Israeli film on AI-backed Gaza killings gets 25-minute Venice ovation
Oscar-winning directors premiere ‘NAZA’, featuring military whistle-blowers detailing automated target selection
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Newest first · UTC+10:00Israeli film on AI-backed Gaza killings gets 25-minute Venice ovation
Oscar-winning directors premiere ‘NAZA’, featuring military whistle-blowers detailing automated target selection
· Agence France-Presse
Putin lands in India for BRICs summit, shadowed by Iran and Ukraine wars
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the Indian capital on Friday ahead of an 11-member BRICS summit set to be dominated by wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, as well as economic challenges.
· Al Jazeera Staff
CNBC Daily Open: 'Welcome to Foldables' Samsung roasts Apple for being late to party
Hello, this is Anniek Bao writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
· Anniek Bao
What will UK sanctions against Israeli settlements change? | The National
The UK’s decision to ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements, and impose sanctions on entities that are used to build them, has put new pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu’s government as the occupied West Bank faces unprecedented land grabs.
· Nada AlTaher
Trump says he has no regrets about starting the Iran war as U.S. dials up economic pressure
U.S. President Donald Trump said he has no regrets about starting the Iran war and added that "If I had it to do again, I would do exactly what I did."
· Lim Hui Jie
Oil Tanker Rates Hit Record Highs as Middle East Shipping Risks Soar
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· Tyler Durden
US diesel prices surpass $6 a gallon for first time as oil hits highest since May
The US national average price of diesel on Thursday surpassed $6 a gallon for the first time ever, according to price tracker GasBuddy, as the US-Israeli war on Iran and Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s refineries have squeezed supply.
· Middleeasteye
Documentary NAZA gets 25-minute standing ovation at Venice film festival premiere – video
The documentary NAZA about the civilian death toll in Gaza was received with a 25-minute standing ovation at its Venice film festival premiere. The Guardian-produced film takes its title from an Israeli military term for expected 'collateral casualties' and is built around testimony from intelligence officers and so…
Magen David Adom ends year with nearly two million dispatches as Rosh Hashanah approaches
During the Hebrew year 5786, which comes to a close over the weekend, Magen David Adom marked 96 years of life-saving work in both routine emergencies and times of war and crisis.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Putin arrives in India for Brics summit set to be dominated by Iran and Ukraine wars
Russian president is due to meet his Iranian counterpart during visit, while Chinese leader Xi Jinping also set to attend summit
· Agence France-Presse
Bessent says 'a large bank' will be sanctioned on Monday as part of Iran strategy
"A large bank" will be sanctioned by the U.S. next week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday.
· Justina Lee
Trump says he does not regret waging war against Iran
President Donald Trump said he did not regret going to war against Iran despite the impact the conflict may have on the November US midterm elections.
· Middleeasteye
Nine former pilot officers from Assad era arrested for ‘war crimes’
Internal Security forces in Syria’s Lattaika province have arrested nine former military pilots accused of involvement in war crimes against Syrian people, according to Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
· Middleeasteye
Samsung E&A wins 4.7 tln-won fertilizer EPC contract in Saudi Arabia
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Yonhap) -- Samsung E&A Co. said Friday it has won a 4.7 trillion-won (US$3.5 billion) engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a fertilizer plant in Saudi Arabia.
· Kim Eun-jung
8, Israeli film on Gaza receives 25-minute ovation at Venice premiere
A film documenting Israel’s use of AI-powered systems to target Palestinians in Gaza has received a 25-minute standing ovation at its premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
· Al Jazeera Staff
US sanctions Iraqi paramilitary group Kataib Hezbollah
The United States has imposed sanctions targeting Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-aligned Iraqi paramilitary group, as part of an effort to disrupt financial networks supporting Iran’s regional activities, the US State Department said.
