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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Police inspect the damage caused by a ballistic missile fired from Yemen at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel on Sunday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Israel-Gaza war

Yemen missile halts flights in Israel before officials vote on Gaza war plans

Attack on Ben-Gurion airport came as ministers were set to vote on whether to intensify Israel’s military operations in Gaza.

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Israel-Gaza war

Israel calls up tens of thousands of reservists for Gaza offensive

4 May 2025 - 8:30AM

Syria

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

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

Middle East

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

Middle East

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

Middle East

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.

1 May 2025 - 12:19AMvideocam

Iranians celebrate a missile and drone attack on Israel, on April 15, 2024, at Palestine square in central Tehran. Photo: TNS

Middle East

UK military launches air strikes with US targeting Yemen’s Houthis

Britain says intelligence identified buildings used by the Houthis to make drones.

30 Apr 2025 - 11:11AM

Israel-Gaza war

Amnesty accuses Israel of ‘live-streamed genocide’ against Gaza Palestinians

Israel has rejected accusations of genocide from Amnesty International, other rights groups and some states in its war in Gaza.

29 Apr 2025 - 9:50AM

Lebanon

Israel’s security chief to step down on June 15, defusing battle with Netanyahu

Netanyahu moved to fire Shin Bet’s Ronen Bar last month over ‘crisis of confidence’ surrounding Hamas’ attacks, sparking uproar in Israel.

29 Apr 2025 - 2:45AM

Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, centre, said on Monday he will step down as head of Israel’s domestic security service. Photo: EPA-EFE

Iran

Iran rebuffs Israel’s demand for giving up nuclear programme in US talks

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Israel’s ‘fantasy that it can dictate what Iran may or may not do is detached from reality’.

28 Apr 2025 - 6:18PMvideocam

People walk next to a mural depicting Iran and the US negotiation table in a street in Tehran on April 26. Photo: EPA-EFE

War and conflict

Maldives joins Malaysia in call for ‘legitimate’ Palestinian state amid Gaza war

The Maldives reiterated call for a Palestinian state comes two weeks after the island nation implemented an entry ban on Israeli passport holders.

28 Apr 2025 - 3:51PM

Middle East

US says Yemen strikes have hit 800 targets, killing hundreds of Houthis

The US has hammered the Houthis with near-daily air strikes since March 15 in an operation dubbed ‘Rough Rider’.

28 Apr 2025 - 12:47PM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel strikes Beirut’s southern suburbs for third time since ceasefire

Israel says Beirut strike targeted a Hezbollah storage facility for precision-guided missiles.

28 Apr 2025 - 2:44PM

Flames rise between two buildings after an Israeli air strike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Photo: AP

Israel-Gaza war

Hamas says open to releasing all hostages for 5-year Gaza truce

The militants have consistently demanded that a deal must lead to the war’s end, full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and a surge in aid.

27 Apr 2025 - 6:31AM

Palestinian children play on destroyed cars outside a UNRWA school housing refugees in Gaza City on Saturday. Photo: AFP

Middle East

Palestinian president Abbas appoints aide as potential successor

Hussein al-Sheikh has been named the PLO’s first-ever vice-president and will be acting head if Abbas dies or steps down.

27 Apr 2025 - 4:46AM

Yemen

Yemen prepares ‘biggest offensive ever’ against Houthi rebels with US support

Yemen is reportedly launching an offensive against Houthi rebels to reclaim key ports and diminish the influence of the Iranian-aligned group.

26 Apr 2025 - 7:30PMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

UN’s WFP says all Gaza food stocks depleted amid Israel’s aid block

The World Food Programme says its kitchens are expected to ‘fully run out of food in the coming days’.

26 Apr 2025 - 9:08AM

Palestinians receiving food from a charity kitche in Jabalia, Gaza. The UN’s World Food Programme says it has depleted its food stocks. Photo: EPA-EFE

US-China relations

Unpredictable Trump leaves China struggling to respond to US foreign policy

American leader’s erratic approach to Ukraine and Middle East means challenges for stability-fixated Beijing amid its shifting Moscow ties.

25 Apr 2025 - 1:06AMvideocam

Indonesia

Presence of Indonesian students in Israel stirs debate over Palestinian issue

While some students have hailed the benefits of studying in Israel, others warn the stint may affect the students’ mindset over Palestine.

23 Apr 2025 - 12:00PMvideocam

Animals

Crowds swam with sharks off Israel’s coast – then a man disappeared

A body has been found after a swimmer went missing in an area where the marine predators have drawn curious beachgoers.

23 Apr 2025 - 2:34AM

Sharks swim off the coast of Hadera in central Israel on Tuesday. Photo: AFP

Donald Trump

Harvard University sues Trump over threats to cut US$2.2 billion in funding

Trump has sought to bring several universities to heel over claims they tolerated antisemitism by threatening budgets and tax-exempt status.

22 Apr 2025 - 3:35PM

Protesters rally on Cambridge Common in a protest organised by the City of Cambridge calling on the Harvard leadership to resist interference at the university by Trump’s government, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 12. Photo: Reuters

United States

Editorial | Trump’s foolhardy spat with Harvard is just tip of the iceberg

American president’s goal to restrict and control foreign students entering US universities will leave his country all the poorer.

21 Apr 2025 - 6:15AM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel cancels visas for French lawmakers 2 days before visit

Sunday’s action came amid diplomatic tensions after President Emmanuel Macron said France would soon recognise a Palestinian state.

21 Apr 2025 - 5:27AM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel opposition leader fears violence over move to sack Shin Bet chief

‘If we don’t stop this, there will be a political murder here … Jews will kill Jews,’ Yair Lapid said.

21 Apr 2025 - 4:34AM

Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid. Photo: AFP

Middle East

15 Gaza paramedics were shot and killed in ‘misunderstanding’, Israel finds

Israeli troops opened fire on a convoy of ambulances and a UN car because an officer felt they were a threat, the investigation found.

21 Apr 2025 - 9:32AM

A Palestinian Red Crescent vehicle in the West Bank. Photo: APA Images via Zuma Press Wire / dpa

Israel-Gaza war

Qatar’s lead negotiator committed to reviving Gaza peace talks

Qatar, with the US and Egypt, brokered a truce in Gaza which came into force on January 15 and largely halted over a year of war.

20 Apr 2025 - 5:37PM

France

‘A more reliable partner’: how France’s Palestine push could isolate the US

France’s president is seizing a global leadership vacuum left by Washington to champion a two-state solution. The effects could be profound.

20 Apr 2025 - 5:00PMvideocam

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