US and Iran agree to Friday talks in Oman but still at odds over agenda
The U.S. and Iran have agreed to hold talks this Friday, in a rare diplomatic opening as tensions rise between the two nations.
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Israeli troops kill terrorist posing threat in southern Gaza
Soldiers of the IDF’s 188th “Barak” Armored Brigade eliminated “a terrorist in the Yellow Line area who approached the forces.”
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Turkey’s Erdogan visits Saudi Arabia as ties between former rivals warm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Riyadh on Tuesday, his first visit in more than two years, as ties warm between Saudi Arabia and its rival-turned-ally.
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IDF soldier wounded by terrorist gunfire in Gaza Strip
An Israel Defense Forces reservist was seriously wounded by terrorist fire in northern Gaza on Tuesday night, in what the military called a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire agreement by Hamas.
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PA TV reveals Gazans endangered children for terror stipends
The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Tuesday tweeted a video of Syrian journalist Mustafa al-Miqdad alleging that some Gazans send their children into dangerous situations in the hope they will be injured by Israeli forces so their families can collect compensation from the Palestinian Authority.
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US Navy downs Iranian drone approaching aircraft carrier in Arabian Sea
A U.S. Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian Shahed-139 drone that approached the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, roughly 500 miles from Iran’s southern coast, U.S. Central Command stated on Tuesday.
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Trump, Iran edge toward nuclear-talks showdown
The upcoming U.S.-Iran nuclear talks are now expected to be held in Oman on Friday, after the Trump administration agreed to Tehran’s request to move the venue from Turkey, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing an Arab source familiar with the discussions.
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Israel’s ‘Captain Ella,’ highest-ranking Muslim officer, named IDF’s newest Arabic spokeswoman
Maj. Ella Waweya, widely known as “Captain Ella,” will be appointed as the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesperson, replacing Col. Avichay Adraee, the military announced on Tuesday.
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Anti-Jewish hate crimes up 182% in New York City in Mamdani’s first month as mayor, per NYPD
The New York City Police Department reported what it said was its safest January for gun violence in recorded history but admitted, at the end of a press release, that antisemitic hate crimes were up 182% in the city in January 2026 compared to January 2025.
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Anti-Israel, former president of Chile nominated as next UN secretary-general
Backed by Mexico and Brazil, Gabriel Boric, Chile’s outgoing president, nominated former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, a harsh critic of the Jewish state, to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations.
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US envoy Witkoff to visit Israel, meet Netanyahu, Israeli officials say
U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Israel for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s military chief.
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IDF chief holds talks in DC as US weighs Iran strikes
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir held talks in Washington over the weekend with American officials, focusing on Iran.
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2,000-year-old Pilgrimage Road to Temple Mount opens to public after years of digging
For Michael Ganeles and his wife, visiting the City of David in Jerusalem was a must when they took their three children to Israel for the first time from West Hempstead, New York, to celebrate their middle daughter’s bat mitzvah.
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IDF kills Hezbollah terrorist in Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces on Monday targeted and killed a Hezbollah terrorist near Ansariyah in southwestern Lebanon “in response to Hezbollah’s repeated violations of the ceasefire understandings,” the military said.
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Maryland man faces 20 years after admitting to trying to join ISIS, aiming to ‘gun down’ Zionists
Michael Sam Teekaye Jr., of Hanover, Md., pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to trying to join the Islamic State, a U.S.-designated terror organization.
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Satellite photos track Iranian efforts to conceal nuke program’s status during threat of US attack
In recent days, multiple satellite photo providers have put out pictures of the latest Iranian efforts to conceal the status of their nuclear program rebuilding efforts at Natanz, Isfahan, and Parchin-Taleghan 2.
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Father of former hostage to join faculty at Columbia University
Jonathan Dekel-Chen, the father of former Israeli-American hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36, is slated to join the faculty at Columbia University as a visiting professor at the School of International and Public Affairs in July.
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Iran assassin gets 15 years for trying to kill Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad
Carlisle Rivera, 50, a convicted murderer hired by Iran to assassinate Iranian-American journalist and human-rights activist Masih Alinejad, was sentenced on Jan. 28 to 15 years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
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