Mon 13 July 2026: Yemen’s internationally recognised government says its forces have carried out a strike at Sanaa airport to prevent an Iranian aircraft from landing there. The Yemeni capital, Sanaa – and much of northern Yemen, including the port city of Hodeidah on the country’s western Red Sea coast – is controlled by the […]
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Mon 13 July 2026: Brent crude oil prices rose about 5% on Monday after renewed US-Iran attacks heightened concerns over shipping and energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. The international benchmark climbed to around $80 per barrel as of 0550GMT after both sides carried out fresh missile and drone strikes over the weekend. The […]
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Mon 13 July 2026: An Israeli parliamentary committee approved a bill on Sunday to suspend the detention of ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jews who evade mandatory military service, paving the way for final votes in the full Knesset later this week, according to local media, Anadolu reports. The Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee approved a temporary order freezing […]
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Sun 12 July 2026: Iran claims attacks on Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman as the United Arab Emirates also reports intercepting Iranian missiles and suicide drones. The US military says it struck more than 140 targets in Iran with explosions reported in the southern port cities of Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Chabahar, Bandar-e Deyr, Jask and Asaluyeh The […]
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Fri 10 July 2026: Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab said Thursday that authorities have arrested a cell responsible for “terrorist bombings” that struck Damascus two days ago. “The cell responsible for the terrorist bombings that targeted Damascus two days ago is now in our custody,” Khattab said in a statement carried by the Syrian Arab […]
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Fri 10 July 2026: When it comes to covering the Middle East, News Corporation has two guiding principles. The first is that it supports Israel, which means it opposes any nation, organisation or individual that doesn’t. This support is decades old and it’s unwavering, even in the face of global condemnation of Israel for the […]
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Fri 10 July 2026: The Israeli parliament (Knesset) on Wednesday approved in a preliminary reading a bill that would allow the government to freeze additional Palestinian Authority clearance revenues, a move expected to deepen the financial crisis facing the Ramallah-based administration. The bill, approved in its first reading, would authorize Israel to withhold additional funds […]
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Fri 10 July 2026: After a week of funeral processions in several cities in Iran and Iraq, Khamenei was buried in his birthplace of Mashhad. Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been buried at the country’s holiest Shia shrine more than four months after he was killed by a US-Israeli strike on his compound […]
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Thu 09 July 2026: A US military delegation will arrive in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, within days to coordinate and establish a field mechanism for launching work in the agreed “pilot zones” under the Lebanon-Israel framework agreement, US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa said Thursday. On June 26, Lebanon and Israel signed a ceasefire and […]
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Thu 09 July 2026: On the second straight day of its renewed strikes on the country, the US struck a strategic railway bridge in northern Iran linking it to China and Russia, Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported Thursday. The cruise missile attack targeted the Ogtay Khan railway bridge in the northeastern Golestan province on […]
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