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Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei moved to underground bunker in Tehran as son assumes responsibilities.   Jan 24, 2026, 6:50 PM (GMT+2) Man in London protests IRGC regime, holding photo of Ali KhameneiREUTERS/Toby Melville TPX Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been transferred to an underground bunker in Iran after senior officials in the country’s security forces assessed that concerns are growing over a possible American strike, Iran International reported Saturday. Khamenei’s son, Masoud, has assumed governing authority. Meanwhile, Iran Times, a newspaper identified with the IRGC, quoted the Iranian Defense Ministry spokesperson as saying that Iran’s defensive and missile capabilities have become more …

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“There is very optimistic talk suggesting the possibility of opening Israeli embassy in Damascus, given the significant progress in the prospect of Syria joining the Abraham Accords,” the source said Ariel Oseran ■ Senior Middle East Correspondent, i24NEWS English Channel ■  January 24, 2026 at 09:51 AM Syrian and Israeli officials are expected to meet soon under U.S. mediation, perhaps in Paris, to finalize a security agreement between Damascus and Jerusalem, a source close to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa told i24NEWS on Saturday.   According to the Syrian source, the talks will also focus on various potential joint strategic and economic projects in the buffer zones …

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Leaders and representatives of at least 18 nations were on stage. JNS Staff Argentine President Javier Milei and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sign the founding charter of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace during a ceremony on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2026. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images. (Jan. 22, 2026 / JNS) U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday launched his Board of Peace at a ceremony on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, attended by representatives of at least 18 nations. Leaders and …

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“If they don’t do it, they’ll be blown away very quickly. They’ll be blown away,” Trump said at an aside during Davos. Hamas terrorists in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip December 3, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER)ByREUTERSJANUARY 21, 2026 17:47Updated: JANUARY 22, 2026 09:51 US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it should be known within three weeks whether Hamas will agree to give up its weapons, and threatened action if the group does not. “That’s what they agreed to. They’ve got to do it. And we’re going to know … over the next two or three days – certainly over the next three …

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Official says move is ‘posture change’; Tehran signals fast trials and executions for protesters as official death toll in crackdown passes 2,500, though actual number may be much higher By Agencies, Lazar Berman Followand ToI Staff14 January 2026, 4:52 pm File: A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrives at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar on April 9, 2016. (Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/U.S. Air Force via AP) Amid concerns of a new round of fighting with Iran, some personnel were advised to leave the US military’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Wednesday and Israel’s official state …

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Israeli police have allowed Jewish visitors to bring printed prayer texts onto the Temple Mount for the first time, marking a notable shift at the highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site i24NEWS January 21, 2026 at 06:51 AM ■ latest revision January 21, 2026 at 06:54 AM Israeli police have, for the first time, permitted Jewish visitors to enter the Temple Mount carrying printed prayer materials, marking a notable shift in the management of one of Jerusalem’s most sensitive religious sites.  According to multiple reports, Jewish worshippers were handed liturgical leaflets on Wednesday morning ahead of their ascent to the compound. The leaflets reportedly …

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Zamir visits air base that welcomed three new F-35s into IAF arsenal; at Home Front Command earlier in week, IDF chief said Israel preparing for ‘surprise war’ By Emanuel Fabian, FollowToI Staff and AP21 January 2026, 5:55 pm  IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks to Israeli Air Force pilots and air personnel at the Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel, January 21, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces) IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir on Wednesday said the military was prepared to act against any enemy posing a threat to the country amid ongoing tensions with Iran. During a visit to the …

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Options said to include actions aimed at toppling regime; Iran says it would fight back ‘with everything we have’; Amnesty warns Iran plans to execute protester on Wednesday By ToI Staff and AgenciesToday, 10:06 am A US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron lands at an unnamed base in the Middle East, January 18, 2026 (CENTCOM/X) US President Donald Trump is continuing to push his aides to devise what he calls “decisive” military options against Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, days after the American leader called off strikes against the Islamic Republic. Citing US officials, the report …

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 Jan 21, 2026, 10:41 AM (GMT+2) IDF: A short while ago, in response to Hezbollah’s repeated violations of the ceasefire understandings, the IDF struck a Hezbollah terrorist in the Bourj el-Chamali area in southern Lebanon.

“Anything ever happens, the whole country is going to get blown up,” Trump said and added, “I would absolutely hit them so hard. But I have very firm instructions.” US President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet in the situation room during US strikes on Iran, June 22, 2025.(photo credit: WHITE HOUSE) ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF JANUARY 21, 2026 07:20Updated: JANUARY 21, 2026 11:43 US President Donald Trump assured on Tuesday that if Iran attempts to assassinate him, he would make the “order to wipe it off the face of this Earth.” Trump’s comments were made during an interview with NewsNation‘s Katie Pavlich Tonight, which marked …

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Tehran’s top diplomat posts video saying anti-regime protests were a ‘terror operation’ by Mossad; Israeli president says regime in ‘no position to lecture others on morality’ By AFP and ToI Staff20 January 2026, 1:55 pm Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (left) attends a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein, in Tehran, Iran, on January 18, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP); President Isaac Herzog speaks during a ceremony marking the lighting of the first Hanukkah candle at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, on December 14, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90) PARIS, France — Iran’s foreign minister hit out at the World Economic Forum …

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Senior Hamas figures are reportedly weighing a coordinated departure from Gaza following the rollout of Phase II of Donald Trump’s plan, according to sources cited by Asharq al-Awsat. A Hamas terrorist in the Gaza Strip. February 4, 2025.(photo credit: Ali Hassan/Flash90)ByJAMES GENN  JANUARY 20, 2026 13:53Updated: JANUARY 20, 2026 14:52 Senior leaders of the Hamas terror group are preparing a “safe exit” from the Gaza Strip, sources within the terror group revealed to Saudi outlet Asharq al-Awsat on Tuesday. This comes after the US announced the start of Phase II of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, which calls for establishing a technocratic government to administer …

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“We have a certain argument with our friends in the United States over the composition of the executive board that will oversee the processes in Gaza,” the Israeli prime minister said. Israeli soldiers inside the Gaza Strip, seen from the Israeli side of the border, Jan. 15, 2026. Photo by Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90. (Jan. 19, 2026 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that there would be no Turkish or Qatari troops deployed to Gaza as part of Phase 2 of the Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan. Speaking at a Knesset debate on “violence and crime in the Arab …

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