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LONDON — France and Canada will join the U.K. in imposing new trade sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements Tuesday in a major diplomatic coup for Britain as it resets its relationship with Israel.
Twelve countries are set to slap sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, citing increasing attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinian villages in the occupied territory.
Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson says “new ideas are being discussed” between Qatar and other mediators for ways to resolve the more than six-month US-Iran war.
In strongest condemnation ever by UK government, Ed Miliband announces sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements
South Korea has dispatched an investigation team to assess the situation in the conflict-stricken Strait of Hormuz, the defense ministry said Tuesday, amid repeated calls from Washington for Seoul to assist its war efforts against Iran.
Meeting in Beijing concludes official state visit as two sides stress importance of unimpeded maritime traffic through Strait of Hormuz
Meeting in Beijing concludes official state visit as two sides stress importance of unimpeded maritime traffic through Strait of Hormuz
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has dispatched an investigation team to assess the situation in the conflict-stricken Strait of Hormuz, the defense ministry said Tuesday, amid repeated calls from Washington for Seoul to assist its war efforts against Iran.
Palestine has once again become a prominent issue at the Venice Film Festival, with filmmakers, actors and activists continuing to show their support throughout the event.
New leaks from testimony in the World Central Kitchen (WCK) probe have raised further questions about why IDF Col. Nochi Mendel was fired from his post but not prosecuted.
At 3:30 p.m. on September 17, 2024, pagers began to beep and buzz in Beirut and all over Lebanon, alerting Hezbollah operatives to a message from their commanders. But the message was not from Hassan Nasrallah or anyone else in the terrorist organization. Within less than ten seconds, the pagers would explode, sendi…
An Israeli court on Tuesday rejected a bid from rights groups to halt development of a settlement in the occupied West Bank that would severely undermine the territorial contiguity of a future Palestinian state.
Riyadh says it will retaliate after overnight attacks by Iran-backed Yemen group on oil facilities wound more than 70
The High Court of Justice on Tuesday canceled the appointments of three senior members of the Second Authority Council, ruling that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu violated his conflict-of-interest agreement and that the appointments committee had not received the information needed to properly examine two of the …
Britain on Tuesday published legislation to introduce tougher sanctions on Iran, expanding trade restrictions and powers to target ships as part of what it described as a wider effort to curb Tehran's nuclear program and other hostile activities.
Iraq, Morocco and Palestine have selected the films that will represent them in the Best International Feature Film category at the 2027 Academy Awards.
Yemen’s Houthi group has carried out attacks in southern Saudi Arabia, with Riyadh saying that dozens of people have been wounded, as fighting between the Iran-aligned group and pro-Saudi forces in Yemen sharply escalates.
Britain expects France and Canada to follow it in announcing a ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements on Tuesday, Whitehall sources have told Middle East Eye.
Israeli forces shot and killed a 29-year-old man in the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus. They then withheld his body, Palestine’s Wafa news agency reported.
Stockholm, Sweden – This Sunday, Sweden will vote in a knife-edge general election that could change the country’s stance on Israel.
The UK government on Tuesday published legislation to expand sanctions on Iran, including tougher trade restrictions and powers to target ships.
Qatar is working with China and other partners to help resume talks between the United States and Iran, a Qatar foreign ministry spokesperson cited by Reuters said on Tuesday.
At least 1,360 doctors have left Israel since 2023, according to new research.
Congressman Randy Fine warned the British government that Florida may boycott British businesses if the UK boycotts Israel.
The opposition bloc, with Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot at the helm, could reach a 61-seat Knesset majority if Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha's joint slate joins it, after Ofer Winter's Amcha Israel party fell below the electoral threshold, according to a Maariv poll published on Tuesday.
Amnesty said the strikes that damaged residential areas could amount to war crimes. (AFP)
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Dozen of civilians were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon over the weekend, RT’s Steve Sweeney has reported.
Miembros de la delegación legal que representa a Nicaragua y el asesor Daniel Mueller, a la derecha, asisten a una vista pública sobre las objeciones preliminares presentadas por Alemania en el caso presentado por Nicaragua en la Corte Internacional de Justicia, en el Palacio de la Paz en La Haya, Países Bajos, el l…
Members of the legal delegation representing Nicaragua, including counsel and advocate Daniel Mueller, right, attend public hearings on the preliminary objections raised by Germany in the case brought by Nicaragua at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Sept…
People walk under a billboard showing Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi with a phrase from the Islamic book Quran that reads in Arabic; “In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy - in that let them rejoice; it is better than what they accumulate” in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
Israeli students recorded their worst-ever results in all three subjects measured by the international Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), with Education Ministry officials describing the findings as a "catastrophic event on a historic scale," according to results published by the Organization for E…
Hassan Rouhani called for the Iranian regime to allow the public to decide whether to end the war if a ceasefire agreement met Iranian demands, according to footage of the speech shared by the former Iranian president.
Nicaragua says Germany has breached the 1948 UN Genocide Convention with its support, notably arms shipments, for Israel
Nicaragua says Germany has breached the 1948 UN Genocide Convention with its support, notably arms shipments, for Israel
El secretario británico de Exteriores, Ed Miliband, habla durante una conferencia de prensa en Madrid, España, el 29 de julio de 2026. (Leon Neal/Pool Foto via AP, Archivo)
Tehran has threatened “serious consequences” for South Korea if it interferes in the US-Israel war on Iran.
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A Alemanha solicitou ao tribunal superior das Nações Unidas que indefira uma ação movida contra a Nicarágua que acusa Berlim de "facilitar o genocídio" em Gaza por meio da venda armamentos a Israel.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud in Moscow on Tuesday that his country was ready to help resolve the conflict in the Middle East, Reuters reported.
Nicaragua has started its oral presentation at the International Court of Justice in reply to Germany, which stands accused of genocide complicity due to its support for Israel during the Gaza genocide.
LONDON — U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee suggested Tuesday the U.S. could retaliate against the U.K. over new trade sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements, a further escalation between London and Washington hours ahead of an expected policy rollout.
The president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) warned Israel’s prime minister days before the 7 October attacks that Hamas was planning a major operation, an investigation for a forthcoming book has found.
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband speaks during a press conference in Madrid, Spain, on July 29, 2026. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Iran early Tuesday introduced a higher price for its heaviest users of gasoline, state media reported, in the latest economic pinch caused by months of war.
Former prime minister and B’Yachad party head Naftali Bennett confirmed a Tuesday Haaretz report that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was warned that Hamas was planning an attack against Israel days before the October 7 massacre.
Less than a week before the October 7 attack, then Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 1, 2023, and recommended carrying out a targeted assassination of Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar, along with a series of additional assassinations targeting senior figures in the organ…
A Syrian civilian managed to reach the vicinity of an IDF post in the southern Golan Heights on the Syrian side of the border on Monday without being detected, N12 reported on Tuesday.
In today’s episode of Trending Middle East, attacks by Houthi rebels targeting Saudi Arabia have wounded 73 civilians, including women and children. The Saudi Energy Ministry said several energy sites in the south were struck, causing injuries and fires, and temporarily halting some operations.
UK to reassert support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution in move drawing criticism from US and Israel