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Diplomacy, defense, politics, Middle East affairs
5 British suspects in air base attack plot released on bail; Iran denies involvement
Police guard a road leading to RAF Fairford, in Fairford, England, a day after British counterterrorism police were probing “a major” incident near the base, September 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
By AP and ToI Staff
Police say suspects are all London residents in their 20s; incident was sparked by suspicious vans parked near RAF Fairford, a British base used by US bombers during Iran war
A sign at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport warns travelers that, as of September 22, 2026, new restrictions apply to goods originating in Israeli settlements, including items carried in personal luggage. (Instagram/neshimatrips)
Less broad than first reported, Dutch luggage checks for settlement goods spark Israeli warning
By Nava Freiberg
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard spokesman Gen. Hossein Mohebbi speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, September 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iran threatens to attack Mideast infrastructure after Trump dismisses Hormuz proposal
By Agencies
Palestinian children watch as patients prepare to leave the Gaza Strip for treatment through the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt after it was opened by Israel for a limited number of people, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 8, 2026. (Bashar Taleb/ AFP)
Gazans desperate to leave still struggling to do so, even as Israel claims door is open
By Nurit Yohanan
Iranian shop owner Morteza Asaadi (L) attends to a customer at his shop in downtown Bur Dubai on September 3, 2026. (Fadel Senna/AFP)
September 29, 2026, 3:00 pm
Soaring costs in Iran could spur more diplomacy between Tehran and Washington
Economic strains are one reason Iran has agreed to the latest measure of diplomacy with the United States, as officials fear unrest due to spikes in the cost of living
By John DAVISON and Emily Giles
US bureau chief Jacob Magid appears on the Daily Briefing with host Jessica Steinberg (AP)
September 29, 2026, 2:11 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 29: Board of Peace envisions transformation in Gaza, and Israel
US bureau chief Jacob Magid brings us discussions on Gaza reconstruction and de-radicalization, Norway’s thoughts on Israeli settler violence, and the US response to the UK’s sanctions
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
A CNN sound technician walks at the White House, September 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
September 29, 2026, 12:20 pm
US news outlets ask court to restore White House access until legal dispute resolved
Attorney general insists access ‘is a privilege, and not a right,’ as CNN, MS NOW and Politico file request for injunction, after Trump administration abruptly revoked credentials
By Jocelyn Noveck
An Iraqi man selling photographs sits at his stall on Al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad’s Al-Maidan central district on September 28, 2026. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP)
September 29, 2026, 11:18 am
US forces to exit Iraq after decades, leaving gap for Iran and fear of ISIS attacks
As Shiite groups celebrate withdrawal of American troops, Sunni tribal leader in Fallujah warns Iraq ‘not fully ready’ to secure itself, and ‘creating a vacuum is what all Iraqis fear’
By Ahmed Rasheed
Hamas's Northern Gaza Brigade commander, Izz al-Din al-Bik, who was killed by Israel on September 29, 2026. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 29, 2026, 11:15 am
IDF kills commander of Hamas’s North Gaza Brigade in Gaza City airstrike
Izz al-Din al-Bik is 3rd Hamas brigade commander to be killed by Israel in recent weeks; separate strikes on Sunday killed Hamas moneyman and sniper, military says
By Emanuel Fabian
Homes on the outskirts of the Palestinian village of Jalud that were reportedly torched by settlers on September 29, 2026. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 29, 2026, 10:53 am
Over 100 settlers attack West Bank village, block Palestinian family’s return home
IDF accused of failing to coordinate with police, after rioters burn homes and cars, attack security forces in Jalud; Haredi men assault Arabs outside Jerusalem’s Old City
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Tel Nof air base in a picture distributed on September 29, 2026. (Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO)
September 29, 2026, 3:20 am
Netanyahu claims Israel has indications of possible pre-election attack plot
From air force base, PM warns unspecified ‘enemies’ not to try * Reports indicate army failed to coordinate Jalud operation with cops, Shin Bet, leaving small force to fend off mass settler rampage * UK denies arms embargo widening
By Joshua Davidovich and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump winks as the members of the media depart the Oval Office of the White House as Essar Capital Director Prashant Ruia, from left, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, John Jovanovic, chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa., and Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, look on, September 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
September 29, 2026, 2:13 am
Trump denies willingness to give Iran sanctions relief in exchange for nuke concessions
US and Iranian officials speak separately with Qatari mediators on amended Iranian proposal that includes end to hostilities in Israeli-occupied south Lebanon, after Trump nixed earlier version
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, shakes hands with Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam at the State Department, September 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
September 29, 2026, 1:42 am
Lebanese PM meets Rubio, stresses need for IDF withdrawal, Hezbollah disarmament
Nawaf Salam says two discussed ‘path to restoring Lebanon’s full sovereignty’; IDF completes large-scale operation to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure in south Lebanon
By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and AFP
Illustrative image of Israeli national identity cards in Jerusalem on January 22, 2008. (Anna Kaplan/Flash90)
September 28, 2026, 11:40 pm
Israel said to freeze immigration of 2 Jews involved in defending Palestinian rights
Lawrence Shenkin of UK and another unnamed US woman reportedly told by Population and Immigration Authority their cases now on hold, despite initial approval
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, on April 4, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
September 28, 2026, 11:08 pm
Ex-Shin Bet chief says he’ll sue Netanyahu for claim he withheld pre-Oct. 7 warnings
After PM accused him of not informing him of impending Hamas attack, Ronen Bar says he warned of disaster but PM ignored him, calls for release of documents, demands PM’s staffers testify
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Raed Yousef in a September 2026 booking image. (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)
September 28, 2026, 9:47 pm
Florida beauty store owner who wanted to behead Jews charged with funding Hamas
Raed Yousef charged with 19 felonies for allegedly sending $45,000 to terrorists, in latest in series of cases claiming sham charities sent money to Gaza terrorists
By Luke Tress
Activists hold a picture of murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni in a demonstration in front of Montecitorio, the Italian Parliament, in Rome on January 25, 2017. (ANDREAS SOLARO/AF/File)
September 28, 2026, 8:57 pm
Rome convicts 3 Egyptian security officers for 2016 murder of Italian student
Cambridge PhD candidate Giulio Regeni, 28, was killed and mutilated in Cairo during research trip; investigators believe Egyptian authorities thought he was a spy
By AFP
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Science Minister Gila Gamliel, Settlements Minister Orit Strock, and other dignitaries inaugurate two new settlements in the southern West Bank region, September 27, 2026. (Eitam Shalem)
September 28, 2026, 7:40 pm
Two new West Bank settlements inaugurated with cabinet ministers on hand
Makeda and Karmei Yehudah in the southern West Bank are already populated, while residents of Meged and Maale Einav in the same region will move in soon
By Jeremy Sharon
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar attends a session at the Hungarian parliament in Budapest on September 28, 2026, as the parliament lifted his parliamentary immunity, allowing criminal proceedings against him. (Attila KISBENEDEK/AFP)
September 28, 2026, 7:33 pm
Hungarian parliament suspends immunity for PM Magyar, two Orban-era ministers
Hungary’s new leader under probe for 2024 altercation outside nightclub; former ministers Hanko and Sesztak suspected of taking over $90 million combined in bribes, kickbacks
By Justin Spike
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