Israel, US deploy religious rhetoric to counter pro-Palestinian statehood moves

With European nations poised to symbolically recognise Palestinian statehood, Israel and the United States have ramped up their religious rhetoric, which analysts say is heightening tensions and deepening divisions across the West and Middle East...

Israel defies Arab states' calls, begins ground assault in Gaza

Youssef Al-Dobeay (2nd from right), assistant secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, speaks at a news conference during the emergency summit in Doha on Monday. MAHMUD HAMS/AFP Israel launched an intensive ground offensive...

Iran executes man convicted of spying for Israel

2025-09-17T05:57:25+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Tehran Iran’s Judiciary on Wednesday executed citizen Babak Shahbazi following a final conviction for espionage on behalf of Israel’s Mossad Intelligence Agency. According to...

Israel presented Syria with detailed proposal for new security agreement – report

Israel has reportedly presented Syria with a detailed proposal for a new security agreement regarding southwest Syria, with Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer set to meet Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani in London on Wednesday to...

Israel expands its operation in Gaza

Jerusalem Sept. 17: The Israeli military began a ground offensive targeting Gaza City on Tuesday, slowly squeezing in on the Palestinian territory's largest city that has seen block after block already destroyed in the Israel-Hamas war. Residents...

Iran executes alleged Israeli spy that activists say was tortured into false confession

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with judiciary officials in Tehran on July 16, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran said Wednesday it executed a man it alleges spied for Israel,...

Israel strikes Yemen’s Hodeida port as Houthis activate air defenses

Israel carried out airstrikes on Yemen’s port city of Hodeida on Tuesday, prompting Iran-backed Houthi rebels to activate their air defenses. The Israeli military said it targeted “military infrastructure” at the Hodeida port, claiming it was...

Iran executes man for ‘spying’ for Israel, but activists say he was tortured into false confession

Iran said on Wednesday it executed a man who “spied” for Israel, something disputed by activists who say he was tortured into a false confession. The judiciary's Mizan news agency identified the executed man as Babak Shahbazi, who it claimed had...

Israel Is Orchestrating an Economic Collapse in the West Bank

HEBRON, WEST BANK—Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023, Rauf, a Palestinian construction worker from the West Bank, has only returned to his job in Israel once, in July 2024. After climbing over the Israeli-built wall separating...

Israel begins Gaza City offensive

JERUSALEM -- Israel launched its offensive in Gaza City on Tuesday, vowing to overwhelm a city already in ruins from nearly two years of war as thousands of Palestinians fled in vehicles strapped with mattresses and other belongings that clogged a...

Israeli troops invade south Syria after 'security agreement' with HTS

Israeli forces have carried out a ground incursion in Syria’s southwestern province of Quneitra, despite ongoing direct talks between the ruling Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) regime and the occupying entity on what authorities have described as “a...

Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel; activists say he was tortured into false confession

Iran announced Wednesday that it executed a man accused of spying for Israel, a charge activists insist was based on a forced confession obtained under torture, AP reported.The judiciary’s Mizan news agency identified the executed man as Babak...

Israel to open new route for Gazans fleeing besieged city

Israel’s army said Wednesday it had opened a temporary new route to allow people to flee Gaza City, a day after launching a major ground assault aimed at crushing Hamas. The Israeli military unleashed a massive bombardment of Gaza City before dawn...

Türkiye urges UN action over Israel’s Gaza City ground offensive

Türkiye’s presidential communications director on Tuesday called for urgent international action, especially by the UN, after Israel’s launch of a new phase of its military offensive on Gaza City. On Turkish social media platform NSosyal,...

Israeli high-tech faces slowdown in jobs and startups; yet record exits surge

Israeli high-tech sector is showing signs of a slowdown, with stagnant job growth and fewer startups being launched, even as 2025 marks a record year for exits. That’s according to a new report by the Israel Innovation Authority on the state of...

Israel, fires, farms and GORP: Hurd lays out August, September activities

U.S. House Rep. Jeff Hurd’s recess activities included farm tours, wildfire site visits and a trip to Israel to meet with top officials.The Grand Junction Republican representing Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District spoke to The Daily Sentinel...

Israel Defence Forces Enter Gaza City, Announce ‘Temporary Routes’ For Civilians To Leave

Last Updated:September 17, 2025, 11:30 IST The move came as Israeli troops officially entered Gaza City, intensifying the assault on what it calls the stronghold of Hamas fighters. Israeli soldiers, tanks and armoured personnel carriers (APCs)...

Israel-Gaza War: Thousands of Palestinians flee Gaza city as IDF launches ground assault, declares 'Gaza is Burning'

Israel declares "Gaza is burning", as it launches new offences on Gaza city. Israel Defence forces have begun expanded ground assaults in the Palestinian city. Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing Gaza City with their belongings. Israel-Gaza...

Turkmenistan's Ambassador to Pakistan discussed inter-parliamentary cooperation with the IPC leadership

Turkmenistan's Ambassador to Pakistan, Atajan Movlamov, discussed prospects for expanding interparliamentary cooperation with the leadership of the International Congress of Parliamentarians. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of...

Turkish President compares Netanyahu to Hitler

In remarks to reporters aboard his presidential plane during his return from Doha after participating in the Arab-Islamic summit, the Turkish president considered that Netanyahu and Hitler are ideologically close, and that just as Hitler did not...