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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and US President Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office on July 28, 2026. (GPO)
August 26, 2026, 8:27 pm
Netanyahu says he told Trump to ‘tighten the siege’ on Iran ahead of fresh sanctions
PM says he pushed for economic pressure during July meeting; Trump hails campaign, says ‘big victory’ coming soon; Tehran claims measures will fail, Hormuz still under its control
By Nava Freiberg, Emanuel Fabian and AFP
File: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during a welcome ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (Office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan via AP)
August 23, 2026, 5:49 pm
Iran’s president admits country faces ‘many problems,’ insists deal is best way forward
Pezeshkian says Tehran must escape state of ‘neither war nor peace’ as US preps fresh sanctions; new Iran security chief threatens Gulf oil routes, while Pakistan pushes mediation
By Agencies
Tankers and cargo vessels are seen in the Gulf of Oman, along shipping routes linking the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo)
August 22, 2026, 7:46 pm
Iran says any country cooperating with new US sanctions will be ‘considered an enemy’
US has presented new sanctions as ‘toughest in history,’ is urging China — one of Tehran’s top trading partners — to cooperate; oil traffic through Hormuz still near a standstill
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Women walk past a portrait of the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israel strikes on February 28, and images of the Iranian flag, on a sidewalk in downtown Tehran, Iran, August 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 20, 2026, 11:54 pm
Iran calls Trump’s floated sanctions ‘economic terrorism’ as US set to unveil plans
US treasury secretary vows Washington will ‘collapse’ Islamic Republic regime, promises toughest sanctions yet; US targets Hezbollah with new sanctions, emphasizing ties to Tehran
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Judge Tomoko Akane arrives prior to the announcement of the International Criminal Court (ICC) verdict that sentenced Malian Jihadist police chief Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud to 10 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity, on November 20, 2024 at the ICC court in The Hague. (Eva Plevier/various sources/AFP)
August 20, 2026, 11:44 am
ICC denounces new US sanctions as ‘flagrant attack’ on its independence
UN, EU and European governments rally behind court president Tomoko Akane; Netanyahu applauds Washington’s move against ‘kangaroo court’
By AFP
File: Judge Tomoko Akane arrives prior to the announcement of the International Criminal Court (ICC) verdict that sentenced Malian Jihadist police chief Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud to 10 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during a reign of terror in the fabled Malian city of Timbuktu, on November 20, 2024 at the court in The Hague, the Netherlands. (Eva Plevier / various sources / AFP)
August 19, 2026, 6:03 am
US sanctions ICC president, senior trial lawyer on team seeking Netanyahu’s arrest
Rubio slams ‘fatally politicized supranational court,’ which counters that move ‘undermines rule of law’; PM thanks US ‘for making clear corrupt officials who lead ICC will face consequences’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A general view of the exterior of the International Criminal Court is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana, File)
August 11, 2026, 9:00 pm
Rights groups sue Trump over sanctions he placed on ICC due to Israel warrants
Human Rights Watch and 3 other groups ask New York to strike down Trump’s measures against court, calling them an ‘unlawful abuse of power’ that prevent justice being served
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference with mayors of settlements in the West Bank, at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on September 3, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 9, 2026, 5:58 pm
Smotrich banned from France as 4 countries introduce new sanctions against settler violence
Britain says joint action with France, Canada, and Norway will target ‘networks financing and enabling settler attacks’; Israel hits back, saying move will increase antisemitism
By Nava Freiberg, ToI Staff and Agencies
UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese in Cape Town, South Africa, October 28, 2025. (Rodger Bosch/AFP)
May 28, 2026, 5:42 am
US reimposes sanctions on anti-Israel UN rapporteur, one week after dropping them
Resumption of measures reverses federal judge’s earlier ruling that said blacklisting of Francesca Albanese likely violated her free-speech rights
By Agencies and ToI Staff
UN Special Rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza Francesca Albanese speaks at a press conference in Geneva on September 15, 2025. (Fabrice Cofrini/ AFP)
May 21, 2026, 11:39 am
US Treasury removes anti-Israel UN envoy Francesca Albanese from sanctions list
A week after federal judge nixed Trump administration’s sanctions on firebrand UN special rapporteur on free speech grounds, she is quietly taken off list of sanctioned individuals
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper speaks during a news conference with Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, after their talk on April 20, 2026, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP/ Eugene Hoshiko)
May 11, 2026, 8:25 pm
UK slaps sanctions on dozen people and entities deemed ‘criminal proxies’ of Iran
New measures come amid wave of arson attacks, allegedly backed by Tehran, on Jewish sites in London, though specific Iran-linked terror group not on list
By Agencies
Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov speaks to the media at the Russian embassy in Tel Aviv, on March 3, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90)
April 30, 2026, 2:24 am
Senior diplomat meets Russian envoy, spurns EU rep amid stolen Ukraine grain fight
Jerusalem says ‘tweets’ from Kyiv not sufficient to prove grain seized by Russia is reaching Israel; Ukraine working with EU to sanction those involved in ‘this theft and illegal trade’
By Lazar Berman
Left: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky reacts during a press conference at the German-Ukrainian government consultations in Berlin Germany, on April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi); Right: Gideon Sa’ar speaks during a meeting of the Subcommittee on Foreign Policy and Public Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, March 23, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 28, 2026, 7:05 pm
Israel says no proof Russian grain shipment ‘stolen,’ as Ukraine threatens sanctions
FM Sa’ar again accuses Zelensky of ‘Twitter diplomacy,’ after Ukrainian president says Israel ‘cannot be unaware’ cargo at Haifa port came from Russian-occupied territory
By Stav Levaton, Nava Freiberg and Agencies
UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese talks to The Associated Press at the Sarajevo airport in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Thursday, July 10, 2025, on her way to events commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
February 27, 2026, 1:11 am
Family of anti-Israel UN rapporteur Albanese sues Trump over sanctions
Lawsuit claims Italian diplomat Francesca Albanese’s family is ‘part of the national community’ because her daughter was born in US
By Luke Tress and Reuters
An exterior view of the International Criminal Court, ICC on December 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
December 12, 2025, 2:18 pm
ICC officials confront curbs to travel, finances in face of sweeping US sanctions
Sanctioned staff lose access to credit cards, emails, travel visas and Amazon’s Alexa over court’s warrants for PM, Gallant, and US officials; Canadian judge says officials ‘undeterred’
By AP and ToI Staff
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