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MI5 chief says Iran is targeting military bases in UK, airbase plot ‘not unique’
Director General of MI5 Ken McCallum speaks at Thames House, the headquarters of the UK's Security Service in London, Oct. 13, 2026. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP, Pool)
By Jill Lawless
Ken McCallum: UK security agency has seen 'major shift' in Iran's overseas attack ambitions, Tehran now looking to 'come at harder targets, like military sites'
This handout photograph released by the Lebanese Presidency press office on October 14, 2026, shows Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun (R) meeting with United Nations’ Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix (C), and Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major General Diodato Abagnara, at the presidential palace in Baabda. (Lebanese Presidency/AFP)
UN reaffirms push for Lebanon stability as Beirut asks to extend peacekeepers’ mandate
By AFP
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New York City Comptroller Mark Levine speaks during the annual New York State Financial Control Board meeting, August 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
NYC’s comptroller walks back pledge to reinvest in Israel bonds
By Luke Tress
IDF soldiers deploy during a military operation at the Jalazun camp for Palestinian refugees north of Ramallah in the West Bank on October 14, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR/AFP)
October 14, 2026, 11:43 pm
IDF, Shin Bet raid two West Bank charities they say were fronts for terror groups
Security forces say groups raise money for PFLP, provide legal aid for terrorists; settlers reportedly set fire to mosque and car in West Bank village
By ToI Staff and Nurit Yohanan
Jonatan Urich is seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on March 30, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 14, 2026, 11:37 pm
PM’s aide Urich met senior Qatari official in Europe twice in 2024 — report
Urich said to tell police he doesn’t remember content of meetings, which were not official government business, or where they took place; PM said to claim he was told nothing about it
By ToI Staff
A gull flies overhead as a boy stands with his bicycle on a beach overlooking commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, September 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
October 14, 2026, 11:37 pm
Iran Guards say cargo ship sank in Hormuz after hitting mine
UK agency says Singaporean-flagged ship hit by projectile and sank; unclear if two statements refer to same vessel
By AFP
Israel’s Raz Hershko reacts after winning the women’s over 78 kg bronze medal bout at the World Judo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, on October 10, 2026. (Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP)
October 14, 2026, 9:11 pm
Israel’s Raz Hershko looks to next challenge after Bronze win at Judo World Championships
Hershko dedicates victory to Yonatan Goutin, a champion judoka of Israel’s youth division who was killed on Oct. 7; says her pride in competing for Israel is stronger than ever
By Tomer Almagor
US Rep. Mike Collins, a Republican from Georgia, left, speaks to US Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat from Georgia, during an Atlanta Press Club general election senatorial debate, October 13, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
October 14, 2026, 8:35 pm
Ossoff and Collins face off over white nationalism, Epstein, El-Sayed and Hasan Piker
Democrat Ossoff stresses Israel must use US weapons legally in debate with GOP rival, who accuses senator of seeking to defund the Jewish state
By Sharon Udasin
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) interviewed on the pro-government Channel 14, October 13, 2026. (Screenshot); Left, from top: Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot at a youth conference in Jerusalem, October 11, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Former PM and B'Yachad party chairman Naftali Bennett in Herzliya, September 23, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman (Gili Yaari/Flash90))
October 14, 2026, 5:03 pm
Unless the opposition steps up its game, Netanyahu, the PM of Oct. 7, could yet survive this election
It’s a combination of his own shameless efforts to rewrite history, his opponents’ inability to adequately hold him to account for that blackest of days and much more besides, and, perhaps, Israel’s changing demographics
By David Horovitz
An Israeli Air Force fighter jet prepares to take off from an airbase in Israel for strikes in Iran, February 28, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 14, 2026, 4:48 pm
PM: Attack on Iran ‘not convenient’ now, but signs show Israel’s enemies preparing assault
Netanyahu says he’s against Israeli or US strike on Islamic Republic, hopes there won’t be an attack on Israel to disrupt elections; Katz warns Hezbollah not to launch conflict
By Lazar Berman
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and his Colombian counterpart Omar Bula Escobar (center) open Colombia’s embassy in Jerusalem, alongside Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion (right), September 14, 2026. (Rafi Ben Hakoon/GPO)
October 14, 2026, 3:01 pm
Colombia opens embassy in Jerusalem, becoming tenth country to do so
Sa’ar hails move as start of ‘golden age in relations,’ following inauguration of new right-wing president Abelardo de la Espriella
By Nava Freiberg and AFP
This screen grab taken from video footage released on August 9, 2026, by Ansarullah Media Centre shows a missile being launched toward what the Houthi authorities said were Saudi troop concentrations and weapons depots at Mokha port in western Yemen. (ANSARULLAH MEDIA CENTRE/AFP)
October 14, 2026, 2:36 pm
Houthis building new longer-range missiles with Chinese-imported parts – report
WSJ cites arms-tracking group’s assessment of Yemeni rebels’ efforts to make a variant of Iran’s Kheibar Shekan ballistic missiles, which could have a 1,900-km range
By ToI Staff
An Israeli Air Force Apache helicopter, August 18, 2025. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
October 14, 2026, 1:41 pm
Israel inks deal to buy 12 Apache helicopters from US’s Boeing after government okay
Ministers approve ‘urgent’ NIS 1 billion purchase, with most of the funds to come from slashing 5-year plan to improve Arab society, after US was said readying to drop deal
By Emanuel Fabian
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian appears on the Daily Briefing podcast with host Jessica Steinberg (Courtesy)
October 14, 2026, 1:32 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 14 – IDF, police, Education Ministry spar over deadly school trip blast
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on funding for new Apache gunships, the ongoing question of who’s responsible for unexploded ordnance, and an air force probe into a UFO
By Jessica Steinberg and Emanuel Fabian
Attendees gather at the OpenAI DevDay 2026 conference, September 29, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
October 14, 2026, 12:02 pm
FBI arrests Saudi OpenAI employee accused of bugging company conference room
ChatGPT maker says Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, suspected of planting ‘sophisticated recording device’ in California office; US attorney general: ‘Serious threat to national security’
By Eric Tucker
Screen capture of the Halk TV YouTube channel after the network was taken offline by Turkish Authorities, October 14, 20126. (Halk TV/YouTube)
October 14, 2026, 11:27 am
Turkish police shut down pro-opposition Halk TV, hold 11 in raid on station
Authorities install trustee manager, say 17 suspects sought in corruption probe of chairman Cafer Mahiroglu, who lives abroad; opposition lawmakers, journalist union protest
By AFP and ToI Staff
In this picture provided by Swedish Coast Guard, the gas leak in the Baltic Sea from Nord Stream photographed from the Coast Guard’s aircraft on September 27, 2022. (Swedish Coast Guard via AP)
October 14, 2026, 10:54 am
Ukrainian ex-officer goes on trial in Germany over 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
Former special forces officer Sergiy Kuznietsov facing charges including ‘war crime,’ attacking civilian infrastructure; Kyiv consistently denies it was behind Baltic Sea blast
By Sebastian Bronst and bryn Stole
Ruby and Hagit Chen (center), the parents of slain IDF soldier Itay Chen, attend an event at the State Department honoring the US citizens killed on October 7, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (right), October 14 2026. (Courtesy)
October 14, 2026, 4:01 am
Families of Americans killed on Oct. 7 demand justice at State Dept. memorial in DC
Herzog meets Azerbaijani president, Bahraini FM in Baku * IDF chief warns of ‘potential for escalation’ across all fronts, decries settler violence
By ToI Staff
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