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20-07-2026 JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament has officially dissolved, kicking off a high-stakes campaign for national elections on October 27. The dissolution of the 25th Knesset (parliament) on Friday paves the way for a vote that is seen as a critical referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political survival and his wars …

20-07-2026 TEHRAN/ DOHA. MANAMA: Tehran launched strikes against several countries across the Gulf and wider region overnight as the United States military raised its attacks on Iran. Reports on Friday morning said that Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar, as well as Jordan and Syria, had been forced to take …

20-07-2026 WASHINGTON: United States Vice President JD Vance has accused some members of Israel’s government of trying to influence US public opinion ⁠to oppose a deal to end the war with Iran. In remarks made during an interview with US podcaster Joe Rogan that aired on Wednesday, Vance offered unusually …

19-07-2026 MOSCOW: Eight people have been killed across Ukraine in overnight and early morning Russian attacks, local officials say. In the Black Sea port of Odesa, three people were killed and another three injured in a “massive” drone and missile strike, regional head Oleh Kiper said. It was the fifth …

19-07-2026 TEHRAN: Iran has threatened to block further trading routes in the region, as the US launched a fresh wave of strikes on military targets. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the Strait of Hormuz would remain shut until the US ended its “acts of aggression”. They also threatened to close off …

19-07-2026 PARIS: French lawmakers will vote on Wednesday on a bill that would create a legal right to assisted dying for adults with incurable illnesses, capping an intense ethical and political debate. The proposed legislation would, under strict conditions, allow a person ‌who requests it to receive a lethal substance. …

19-07-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: Ransomware group World Leaks has posted on the dark web a huge cache of files related to India’s largest nuclear plant, including purported blueprints of parts of its facilities and supplier details information it labelled as coming from Reliance Group. The Kudankulam Nuclear Power …

19-07-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report Islamabad/ MUZAFFARABAD: At least nine people were killed in clashes in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Tuesday, as a planned protest march to the region’s capital, Muzaffarabad, temporarily stalled amid rising tensions. Security personnel raided a house on the outskirts of Rawalakot town in the …

19-07-2026 WASHINGTON: At the White House on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump was warm and effusive towards Iraq’s visiting prime minister, the 40-year-old Ali al-Zaidi, describing him as “young”, “handsome” and as someone he wanted to work with. They shook hands warmly. Later in the day came the caveat, when …

19-07-2026 GAZA STRIP: The last time Nadia Almukayed saw her husband, Dr Hassan Khalil Almukayed, was inside the Gaza hospital he had refused to leave. By October 2024, Israel’s genocidal war on the Palestinian enclave had closed in on the Almukayed family, including his father and other relatives. As Israeli …