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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Malaysia

Malaysians trust media more while consumer boycott hits confidence survey

Local companies dominate the most trusted brands across the sectors, according to the Ipsos survey.

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Israel-Gaza war

My Take | Cancelled HKU event offers a chance to address fate of Gazans

27 Mar 2025 - 2:51AM

Israel-Gaza war

Palestinians protest against Hamas in rare public show of dissent in Gaza

26 Mar 2025 - 5:11PM

Hong Kong economy

More galleries from Middle East taking part in Hong Kong’s Art Central

The 10th edition of the art fair will include two galleries from the United Arab Emirates and one from Israel among 108 from across the world.

26 Mar 2025 - 4:20AM

Art Central opens on Wednesday with 108 galleries from around the world taking part. Photo: Eugene Lee

United States

Student protester who has lived in the US since 7 fights deportation threat

Yunseo Chung is a legal permanent US resident, but is being sought for removal proceedings for her ‘pro-Hamas protest’, US says.

25 Mar 2025 - 10:46AM

Middle East

Israel releases Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by settlers

Hamdan Ballal’s wife said three men beat her husband with the butts of their rifles and another person reportedly filmed the violence.

25 Mar 2025 - 11:06PM

Celebrity Families

Meet Gal Gadot’s supportive Jewish parents – including her ‘Wonder Woman’ mum

Snow White stars Gal Gadot and Rachel Zegler reportedly don’t get on due to their views on Israel and Palestine – so what do we know about Gadot’s Israeli Jewish parents, who raised the star in Tel-Aviv?

24 Mar 2025 - 6:00PM

Disney actress Gal Gadot’s parents Irit and Michael Gadot. Photos: @gal_gadot/Instagram

Israel-Gaza war

Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills 5, including a Hamas political leader

Ismail Barhoum, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, was killed as he underwent treatment at Nasser Hospital.

24 Mar 2025 - 9:16AM

Israel-Gaza war

Hamas says Israel can’t ‘break’ its will after political leader killed in Gaza

The attack also killed 30, including Bardaweel’s wife who was praying with him in their tent shelter in Khan Younis.

24 Mar 2025 - 3:02AMvideocam

Middle East

Israel attacks Lebanon following cross-border rocket fire

Israel said it had intercepted rockets fired from across the border, endangering a shaky truce that ended a year-long war with Hezbollah.

22 Mar 2025 - 11:50PM

Heavy black smoke billows from an Israeli air strike in the southern Lebanese village of Sujoud. Photo: dpa

United States

Columbia University placates Trump, introduces policies in bid to restore funding

Columbia University unveiled new policies to combat antisemitism and restore US$400 million in federal funding amid pressure from the US president.

22 Mar 2025 - 8:46AM

Student protesters gather inside their encampment on the Columbia University campus in April 2024, in New York. Photo: AP

Israel-Gaza war

Israeli military says it intercepts 2 missiles launched from Yemen

Israeli said it also downed a missile launched from Yemen earlier in the day after sirens blared in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

21 Mar 2025 - 7:36AM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel supreme court freezes PM bid to sack intelligence chief

The decision, after days of protests over both the dismissal of Ronen Bar and renewed attacks on Gaza, will further deepen divisions in the country.

21 Mar 2025 - 9:47PMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 85 Palestinians

Israel resumes its bombing campaign after announcing renewed ground operations in central and southern Gaza.

20 Mar 2025 - 7:35PM

A Palestinian man hugs the body of a baby at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, following Israeli overnight strikes in the northern Gaza Strip, Photo: AFP

Israel-Gaza war

Israel investigating UN worker’s death in Gaza, military denies striking compound

Five also injured in explosion at UN building that UNOPS chief Jorge Moreira da Silva said ‘was not an accident’.

20 Mar 2025 - 9:24AMvideocam

The impact of a projectile is visible on the wall of a
UN guest house in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. Photo: AP

Israel-Gaza war

Hamas in no-win situation as Israeli strikes on Gaza resume

Experts say Hamas faces dwindling options amid renewed Israeli attacks on war-torn Gaza.

20 Mar 2025 - 8:58AMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Netanyahu says strikes on Gaza that killed hundreds are ‘only the beginning’

Israeli strikes killed more than 400 and shattered months of relative calm in Gaza since ceasefire began.

19 Mar 2025 - 8:05PMvideocam

Ukraine war

Trump, Putin agree on partial Ukraine ceasefire. Kyiv wants details

Ukraine ceasefire talks set for Sunday in Jeddah after Trump and Russian president hold lengthy phone call.

19 Mar 2025 - 4:00PM

Ukrainian servicemen fire a mortar towards Russian positions at an undisclosed location near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, on Sunday. Photo: 24th Mechanised Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces/AFP

Middle East

Trump threatens Iran with ‘dire’ consequences over Houthi attacks

Trump’s warning escalates his administration’s new campaign of air strikes targeting the Iran-backed rebels in Yemen.

18 Mar 2025 - 2:28PM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel strikes across Gaza kill hundreds as ceasefire collapses

Palestinian health authorities report at least 400 dead as Israeli military warns of campaign beyond air strikes.

18 Mar 2025 - 7:32PMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Netanyahu’s move to fire security agency chief threatens new crisis in Israel

Opponents organised protests on Monday after Ronen Bar’s dismissal while a former court president warned against the ‘dangerous’ move.

18 Mar 2025 - 1:54AMvideocam

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel. Photo: Pool Photo via AP

Middle East

Houthis claim attacks on aircraft carrier group after US strikes in Yemen

The United States has vowed ‘unrelenting’ strikes on the Houthis over Red Sea attacks.

17 Mar 2025 - 5:19PMvideocam

The US strikes were one of the most extensive attacks against the Houthis since the war in Gaza began in October 2023. Photo: Photo US Central Command via AFP

Israel-Gaza war

Netanyahu seeks to oust Israel’s domestic security service chief

Israeli leader at odds with Shin Bet’s chief over the October 7 attack and possible links between employees in Netanyahu’s office and Qatar.

17 Mar 2025 - 2:52PM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel team discusses Gaza hostages at truce talks dogged by divisions

Despite the fragile truce still holding, near-daily Israeli air strikes on Gaza continue.

17 Mar 2025 - 10:51AM

Israel-Gaza war

Deadly Israeli strikes mar fragile Gaza truce

Nine people, including journalists, were killed in the Beit Lahia attack, the most since the start of the ceasefire with Hamas.

16 Mar 2025 - 6:31AM

A woman is comforted as mourners bid farewell to victims killed by Israeli bombardment in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday. Photo: AF

Israel-Gaza war

US strikes hit Yemen’s Houthis as Trump threatens ‘lethal force’

The White House said multiple Houthi leaders died during Saturday’s air strikes, and warned Iran to stop backing the rebel group.

17 Mar 2025 - 5:22AMvideocam

People gather on Sunday by the rubble of a house in Yemen hit by a US strike. Photo: Reuters

US Politics

Meet conservative influencer Emily Austin, who met Trump at the Capitol

Emily Austin, who has more than 2 million followers on Instagram, was invited to the Capitol for Trump’s Congress speech – a move she lauded as ‘great’ and ‘empowering independent journalists’.

17 Mar 2025 - 10:38AM

Israel-Gaza war

Hamas to release American hostage, Israel calls it ‘psychological warfare’

Hamas will also release the bodies of four other dual nationality hostages.

14 Mar 2025 - 10:11PMvideocam

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