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US President Donald Trump prepares to depart after speaking in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, August 31, 2026. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
September 3, 2026, 12:56 am
Trump: ‘Israel should not worry’ about latest Iran clashes, war will wind down soon
US president muses about changing name of Hormuz to ‘Trump Strait,’ says it’s under American control despite fresh flareup; White House later posts map of Gulf with renamed strait
By Jacob Magid and AFP
The Syrian nuclear reactor site before it was destroyed by the IDF in 2007, as seen from a satellite. (Photo: Google Earth)
September 1, 2026, 9:56 pm
IAEA says findings at Syrian site hit by Israel ‘consistent with a nuclear reactor’
In confidential report, UN nuclear watchdog says ousted Assad regime ‘failed to report nuclear material, facilities and activities’ at Deir Ezzor, which Israel struck in 2007
By AFP and ToI Staff
Syria’s interim foreign minister Asaad Shaibani (L) delivers a speech during the inauguration of Syria’s embassy at Al-Nofleen district in Tripoli on August 30, 2026. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP)
September 1, 2026, 4:21 pm
Syria says it’s working ‘seriously’ on diplomatic solution with Israel despite attacks
FM al-Shaibani reports US-mediated talks aim for full Israeli withdrawal to pre-December 2024 lines, pans Katz’s remarks on IDF remaining in Syrian territory
By AFP and ToI Staff
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver (L), Joshua Kushner (2nd-L) and Disney CEO Bob Iger (2nd-R) attend a US Open match at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 2, 2025, in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images/AFP)
September 1, 2026, 1:42 pm
Joshua Kushner blames ‘political dynamics’ for collapse of plan to sell World Cup stakes
Investor and brother of Trump’s son-in-law says he ‘would not have gotten involved’ had he anticipated the level of backlash to privatizing FIFA events
By AFP
Illustrative: Syrian security personnel officers guard the road on the outskirts of Sweida, southern Syria on February 26, 2026. (LOUAI BESHARA/AFP)
September 1, 2026, 7:45 am
10 Syrian security personnel reported wounded in clashes in Sweida
State TV claims ‘outlaw groups’ launched attacks, as Druze-affiliated group accuses government forces of firing mortal shells and machine guns toward civilians
By AFP and ToI Staff
Female Palestinian security prisoners seen in a video published August 30, 2026 by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who visited them at the Damon security prison in northern Israel. (Itamar Ben Gvir)
August 30, 2026, 2:38 pm
Ben Gvir posts video mocking Palestinian female inmates’ complaints about conditions
As prisoner who says she is from Islamic Jihad laments poor access to water for bathing, medical supplies, national security minister says she and her colleagues have it better than Israeli hostages did in Gaza
By Noam Lehmann and AFP
Palestinian mourners carry the body of a man killed by the Israeli army, during his funeral at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, August 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
August 29, 2026, 9:34 pm
IDF says strike on Gaza hospital compound killed Hamas commander
Unnamed commander accused of advancing attacks on troops and Israeli civilians; military reports killing another Hamas commander and a sniper in strike on Friday
By Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff
A Van Cleef and Arpels necklace stolen from Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts, on August 27, 2026.(INTERPOL via X)
August 29, 2026, 8:14 pm
Vienna thieves steal diamond necklace Egyptian queen wore at daughter’s wedding to future Iran shah
Police say the robbers bought tickets to exhibition before smashing display case and snatching the precious jewelry, the latest high-profile heist to hit a European museum
By AFP
Rehan Khan, Judex Atshatshi, Saif Ali and Hamza Iqbal, who pleaded guilty on August 28, 2026, to an arson attackthat destroyed four ambulances owned by the Jewish charity Hatzola that were parked outside a synagogue in London on March 23, 2026. (London Met Police)
August 29, 2026, 9:15 am
Four plead guilty to burning four ambulances owned by London Jewish charity
Arson of Hatzola vehicles parked at synagogue caused a million pounds’ worth of damage, was one of a spate of attacks on Jewish communities early in the Iran war
By AFP and ToI Staff
Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during the inauguration ceremony of the 63rd edition of the Damascus International Fair, in the capital Damascus on August 26, 2026. (Bakr ALkasem/AFP)
August 27, 2026, 9:07 pm
Visa, Mastercard process first international card payments in Syria after more than a decade
Transactions come days after US removes Damascus from State Sponsors of Terrorism list, as the country seeks to reconnect with the global financial system
By AFP
Screen capture from video of an IDF strike on Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon, August 27, 2026. (IDF)
August 27, 2026, 8:20 pm
IDF hits Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon; Beirut says newly-wed woman killed
Military reports strikes on terror group infrastructure in Nabatieh area following drone attack on troops night before; local state media reports bride of 48 hours dies in Salim
By Emanuel Fabian and AFP
This handout photo from the US Capitol Police taken on August 25, 2026, shows a guillotine in the back of a pickup truck on the 100 block of East Capitol Street in Washington, DC, near the US Capitol and Supreme Court. (Handout/US Capitol Police/AFP)
August 27, 2026, 7:51 am
US Capitol Police arrest man with guillotine in back of pickup truck; judge releases him
Philan-Tam-Duy Le is charged with misdemeanor weapons charge after he was detained near Supreme Court; judge says suspect ‘didn’t even threaten anyone’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Rescuers use earthmovers to reach submerged houses after flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, August 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
August 27, 2026, 5:57 am
At least 168 killed in Nepal-Tibet flood disaster; Israeli among over 1,300 missing
Videos of the tragedy show water and mud swallowing people as they tried to escape; USGS says disaster caused by glacial collapse
By AFP
Mourners carry the casket of Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour during his funeral at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, in the town of Birzeit, north of Ramallah, in the West Bank, on August 26, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR/AFP)
August 27, 2026, 2:11 am
‘An entire era has ended’: Palestinians mourn death of beloved artist Sliman Mansour
Mansour, who died at 79, is best known for 1973 painting, ‘Camel of Hardships,” which depicts an elderly Palestinian porter carrying Jerusalem on his back
By AFP
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
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