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Due to there being no South African Jews for a Free Palestine (SAJFP) group in Durban, non-Jewish activists wore shirts denoting affiliation with the anti-Israel Jewish group at a Friday protest in front of the Durban Holocaust and Genocide Centre.
The World Food Programme said on Wednesday it had halved emergency food assistance in Syria due to funding shortages, warning that millions remained vulnerable despite signs of stabilization in parts of the country.
"Seven months since the ceasefire, the door to Gaza's future is still closed," Nickolay Mladenov, director-general of the Board of Peace, said following his meeting on Wednesday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
AL-KHIAM, Lebanon – Even though three soldiers and one civilian have been killed by exploding drones launched from Lebanon since the ceasefire went into effect there on April 17, the IDF does not view the threat as a strategic challenge with far-reaching ramifications, but rather as a tactical problem for which solu…
The PM’s meeting with the Emirati president marks a ‘historic breakthrough’ in relations between the two countries
The PM’s meeting with the Emirati president marks a ‘historic breakthrough’ in relations between the two countries
Mesmo em meio ao turbilhão de opiniões, há pouca dúvida de que a guerra em Gaza desencadeou uma crise humanitária.
El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, asiste a una ceremonia conmemorativa por el Día del Recuerdo en memoria de los soldados caídos, o Yom HaZikaron, en el Cementerio Militar del Monte Herzl, en Jerusalén, el martes 21 de abril de 2026. (Ilia Yefimovich/Foto de la piscina vía AP)
US President Donald Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday for a closely watched summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, where the war in Iran, trade tension and Taiwan are expected to dominate discussions.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony commemorating Israel’s Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers, or Yom HaZikaron, at the Military Cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, Tuesday April 21, 2026. (Ilia Yefimovich/Pool Photo via AP)
El senador demócrata por Oregon Jeff Merkley y la senadora republicana por Alaska Lisa Murkowski en el Congreso en Washington, el 30 de abril del 2026. (AP foto/J. Scott Applewhite)
Two people were killed and one person was injured in an Israeli raid on the town of Al-Abbasiya, in southern Lebanon’s Tyre district, Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting.
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., the ranking member, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, prepare to hear from U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz on his 2027 budget request, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 20…
When President Donald Trump meets with his counterpart, Xi Jinping, a new item will be added to the long list of issues of mutual interest and potential disagreement between the United States and China: the war in Iran.
The critically ill Nobel peace laureate should be released. Iranians’ human rights are under attack from both the regime and the US-Israel war
This Thursday night ushers in Jerusalem Day – Judaism’s most minimalist holiday – let’s call it J-Day! – lacks a defining home ritual – even Shavuot has learning and cheese-cake. Moreover, it’s increasingly defined by a polarizing Old City march – the right soft-pedals the boorish behavior of a few, the left ignores…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the United Arab Emirates to meet with President Mohammed bin Zayed at the beginning of Operation Roaring Lion, the Prime Minister's Office announced on Wednesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the UAE during the war on Iran, his office has just announced.
More than 10,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed in Lebanon since the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect on 17 April, the head of Lebanon’s National Council for Scientific Research said on Wednesday.
Israel's contestant at the Eurovision Song Contest has said he was surprised by protests that disrupted his semi-final performance.
The Dominican Republic has designated Hezbollah and the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as terrorist organizations, its Foreign Affairs Ministry announced in a Tuesday statement.
Saudi fighter jets bombed targets linked to powerful Tehran-backed Shi'ite militias in Iraq during the Iran war, while retaliatory strikes were also launched from Kuwait into Iraq, multiple sources familiar with the matter said.
The IDF struck Hezbollah terror infrastructure in southern Lebanon on Thursday, including weapons storage facilities, loaded and ready-to-fire launchers, and operations facilities.
The diplomat tasked with implementing the US-backed Gaza peace plan says Hamas is consolidating its grip and preventing reconstruction in areas of the strip it still controls, as fears mount that the peace process is stalling.
Familiares y amigos transportan el cuerpo del palestino Zakaria Qatousa durante su funeral en la ciudad de Deir Qaddis, en Cisjordania, el miércoles 13 de mayo de 2026. (Foto AP/Mahmoud Illean)
Americans paid more for their groceries last month, but high gasoline prices resulting from the Iran war were only one of the reasons why.
In 1951, Mohammad Mosaddegh nationalised Iran’s oil, ending 50 years of Britain’s monopoly over Iranian oil. Two years later, he was overthrown in a covert coup backed by the CIA and Britain. This is the story of how one week in August changed Iran and still shapes the country to this day.
A number of Palestinians, including children, have been wounded by Israeli forces in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, the Palestinian Red Crescent is reporting.
As Israel's Eurovision contender Noam Bettan took to the stage in Vienna on Tuesday evening, chants of “stop the genocide” and “free Palestine” rose from the audience during his introduction and the opening moments of his song.
The highly vaunted Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline remains stalled months after Gazprom signed what it called a “legally binding” memorandum with China to build it, even as the Iran war has renewed Russian hopes that concerns over energy security could push Beijing closer to a deal.
BEIJING — United States President Donald Trump said he would ask Xi Jinping to “open up” China to American firms as he headed to Beijing on Wednesday for a high-stakes summit that will also bring up the war on Iran.
By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Zakaria Qatousa, during his funeral in the West Bank town of Deir Qaddis Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Coalition members are trying to rush through bills as quickly as they can, ahead of the threatened dissolution of the Knesset, N12 reported on Wednesday.
President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday again pressed for negotiations toward an agreed resolution in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial, saying that Israel’s deepest internal crises should, where possible, be handled through dialogue rather than further rupture.
Rumors have been floating around Israel this week that Kanye West wants to make amends for his flagrantly antisemitic statements by performing a show here.
The families and lawyers of five pro-Palestine activist defendants facing trial in a German court have denounced the proceedings as a “sham trial” and called for the recusal of the presiding judge.
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Saudi Arabia conducted covert strikes on Iran during the Middle East war, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing sources.
Saudi Arabia conducted covert strikes on Iran during the Middle East war, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing sources.
Observers noted the number of recent strategic and trade blows, including the war on Iran, have not derailed the meeting from going ahead
Observers noted the number of recent strategic and trade blows, including the war on Iran, have not derailed the meeting from going ahead
Nickolay Mladenov, coordinador especial de Naciones Unidas para el Proceso de Paz en Oriente Medio (UNSCO, por sus siglas en inglés), asiste a una conferencia de prensa en las oficinas de la UNSCO en Ciudad de Gaza, el lunes 25 de septiembre de 2017. (Foto AP/Adel Hana, archivo)
The football teams of Iraq and Morocco have an official AI platform of choice, Google's Gemini.
British Health Secretary Wes Streeting has launched what many MPs are calling a "coup" in a bid to become the Labour prime minister.
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Israeli drone strikes on Wednesday hit multiple vehicles along a main highway south of Beirut, killing eight people — including a woman and her two children — according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, in one of the deadliest escalations since the ceasefire took effect.
Israel launched a wave of strikes on Lebanon on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people on the eve of a third round of peace talks in Washington.
About 80% of war-damaged sites in Iran’s capital have been repaired, Al Jazeera is reporting, citing a report by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).