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Otzma Yehudit requested that the Central Elections Committee ban the Arab Ra'am party and its chairman, MK Mansour Abbas, from running in the 2026 Israeli elections, the party said in a statement on Wednesday.
The United Kingdom has announced it will ban imports originating from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, marking one of London’s strongest policy moves on Israel-Palestine since it formally recognised a Palestinian state last year.
CAIRO (AP) — Rescuers dug through the rubble of a Houthi-run prison that was hit in an airstrike in northern Yemen earlier this week, even as the Saudi-led coalition renewed its attacks on the rebel areas Wednesday. Rescuers recovered four bodies, raising the death toll at the prison to 23 people, the Houthis said.
Yemen’s more than a decade-long civil war has flared up once again after the Houthi rebel group launched an offensive in several locations against Saudi Arabian-backed government forces. The conflict has already spilled over beyond the country’s borders with the Houthis launching an attack on southern Saudi Arabia, …
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic waves a Serbian flag during a rally of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in Belgrade, Serbia, on June 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
Chinese YJ-17 hypersonic anti-ship missiles are displayed during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2025. © Reuters
BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said “remigration” plans put forward by Alternative for Germany (AfD) amount to ethnic cleansing and would devastate the German economy, in his sharpest attack yet on the surging far-right party after a dismal election defeat for his center-right conservatives.
Israel has told the United Kingdom to close its consulate in occupied East Jerusalem within 30 days, according to reports, after the British government announced sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered his lawyers to take legal action against Haaretz, journalist Shlomi Eldar and “other individuals”.
Rebel strikes in Saudi Arabia and fierce fighting in Taiz risk choking global maritime traffic and undoing 4 years of peace
Rebel strikes in Saudi Arabia and fierce fighting in Taiz risk choking global maritime traffic and undoing 4 years of peace
Israeli opposition politicians have accused Benjamin Netanyahu's government of driving the country into unprecedented global isolation after the United Kingdom announced sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Demonstrators protest with their hands tied outside the Economy Ministry, demanding government action over a household debt crisis, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)
The United Kingdom has announced a ban on the import of all goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said in Parliament on Tuesday.
Israeli political parties have submitted their slates for the Knesset elections on October 27.
Israel will open its first embassy in Slovenia on Wednesday as a sign of warming relations after populist Janez Janša formed a center-right government following elections in March.
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will require election returns to be posted outside every polling precinct before results are transmitted to its servers to allow voters, political parties, election watchdogs and the media to check the figures.
The Macarthur Bulls A-League franchise spent thousands of taxpayers’ dollars earmarked for after-school football clinics on a luxury residential apartment complex.
The German government could help Kyiv with bringing men of military age who reside in the country back to Ukraine, said Foreign Affairs Minister Johann Wadephul.
A leading superannuation expert has called for an open debate on the use of retirement savings for housing and non-retirement purposes, as the Coalition’s top brass splits on how to respond to One Nation’s plan to use super to top up wages.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Angus Taylor have held talks on migration as Labor seeks a pathway to get its fresh crackdown through the Senate, but the Coalition’s demands on how to crunch the overseas intake means a deal is not yet in sight.
The SA branch of the Headstone Project worries that federal funding does not match a promise made in 2022. (ABC News: Briana Fiore)
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Premier Ben Carroll is refusing to hand back donations to Labor from Big Build subcontractors after major cross-border police raids over allegations $25,000 in NRL tickets and corporate hospitality was offered to secure CFMEU backing.
The Carroll government has made several amendments to the bill after consulting with business leaders. How will the laws work, and will they last?
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has backed Warren Pickering, the leader of her party’s Victorian branch and a candidate in the November state election, after he admitted to historical drug use and drink-driving earlier this week.
Kazakh vice-minister Bakhtiyar Mukhametkaliyev says his country envisions connecting mainland tech companies with Hong Kong financial tools
Kazakh vice-minister Bakhtiyar Mukhametkaliyev says his country envisions connecting mainland tech companies with Hong Kong financial tools
Seoul is sending a fact-finding mission to the UAE as it balances Washington’s security requests with warnings of Iranian retaliation
Seoul is sending a fact-finding mission to the UAE as it balances Washington’s security requests with warnings of Iranian retaliation
Employees of small businesses won’t be given the right to work from home until 2028 and the costs employers must pay to enable remote work will be limited under changes to the government’s WFH legislation.
Pakistan says Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar spoke by telephone with his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdelatty, about the latest regional developments as attacks intensify across the Middle East.
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg on Wednesday called on the Houthis to halt missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, warning that strikes on civilian and energy infrastructure undermine efforts towards a political solution.
Healthcare, family rights, protection of minors, freedom of expressions and more - Pedro Sánchez's leftist government is looking to pass numerous bills ahead of the 2027 general election.
Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing tr…
In this photo released by the Chonburi government’s Public Relations Department, police officers gather inside Nongplalai Municipal Kindergarten after a gunman fatally shot a teacher in Chonburi, Thailand, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (Chonburi Government Public Relations Department via AP)
ZAMBALES — The provincial government of Zambales reiterated its public warning against the illegal construction of permanent structures over the accretion along the coastal area of the province.
Malaysian politicians criticise the comment, saying PAS is implying that Muslims who do not vote for it are ‘condemned to hell’
Malaysian politicians criticise the comment, saying PAS is implying that Muslims who do not vote for it are ‘condemned to hell’
U.S. President Donald Trump has congratulated Alternative for Germany (AfD) Tuesday for its landslide victory in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, where the far-right party won nearly 44 percent of the votes on Sunday.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his lawyers to issue a libel lawsuit against Haaretz following a recent report in which it claimed that he had been warned by the United Arab Emirates about Hamas's October 7 attack, the Prime Minister's Office announced on Wednesday.
Venezuela’s vast oil reserves once promised enduring power and prosperity, but decades of political upheaval, mismanagement and foreign intervention have turned them into the centrepiece of a global energy contest.
Spain's interior ministry apologised to journalists and denied muzzling the media on Tuesday after a report revealed it had secretly compiled a list of reporters and their political opinions.
Shop owners in Sydney’s east say the state government’s controversial plan to build thousands of homes around the future Woollahra train station would draw much-needed crowds to the suburb’s sluggish high street, but warned it would do little to attract young people or essential workers.
Brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park were once protected by the NSW government. (ABC News: Greg Nelson)
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- Nearly 3 in 100 students in elementary through high school reported experiencing school violence, a government survey showed Wednesday, the highest rate since the study began in 2013.
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Palestinian political analyst and researcher from inside Israel.
Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sihasak Phuangketkeow, summoned Israeli Ambassador to Thailand Alona Fisher-Kamm for talks on Tuesday in Bangkok amid a series of incidents involving Israelis in the country.