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Israeli directors and journalists Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s documentary NAZA won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
It's been years since Mohammad Mohammadi and Fereshteh Ahmadi saw each other in person. (Supplied)
A Palestinian has died from injuries sustained in an Israeli air strike on vehicles in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reported, citing a source at Nasser Hospital.
Houthi spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree has said that Saudi warplanes have launched 129 air strikes over the past 48 hours, “targeting the governorates of Taiz, Marib, Hodeidah, Al-Jawf, Saada, Amran, and Hajjah”, according to Al Jazeera.
The US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Yemen’s Houthis asked the United States not to intervene in their spiralling conflict in Yemen with Saudi Arabia.
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The US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Yemen’s Houthis asked the United States not to intervene in their spiralling conflict in Yemen with Saudi Arabia.
Dallas Cowboys running back Malik Davis (20) sprints to the end zone for a touchdown in the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
When actress and artist Lisa Edelstein met her now-husband, artist Robert Russell, he came with a deep desire to rediscover his Jewish identity and pass it on to his sons from a former marriage, then three and five. He found the perfect partner for the job in Lisa.
The new leaders of the UK show signs of collective amnesia about recent history.
Saudi authorities said a Houthi projectile wounded two people in an area along the country's southern border with Yemen, hours after the government issued alerts warning of the risk of possible attacks.
Bahrain says it will not be participating in a proposed meeting in Oman between Iran and other regional countries to discuss safe passage for shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Iraq has closed some border crossings with Iran while investigating drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline that it confirms were launched from its territory.
Morton Pancer, 86, and his wife, Carole, 82, spent 57 years of marriage building a life together in Maryland. This week, after decades in the United States, they decided it was finally time to move home to Israel.
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Iranian state media on Saturday said explosions were heard off the coast of an island located in the Strait of Hormuz.
The two main 9/11 ceremonies on Friday marking 25 years since the terror attacks were held at Ground Zero in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington DC. President Trump attended the latter while VP JD Vance was present at the former.
Lebanese farmer Saleh* woke up before dawn on 3 September to harvest his fig trees in the southern Lebanese border village of Halta.
Yemen's Houthis said on Saturday that they had freed more than 200 of their members detained by Saudi-backed pro-government forces in areas they captured in recent days.
At first glance, Dalia Gubbay - Vice President of the Jewish Community of Milan - exudes strength and uncompromising leadership. She stands at the forefront of public advocacy, defending educational institutions, maintaining ongoing ties with government offices and the local media, and proudly upholding the right of…
The Iran conflict is entering a new phase amid key meetings in India and Oman. These meetings show how countries in the Gulf are looking to what may come next, even as Saudi Arabia faces pressure from Iranian-backed groups in Iraq and Yemen. Oman is also hoping to host Gulf states and Iran at a meeting on Monday. Ba…
We have for many years carefully followed and documented what has emerged in the over two decades since the 9/11 attacks concerning Saudi state complicity. Families of 9/11 victims have long had a lawsuit pending against Saudi government. The kingdom's intel officials show up in all kinds of declassified documents, …
An understanding between Iran and Oman does not provide for the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz but establishes the basis on which it could reopen, an Iranian source told the semi-official Tasnim news agency on Saturday.
The British government has expressed its “solidarity” with Saudi Arabia after attacks by Houthis in Yemen, according to the Saudi foreign ministry.
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American perceptions of monarchy and kingship differ profoundly from those in the Middle East.
The transformation of the Khomeinist Left into “Reformists” was neither an intellectual evolution nor a moral reckoning, nor an attempt to confront or atone for past crimes.
In a special interview for the Maariv podcast, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Chairman and father of the Arrow missile defense system, Boaz Levy, described how he views the battlefield of the next decade: heavily reliant on space, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, robotics, drone swarms, and missiles -…
At least 76,000 people have been displaced in Yemen since July, with the number quadrupling in the past week as fighting flared between government forces and Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the United Nations said Saturday.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry said on Friday that a drone attack on its East-West Pipeline was launched from Iraq, causing injuries and damage.
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At least seven inmates have been killed and others injured after a fire broke out at a prison in a predominantly Kurdish town in northern Syria.
Lebanese farmer Saleh* woke up before dawn on 3 September to harvest his fig trees in the southern Lebanese border village of Halta.
Eight prisoners were killed, and 17 others were wounded during clashes between locals and security forces in the city of Kobani in northern Syria on Friday.
Iranian-backed militias in Iraq were responsible for an attack on a key oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia. The Iraqi government confirmed on Saturday that the attack came from Iraq’s Maysan province. A local commander has been dismissed, the Rudaw media channel in Iraq said. Iraq has sought to prevent Saudi Arabia from r…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the BRICS summit in New Delhi, Sept. 12. (Pool via Reuters)
At least nine Palestinians, including children, were wounded in an Israeli military attack on Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
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The search for the diver who went missing at Haifa's Students Beach on Thursday concluded on Saturday when authorities located his body during their search efforts.
The BRICS group of nations unanimously adopted a joint declaration on Saturday, expressing "deep concern" over the war in the Middle East and urged maximum restraint, advocating for a "multilateral approach" that respects national viewpoints.
A meeting between Iran and Gulf states planned for Monday in Oman will be a chance to discuss issues including the Strait of Hormuz, but is not expected to yield a signed agreement over the blockaded waterway, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian and the United Arab Emirates' Crown Prince Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed met in New Delhi on Saturday on the sidelines of the Brics summit, the Iranian embassy in India said.
By Mishel Bychkova, vice president at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies in Moscow
Leaders come face to face for first time since frictions intensified sharply after Iran hit back at US allies following US-Israeli strikes
Leaders come face to face for first time since frictions intensified sharply after Iran hit back at US allies following US-Israeli strikes
Saudi Arabia temporarily shut its 7 million-barrel-a-day East-West pipeline following multiple drone attacks, exposing a massive vulnerability in a critical export route used to bypass the Strait of Hormuz during more than six months of US-Iran conflict.
Actor and director Yossi Pollak died at the age of 81 after a career spanning more than four decades in Israeli theater, film and television, as well as in directing.
A new documentary alleging that Israel relied on powerful AI tools to kill thousands in Gaza has sent shockwaves through the Venice Film Festival, with one of the film’s insiders describing planning airstrikes as “insanely fun.” The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has categorically rejected the film’s portrayal, insisti…