• Iran executes man it claims spied for Israel. Activists say he was tortured into false confession

    Iran executes man it claims spied for Israel. Activists say he was tortured into false confession

    Sep 17, 2025 05:40 PM EST

    ... has hanged eight people for espionage since its June war with Israel, sparking fears from activists that the government could conduct a wave of executions. Israel waged an air war with Iran, killing some 1,100 people, including many military commanders. Iran launched missiles barrages targeting Israel in response. Iran ...

  • EU lays out new tariffs and sanctions on Israel over war in Gaza

    EU lays out new tariffs and sanctions on Israel over war in Gaza

    Sep 17, 2025 04:08 PM EST

    "Pressure through sanctions will not work. The State of Israel is a proud sovereign nation, and we will not be bent through threats while Israel's security is at stake," he wrote in the letter. EU members divided over Israel The 27-nation EU has been split over the ...

  • Israeli troops press forward into Gaza City as Palestinians flee and death toll passes 65,000

    Israeli troops press forward into Gaza City as Palestinians flee and death toll passes 65,000

    Sep 17, 2025 02:41 PM EST

    ... community to take stronger measures to stop Israel's offensive on Gaza City. It came a day after a commission of U.N. experts found Israel was committing genocide in the Palestinian enclave. Israel denies the allegation. "What we are witnessing in Gaza is not only an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe ...

  • Spain joins group of countries threatening to boycott Eurovision if Israel competes

    Spain joins group of countries threatening to boycott Eurovision if Israel competes

    Sep 16, 2025 06:45 PM EST

    ... at a board meeting in Madrid. The announcement comes as diplomatic ties between Spain and Israel frayed after large protests against the presence of a Israeli-owned cycling team disrupted the Spanish Vuelta race. Spain's prime minister said Monday that he would like Israel to be banned from sporting ...

  • UN commission of inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza and urges global action

    UN commission of inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza and urges global action

    Sep 16, 2025 04:51 PM EST

    ... national identity. In coming to its conclusion of genocide, the commission said it pored over the conduct of Israeli security forces and "explicit statements" by Israeli civilian and military authorities, among other criteria. In particular, the experts cited as factors the death toll, Israel's "total siege" of Gaza and ...

  • Israel's military begins its ground offensive in Gaza City and thousands of residents flee

    Israel's military begins its ground offensive in Gaza City and thousands of residents flee

    Sep 16, 2025 02:09 PM EST

    ... also highlighted the countries’ close ties. Arab and Muslim nations denounced the strike at a summit Monday but stopped short of any major action targeting Israel. Egypt escalates its rhetoric against Israel Egypt, which has had a peace deal with Israel for decades and has also served as a mediator ...

  • Rubio affirms U.S. support for Israel's vision of military victory in Gaza

    Rubio affirms U.S. support for Israel's vision of military victory in Gaza

    Sep 15, 2025 10:55 PM EST

    ... you can do something without battle, it's better. Nick Schifrin: But that is highly unlikely, suggesting little chance for a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas, especially after Israel's strikes last Tuesday in Qatar, targeting Hamas' chief negotiators in the country that had been the mediators. Today ...

  • UK excludes Israelis from attending defense college over escalating war in Gaza

    UK excludes Israelis from attending defense college over escalating war in Gaza

    Sep 15, 2025 06:55 PM EST

    LONDON (AP) — A prestigious British defense college is excluding Israeli students from attending, officials confirmed Monday, in a decision that Israel's military has condemned as “disgraceful.” From next year, Israelis will not be able to attend programs at the Royal College of Defence Studies, in London, which offers professional ...

  • Spanish PM wants Israel banned from sporting events after protests disrupt cycling race

    Spanish PM wants Israel banned from sporting events after protests disrupt cycling race

    Sep 15, 2025 05:50 PM EST

    ... to praise the athletes and everyone who doesn't spoil things for others,” she wrote on Instagram. Vuelta race director Javier GuillĂ©n defended letting the Israeli team stay in the race. “The Vuelta’s position was clear, we had to abide to the norms of the International Cycling Union. It ...

  • Qatar summit in response to Israeli strike on Hamas in Doha leads to little action

    Qatar summit in response to Israeli strike on Hamas in Doha leads to little action

    Sep 15, 2025 02:32 PM EST

    ... in Israel on Monday for meetings with Netanyahu and other Israeli officials to express America's concern over the attack on Qatar and talk about Israel's planned new offensive on Gaza City. Rubio declined to address Israel's strike while speaking to journalists in Jerusalem, but he said America ...