Iran

The Soroka medical center, near Gaza, often receives soldiers wounded in attacks in the Strip and hostages freed by Hamas

Trump announces a two-week deadline to decide whether to strike, while prominent MAGA members ask him not to drag America into another ‘forever war’

Only the ‘bunker-buster’ possessed by the US, capable of penetrating to a depth of 60 meters, could hit the Fordow uranium enrichment plant, essential to Iran’s atomic program

The bombing of the medical center has left 40 people injured from broken glass and trauma

Rising oil and gas prices are bad news for the US and, above all, the EU. Despite calls for restraint, European powers maintain their support for Israel

The US central bank extends the pause as the Republican calls its chair, Jerome Powell, ‘stupid’

The US president says it’s ‘very late’ but never ‘too late’ to negotiate

Despite the estimated effectiveness of 90%, dozens of projectiles launched by Tehran managed to hit densely populated areas of the Jewish state and critical infrastructure such as military or energy facilities

The situation in the Middle East threatens to reduce aid to Ukraine, increase Russia’s oil revenues, and strengthen relations between Putin and Trump

The US president says he has located Khamenei and calls him ‘an easy target,’ while deploying more fighter jets to the region

Israel and Iran escalate their conflict with evacuation orders in Tehran and Tel Aviv

The mayor of the town where a projectile killed four women believes the intended target was the nearby city of Haifa, home to Israel’s largest oil refinery

Tehran, promising a ‘severe’ response, launches 100 drones toward Israeli territory. The United States maintains it did not participate in the offensive ordered by Netanyahu

Some 123.2 million people were living as refugees in 2024, double the number a decade ago, but UNHCR has noted a slight change in the trend in recent months

The advance of a secret Iranian atomic program, the distrust of US allies under Washington’s protection, and the rise of China are fueling a complicated reconfiguration of the atomic landscape

The measure affects Afghanistan, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Yemen, among others, and also imposes partial restrictions on Venezuela

The US president no longer cares about the near-term political consequences of his actions, says the former senior official in an interview in Washington

The Taliban cling to the argument that the game involves gambling (prohibited by the Quran), a justification previously used by Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini — who reversed his stance in 1988

The US president is reaching out to Gulf countries on a trip that underscores his friction with Netanyahu, especially over Gaza

The new government in Beirut is seeking peace while trying to rebuild the state and the country’s economy

The US president will visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, but not Israel as relations are currently strained

After a dazzling career in poetry, the Iranian American author makes his novelist debut with a story based on his alcoholic recovery and the experiences of his family, who migrated to the US

Hundreds are dead after the Israeli military launched large-scale attacks from north to south of the Palestinian enclave at dawn during Ramadan. Netanyahu warns he will act with ‘increasing military strength’ against Hamas

Residents doubt that Hezbollah has been defeated and some are not confident of returning to their homes despite the ceasefire and an Israeli military presence

The U.S. president’s hardline policies have impacted the Darién Gap, which is now detaining both Venezuelans who have given up on the trip north and deported individuals from Asian countries

The US withdrew from the nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration and European partners in 2018, during Trump’s first term

The White House says the president does not want to impose his proposal to evacuate the Strip but rather seeks ‘creative solutions’ with Israel and Arab nations