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Iran says nuclear talks won’t advance until Lebanon commitments are met
The diplomatic architecture President Trump built to end the US-Iran war is straining under pressure from both Israel and Iran, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu openly defies the agreement's terms on Lebanon while Iran's chief negotiator warns that nuclear…
Israel, Lebanon reach framework deal after extended Washington talks
Israel, Lebanon, and the United States reached a framework agreement at the State Department on Friday following an extended fourth day of indirect negotiations in Washington, marking what U.S. officials described as a step toward a partial Israeli withdrawal from…
Israeli envoy clashes with UN officials over child violations report
Nearly 25,000 children caught in armed conflict suffered a record number of grave violations in 2025, and for the first time in three decades of United Nations monitoring, government forces — not armed groups — were responsible for the majority…
Israel calls Trump’s Iran deal a ‘catastrophic capitulation’
Israel absorbed with alarm the terms of President Trump's memorandum of understanding with Iran on Thursday, with analysts and officials across the political spectrum describing the agreement as a disaster that fails to achieve any of the country's war aims.
Vance warns Israel not to alienate its ‘only powerful ally’ over Iran deal
U.S. Vice President JD Vance issued a pointed rebuke to Israeli critics of the Trump administration's memorandum of understanding with Iran on Thursday, warning them not to alienate Washington as a widening gap emerges between the two allies over the…
Israel vows to hold Lebanon territory indefinitely, defying US-Iran peace deal
Hours after the United States and Iran announced a framework agreement to end their months-long conflict, Israel declared it would not withdraw from territories seized in Lebanon, setting up a direct challenge to the newly brokered peace deal.
Israel strikes Tyre, killing 8, defying Iran warning
Israeli airstrikes hit the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Tuesday, killing at least eight people and wounding 32 others, according to Lebanon's health ministry, in a move that defied both an Iranian threat of retaliation and U.S.-brokered efforts to…
Hezbollah rejects U.S.-brokered ceasefire as strikes kill 4 in Lebanon
Hezbollah rejected the latest U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon's government on Thursday, as Israeli airstrikes killed at least four people in Lebanon and a United Nations peacekeeper died in crossfire, underscoring the fragility of diplomatic efforts to end…
Israel strikes Beirut suburb targeting Iranian militia missile commander
Israel's air force carried out a targeted strike on the Choueifat area on the outskirts of Beirut's southern suburbs on Thursday afternoon, the first such attack near the Lebanese capital in weeks, as the military said it was targeting the…
Trump urges Arab leaders to normalize Israel ties as Iran deal nears
President Donald Trump told the leaders of several Arab and Muslim-majority countries during a phone call on Saturday that he expects them to normalize relations with Israel and join the Abraham Accords once a deal to end the war with…
U.S. has ‘almost completely excluded’ Israel from Iran talks, officials say
The United States has "almost completely excluded" Israel from ongoing negotiations with Iran, Israeli defense officials told The New York Times this week, as a widening rift between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatens to reshape…
Turkey sends flights to repatriate Gaza flotilla activists detained by Israel
Israel has begun deporting approximately 430 activists detained from the Global Sumud Flotilla after Israeli naval forces intercepted the Gaza-bound aid convoy in international waters west of Cyprus, a move that has triggered a wave of international condemnation intensified by…
EU calls treatment of Gaza flotilla activists ‘completely unacceptable’
The European Commission on Wednesday declared that the treatment of detained Gaza flotilla activists shown in a video released by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was "completely unacceptable," joining a growing chorus of international condemnation that has triggered…
Israel advances to Eurovision final amid protests and chants
Israel's Noam Bettan qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest grand final on Tuesday night in Vienna, performing his song "Michelle" over audible chants of "stop the genocide" from audience members inside the Wiener Stadthalle. Two people who disrupted the broadcast…
Eurovision opens in Vienna amid unprecedented Israel boycott
The 2026 Eurovision Song Contest opened its first semifinal in Vienna on Tuesday evening under the shadow of an unprecedented boycott, with five countries refusing to participate and three public broadcasters declining to air the event altogether over Israel's continued…
Lebanon urges US pressure on Israel to halt raids as ceasefire frays
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called on the United States on Monday to pressure Israel into halting military strikes, ceasefire violations, and the demolition of homes in southern Lebanon, raising the issue directly with US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa. The…
Brazilian flotilla activist returns home alleging torture by Israel
Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila returned to São Paulo on Monday after being deported from Israel, where he alleged he was tortured and witnessed abuses of Palestinian prisoners during 10 days in custody following his arrest aboard a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla.
Knesset passes law creating military tribunal for Oct. 7 suspects
Israel's Knesset on Monday voted overwhelmingly to establish a special military tribunal to prosecute Palestinians detained during and after the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks, creating a legal framework that could lead to death sentences for those convicted of genocide…
Israel built secret base in Iraq during Iran war, WSJ reports
Israel established a clandestine military outpost in Iraq's western desert to support its air campaign against Iran and launched airstrikes against Iraqi troops who nearly discovered the site, the Wall Street Journal News Corp reported on Saturday, citing people familiar…
US restates opposition to West Bank annexation at UN
A U.S. diplomat told the United Nations on Friday that Washington opposes Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank, restating a position the Trump administration has maintained since taking office amid growing alarm over settlement expansion and escalating violence against…