Israel’s national basketball team will continue to host its home games abroad, the International Basketball Association (FIBA) said in a statement to Haaretz. The team’s next match, scheduled for February, will take place in Cyprus, it said.
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Israeli colonist grazes livestock on Palestinian land in Ramallah-area village
RAMALLAH, January 10, 2026 (WAFA) – An Israeli colonist, under the protection of Israeli army, grazed on Saturday his sheep on Palestinian-owned land in the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah.
According to local…
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Netanyahu says he seeks to end US military aid to Israel within a decade
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he seeks to end US military aid to Israel within a decade, earning praise from a key ally of US President Donald Trump, whose voter base has splintered over the issue.
“I want to taper off the…
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New rallies in Iran as son of shah calls for city centres to be seized – France 24
- New rallies in Iran as son of shah calls for city centres to be seized France 24
- The son of Iran’s last shah is rallying protesters. But do Iranians really want another king? CNN
- Growing protests in Iran do not necessarily herald a return to…
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Bethlehem… Where the true Christmas shines behind the noise of commercialism – Jerusalem Patriarchate
Article by: Heba Hrimat | 7 January 2026
Before Christmas became a global season of tree lighting, decorations, Christmas markets, gift-wrapping tutorials, and holiday movies marathon, it was a single night in a humble manger in a small town….
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the US ambassador driving Gree
What initially looked like a political consolation prize has turned into one of the Trump administration’s most effective diplomatic postings. Kimberly Guilfoyle, the former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr, was appointed US ambassador to Greece…
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Israeli colonists steal 200 sheep and vehicle during military raid on north of Ramallah
RAMALLAH, January 10, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli colonists stole on Saturday around 200 sheep and a vehicle in the town of Kobar, northwest of Ramallah.
Security sources told WAFA that dozens of Israeli colonists raided a farm…
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Iran uprising enters third week under internet blackout and undeclared martial law
TEHRAN — On Friday evening, the 13th day of nationwide protests and strikes that have shaken the Islamic Republic, hundreds of thousands of Iranians poured into the streets across the country. The regime, caught off guard by the scale of the…
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On innocence and suckerhood
I got scammed this week. Cheated. They took my money and sold me a pig in a poke, or more precisely, a receiver in a plastic bag.
Now you might ask: a receiver? Yes, a receiver, that thing that connects the speakers to the set-top box and the…
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Speaking the language of music, Israeli-born couple brings Moroccan roots to US university
JTA — The class does not begin with a lecture. Instead, Neta Elkayam stands at the front of the room and sings — usually in the Moroccan Arabic of her ancestors, rather than her native Hebrew.
The students — most of them Black, most…