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Monday, 19 January 2026 07:36 am – Posted in Headlines Saudi Arabia doesn’t want Iran struck. Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly warned against it. Gulf states hosting U.S. bases have pleaded for restraint. Even countries that have spent decades fearing Iranian power are suddenly arguing that weakening Tehran could make everything worse. Read article
January 19, 2026 Gaza has been a global moral stage. For decades, it has functioned as a place where the world projects its outrage, its opinions, and its accusations. It has become a permanent platform for moral performance, where Israel is judged, condemned, and lectured, while the deeper questions of responsibility, cause, and consequence are quietly avoided. Governments issue statements. International bodies pass resolutions. Commentators offer judgments. Protest movements fill the streets. Yet what has been largely absent, decade after decade, is accountability—the willingness to carry cost, to enforce security, and to accept responsibility for outcomes rather than for words. …
January 18, 2026 Much of the public reaction to President Donald Trump’s statements and actions regarding Greenland, NATO, Gaza, Iran, and Israel has been driven more by surprise than by historical understanding. When examined carefully, what President Trump is doing is neither unprecedented nor irrational. It reflects long-standing strategic realities that the United States has understood for decades, often managed quietly, sometimes inconsistently, but never without awareness of their importance. The United States has attempted to acquire or secure Greenland multiple times in its history, not as an expression of expansionism, but because of geography and security. In 1867, the …
PM’s office says it was left out of talks on makeup of executive board, which includes top officials from Turkey, Qatar; American official retorts: ‘This is our show, not his show’ By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg 17 January 2026, 9:28 pmUpdated: 18 January 2026, 4:22 am US President Donald Trump greets Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, October 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Saturday that the White House’s unveiling of a key international oversight …
Regime hints it may go forward with executing protesters; CEO of Iran’s second-largest telecom company fired for not blocking internet, as shutdown returns after briefly easing By Agencies and Lazar Berman FollowToday, 1:16 am Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian takes questions from the media at a press briefing in New York, September 26, 2025. (Angelina Katsanis/AP) Iran’s president warned on Sunday that any US strike on the country would provoke a “harsh response,” and that any attack on its Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would be “tantamount to a full-scale war on the Iranian nation.” Masoud Pezeshkian’s threats came as the Islamic Republic’s judiciary hinted that …
The deal includes SDF withdrawal east of the Euphrates, integration of fighters into Syria’s defense ministries, and transfer of control over oil fields and key provinces to Damascus ■ i24NEWS, Ariel Oseran January 18, 2026 at 12:24 PM ■ latest revision January 18, 2026 at 12:42 PM Syrian state media reported on Sunday that the Syrian government and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have reached an immediate ceasefire after days of clashes in Kurdish-held areas of the northeast. The agreement, announced electronically by Damascus, marks a major shift in Syria’s ongoing efforts to reassert control over its Kurdish-majority regions. According to the Syrian presidency, …
Three new Lockheed Martin F-35i “Adir” fighter jets arrived at Nevatim Airbase and will join the 116th Squadron and the 140th Squadron. Uzi Baruch Published: Jan 18, 2026, 8:55 PM (GMT+2) 0:00 / 0:101xשלושה מטוסי F-35i חדשים נחתו בישראלדובר צה”ל Three F-35i “Adir” fighter jets, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, landed today (Sunday) at the Nevatim Air Base. The aircraft will be assigned to the 116th Squadron and the 140th Squadron. The Israeli Air Force insignia has been emblazoned on the aircraft. Since the outbreak of the war, the “Adir” fleet has been operating continuously across a wide range of defensive and …
Board of Peace executive committee responsible for overseeing postwar management of Gaza also includes Witkoff, Kushner, representatives from UAE, Egypt and pair of prominent businessmen By Jacob Magid Today, 4:53 am US President Donald Trump speaks at a dedication ceremony for a portion of Southern Boulevard, which the Town of Palm Beach Council recently voted to rename,”President Donald J. Trump Boulevard,” January 16, 2026, at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) The White House on Friday unveiled the members of a key international panel that will oversee the postwar management of Gaza. Notable members of the …
Axios reports that Trump and Netanyahu spoke on Thursday night to discuss Iran, their second phone call in two days on the Iran crisis. Israel National News Published: Jan 16, 2026, 8:56 PM (GMT+2) Netanyahu and TrumpAmos Ben Gershom/GPO US President Donald Trump held a phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday evening to discuss the escalating situation in Iran, Axios reported on Friday, citing two sources familiar with the conversation. It was the second call between the two leaders in as many days, as Trump weighs options ranging from a potential US military strike to renewed diplomatic engagement with a …
January 16, 2026 2:06 pm by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff Greece plans to extend its territorial waters further, including potentially in the Aegean Sea, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said on Friday, despite Turkey’s long-standing threat of war should Athens take such a step. The NATO allies, but historic rivals, have eased tensions in recent years but remain at odds over where their continental shelves begin and end in the Aegean – an area believed to hold significant energy potential and with implications for overflights and airspace. Greece has already extended its territorial waters in the Ionian Sea to 12 nautical miles from six, following agreements with Italy, and it has signed …
Alerts cite ‘regional tensions’ as Washington weighs strike on regime; UK shuts Tehran embassy; Lufthansa group says it will limit flights to Israel so crew won’t have overnight stay By ToI Staff and AgenciesToday, 9:46 am Screen capture of a US Embassy in Jerusalem security alert on travel to Israel, issued January 15, 2026. (US Embassy Jerusalem) The US and the UK issued warnings on Thursday against travel to Israel, as tensions spiraled over the Iranian regime’s lethal crackdown on protests in the country and amid indications an American strike on the Islamic Republic could be imminent. US President Donald Trump repeatedly warned, …
The statement put Rajji in the crosshairs of Hezbollah supporters, with several prominent figures releasing statements condemning the Foreign Minister and his statement during the interview. LEBANESE FOREIGN MINISTER Youssef Rajji attends a press conference during his Syrian couterpart Asaad Al-Shibani’s first official visit since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, at the foreign ministry in Beirut, Lebanon, October 10, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR) ByTZVI JASPER JANUARY 15, 2026 06:23Updated: JANUARY 15, 2026 06:28 Youssef Rajji, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lebanon, said that “so long as Hezbollah is not completely disarmed, Israel has the right to continue its attacks,” in an interview with …
The officials are concerned that the Iranian regime is not yet weak enough to be effectively ended through US strikes. US President Donald Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Michigan, US, January 13, 2026.(photo credit: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo) ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN JANUARY 15, 2026 06:07Updated: JANUARY 15, 2026 07:38 President Trump has said he would not want to bring the US into a war in Iran that could last weeks or months, NBC reported early Thursday morning, citing two people familiar with the discussions and a person close to the White House. Trump wants any US strike to be a “definitive” blow, according …
