli forces have seized least 39 out of 51 at boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, the organizers of the action have said.
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Iran continue to hold close and serious consultations regarding a recent attack on a South Korean-operated vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday, vowing to take "necessary measures" once the results of an ongoing investigation become available.
Virgin Australia has laid off a number of employees in corporate roles, the latest sign of contraction in the aviation industry as it grapples with higher costs triggered by the Middle East war.
The federal government’s tax changes will combine with higher interest rates to take steam out of the nation’s housing market, the Reserve Bank’s chief economist has signalled, while warning that businesses are likely to keep lifting prices as the war against Iran drags on.