TOI staff

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during a Yisrael Beytenu faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 13, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

June 25, 2022, 8:20 pm

Liberman vows not to sit with Netanyahu, Haredi parties

As Israel headed for elections, Likud is said to oppose renewing settlement bill for five years to toughen chances for Lapid to form diverse government in the coming months

By TOI staff

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a televised speech marking the Iranian New Year, in Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2021. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

June 25, 2022, 7:28 pm

Iranian Guards replace commander of unit that protects supreme leader Khamenei

Hasan Mashroueifar takes over from Ebrahim Jabbari, days after IRGC intelligence chief also removed from his post

By TOI staff

Rabbi Yitzchak Goldknopf is seen outside a meeting of the Council of Torah Sages in Jerusalem on September 7, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 25, 2022, 5:23 pm

Hasidic faction picks replacement for Litzman to serve in Knesset

Yitzchak Goldknopf, known for network of educational institutions and chairing panel on Sabbath matters, will replace 23-year political veteran who resigned as part of plea deal

By TOI staff

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (right) attends a press conference with Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Iran's capital Tehran, June 25, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

June 25, 2022, 3:56 pm

Iran nuclear talks to resume in coming days, says top EU diplomat

EU’s Josep Borrell announces renewal of stalled negotiations during surprise trip to Tehran; US envoy: ‘We remain committed to the path of meaningful diplomacy’

By Agencies and TOI staff

Illustrative: A vipera palaestina viper in Israel. (CC BY-SA 3.0, Guy Haimovitch, Wikimedia Commons)

June 25, 2022, 2:37 pm

10-year-old girl, elderly man seriously injured by snake bites in separate incidents

Paramedics take victims to hospitals in unrelated occurrences within an hour

By TOI staff

France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne addresses media representatives following a presentation by GRTGaz at Bois-Colombes, north-west of Paris on June 23, 2022. (Thomas Coex/Various sources/AFP)

June 25, 2022, 12:41 pm

French PM reveals trauma over Holocaust survivor father’s suicide when she was 11

Elisabeth Borne says tragic history led her to avoid showing her emotions; explains her experiences after accusations, perhaps tinged with sexism, that she lacks warmth

By AFP and TOI staff

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi reacts to the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

June 25, 2022, 10:19 am

‘My country changed her face’: Pelosi responds to abortion ruling with Israeli poem

US House speaker reads Ehud Manor poem after seismic Supreme Court decision; top Democrat previously quoted poet after Jan. 6 Capitol attack, met with his widow in Israel

By TOI staff and Agencies

Illustrative -- IDF troops at the entrance to the West Bank village of Silwad on August 26, 2016 (Flash90)

June 25, 2022, 8:43 am

Palestinians say teen killed by IDF gunfire; military says group threw rocks at road

Mohammad Hamad, 16, dies of wounds; IDF says troops opened fire while carrying out arrest after group threw stones at highway near settlement; no further clarification given

By TOI staff and Agencies

Labor party leader and Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli speaks at a confrence in Jaffa, June 7, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90)

June 25, 2022, 4:53 am

After US abortion ruling, Israeli minister slams Trump’s ‘dark, women-hating regime’

Labor leader Merav Michaeli says if abortion rights can be taken away in US, it can happen anywhere; as only female party leader, urges people to vote for her in next election

By TOI staff and AP

King Abdullah II of Jordan, listens during his meeting with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., May 11, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

June 25, 2022, 2:34 am

Jordan’s king says Ukraine war exposes need for ‘Middle East NATO’

But Abdullah warns Palestinian issue a potential roadblock to the idea, says Russia’s focus on its invasion has created destabilizing vacuum filled by Iran-backed militias in Syria

By TOI staff

Israel's outgoing prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with his successor, incoming Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, after a special session to vote on a new government at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 13, 2021. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)

June 25, 2022, 12:59 am

Bennett says ‘divisive’ Netanyahu unsuitable as PM, but won’t rule out cooperation

Outgoing PM says he hasn’t decided whether he’ll run again in next elections; Shaked said to have exhausted all efforts to form an alternative coalition in existing Knesset

By TOI staff

US President Joe Biden addresses the nation at the White House in Washington, DC on June 24, 2022 following the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. - (Mandel NGAN / AFP)

June 24, 2022, 10:42 pm

Biden lambastes ‘extreme’ Supreme Court for overturning Roe in ‘tragic error’

President vows to do everything he can to protect abortion access for Americans; Israeli minister warns rights in Israel can be overturned as well

By AFP, TOI staff and AP

Turkish authorities arrest an alleged Iranian cell that sought to target Israelis in Istanbul on June 23, 2022. (Screen capture/CNN Turkey)

June 24, 2022, 8:41 pm

Official says Mossad, local intel foiled 3 Iran plots to attack Israelis in Istanbul

Israeli security source briefing reporters notes situation stabilizing in Turkey but predicts travel warning will remain in place for now as Iranian agents remain at large

By TOI staff

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh speaks during a press conference in Tehran, March 14, 2022. (AFP)

June 24, 2022, 3:29 pm

Iran dismisses ‘ridiculous’ allegations of planned attacks on Israelis in Turkey

Tehran accuses Lapid of trying to ‘destroy relations’ between Iran and Turkey, day after Israeli foreign minister met his Turkish counterpart in Ankara

By TOI staff

Yellow tape marks bullet holes on a tree and a portrait and flowers create a makeshift memorial at the site where Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Jenin, May 19, 2022.(Majdi Mohammed/AP)

June 24, 2022, 1:27 pm

UN claims Israel killed Al Jazeera journalist, with ‘seemingly well-aimed’ fire

Human Rights Office says bullet which killed Abu Akleh ‘came from Israeli security forces,’ urges criminal probe; Israel says it can’t be sure who killed her without testing bullet

By AFP and TOI staff