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Six months on, grief still raw for Iran school parents
2+ week, 4+ day ago (836+ words) The Shajareh Tayebeh primary school which has remained largely in ruins, its collapsed walls and twisted steel now surrounded by portraits of the children killed. Published Aug 25, 2026, 12:35 PM MINAB, Iran - For months, Masoumeh Zakeri has endlessly replayed the last night…...
Singapore calls for halt to Israel’s West Bank settlement expansion
2+ week, 5+ day ago (333+ words) Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and a woman hold a map that shows the long-frozen E1 settlement scheme, that would split East Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank. Published Aug 24, 2026, 10:26 PM SINGAPORE - Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under…...
Netanyahu got his Iran war, but maybe not his desired result
2+ week, 5+ day ago (784+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had said he was hoping to “create conditions for regime change” but did not explicitly make toppling the Islamic republic his goal. Published Aug 25, 2026, 11:03 AM JERUSALEM - After decades of urging the United States to attack…...
Japan will ‘protect’ ICC from US push to dismantle, says PM Sanae Takaichi
2+ week, 4+ day ago (450+ words) Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tokyo would consider making further representations to the US as appropriate. Published Aug 26, 2026, 10:56 AM TOKYO – Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Japan would defend the International Criminal Court as it comes under increasing pressure from…...
UN faces contentious Iran nuclear vote ahead of General Assembly
1+ week, 4+ day ago (432+ words) Published Sep 02, 2026, 06:36 AM Updated Sep 02, 2026, 07:06 AM WASHINGTON - France said on Sept 1 the UN Security Council will vote in September on renewing the mandate of a panel monitoring sanctions on Iran, setting up a potential showdown with Russia and China, which…...
Kushner’s talks with Israel, Hamas end without breakthrough on Trump Gaza plan
3+ week, 5+ day ago (699+ words) US President Donald Trump listens, as his son-in-law Jared Kushner (right) speaks, during the inaugural Board of Peace meeting at the US Institute of Peace in Washington DC, on Feb 19. Published Aug 18, 2026, 02:00 AM Updated Aug 18, 2026, 02:13 AM JERUSALEM - Donald Trump’s envoy…...
Trump envoy Jared Kushner meets Netanyahu after talks with Hamas on Gaza plan
3+ week, 5+ day ago (737+ words) Palestinians walking past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the war, in Gaza City, on Aug 15. Published Aug 17, 2026, 05:02 AM Updated Aug 17, 2026, 08:10 PM JERUSALEM – US envoy Jared Kushner met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Aug 17 after holding talks with…...
America’s Iran war forgot about nukes
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (103+ words) A partial success risks driving Iran to build the nuclear deterrent it didn’t yet have. There has been nothing on the subject since the June memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran. Published Sep 08, 2026, 04:10 PM Updated Sep 08, 2026, 04:24 PM When…...
Houthi advance in Yemen puts U.S. in a new bind
11+ hour, 3+ min ago (896+ words) Published Sep 12, 2026, 09:16 PM WASHINGTON, Sept 12 - A lightning offensive by the Iran-aligned Houthis has put the militants in a position to control a crucial Middle East waterway, creating a major new problem for U.S. President Donald Trump as his war with Iran…...