Mon 11 May 2026: The combined market value of the world’s 10 largest firms jumped 16.69%, adding $4.18T to reach $29.24T since late February, when hostilities between Iran, the US, and Israel began. The gain comes after values had been volatile ahead of the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran on Feb. 28. As of the […]
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Mon 11 May 2026: ‘We refuse to be silenced and censored,’ journalist and presenter Ramita Navai says while accepting the award. The makers of the documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, which was dropped by the BBC, have won the Bafta TV Awards in the current affairs category. The makers of the film slammed the BBC […]
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Mon 11 May 2026: Israel’s Justice Minister Yariv Levin has presented a bill to impose the death penalty and conduct public trials for Palestinians involved in the October 7, 2023, attacks on southern Israel, according to Israeli media. The bill, which will be voted on in the Knesset today, is supported by both the governing […]
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Sun 10 May 2026: A senior Iraqi security official denied Sunday media reports claiming Israel had established a secret military base in Iraq’s desert to support airstrikes against Iran, Anadolu reports. The official, speaking to Anadolu on condition of anonymity, said the reports about Israel currently operating a secret military site in Iraq’s western desert are “false.” […]
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Sun 10 May 2026: Israel released on Sunday two activists of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, Brazilian Thiago de Avila and Spanish activist of Palestinian origin Saif Abukeshek, and deported them, following their extended detention. Their release came “after their investigation was completed,” said the Israeli Foreign Ministry on the US social media company X. […]
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Sat 09 May 2026: The UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has granted two new licences for the export of military equipment to Israel, including an £8.7 ($11.85) million licence covering “components and technology for targeting equipment”, the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has revealed. The licences were issued despite the British government’s September 2024 suspension of […]
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Sat 09 May 2026: Massive oil slicks were spotted near Iran’s Kharg Island, the country’s main oil export terminal, with satellite imagery showing suspected leaks spreading across Gulf waters, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported. It said images captured by the European Copernicus Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 satellites between May 6 and 8, showed traces of […]
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Sat 09 May 2026: Over 7,240 Israeli officers and soldiers discharged during 1st year of war because of psychological disorders, Haaretz says The Israeli army is concealing information about the dismissal of thousands of soldiers from service during the Gaza war due to psychological disorders, Haaretz daily reported on Wednesday. The army “does not provide […]
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Fri 08 May 2026: Saudi Arabia denied Friday allowing its airspace to be used for offensive military operations, amid regional tensions linked to the war involving the US, Israel and Iran. Riyadh is seeking de-escalation and supports Pakistani mediation efforts aimed at reaching an agreement to end the war between Washington and Tehran, a Saudi […]
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Fri 08 May 2026: World food prices rose for a third consecutive month in April, driven mainly by higher vegetable oil prices and increases in cereal and rice quotations amid elevated energy costs, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Friday. “The benchmark of world food commodity prices rose in April for a third […]
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