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Diplomacy, defense, politics, Middle East affairs
John Malkovich poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Wild Horse Nine’ during the 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on September 3, 2026. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
John Malkovich cancels 2027 Tel Aviv show, citing false quote attributed to him
By ToI Staff
US actor, scheduled to perform 'The Music Critic' in April, pulls out after PR company releases statement quoting him as being 'thrilled to return to Israel'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 26, 2025. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
Netanyahu to make quick trip to speak at UN after Mamdani urged his arrest, diplomat says
By Edith M. Lederer
This photograph taken on July 28, 2026 shows a beagle sniffing a sample during a test inside a laboratory at the Dognosis facility in Kempohalli village on the outskirts of Bengaluru. (Idrees MOHAMMED/AFP)
Can dogs sniff cancer? An Israeli co-founded AI startup thinks so
By Aishwarya KUMAR
File: Demonstrators hold placards and banners during a pro Palestinian protest as they march through central London, October 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Joanna Chan)
Prominent Jews among thousands to sign letter rejecting genocide charge against Israel
By ToI Staff
The Syrian nuclear reactor site before it was destroyed by the IDF in 2007, as seen from a satellite. (Photo: Google Earth)
September 10, 2026, 6:44 am
UN nuclear watchdog’s board ends probe into Syria’s past secret nuclear program
IAEA resolution calls on Damascus ‘to continue its cooperation with the agency, including the excavation work’ on nuclear reactor that Israel destroyed in 2007
By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN
US President Donald Trump speaks as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, and Vice President JD Vance listen in the Oval Office at the White House, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
September 10, 2026, 5:59 am
Trump reportedly warned by advisers Iran conflict could last beyond his presidency
WSJ report says Vance, Rubio and others told US president the war may extend beyond January 2029 inauguration, while he asserts it will end ‘immediately after’ November midterms
By Agencies and ToI Staff
An explosion erupts following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, September 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
September 10, 2026, 4:49 am
Hamas says Israeli strike in Gaza killed top operative freed in 2011 Shalit deal
No immediate word from military on reported killing of Farah Hamed; IDF confirms launching strikes on Tuesday that it says destroyed weapons depots and rocket-launching site
By Nurit Yohanan and Emanuel Fabian
Finance Minister Bezalel Smortrich, left, and Settlements Minister Orit Strock announce a government plan for dozens of new settlements in the West Bank, July 14, 2026. (Courtesy Religious Zionism)
September 10, 2026, 3:47 am
US lawmakers issue rare bipartisan critique of Israeli policy toward Palestinian Authority
Six House members urge Trump administration to press Israel over its withholding of Palestinian tax revenues, which they warn ‘risks accelerating the West Bank’s fiscal collapse’
By Jacob Magid
A national flag of Iran waves in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria, December 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Gruber, File)
September 10, 2026, 3:06 am
IAEA board refers Iran to UN Security Council for nuclear ‘non-compliance,’ a first in 2 decades
Resolution backed by Western nations calls on Tehran to assure UN watchdog about ‘the non-diversion of nuclear material,’ though its allies China and Russia are expected to veto measure
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, flies over Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, Sept. 9, 2025 (US Air National Guard)
September 10, 2026, 12:53 am
Several US warplanes reportedly damaged in Iranian attack on airbase in Jordan
Trump warns Iran ‘not to get cute’ or US will bomb Pickaxe nuclear site * Singapore says Iran-backed militia chief who plotted antisemitic attacks sought entry in past
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks during a joint press conference with Slovenia’s Foreign minister prior to the opening of Israel’s embassy in Slovenia, in Ljubljana on September 9, 2026. (Martin Metelko/AFP)
September 10, 2026, 12:12 am
Israel has no plans ‘to expel or to deport’ Palestinians from Gaza, Sa’ar says
Speaking at embassy opening in Slovenia, FM says those who want to leave war-torn Strip can, but no one will be forced out
By Lazar Berman
A view of the entrance to the British Consulate in East Jerusalem, September 9, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 9, 2026, 10:57 pm
UK official says behavior of next Israeli government could affect scope of West Bank sanctions
Source says ‘undecided’ if Jewish areas in East Jerusalem will be included in trade ban; settler business owners warn sanctions could force closures, harm Palestinian workers
By Nava Freiberg, Reuters and ToI Staff
From left, Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Sugiono and United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Minister Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar pose for a group photo prior their meeting to discuss the ceasefire and next steps for Gaza, in Istanbul, Turkey, November 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
September 9, 2026, 8:53 pm
8 Muslim states, including UAE, call for countries to follow UK in sanctioning settlements
Joint statement also calls to implement Trump’s plan for Gaza and reiterates demand for Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as capital, saying it’s only ‘viable path’ to peace
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his team meet the Board of Peace pointman for Gaza Nickolay Mladenov, US Ambassador Mike Huckabee and others in Jerusalem, May 5, 2026. (Prime Minister's Office)
September 9, 2026, 8:45 pm
Board of Peace official: We won’t have leverage over Netanyahu until after election
Official tells ToI the PM would campaign on snubbing pressure from US-controlled Gaza oversight panel, but board’s leverage will return after Oct. 27 vote, regardless of who wins
By Jacob Magid
Aisha Rabi, a 47-year old Palestinian woman, who was killed after a stone smashed through the windshield of the car she was traveling in with her husband and nine-year-old daughter on October 12, 2018. (Photo by FAMILY HANDOUT / AFP)
September 9, 2026, 8:40 pm
Killer of Palestinian mother of nine Aisha Rabi sentenced to 13 years in prison
‘Defendant cut short the life of a woman before the eyes of her husband and nine-year old daughter,’ court says, orders convicted man to pay NIS 258,000 in compensation
By Jeremy Sharon
Anthem, a long-range cruise missile carrying a heavy payload, makes a test flight at a range of defense startup Covenant at an undisclosed location June 30, 2026. (Covenant/Handout via Reuters)
September 9, 2026, 8:00 pm
Defense startup Covenant unveils low-cost cruise missile, to be partially made in Israel
Silicon Valley-backed startup’s reveal comes as US works to restock depleted inventories after Iran war; Germany, Israel, US sites aim for output of 12,000 missiles annually
By Mike Stone
Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich attends the UEFA Women's Champions League final soccer match in Gothenburg, Sweden, on May 16, 2021. (AP Photo/ Martin Meissner, File)
September 9, 2026, 6:06 pm
Russian oligarch Abramovich loses third attempt to overturn EU sanctions
Court rules that sanctions imposed on the former Chelsea owner over his stakes in top Russian metal companies are both ‘sufficiently precise and proportionate’
By AFP
Children stand outside a mosque that was burned during an attack by Israeli settlers early in the morning in the West Bank village of Qusra, July 26, 2026. On its wall, Hebrew graffiti reads 'Revenge Benayahu,' referring to an Israeli settlement security squad member killed during clashes with Palestinians in the village of Tell a week before. (AP/Leo Correa)
September 9, 2026, 5:46 pm
This New Year, let’s start to restore the Israel that is a light unto the nations
We shouldn’t need Ed Miliband — way off with some parts of his critique but spot on with others — to remind us that indulging deadly settler violence against Palestinian civilians is shameful
By David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presents the new members joining the Likud party’s candidate list ahead of the upcoming general elections, in Jerusalem, September 8, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 9, 2026, 5:22 pm
Netanyahu says he’ll sue Haaretz over report UAE leader warned him days before Oct. 7
PM again denies he had call with Emirati president, demands criminal probe of the journalists who wrote the story; separate report says Egypt shared intel with Netanyahu that said Hamas wanted to ‘make the ground in Gaza tremble’
By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
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