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Jerusalem

Head of State

President Isaac Herzog

Head of Government

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) watches as US President Donald Trump (middle) meets Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh on Wednesday. Photo: AFP/Saudi Royal Palace/Bandar al-Jaloud

Trump meets Syria’s rebel leader Sharaa, urges him to establish Israel ties

Sharaa was for years the leader of al-Qaeda’s official wing in the Syrian conflict. The US removed a US$10 million bounty on him in December.

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Syrian conflict

Syria’s rebel leader Sharaa’s path from global jihad to Trump meeting

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Why Trump’s freebie Qatar jet is the stuff of nightmares in spyworld

14 May 2025 - 1:36PM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel’s Netanyahu vows ‘full force’ offensive in Gaza, relocate Palestinians

The Israeli PM pledged the Gaza offensive to defeat Hamas, amid international backlash and plans for Palestinian displacement.

13 May 2025 - 10:27PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged a full-force Gaza offensive to defeat Hamas. Photo: Reuters

Trump signs US$142 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia during Gulf trip

The White House described it as the largest-ever weapons deal, although Trump in his first term trumpeted a larger, longer-term figure.

13 May 2025 - 11:37PM

First white South Africans arrive in US as Trump claims they face discrimination

Donald Trump says white refugees face ‘genocide’, but South Africa says there is no evidence of persecution.

13 May 2025 - 3:29PM

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Israel-Gaza war

Hamas releases Israeli-American hostage from Gaza

Hamas handed over 21-year-old Edan Alexander, who was held in Gaza since October 2023.

13 May 2025 - 10:42AM

Released US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander embraces his brother. Photo: GPO via Reuters

Trump’s Middle East trip raises doubts about Israel’s ‘ironclad’ standing with US

Trump is set to visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, during his trip, but not Israel. Some Israelis are concerned about the state of its relationship with the US.

12 May 2025 - 8:26PM

Israel-Gaza war

Hamas says will free Israeli-American hostage held in Gaza

The announcement comes ahead of US President Donald Trump’s Middle East trip this coming week.

12 May 2025 - 10:44AM

US-Iran tensions

US and Iran conclude 4th round of nuclear talks in Oman

Both sides will continue talks over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme after ‘useful’ round.

12 May 2025 - 12:00PM

An Iranian woman walks past an anti-US mural near the former US embassy in Tehran. Photo: EPA-EFE

Palestinian Territories

My Take | The Western world has already dug its own grave in Gaza war

By enabling Israel to unleash its genocidal impulse, most leaders of developed nations have crossed a moral red line that cannot be undone.

11 May 2025 - 9:00PM

Smoke rises from Gaza, as seen from Israel, May 6, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Israel-Gaza war

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 15, mostly women and children

More civilians die as Israel’s military continues its offensive against Hamas in war-torn Gaza.

12 May 2025 - 12:29PM

Iranian nuclear enrichment ‘red line’ for US ahead of new talks

Trump has voiced hope for reaching a deal with Tehran to avert an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear programme that could ignite a wider war.

10 May 2025 - 8:28PM

Trump admin must release Turkish Tufts student, US judge rules

Rumeysa Ozturk has been detained for over six weeks after co-writing an op-ed criticising her school’s response to the Israel-Gaza war.

10 May 2025 - 2:24AM

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University in Somerville, Massachusetts, poses in an undated photograph provided by her family. Photo: Ozturk family via Reuters

Israel-Gaza war

UN experts warn of ‘annihilation’ in Gaza as Israeli strikes kill dozens

Dozens more Palestinians have died in attacks as Israel’s plans for an expanded offence draws international condemnation.

8 May 2025 - 9:35AM

A Palestinian man reacts following an Israeli strike that hit a Thai restaurant and the nearby area in Gaza City on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

Israel-Gaza war

Trump says 3 hostages died in Gaza, 21 believed to be alive

Confusion over Gaza hostages persists as US president contradicts Israeli figures.

7 May 2025 - 9:32AM

Israel military disables Yemen’s main airport with air strikes

Israeli attack on Sanaa airport was in response to a Houthi missile strike on Israel’s main airport near Tel Aviv.

7 May 2025 - 10:42AM

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Hamas says ‘no sense’ in truce talks, accuses Israel of ‘hunger war’ in Gaza

Hamas said it is no longer pursuing truce talks due to Israel’s plans to displace residents in Gaza, and called for global intervention to address the humanitarian crisis.

6 May 2025 - 5:00PM

Members of the military wing of Hamas form a corridor as Israeli hostages get delivered to representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross on February 8. Photo: dpa

Israel strikes Yemen after Houthi missile attack on main airport

Israel’s prime minister had vowed to retaliate for Sunday’s missile attack on Ben-Gurion International Airport.

6 May 2025 - 11:44AM

Popemobile converted into clinic for Gaza’s children

Vehicle will be fitted with medical equipment and a fridge for medicines and be assigned a driver and a team of doctors.

6 May 2025 - 11:08AM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel plans to capture all of Gaza, move ‘most of population’, officials say

Israeli ministers approved plan in an early morning vote, hours after military announced it was calling up tens of thousands of reservists.

6 May 2025 - 1:31AM

Israeli troops deploy at a position near Israel’s border with Gaza on Monday. Photo: AFP

Missile from Yemen halts flights in Israel before vote on intensifying Gaza war

Israel’s prime minister vowed a response to Yemen’s Houthis and their Iranian backers for attack on Ben Gurion International Airport.

5 May 2025 - 10:56AM

Israeli security forces inspect where a projectile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels landed in the area of Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv. Photo: AP

Israel-Gaza war

Israel calls up tens of thousands of reservists for Gaza offensive

Prime Minister Netanyahu attacked truce mediator Qatar, accusing it of ‘playing both sides’ in talks with Hamas.

4 May 2025 - 8:30AM

‘Cease at once’: UN envoy urges Israel to stop attacks on Syria

‘I strongly condemn Israel’s continued and escalating violations of Syria’s sovereignty, including air strikes in Damascus and other cities,’ said Geir Pedersen.

3 May 2025 - 9:58PM

Israel-Gaza war

Activists say Israeli drones hit aid boat heading for Gaza

Vessel came under ‘direct attack in international waters’ off Malta overnight, group says.

2 May 2025 - 4:38PM

A tug vessel puts out a fire on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla vessel Conscience. Photo: Government of Malta via Reuters

Israeli military attacks target near Syria’s presidential palace

The strike came after days of clashes between pro-Syrian government gunmen and fighters who belong to the Druze minority.

2 May 2025 - 8:15PM

An Israeli fighter jet flies over an area near the Syrian capital Damascus on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

Israel strikes Syria, saying it hit group that attacked Druze

Israel says it carried out a ‘warning operation’ to protect minority group amid sectarian violence.

1 May 2025 - 3:05PM

Iran hangs man as ‘high ranking’ Israeli spy after trial

Mohsen Langarneshin was implicated in the killing of Guards colonel Sayyad Khodaei, who was gunned down in May 2022.

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