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Israeli police investigate after officers 'cut Palestinian flag' from skullcap

Israeli police," he wrote on X. The Hebrew University in Jerusalem – where Sinclair works as a lecturer in Jewish education – has written a strongly-worded letter to the Israel police force

The Gaza journalist killed on the day his daughter was born

Israeli air strike](/news/2025/5/7/israeli-attacks-kill-at-least-16-as-gaza-blockade-accelerates-starvation) targeting a commercial area in central Gaza City. The strike killed at least 17 people and wounded dozens more. ![Little Sana, whose birth coincided with the death of her father, Yehiya

'This may be the last time you hear my voice': Political executions surge in Iran since start of war

forces during January's protests. He is seen confessing to using a stick to break the window of a police car and asking for petrol to set it on fire. But he was not accused

Economic shock from Iran war risks driving up global debt levels, says IMF

forcing governments to choose between shielding their populations from price spikes and preserving fiscal space.” Global energy prices have surged since the first US-Israeli

Growing bread queues in Gaza as Israel restricts fuel, flour imports

Israeli restrictions on imports into Gaza, means that bakeries cannot produce as much bread as Palestinians in Gaza need. Palestinians, the vast majority of them living displaced as a result of Israel’s genocidal

French peacekeeper killed in southern Lebanon

force was first established in 1978 by the UN Security Council following Israel's invasion of southern Lebanon, with a mandate to confirm Israeli

Netanyahu says Israel will intensify strikes against Hezbollah

Israeli military says it has begun a wave of strikes across Lebanon following an announcement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that his country will intensify its attacks on Hezbollah. The Israel Defense Forces

Israel passes law to allow death penalty and public trials for those linked to 7 October

Israeli civil court. The new law creates a special legal framework for prosecuting those accused of direct involvement in the attacks, including members of the Nukhba special forces

Tehran will never cede control of Strait of Hormuz, senior Iranian politician tells BBC

forces and killed many thousands. Several executions, including of young people, [have recently been carried out](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9mzn7k722o). Azizi repeated the government's claim that the US and Israeli

Iran war: What’s happening on day 63 as Trump signals possible attacks

force Washington into talks, warning “the compass needle doesn’t change” and a deadlock could persist, though mounting international pressure would likely push for negotiations and prevent Tehran from asserting control over the Strait

How will Izz al-Din al-Haddad assassination impact Hamas’s Gaza operations?

Israeli claims that the killing will cripple the group’s operational capacity, analysts argue that its decentralised nature is built to absorb such shocks. As the region watches to see how the resistance faction will

Trump says Iran shot down US helicopter over Hormuz, vows to respond

forces have not taken responsibility for downing the helicopter. Top officials in Tehran have repeatedly argued that the US naval siege on Iranian ports as well as the ongoing Israeli

Met Police Palantir contract blocked by City Hall

forces and helps to tackle serious corruption. Palantir, founded by the US billionaire Peter Thiel, has faced criticism over its work with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Israeli

Iran’s World Cup squad to depart for Mexico on June 6 despite US visa delay

Israeli attacks on Iran, according to Iran’s Ministry of Health. More than 26,500 people have been injured, including at least 4,000 women and 1,621 children. Iranian forces

US pushing Israeli de-escalation ahead of new talks: Lebanese official

Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, borders, prisoners, displaced people and reconstruction. The Reuters and AFP news agencies, both quoting an unnamed State Department official on Thursday, reported that the upcoming talks

UAE’s secret attack on Iran risks drawing Gulf states into the war

forces, have also protected Gulf states, but that has largely been sold to domestic audiences as a necessary step to protect neutral Gulf allies that wanted to stay out of the conflict. The US ambassador

Did Netanyahu really ‘defy’ Trump in bombing Iran?

Israeli strike on Beirut could risk provoking Iranian retaliation without guaranteed US backing – a scenario Netanyahu would not be happy about. “Netanyahu is in a certain deadlock,” Levy said. “The project of his life

Trump ‘shouted and cursed Netanyahu over threat to resume Beirut bombing’

Israeli military [to resume bombing the southern Dahiya area of Beirut](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/01/european-leaders-condemn-israel-incursion-into-lebanon) to target Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia which has launched drone strikes into Israel. The Israel Defense Forces

World reacts to Strait of Hormuz reopening amid US-Iran conflict

force”. In parallel, France and the United Kingdom hosted a meeting in Paris involving about 40 countries, which agreed to play a role in restoring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz once

First Thing: Trump says US navy will ‘guide’ trapped ships through strait of Hormuz

Israeli attacks on Iran – the second such shock in five years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – underlining how reliance on fossil fuels leaves governments exposed to forces