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People march in the Tel Aviv Pride parade on June 12, 2026. (Flash90)
Man arrested for allegedly plotting to harm Pride participants
Tel Aviv holds first Pride parade since Oct. 7; cops impede some anti-government marchers
By Noam Lehmann
Trans model assaulted in Tel Aviv last month dances on float as estimated 100,000 people march along beach, following the city's call to 'vote with your feet'
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Steffen Seibert: Gaza won’t sever special Germany-Israel ties
By Lazar Berman
Samuel Corner (far right) and other Palestine Action activists Jordan Devlin, Leona Kamio, Charlotte Head, Fatema Rajwani and Zoe Rogers. (Used under clause 27a of the Israeli copyright law; taken from social media)
Four UK pro-Palestinian activists jailed for violent raid on Israeli defense factory
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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Tony Blair takes on larger role as US-led Board of Peace struggles to advance Gaza plan
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Opposition Leader Yair Lapid speaks during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 1, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 14, 2026, 5:26 am
Emerging US-Iran agreement faces domestic pushback in Israel and Iran
Opposition Leader Lapid says agreement fails to achieve any of Jerusalem’s war goals, while Iranian protesters in Mashhad said to argue Tehran made excessive concessions
By ToI Staff
People take part in the annual Pride March in Rome, on June 10, 2023. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP)
June 14, 2026, 12:30 am
Israelis say they were attacked at Bologna Pride for carrying rainbow Star of David flag
Witnesses say pregnant woman was shoved, families were called ‘murderers,’ while demonstrators reportedly waved Palestinian flags, held signs reading ‘no Pride in genocide’
By ToI Staff
President Donald Trump walks to board his limousine at the North Portico of the White House, June 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
June 13, 2026, 11:17 pm
Trump says US-Iran deal to be signed Sunday, contradicting Tehran, which doesn’t react
Israeli officials warn terms endanger country’s security; president says accord will open Hormuz, allow US to collect Iran’s highly-enriched uranium when there is ‘calm’; MOU said set to be signed virtually with Pakistan and Qatar
By Agencies and ToI Staff
People hold a banner in Italian reading "Skin and sweat have the same color, no deportation' during a march in Rome, June 13, 2026, to protest Italy's security and migration package, including a migrant "repatriation bonus" scheme criticized by opposition parties and legal groups as unconstitutional and ethically problematic. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
June 13, 2026, 9:57 pm
Thousands march through Rome in rival anti- and pro-migration rallies
As far-right demonstrators perform fascist salutes and praise Mussolini, a larger crowd of counter-protesters wave Palestinian flags and back migrant rights
By AP
An Arkia plane takes off at Ben Gurion Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, May 5, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
June 13, 2026, 9:28 pm
Hungary scrambles fighter jets after Israeli passenger plane fails to contact ground control
Hungarian PM says incident Thursday triggered NATO’s highest level of alert, was resolved after jets saw Arkia plane, whose pilots then radioed local air officials
By ToI Staff
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban prepares to cast his ballot at a polling station in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
June 13, 2026, 9:19 pm
Orban re-elected as Fidesz party leader in Hungary despite election loss
Former longtime Hungarian leader and Netanyahu ally wins 729 of 737 delegate votes after taking responsibility for April defeat
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Tibnit, June 13, 2026. (Abbas Fakih/AFP)
June 13, 2026, 8:07 pm
IDF says over 70 Hezbollah sites hit as troops advance near south Lebanon’s Nabatieh
Lebanese army withdraws from southern city, says soldier seriously injured in Israeli drone strike; seven terror operatives killed earlier this week after emerging from tunnel
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
An Israeli settler records as security forces clash with Palestinians during a protest in Khirbet Humsa, west of Hebron in the West Bank, June 9, 2026. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
June 13, 2026, 6:29 pm
Settler shoots Palestinian in West Bank; reports say he was mentally disabled
Man with reported intellectual disability wounded after allegedly threatening settler with rock, Palestinian mayor claims Israeli forces withheld medical treatment for over an hour
By ToI Staff
Activists place a banner covering the logo of the FIFA World Cup 2026 with the words "Kick Israel out of FIFA" in Toronto, Canada, June 12, 2026. (Jorge UZON / AFP)
June 13, 2026, 5:37 pm
Activists rally to ‘kick Israel out of FIFA’ despite team’s absence from World Cup
Protesters in Toronto wearing ‘Jews for a free Palestine’ shirts unfurl banner calling for Israel’s ouster from FIFA, hold event urging release of jailed Hamas medical officer
By Reuters and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during the Gaza International Peace Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
June 13, 2026, 4:53 pm
Pakistan claims US-Iran deal to be signed within 24 hours; Tehran pushes back
Islamabad’s announcement quickly followed by Iranian denial that agreement will be signed Sunday; Tehran readies funeral for late supreme leader Ali Khamenei set for July 4
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logo are displayed on a computer screen in New York on February 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
June 13, 2026, 3:33 pm
Anthropic says it cut access to powerful AI models over US ‘national security’ order
Firm says government apparently ‘believes it has become aware’ of method to bypass Fable 5, a locked-down version of Mythos 5 that was held back from public over unprecedented abilities
By AFP
Two Palestinians walks with their bicycles past past the damaged Gaza City headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on February 15, 2024 (AFP)
June 13, 2026, 2:28 pm
UNRWA fires 70 Gaza staffers amid Israeli accusations agency riddled with Hamas operatives
Pro-Israel watchdog welcomes move but accuses refugee agency for Palestinians of hypocrisy in refusing to openly acknowledge links to Hamas; UNRWA: Dismissals not a validation of claims
People wait for US President Donald Trump's name to be removed from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
June 13, 2026, 2:08 pm
Workers begin removing Trump’s name from Kennedy Center, hours after court deadline
Dozens gather in plaza in front of cultural center taking pictures and cheering occasionally as they break into chants of ‘take it down’
By AP
Jackals at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, on February 19, 2022 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 13, 2026, 12:50 pm
‘Her whole face was covered in blood’: 11 campers attacked by jackals at Sea of Galilee
Authorities said to be concerned at least one of the animals could be infected with rabies; all of those injured have been vaccinated and released from hospital
By ToI Staff
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows rubble before a roof was built over it at Iran's Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center outside of Isfahan, Iran, on Dec. 7, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
June 13, 2026, 11:25 am
Iran said to have mined entrance to bombed nuclear site to deter raid on enriched uranium
Former nuclear official says move raises risk Tehran could claim it can’t retrieve some of the material at Isfahan; US says it downed multiple Iranian drones targeting ships in Hormuz
By ToI Staff
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