Category: 3. Middle East

WASHINGTON, United States — Former US president Barack Obama criticized a lack of shame and decorum in the country’s political discourse, responding Saturday for the first time to a post on Donald Trump’s social media account that…

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir toured a prison where he oversaw guards roughly manhandling Palestinian security prisoners, posting on Saturday a video of the visit in which he boasted about the implementation of his minimalist…

Mansour Abbas: Foreign-linked actors wanted Ra’am coalition with Netanyahu, who sought deal with Hamas

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought a “long-term arrangement” with Hamas in order to keep the Palestinian national…

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to intensify the “maximum pressure policy” in order to force Iran to give up its nuclear program, including clamping down on the sale of Tehran’s oil to China,…

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Saturday that negotiations on a security deal with Israel were focused on areas Israel has recently occupied and excluded the broader issue of the Golan Heights.

Since the December 8, 2024,…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar to represent Israel at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting in Washington, DC next Thursday, a diplomatic source told The Times of Israel on Saturday…

Cheered by a massive crowd under a sea of flags, the son of Iran’s toppled monarch told a mass rally in Munich on Saturday he wants to lead the country into a democratic future.

Police said some 250,000 pro-monarchist opponents of the Islamic…

A week into the 2026 Winter Olympics, and Israel has made history at the Milano Cortina Games just by showing up, though it has yet to mark any major athletic achievements.

On Friday evening, Israel’s Jared Firestone completed his 4th…

Switzerland said Saturday that Oman would host talks between the United States and Iran in Geneva next week, with Washington pushing Tehran to make a deal to limit its nuclear programme.

“Switzerland stands ready at all times to offer its good…