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Bahrain’s parliament has expelled three lawmakers after they voted against a royal decree removing judicial oversight in matters of citizenship, just days after dozens had their nationalities stripped in connection with the Iran war.
The European Commission on Friday told airlines that the impact of the Iran war on the jet fuel market is not severe enough to allow airlines to charge passengers a fuel hike surcharge, or to avoid compensation payments for cancelled flights. All passenger protection rules remain unchanged, the commission said.
The UAE announced Dh180 billion ($49 billion) in cumulative offtakes over the next decade during the Make it in the Emirates summit as part of the government's push to strengthen and broaden the country's industrial base amid Iran war driven uncertainties.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday. His visit was expected to be a fence-mending mission after weeks of tensions over the war in Iran in which US President Donald Trump has repeatedly bashed Pope Leo over his promotion of peace in the region.
The Kehillat Israel Synagogue is set to reopen for the first time since its damaging by the Palisades fire last January, with a rededication ceremony scheduled for next Friday.
During the 2025 and 2026 wars with Iran, and with some attacks on Iranian agents in between, the Mossad and the IDF eliminated or busted not only local Iranian agents overseas, but many of their spymaster handlers in Iran itself.
Iran has seized the oil tanker Ocean Koi over an alleged attempt to disrupt Iran's oil exports, Iranian state media said on Friday.
Two soldiers were moderately wounded, and an additional soldier was severely wounded in two separate incidents involving explosive drones launched by Hezbollah, the IDF confirmed on Friday.
The top two in the Saudi Pro League face off on Tuesday in a game being billed as the biggest club match in the Kingdom's history.
Israeli strikes on the southern Lebanese town of Toura killed two people and wounded five others on Thursday, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.
Trump’s ego cannot accept a humiliating loss, and we are already seeing the effects of his failure playing out
Making a deal means the US finding a position that doesn’t threaten the Iranian regime’s survival. The alternative is a prolonged and damaging stalemate
The Spanish government has awarded Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Palestine, one of its highest civilian honours for her work “documenting and denouncing violations of international law in Gaza".
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has demanded a “public progress update” from United States authorities on the FBI probe into the Israeli military’s killing of Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, who was shot dead in the occupied West Bank in 2022.
The United States and Iran have exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting fears that the already fragile ceasefire between the warring nations could collapse.
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A civilian and three IDF soldiers were indicted Friday after being arrested in March on suspicion of maintaining long-term contact with Iranian intelligence operatives and carrying out security-related tasks at their direction before their military enlistment, the Shin Bet, Israel Police, and Military Police confirm…
More than half of Lebanon's population depends on humanitarian aid, a European Union official said on Friday, as Israel continues its attacks on the country despite a ceasefire in the two-month-long war on Lebanon.
The United Arab Emirates has disbursed $100m to the US-backed "Board of Peace" to finance the training of a Palestinian police unit destined for the Gaza Strip, The Times of Israel reported, citing diplomatic sources.
The United Arab Emirates has disbursed $100m to the US-backed "Board of Peace" to finance the training of a Palestinian police unit destined for the Gaza Strip, The Times of Israel reported, citing diplomatic sources.
Toyota forecast a 20 percent decline in profit for the current financial year on Friday, as cost and supply uncertainties stemming from the Iran war weigh on earnings even as robust demand for its hybrid models powers sales growth.
The US said it carried out strikes on Iranian military targets after an attack on three American destroyers in the strait of Hormuz
China’s foreign ministry said on Friday that an oil products tanker carrying Chinese crew was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, and expressed deep concern about vessels affected by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Iraq's oil ministry has denied US accusations against its deputy minister, who the United States hit with sanctions over alleged support to Iran, as Washington escalates pressure on Baghdad to break with Iranian-linked groups.
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British broadcaster and environmentalist David Attenborough turned 100 on Friday and said he had been "completely overwhelmed" by birthday greetings in a worldwide outpouring of affection for the British wildlife broadcaster.
The European Union is moving closer to imposing new sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, the EU Ambassador to Israel, Michael Mann, confirmed on Thursday.
Is war returning to Gaza? That is the question being quietly debated inside Israel’s security establishment.
Police in the Central District have completed their investigation into the killing of Yemanu Binyamin Zalka, 21, who was fatally stabbed outside a pizzeria in Petah Tikva on Independence Day eve, and transferred the case file to the Central District Attorney’s Office with recommendations to indict several minors on …
Three of the four women who returned to Australia after spending years in ISIS-linked detention camps in Syria were arrested on slavery and terrorism charges upon arrival, Australian police said on Friday.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio leaves the St. Damasus courtyard after meeting with Pope Leo XIV and Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin the Vatican, Thursday, May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
Un petrolero con bandera de Malta, visto cerca del puerto de Daesan, en Seosan, Corea del Sur, el 8 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Ahn Young-joon)
Syria's Foreign Minister inaugurated its consulate in Jeddah after a 14-year closure during a ceremony attended by Saudi officials.
Members of the local Yazidi community who fled persecution in the Middle East say they have been retraumatised by the high-profile arrival of four so-called ISIS brides, with community leaders calling on authorities to hold accountable anyone who enslaved or abused members of the minority group.
FILE -Toyota dealership, Thursday, April 30, 2026, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
A special envoy of South Korea's foreign minister has visited Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq and met with officials to discuss cooperation in energy, infrastructure and other sectors amid the ongoing Middle East conflict, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.
In recent days, Iraq stood out in the region for what it has not said.
SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- A special envoy of South Korea's foreign minister has visited Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq and met with officials to discuss cooperation in energy, infrastructure and other sectors amid the ongoing Middle East conflict, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.
Several news outlets have reported an Israeli attack targeting a road between the towns of Kfarshouba and Kfarhamamin in southern Lebanon.
Every Moment Is a Life arrives with an almost unbearable question: How can literature be made from a genocide still in motion? There is something perverse, even obscene, about aesthetic experience under such conditions.
Melissa Barrera is launching her own production company focused on supporting pro-Palestine voices in the entertainment industry, more than two years after she was fired from Scream 7 over social media posts about the Israel-Gaza war.
SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks extended their winning streak to a fourth session Friday, reversing an earlier loss amid renewed Middle East tensions. The local currency dropped sharply against the U.S. dollar.
Iran defended its actions in the Strait of Hormuz, saying its measures are in line with international law while accusing the United States of destabilising the region.
Now that the first two episodes of the much-anticipated series, Unconditional, have been shown both on Keshet’s Channel 12 in Israel and on Apple TV worldwide, I can write a full review of this highly addictive, intricately constructed series, full of twists and turns.
Iran does not have an active military dolphin unit, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed this week, amid concerns about Iran laying underwater mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
A political party led by Naftali Bennett, Gadi Eisenkot, and Avigdor Liberman would win 47 seats, three fewer than the parties would receive if they ran separately, a Maariv poll published Friday found.
Even though Norway is one of the European countries most critical of Israel, what happens in the diplomatic arena is not necessarily reflect in defense procurement. Germany has begun supplying Norway with Leopard 2A8NOR tanks in the first sale of the advanced platform, which also carries Israeli technology.
While the precise operational details regarding the recent war involving Israel, the United States, and Iran remain highly classified, one reality is undeniable: Both Israel and the US have successfully executed highly accurate operations across vast distances. Feats of this magnitude can only be accomplished by mai…
LAPU-LAPU CITY — Welcoming heads of state and delegates from all Asean member states, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. opened the 48th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit and Related Meetings on Friday, May 8, 2026.