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Iranian shop owner Morteza Asaadi (L) attends to a customer at his shop in downtown Bur Dubai on September 3, 2026. (Fadel Senna/AFP)
September 29, 2026, 3:00 pm
Soaring costs in Iran could spur more diplomacy between Tehran and Washington
Economic strains are one reason Iran has agreed to the latest measure of diplomacy with the United States, as officials fear unrest due to spikes in the cost of living
By John DAVISON and Emily Giles
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, shakes hands with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, before their meeting in Tehran, Iran, on February 25, 2019. (SANA via AP)
May 1, 2025, 5:35 pm
Document shows Iran had imperial plans in Syria that were foiled by Assad’s collapse
A 33-page study found in Iran’s ransacked embassy in Damascus outlines what Tehran saw as its version of ‘Marshall Plan’ to economically and militarily control Syria
By John DAVISON, Allison Martell and Reade Levinson
Palestinians grab humanitarian aid from a truck as it crossed into the Gaza Strip in Rafah, December 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
December 24, 2024, 6:04 pm
US, UN officials: Israel failing to crack down on humanitarian aid looting in Gaza
Officials familiar with the matter claim Israel committed to stop gangs looting aid but IDF does not do enough to address the issue
By David Gauthier-Villars, Nidal al-Mughrabi and John DAVISON
African migrants protest outside the Holot detention center in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, February 17, 2014. (Flash90)
April 28, 2015, 10:00 am
Migrants in Israel shaken by killing of brethren by IS
Islamic State ‘are not human beings,’ says Eritrean man whose cousin was among at least 28 migrants slain in Libya
By John DAVISON
Hamas's exiled leader Khaled Meshaal speaking during a meeting at the International Union for Muslim Scholars September 21, 2014. (Photo credit: AFP / FAISAL AL-TAMIMI)
March 2, 2015, 2:17 pm
Embattled Hamas tries to mend fences with Iran
Gaza-based group fell out of Tehran’s favor when it publicly backed Syrian rebels fighting Assad
By John DAVISON
A Jewish man walks past a synagogue, with bullet holes in its window, that was attacked by two Palestinians earlier in the morning in the Har Nof neighborhood in Jerusalem on November 18, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/ JACK GUEZ)
November 18, 2014, 3:49 pm
Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox shocked by synagogue massacre
‘Maybe it’s our own fault… for spiritual reasons,’ neighborhood resident says
By John DAVISON
Orthodox Christmas celebrations kick off in the traditional birthplace of Jesus in the West Bank town of Bethlehem to the sound of bagpipes in 2012. (photo credit: AFP Photo/Musa aL-Shaer)
September 16, 2014, 8:42 am
Palestinian bagpipers pull for Scottish independence
A British Mandate legacy, Christian scout troop in Beit Jala want Palestinians to have freedom, and Scots too
By John DAVISON
Pope Francis prays at Israel's security barrier on his way to a mass in Manger Square next to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday, May 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
May 25, 2014, 3:51 pm
Francis bows head in impromptu prayer at security barrier
Thousands of Catholics from Europe, Africa and Asia, as well as local Christians, flock to greet pontiff in Bethlehem
By John DAVISON
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