· Middleeasteye
Trump’s Iran campaign echoes the post-9/11 ‘forever wars’
TRUMP BILLBOARD. A woman walks near a billboard depicting US President Donald Trump on a building in Tehran, Iran, July 27, 2026.
· Herbie G
Houthis advance along Yemeni coast, threaten Saudi oil exports in Red Sea
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Iran destroys US spy Saildrone in Hormuz (VIDEO)
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has destroyed a US Saildrone Explorer reconnaissance vessel at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, releasing footage showing the unmanned craft burning in the water.
· RT
Oil shortage shuts main generator at Gaza’s Al-Ahli Arab Hospital
The main generator at Gaza City’s Al-Ahli Arab Hospital has stopped operating due to a shortage of oil and spare parts, Wafa news agency reported.
· Middleeasteye
Iran has resumed ballistic missile production, report says | The National
Tehran has resumed producing ballistic missiles, assembling them in underground sites around Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
· The National
Palestinian engineer killed in Israeli attack in Gaza's Khan Younis
A Palestinian engineer, Hudaifa Hamdi Mamar, has been killed in Israeli shelling on residential areas in the Al Mawasi district, west of Khan Younis in Gaza, the Palestinian Dialogue Forum (PALDF) said, according to Al Jazeera.
· Middleeasteye
Israeli strike destroys family home in southern Lebanon
An Israeli air strike has conpletely destroyed a house in the area between the villages of Haris and Hadatha, in the Tyre district in Lebanon, according to National News Agency.
· Middleeasteye
Iran back in business of producing ballistic missiles: report
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· Emily Goodin
Israel prepares for effects of 'Godzilla' El Niño with Health Ministry drills
The Health Ministry held a drill to prepare for a “Super El Niño” event and other inclement weather events, the ministry announced on Thursday.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
US announces new sanctions against networks aiding Hezbollah, other Iranian proxies in Middle East
The US government announced new sanctions on Thursday against firms and individuals that it says are aiding Hezbollah and other Iranian proxies in the Middle East as it intensified its campaign to isolate Iran economically.
· REUTERS
Israeli strike in Gaza kills family of four, including children
An Israeli strike in Gaza on Thursday killed a family of four, including two children, Palestinian hospital and security sources said.
· Middleeasteye
Saudi Arabia says it will take ‘all measures to deter Houthi attacks’
Saudi Arabia’s UN representative Abdulaziz al-Wasil said that Riyadh will take “all necessary measures to deter Houthi attacks and protect our security, sovereignty, and territorial integrity".
· Middleeasteye
The UK and 12 others sanction Israel: has a new era begun for Palestine?
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Pro-Palestine activist wins mayoral Democratic primary in Rhode Island
A vocal Israel critic and supporter of Palestinian rights has won the Democratic mayoral primary in America's smallest state.
· Middleeasteye
Houthis eye 'full control' of Bab el-Mandeb, as Saudi-backed forces reel from offensive
Yemen's Houthi fighters' rapid advance along the Red Sea coast has put them in a prime position to control shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb choke point, while bolstering Iran’s leverage against the US, experts tell Middle East Eye.
· Middleeasteye
Gulf states at UN condemn Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia as rebels seize key Yemen port | The National
Gulf states at the UN on Thursday “strongly” condemned attacks by the Houthis on Saudi Arabia, warning they posed a direct threat to regional security as the Iran-backed rebels seized Yemen’s strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha.
· Adla Massoud
Houthis eye 'full control' of Bab el-Mandeb, as Saudi-backed forces reel from offensive
Yemen's Houthi fighters' rapid advance along the Red Sea coast has put them in a prime position to control shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb choke point, while bolstering Iran’s leverage against the US, experts tell Middle East Eye.
· Middleeasteye
[Lee Byung-jong] Korean troops for the Iran war?
