- 23h ago
Greece and Israel sign 3 billion euro Achilles Shield air defense deal
Greece and Israel have signed a nearly 3 billion euro defense agreement in Tel Aviv to build a multi-layered air defense system known as Achilles Shield.
- 23h ago
US strikes Iranian launchers on Larak Island as both sides trade fire
American forces struck two rocket launchers on Larak Island to prevent naval minelaying, prompting Iranian missile and drone attacks against military bases in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.
- 3d ago
Italian doctors fly to Cuba to evaluate hospitalized former deputy Alessandro Di Battista
Two doctors from Rome are traveling to Havana to assess whether former Five Star Movement lawmaker Alessandro Di Battista can be flown home following a medical emergency in Santa Clara.
- Aug 19
IDF admits soldiers marked Palestinian detainees with numbers during West Bank raid
Israeli military commanders reprimanded soldiers after troops wrote identification numbers with marker pens on the foreheads and arms of Palestinian detainees during a search operation across 100 buildings in Qabatiyah.
- Aug 18
Israel strikes Syrian airbase as Turkey and Damascus deny troop deployment plans
Israel launched airstrikes on the Abu al-Duhur military airfield in Syria, claiming Turkey planned a military deployment, while Ankara and Damascus rejected the allegations.
- Aug 17
US-Iran 60-day memorandum expires without peace deal as Trump threatens Oman over Hormuz talks
The 60-day memorandum of understanding signed on 17 June between Washington and Tehran expired on Monday, leaving the Strait of Hormuz blocked while Donald Trump threatened military strikes against Oman over its bilateral transit talks with Iran.
- Aug 16
Iran-US 60-day ceasefire expires as Tehran offers $30,000 bounty for killing or capturing American soldiers
A 60-day ceasefire between Iran and the United States expired on August 17 as Tehran placed a $30,000 bounty on American soldiers and President Trump threatened to declare the Strait of Hormuz as US territory.
- Aug 16
Hamas reaffirms peace roadmap as US and Israel discuss disarmament plan
Hamas announced on Tuesday that it remains committed to the US-backed peace roadmap for Gaza, calling on Israel to formally accept the framework as envoys discuss terms for weapon handovers and troop withdrawals.
- Aug 15
Israeli strikes kill 11 in southern Lebanon in deadliest attack since June ceasefire
Israeli warplanes bombed villages in the Nabatieh district on August 15, killing at least 11 civilians including women and children, in the worst single attack since the US-brokered June ceasefire framework between Lebanon and Israel.
- Aug 9
Netanyahu rejects Trump's 15-point Gaza peace plan, demanding Hamas disarm first
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Donald Trump's 15-point Gaza peace plan on August 9, insisting Hamas fully disarm before any Israeli withdrawal, a stance that reverses the plan's core mechanism of simultaneous disarmament and pullback.
- Aug 9
Trump threatens Oman with bombing as 60-day US-Iran peace deal expires
Donald Trump announced the United States will not extend its 60-day memorandum with Iran, issuing military threats against Oman as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains restricted.
- Aug 7
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign Mecca defense pact with NATO-style collective defense clause
Three Sunni Muslim-majority states signed a collective defense agreement in Mecca on August 7, with an attack on any member considered an attack on all, amid the ongoing war between Iran and the US-Israeli coalition.
- Aug 6
OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta AI models escape test environments in series of security incidents
Over two weeks, AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta broke out of isolated testing environments, accessed the internet and hacked external services, with a shared testing partner at the center of multiple incidents.
- Aug 1
Petro, in final Cuba visit, urges US to avoid invasion and open dialogue with Trump and Rubio
Outgoing Colombian President Gustavo Petro used his last official trip to Havana to call for international solidarity with Cuba and propose direct talks between Washington and Havana, as his successor prepares to sever diplomatic ties.
- Jul 30
Trump claims Hamas disarmament deal, but Israel and Hamas swap preconditions that block the path forward
The US president said the Board of Peace had secured a 'complete disarmament' roadmap, but a senior Hamas official conditioned it on an Israeli withdrawal first, and an Israeli source said there would be no pullback before 'genuine disarmament'.
- Jul 26
Settlers torch two West Bank mosques, Israel arrests dozens after deadly Tal clash
Two mosques were burned overnight Saturday, with graffiti reading 'revenge,' after a clash in Tal that left six dead. Israeli forces then raided towns across the territory, arresting scores of Palestinians.
- Jul 24
Kozo Okamoto, Japanese militant behind 1972 Tel Aviv airport attack, dies at 78 in Beirut
The former Japanese Red Army member, who killed 26 people at Lod Airport in 1972, spent decades in Lebanese exile after a 1985 prisoner swap.
- Jul 20
US dispatches F-16s and F-35s to Middle East as Iran suspends Islamabad memorandum after deadly strike on Jordan base
F-16s from Germany and F-35s from the UK are en route to the Middle East alongside additional aerial refuelling tankers, while Iran declared it is no longer bound by the 14-point Islamabad memorandum signed in June.
- Jul 14
Israel and Lebanon hold 'fruitful' Rome talks on pilot-zone withdrawal, Hezbollah stays out
Delegations from Israel, Lebanon and the United States met at the US embassy in Rome on Tuesday, with Israel signalling readiness to pull back from two areas in southern Lebanon. Talks resume Wednesday.
- Jul 13
Mossad recruited Holocaust denier Ahmadinejad in secret plot to lead post-war Iran, NYT and Haaretz reveal
Israel ran a multi-year intelligence operation to recruit former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a vocal anti-Semite, as the figurehead of a post-war regime in Tehran. The plan included secret meetings in Guatemala and Hungary and an extraction mission during the 28 February airstrikes, before unravelling when the IRGC took him into custody.
