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Far-right party National Rally president Jordan Bardella and far-right leader Marine Le Pen attend a rally in Lievin, northern France, on July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
French far-right leader says claims of antisemitism part of ‘total war’ on Le Pen campaign
By AFP and ToI Staff
National Rally party chief Bardella denounces report on his alleged 2013 remarks disparaging Jews; Le Pen vows party will ‘counterattack’ ahead of 2027 vote
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)
IDF kills commander of Hamas’s North Gaza Brigade in Gaza City airstrike
By Emanuel Fabian
Bono attends the “GUGGI” premiere at SVA Theatre during the Tribeca Festival on June 13, 2026, in New York. (Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
U2’s Bono compares Ben Gvir to Nazi SS chief Himmler over his comments on Gaza
By ToI Staff
US bureau chief Jacob Magid appears on the Daily Briefing with host Jessica Steinberg (AP)
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Daily Briefing Sept. 29: Board of Peace envisions transformation in Gaza, and Israel
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
The UK’s Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan Stephen Doughty talks to the media after a meeting with Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos at the foreign ministry house in Nicosia, Cyprus, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
September 29, 2026, 10:13 pm
UK official rejects claim London has broadened restrictions on Israel arms exports
Official denies report by Jewish Chronicle, after Middle East minister says more than 80 licenses have been suspended or refused over Gaza
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
White House official Brett McGurk and US Vice President Joe Biden (left) in an undated photo. (Brett McGurk/X)
September 29, 2026, 10:07 pm
Ex-Biden aide: US pressure on Israel harmed talks with Hamas to release hostages
In new book, Brett McGurk recalls how negotiations stalled amid public US warnings to Israel against Rafah op; but Harris aide defends approach, saying it was needed to prevent civilian harm
By Jacob Magid
Tens of thousands of red-clad protesters marched past the Peace Palace, housing the International Court of Justice, rear, demanding their government do more to halt Israel's campaign in Gaza, during a demonstration in The Hague, Netherlands, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
September 29, 2026, 8:02 pm
The Netherlands is just a symptom of a widening global boycott against Israel
A year after the US forced a Gaza ceasefire, Israel’s international standing continues to plummet. The latest European restrictions threaten to exact a heavy economic toll
By Tal Schneider
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard spokesman Gen. Hossein Mohebbi speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, September 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 29, 2026, 6:03 pm
Iran’s Guards pen open letter to US midterm voters, urging them to reject ‘liar’ Trump
25-page message accuses US president of concealing ‘peaceful nature’ of Iran’s nuclear program to drag the country into war, extends offer of ‘coexistence’ to American people
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Deputy Commander of the Libyan National Army, Lieutenant General Saddam Haftar looks on before his meeting with the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in Athens, on June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
September 29, 2026, 5:17 pm
Report: Netanyahu met son of powerful Libyan general in Abu Dhabi
Italian daily suggests Saddam Haftar, whose warlord father rules the country’s east and who’s a contender for the presidency, sat down with the Israeli leader to secure support
By Lazar Berman and AP
Israeli settlers and security forces are seen near a fire-damaged home in Jalud, south of Nablus in the West Bank, on September 29, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR/AFP)
September 29, 2026, 5:01 pm
PM blames ‘small number’ of West Bank rioters as mass settler attack draws wide condemnation
Some right-wing politicians echo Netanyahu’s rare rebuke of settler violence, after over 100 extremists attack Jalud; top settlement leader calls for police crackdown on attacks
By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard spokesman Gen. Hossein Mohebbi speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, September 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 29, 2026, 3:08 pm
Iran threatens to attack Mideast infrastructure after Trump dismisses Hormuz proposal
Tehran awaiting ‘final US response’ from mediators to its demands for truce, end of blockade, and sanctions relief as preconditions for nuclear talks; Russia says Iran should stay in NPT
By Agencies
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
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
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
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)
September 29, 2026, 4:17 am
Gazans desperate to leave still struggling to do so, even as Israel claims door is open
Trouble finding willing hosts, visa restrictions, onerous security checks and other bureaucratic hurdles mean exiting Gaza remains a lengthy, difficult task despite Jerusalem saying it wants the Strip’s residents to go
By Nurit Yohanan
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, surrounded by supporters, during an election campaign tour in the southern city of Ashdod, September 29, 2026. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
September 29, 2026, 3:20 am
Netanyahu sues media outlets over reports of Egyptian, UAE warnings ahead of Oct. 7
IDF says troops ‘physically prevented harm’ to Palestinian family during West Bank settler riot * Despite report, Yashar says Shin Bet won’t provide security for Eisenkot * UK denies arms embargo widening
By Michael Horovitz, 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
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