The South Korean military has participated in US-led wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Through these deployments, Korea suffered significant troop casualties and other collateral damage, while gaining material benefits as well as Washington's confidence. The question now is whether Seoul will send military forc…
· Korea Herald
Earthquake recorded after Israeli demolition of Lebanon's infrastructure
A 4.1-magnitude earthquake was registered in southern Lebanon, the United States Geological Survey said, after massive explosions were reported in southern Lebanon amid Israeli attacks.
· Middleeasteye
Israel Election 2026: What do Arye Deri's Shas and Yaakov Asher's United Torah Judaism stand for?
Israel's two established haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ), are two of many vying for citizens’ votes in the elections for the 26th Knesset, which will be held on October 27.
· SHIR PERETS
Japan lowers travel advisory level for Israel after dialogue between Sa'ar, Japanese counterpart
The Japanese government lowered its travel advisory level for Israel on Thursday, according to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, itself citing an announcement by Japan's Foreign Ministry.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF
How the navy’s Haifa fleet is transforming war at sea: New details of attacks revealed - exclusive
From blocking a mammoth Turkish flotilla to new explanations about how the navy's secret Shayetet 13 has radically changed how it operates, to a sword of Damocles that the Navy holds over Lebanon and Syria, to new details of naval attacks and intelligence versus Gaza, Iran, and Yemen, The Jerusalem Post has recently…
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NAZA: Film exposing systematic killing in Gaza gets record 24-minute standing ovation at Venice
A documentary examining the Israeli military systems behind the mass killing of Palestiniancivilians in Gaza received a record-breaking standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday.
· Middleeasteye
Huge explosions heard in south Lebanon, report says
Huge explosions were heard in southern Lebanon on Thursday, AFP journalists reported, after Israel said it had destroyed underground infrastructure beneath a strategic ridge.
· Middleeasteye
NAZA: Film exposing systematic killing in Gaza gets record 24-minute standing ovation at Venice
A documentary examining the Israeli military systems behind the mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza received a record-breaking standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday.
· Middleeasteye
Israel says south Lebanon 'security zone' complete after blowing up Hezbollah tunnels | The National
Israel's military blew up Hezbollah tunnels under the Ali Al Taher ridge on Thursday night, "completing the establishment of the security zone in southern Lebanon", according to a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office.
· The National
ASX set to slump, Wall Street falls as oil climbs to its highest mark since May
Oil prices keep jumping as the war with Iran keeps clogging the global flow of crude, and they got back to where they were in May. That’s worsening worries about inflation and cranking up pressure within the bond market, helping to send stocks lower again on Wall Street.
· Stan Choe
Opinion: UK settlement trade ban offers a lifeline to Palestine, and to an Israel on the brink
The British government’s decision to ban tradewith Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinianterritories should not be controversial.
· Middleeasteye
Russia and China oppose push to reactivate UN Iran sanctions committee | The National
Russia and China on Thursday opposed a UN Security Council call for the full resumption of the committee overseeing sanctions on Iran, urging Tehran to give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
· Adla Massoud
Victim families say it has ‘taken way too long’ to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for alleged support on 9/11
Terry Strada, whose husband was killed in the attacks, says she remains hopeful for justice as a lawsuit alleging Saudi support for the hijackers moves toward trial
· Ramon Antonio Vargas
IDF completes Ali Taher security zone after destroying Hezbollah tunnels, Netanyahu says
The IDF has destroyed Hezbollah's underground infrastructure on the Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, completing the establishment of Israel's security zone there, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement on Thursday.
· SHIR PERETS
No. 1: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump: Remembering who brought the hostages home
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump helped achieve what few in Jerusalem thought possible, bringing every Israeli hostage home and reshaping the Middle East.
· ZVIKA KLEIN
No. 2: Benjamin Netanyahu: Shaping Israel’s politics and global image for a generation
Netanyahu has become more than Israel’s prime minister for many. Abroad, for instance, he has become Israel’s symbol and the lightning rod for much of the hatred directed against the Jewish state.
· HERB KEINON