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This garden shop in Mesilat Zion was left charred and in ruins
Israel fires largely controlled after mass evacuations
TEL AVIV — Fires that have ravaged large parts of central Israel since Wednesday have largely been extinguished, the country's Fire and Rescue Authority says.More than 150 teams have been battling the blaze, which has scorched around 20 sq km (7.7 sq miles) of land in the Latrun area — between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.Israel's ambulance service said at least 12 people had been treated for smoke inhalation, but no fatalities have been reported. Seventeen firefighters were injured, according to Israeli broadcaster Kan.Authorities said hot and dry conditions, with strong winds, made controlling the fires more challenging, and a senior official warned they could flare up again."I've been in the service for 24 years, and I've been through many fires," said Shlomi...
May 02, 2025

Israel fires largely controlled after mass evacuations

A man, on the floor, is pulled away by plain-clothed officers
Hundreds arrested in crackdown on May Day protests in Istanbul
ISTANBUL — Hundreds of people have been arrested in Istanbul, with 50,000 police officers deployed to the city as authorities attempt to crack down on May Day protests.Public transport was shut down to stop people reaching Taksim Square, where demonstrations have been banned since 2013.Footage from the Turkish capital showed clashes between riot police and protesters with demonstrators chanting as police forcefully move detainees onto buses.The city saw huge protests in March after the arrest of the opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu — the main rival to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.On 1 May each year, marches led by workers and unions are held as part of International Labour Day celebrations in many countries.Taksim Square – the heart of Istanbul – was under a tight...
May 02, 2025

Hundreds arrested in crackdown on May Day protests in Istanbul

Members of Syria's security forces deploy in an area near Damascus on April 30, 2025, amid deadly sectarian clashes
Syria condemns foreign intervention after Israeli strike amid sectarian tensions 
DAMASCUS — Syria strongly condemned foreign intervention in the country following a rare Israeli strike near Damascus on Wednesday amid deadly sectarian violence.Syria said the Israeli strike killed at least one security officer and injured several other people.Earlier on Wednesday Israel’s military said it had carried out a strike on the outskirts of the Syrian capital saying it was targeting an “extremist group” that had attacked the Druze community, a religious minority in the country.In a joint statement on Wednesday, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said the operation in the town of Sahnaya, southwest of Damascus, was a “warning action” against an unidentified armed group “preparing to continue attacking the Druze...
May 01, 2025

Syria condemns foreign intervention after Israeli strike amid sectarian tensions 

US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday in Washington, DC
Iran woos Trump with a ‘trillion-dollar’ opportunity
WASHINGTON — Iran is crafting a potential nuclear agreement with the United States, wrapping it in language designed to flatter US President Donald Trump’s favorite persona: the dealmaker-in-chief.Officials in Tehran have seized on Trump’s anti-war, pro-business image to pitch an Iran-US nuclear agreement as a way to help Trump fulfill his pledge to “make America rich again.”Tehran’s argument is that a war with Iran would bleed American coffers, while diplomacy could open the door to economic prosperity.To that point, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi presented his country as being open for American business in a Washington Post opinion article last month.“Many in Washington portray Iran as a closed country from an economic point of view. The truth is that we are open...
May 01, 2025

Iran woos Trump with a ‘trillion-dollar’ opportunity

Police were forced to back down from a proposed ban on displaying images of children killed in Gaza at a Tel Aviv protest last month
Israeli reservists speak out against Gaza war as pressure on Netanyahu grows
JERUSALEM — Israel's war in Gaza grinds on, but opposition is growing.In recent weeks, thousands of Israeli reservists – from all branches of the military – have signed letters demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government stop the fighting and concentrate instead on reaching a deal to bring back the remaining 59 hostages being held by Hamas.Eighteen months ago, few Israelis doubted the war's logic: to defeat Hamas and return the hostages.For many, the January ceasefire and subsequent return of more than 30 hostages raised hopes that the war might soon end.But after Israel broke the ceasefire and returned to war in mid-March, those hopes were dashed."We came to the conclusion that Israel is going to a very bad place," Danny Yatom, a former head...
May 01, 2025

