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The president has blundered into a ‘forever war’ with Iran he can’t win, but refuses to end. Such hubris has a long history
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The Book of Samuel pauses, in the middle of a war, to name two rocks. Jonathan is about to climb toward a Philistine garrison above a ravine, with no one beside him but his armor-bearer, and the text stops to record that a crag stood on either side of the pass, one called Botzetz, the other Seneh.
Longtime Magazine contributor Rabbi Moshe Taragin is an educator at Yeshivat Har Etzion, founded in 1968 to foster the love of God, of learning Torah, and of the people and the Land of Israel.
Police block an area near a deadly explosion at a restaurant in Moscow, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency via AP)
Poland striker scores double on his home MLS debut
Ask Mike Pompeo if there is a risk of an all-out Middle East war, and he not only corrects you; he raises the stakes.
US President Donald Trump has said he would hold off on a fresh attack on Iran as long as a deal could be reached quickly on Iran's nuclear programme and reopening the Strait of Hormuz completely.
At a cabinet meeting at Camp David, US President Donald Trump declared that the United States is prepared to significantly escalate military pressure on Iran.
Strongly worded PLA Daily article is latest in a series of countermeasures as Scarborough Shoal row flares, including military drills
Strongly worded PLA Daily article is latest in a series of countermeasures as Scarborough Shoal row flares, including military drills
U.S. President Donald Trump said late Saturday that he was canceling planned strikes on Iran pending a rapid agreement with Tehran to end the conflict in the Middle East.
Authorities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region accused the federal government of launching a military offensive on Saturday, reigniting fears of a return to war.
In journalism, war correspondents are often seen as having the most exciting jobs. They get to cover the literally explosive news events on the frontlines of combat, as well as behind the scenes.
LONDON — Saudi Arabia, Russia and five other members of OPEC+ are expected to raise their oil production quotas for September when they meet online Sunday as the Middle East war continues to disrupt global energy supplies.
Industry leaders expect more Hongkongers to choose Europe via mainland transit, but warn cheaper fares may be offset by higher fuel charges
Industry leaders expect more Hongkongers to choose Europe via mainland transit, but warn cheaper fares may be offset by higher fuel charges
Conservatives once demanded sports stay apolitical. Now they’ve embraced a new culture-war politics, and Sophie Cunningham has become one of its most valuable stars
Iranian military officials denied US President Donald Trump's claims that Iran asked the US to stop the attacks, the IRGC-affiliated Mehr News Agency reported on Sunday.
Hamas began distributing individual weapons to the terrorist group’s operatives in the Gaza Strip amid the Board of Peace’s (BoP) Hamas disarmament deal, Kan News reported on Saturday, citing a Palestinian source.
Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts i…
Three children are among nine Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since dawn, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.
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Pakistan requested the $10 billion currency backstop after it helped mediate between the U.S. and Iran, led by the country's military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Reuters)
Pakistan requested the $10 billion currency backstop after it helped mediate between the U.S. and Iran, led by the country's military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Reuters)
Kyiv has attacked about a dozen Wildberries sites to try to disrupt the operations of the firm, often described as Russia’s Amazon
Kyiv has attacked about a dozen Wildberries sites to try to disrupt the operations of the firm, often described as Russia’s Amazon
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Iranian regime “has to change,” claiming that Tehran must abandon its efforts to dominate the Middle East in an interview with Fox News on Saturday.
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The Israeli military said it has killed two Hamas commanders during air strikes on Friday and Saturday in Gaza.
A Hamas delegation met officials from Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Cairo, with the two groups stressing the need to force Israel to end its military offensive and fully withdraw from Gaza.
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean Navy's 3,100-ton frigate Daejeon has won the top honor at a live-fire gunnery competition held during this year's Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, the service said Sunday.
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Latest updatesIran war latest: Trump backs away from Iran attack and says 'perimeters of deal' agreed
President claims delay is ‘subject to being able to rapidly make a deal’ as intervention by Saudi crown prince is revealed and Iran warns neighbours
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President Donald Trump exits Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Friday, July 31, 2026, after a trip to Camp David, the presidential retreat. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
A mourner chants slogan as she holds a poster with graphic depicting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in a ceremony commemorating the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Trump says the deal will include an end to Iran’s nuclear threat and ‘the Immediate, complete and total opening’ of the Strait of Hormuz
Trump says the deal will include an end to Iran’s nuclear threat and ‘the Immediate, complete and total opening’ of the Strait of Hormuz
Overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least eight people, including two children, despite Hamas saying it agreed to the latest stage of a deal to end the war.
United States President Donald Trump says he has cancelled a planned large-scale military attack on Iran, claiming that the “perimeters of a deal” have been agreed upon.
The US military is expected to deploy about 10 additional aerial refuelling aircraft to Israel in the coming days, Israeli media has reported.
CAIRO — US President Donald Trump said in a Saturday evening social media post he will order American forces to hold off on new strikes against Iran, claiming Mideast allies had reached the parameters of a deal to end the five-month old war.
The latest Gaza proposal is better than the empty language that has surrounded much of the postwar discussion. It addresses Hamas’s weapons, the tunnels, the command structure, the future administration of Gaza, and the link between demilitarization and Israeli withdrawal.
Israeli forces have killed at least five Palestinians in strikes across the Gaza Strip.
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