Israel's president has tasked opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming the next government, a setback for Netanyahu, but a 61-seat majority remains out of reach.
Isaac Herzog has chosen Gadi Eisenkot for the first attempt to form Israel’s next government. But the 67 recommendations that put him ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu do not amount to an agreed coalition, and Netanyahu remains in office pending a
The global oil market, long accustomed to geopolitical shocks, is confronting a crisis that traders, policymakers, and executives increasingly describe in existential terms. Prices are hovering near $100 a barrel again. Millions
In a quiet New York City street, far from red carpets and orchestrated reveals, Aubrey Plaza stepped into public view this week in a moment that carried unusual weight. The actress, long
In the uneasy aftermath of a US-brokered ceasefire, Iran is moving to assert unprecedented control over one of the world’s most vital energy arteries, signaling plans to charge oil tankers a $1-per-barrel
The announcement of a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran was meant to signal a pause in one of the most volatile regional confrontations in recent memory. Instead, within hours
NEW YORK — For a brief moment on Tuesday night, the world’s financial markets appeared to exhale. Markets responded instantly. Oil prices plunged at a historic pace. Stocks surged across continents. Traders
The fragile calm that briefly settled over the Middle East this week is already fracturing, as Israel intensified its military campaign across Lebanon even while a tenuous ceasefire between the United States
The arrival of a 10-year-old Palestinian girl in the United Kingdom this week, her arm amputated after an Israeli missile tore through her home in Gaza, has become a stark symbol of
MOSCOW (SPUTNIK) — Iran’s ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, said Tuesday that the Iranian people “will never forget” Moscow and Beijing’s decision to block a United Nations Security Council resolution targeting Tehran over
The warning came not in the language of diplomacy, nor in the measured tone of deterrence that has traditionally defined moments of nuclear-era brinkmanship, but in a stark and chilling declaration. “A
UNITED NATIONS (SPUTNIK)— A United Nations investigation into the deaths of three peacekeepers in southern Lebanon has delivered a stark and politically charged conclusion: one of the fatalities was caused by Israeli
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