Israeli reservists speak out against Gaza war as pressure on Netanyahu grows

The strikes were carried out by RAF Typhoon jets armed with guided missiles
UK launches first air strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in 18 months
LONDON — The UK has launched air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen for the first time since Donald Trump re-entered the White House.The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets, working with the US military, hit a "cluster of buildings" used by the Houthis to manufacture attack drones.The US and UK have been attacking Yemen in response to strikes carried out by the Houthis on shipping in the Red Sea since November 2023.In response, the Houthis said Britain should "anticipate the consequences of its aggression", according to a statement on Houthi-run Al Masirah TV.These are the first RAF air strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen approved by this government – and the first direct UK participation in US-led strikes since President...
April 30, 2025

UK launches first air strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in 18 months

United Nations Security Council Session on the Middle East, United Nations, Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Guterres warns two-state solution is 'near a point of no return'
NEW YORK — The United Nations Security Council convened on Tuesday to discuss the situation in the Middle East. The meeting comes after Israel moved to intensify its operations across the Gaza Strip following the breakdown of a fragile truce on 18 March.More than 2,200 Palestinians were killed since Israel resumed the fighting and some 5,800 others were wounded. Israel’s blockade of the strip has also had dire implications on Gaza’s 2.1 million population, further contributing to an already dire humanitarian crisis.UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres attended the session at the UN Headquarters where he warned that the two-state solution is at the brink of collapse. The comments came after the International Court of Justice in The Hague opened hearings on Monday into the...
April 30, 2025

Guterres warns two-state solution is 'near a point of no return'

Firefighters were still working to extinguish blazes at the port on Monday, two days after the blast
Iran blames 'negligence' for port blast as death toll rises to 70
TEHRAN — Iran's interior minister has said negligence was a factor in the massive explosion and fire at the country's largest container port, as the death toll rose to at least 70.Eskandar Momeni said Saturday's blast at Shahid Rajaee port in Bandar Abbas, which also injured more than 1,000 people, was caused by "shortcomings, including noncompliance with safety precautions and negligence"."Some individuals deemed responsible" had been summoned for questioning, he added.Customs authorities have said imported cargo caught fire and exploded. The defense ministry has denied foreign reports that it was a shipment of a missile fuel chemical.The crisis management director for Hormozgan province, Mehrdad Hassanzadeh, also said on Monday that the firefighting...
April 29, 2025

Iran blames 'negligence' for port blast as death toll rises to 70

This April 1 photo from the US Navy shows a FA-18E Super Hornet preparing for launch on the USS Harry S. Truman
US Navy loses $60 million jet at sea after it fell overboard from aircraft carrier
WASHINGTON — A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet has been lost at sea after it fell overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier while it was being towed on board, the Navy said in a statement on Monday.A US official said initial reports from the scene indicated the Truman made a hard turn to evade Houthi fire, which contributed to the fighter jet falling overboard. Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed on Monday to have launched a drone and missile attack on the aircraft carrier, which is in the Red Sea as part of the US military’s major operation against the Iran-backed group.US Navy carriers – the world’s largest warships at nearly 1,100 feet long and with a displacement of almost 100,000 tons – are surprisingly maneuverable for their size.Powered by two nuclear...
April 29, 2025

US Navy loses $60 million jet at sea after it fell overboard from aircraft carrier

Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar said he intended to leave his role on 15 June
Israel spy chief to step down after row with Netanyahu exposes deepening rifts
JERUSALEM — The head of Israel's Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency has resigned.Ronen Bar made the announcement that he would leave his position on 15 June at a memorial event for Shin Bet members who have died in service.It came after he had been engaged in a fierce trading of recriminations with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who dismissed him last month. A challenge to the Supreme Court by the attorney general and the opposition had put the move on hold.Ronen Bar said he had chosen to announce his resignation on an evening that, in his words, symbolized "remembrance, heroism and sacrifice".He said every public servant who failed to stop the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023, which triggered the Gaza war, needed to bow their heads "humbly before...
April 29, 2025

Israel spy chief to step down after row with Netanyahu exposes deepening rifts

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