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Bad news for Netanyahu as inquiry peers into submarine affair

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World Food Program suspends staff movement after vehicle shot at in Gaza

Displaced Palestinians carry a box of food rations provided by the World Food Program at a makeshift street market in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 14, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

Israel's natural gas cartel

An Israeli gas platform, controlled by a U.S.-Israeli energy group, is seen in the Mediterranean sea, some 15 miles (24 km) west of Israel's port city of Ashdod, in this file picture taken February 25, 2013. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won more time to overcome a political hurdle after parliament postponed a vote on authorising the government to secure a deal on developing Israel's natural gas fields. Picture taken February 25, 2013. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/Files - RTX1IDQQ

Turkey detains 2 prominent journalists amid growing crackdown

Supporters light up the night with cellphones during a protest rally in support of the arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, April 9, 2025.

Is Khamenei’s Nowruz message bad news for Rouhani?

Pentagon vows to ramp up Houthi strikes as Trump pursues Iran talks

B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber flies over the 133rd Rose Parade Presented By Honda on Jan. 1, 2022 in Pasadena, California.

Unification of Arab parties bad news for Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chats with Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint Arab List, in the plenum at the knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem December 26, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RC1BD157DCB0

Iran's IRGC says US troops in 'glass room' after Trump threat: What to know

A collection of missile replicas is visible amidst the greenery at the Dafae-moghadas Museum in Tehran, Iran, on December 25, 2024. The museum emphasizes military strength and resistance narratives central to the Islamic Republic's ideology. (Photo by Hossein Beris / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by HOSSEIN BERIS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Tesla opens first showroom in oil-rich Saudi

Saudis check a car at the Tesla company's first showroom in Riyadh. Elon Musk's firm has opened three showrooms in oil rich Saudi Arabia

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