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Israel and Lebanon break decades-long silence with first direct talks

Israel and Lebanon have held their first direct civilian-level talks in decades, meeting at the UN peacekeeping base in Naqoura under a US-brokered ceasefire...

The Epstein-Israel link nobody wants you to take seriously

While trafficking young girls, he was also part of an effort to export military-grade systems to governments around the world. When I first moved to...

Pope urges global recognition of Palestinian state as only path to lasting peace

Pope Leo XIV has issued his strongest appeal yet for international recognition of a Palestinian state, saying a two-state solution remains the only viable...

Netanyahu seeks Presidential pardon as corruption trials drag into fifth year

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally asked President Isaac Herzog to pardon him, seeking an end to the long-running corruption cases that have...

Senior Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli airstrike on Beirut

A senior Hezbollah military figure, Haytham Ali Tabatabai, was killed on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike targeting Beirut’s Haret Hreik district, a long-established stronghold...

Israeli strike in Beirut targets senior Hezbollah figure

Israel has launched its first air strike in months on Beirut’s southern suburbs, hitting an apartment building in the Dahieh district and targeting what...

UN backs Trump’s Gaza ‘International Stabilisation Force’ plan

The UN Security Council has approved a US-drafted resolution endorsing U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan and authorising a new multinational “international stabilisation...

UN peacekeepers hit by Israeli tank fire in southern Lebanon

UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon say Israeli forces fired on one of their patrols, describing the incident as “aggressive behaviour” and a violation of...

Zelensky sanctions fugitive ex-business partner

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has imposed personal sanctions on longtime associate and former business partner Timur Mindich, who is now on the run and...

Trump urges Israel to pardon Netanyahu over corruption charges

U.S. President Donald Trump has formally called on Israeli President Isaac Herzog to grant a full pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces...

Israeli military lawyers questioned legality of Gaza strikes

Israeli military lawyers reportedly raised doubts about the legality of the country’s operations in Gaza during the first year of the war, according to...

Top IDF lawyer resigns after leaking video of detainee abuse

Israel’s top military lawyer, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, has resigned after admitting she authorized the release of surveillance footage showing Israeli soldiers allegedly sexually...

Netanyahu orders immediate military strikes on Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to launch “powerful” strikes on Gaza, his office announced early Wednesday. The directive followed claims that...

Bannon calls for ‘Three State solution’ in Gaza peace plan

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has proposed creating a “Christian state” in Jerusalem as part of what he calls a “three-state solution” to end...

Epstein victim alleged brutal rape and assault by “well-known Prime Minister”

In her posthumous memoir Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre recounts being violently beaten...

Ultra-orthodox Jews protest IDF draft in New York

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews filled streets near the Israeli consulate in New York City on Sunday to protest Israel’s plan to end military draft...

Kushner says Hamas ‘showing good faith’ in Gaza ceasefire deal

Hamas appears to be acting in good faith and working to uphold its ceasefire agreement with Israel, according to senior US negotiator Jared Kushner. Speaking...

Trump envoys say Israeli strike on Qatar ‘betrayed’ Gaza Peace Talks

U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior peace negotiators have said they felt “betrayed” by Israel after it launched an airstrike on Qatar during delicate Gaza...

Israel launches new strikes on Rafah citing ceasefire violations

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have launched large-scale airstrikes in Rafah, southern Gaza, following what they claim were ceasefire breaches by Hamas. According to the...

U.S. warns of imminent Gaza ceasefire breach by Hamas

The United States has alerted guarantor nations of the Gaza peace agreement to what it described as credible intelligence suggesting an imminent ceasefire violation...

Netanyahu confirms 2026 re-election bid

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed he will run for another term in the country’s November 2026 parliamentary elections. Speaking to Israel’s Channel 14,...

A new Iran-Israel war is just a matter of time

Both internal and external factors are driving up pressure on Tehran, and its enemies see it as critically vulnerable. The spectre of a new war...

BBC found ‘materially misleading’ over Gaza documentary

British broadcasting regulator Ofcom has ruled that U.K. state broadcaster BBC breached its journalistic code after failing to disclose a major conflict of interest...

Israel accuses Hamas of returning wrong body

One of the corpses delivered by the militant group is believed to be of a Palestinian, the Israeli military has said. One of the bodies...

Biden and Blinken try to claim credit for Gaza peace deal

Former U.S. President Joe Biden and his ex–Secretary of State Antony Blinken have both asserted that the groundwork for Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal...

Hapless Starmer sidelined at peace summit press conference

A moment of apparent awkwardness between US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has sparked widespread reaction online, after footage from...

Trump hails “New Dawn” as ceasefire frees hostages and prisoners

U.S. President Donald Trump received a hero’s welcome in Jerusalem as he told cheering Israeli lawmakers that “the long and painful nightmare is finally...

All 20 living Israeli hostages freed as prisoner releases begin

A series of significant developments unfolded today in Israel and Gaza, with both sides carrying out major prisoner and hostage releases as part of...

Israeli who witnessed girlfriend’s murder in October 7 attack takes his own life

The number of suicides among people tied to the Nova music festival carnage continues to grow. An Israeli man who survived the October 7 Hamas...

Gaza war ‘over’ – Trump

The US President has talked to journalists before heading to Israel for hostage releases. US President Donald Trump declared to reporters on Sunday that the...

Hamas to skip signing of Trump peace deal

The banishing of militants from Gaza under the US president’s plan is “absurd,” a spokesman for the group has told reporters. Hamas representatives will not...

Big Tel Aviv crowd boos Netanyahu (Video)

A large rally in Tel Aviv marking the anticipated release of Israeli hostages turned politically charged overnight as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s name was...

Israel pulls back troops as Gaza ceasefire begins

Israel has partially withdrawn its forces from Gaza following the start of a ceasefire with Hamas on Friday morning, the first phase of a...

Gaza ceasefire in effect – IDF

The Israeli military has said its troops have withdrawn to the agreed lines within the enclave. The Gaza ceasefire has taken effect, the Israel Defense...

Top Hamas official announces end to Gaza war

The organisation has received “guarantees” from the US that the hostilities will not continue, Khalil al-Hayya has said. The Gaza war is over, a senior...

Israel approves Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan

Israel’s government has approved a ceasefire and hostage release agreement, marking the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s 20-point Middle East peace plan. The...

Obama: World should be ‘encouraged and relieved’ over Gaza peace deal

Former U.S. President Barack Obama has called on Israelis and Palestinians to seize what he described as a “moment of hope” as the Gaza...

NZ welcomes U.S.-led Israel-Hamas peace deal as “positive first step”

Foreign Minister Winston Peters has welcomed the announcement of the first phase of the US-brokered peace agreement between Israel and Hamas, describing it as...

Satellite images show Gaza devastated after two years of war

New satellite images from Planet Labs reveal the massive scale of destruction across the Gaza Strip after more than two years of Israeli strikes...

Israel deports Thunberg and 170 activists

Israel has deported Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and 170 others from an international flotilla it intercepted last week attempting to deliver aid to Gaza,...

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