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
Khan Younis, Gaza — What began as a desperate wait for aid in southern Gaza ended in carnage. On Tuesday morning, a deadly stampede at a distribution site operated by the Gaza Humanitarian
Paris — On the banks of the Seine, French President Emmanuel Macron is walking a geopolitical tightrope. With mounting international scrutiny over France’s defence exports, the Élysée is now besieged by allegations
Jerusalem — The gates of the Knesset remained closed late Monday evening, but the tremors reverberating through Israel’s political class could not be sealed behind stone walls. In a move that deepens
Suwayda, Syria — Israeli fighter jets conducted airstrikes on Syrian military positions in Suwayda and Daraa provinces early Tuesday, in what Damascus has condemned as an aggressive breach of sovereignty. The airstrikes,
Gaza City — Israeli forces bombed a residential building in the Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City early Monday, killing at least five Palestinians and wounding several others, according to civil
TAYBEH, OCCUPIED WEST BANK — A growing international coalition of church leaders and diplomats has forcefully condemned a sharp escalation in Israeli settler violence across the occupied West Bank, accusing the Israeli
Tianjin — Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday in Beijing, ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Tianjin. The rare diplomatic
TEHRAN — Iran has issued a sharp condemnation of newly imposed US sanctions on Cuba, with Tehran accusing Washington of using “economic coercion” to punish sovereign states that defy American geopolitical interests.
TEHRAN — The Iranian government delivered a clear and forceful warning to the European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal, stating that any attempt to activate the JCPOA’s snapback mechanism would provoke
LONDON — In what critics describe as the most aggressive suppression of pro-Palestinian dissent in recent UK history, more than 70 demonstrators were arrested across the country on July 12, with over
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