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Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, other world leaders to attend Khamenei’s funeral

Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told Iranians to "rise up" and "demand revenge" during a speech on Thursday at the funeral.

 Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attends a quadrilateral meeting between the U.S., Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar, June 21, 2026.
Firefighters take a break as they work at a site of a Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 2, 2026.

Russia launches massive attack on Kyiv, killing at least 10 in retaliation for Ukrainian strikes

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrives to attend the second day of the first Syrian-Emirati (United Arab Emirates) Investment Forum, at the People's Palace in Damascus on May 12, 2026.

Confidence in Sharaa’s People’s Assembly low, majority want talks between Damascus, Sweida - poll

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping inspect an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 20, 2026.

Russia approved secret China military training at top level, sources say


‘Copenhagen’ in Jerusalem revisits the Nazi-era meeting that shaped the nuclear age

Copenhagen in Jerusalem’s Khan Theatre probes truth, memory, and nuclear ethics through the enigmatic 1941 meeting of Bohr and Heisenberg.

The Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen was founded in 1921 as the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Copenhagen by Danish theoretical physicist Niels Bohr.

Drone games put Ukraine's best military pilots to the test

This week's "Wild Drones" competition gathered pilots from 19 of Ukraine's best units and manufacturers of drones used on the front line.

A person holds a Sting interceptor drone by the Ukrainian company Wild Hornets at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, March 16, 2026

Politicians must prioritize 'hasbara' as Israel's global image crisis deepens - opinion

Rising global antisemitism and falling US support push Israel’s image crisis into the election spotlight.

Writer Nicholas Kristof, blood libel purveyor, receives an honorary doctorate in Letters during Brown University commencement exercises, in Rhode Island, 2011.

Lada Niva next generation: First look at the new design in Russia

Patent images published in Russia reveal the next generation of the 4x4 legend born back in the Soviet era. Why it resembles the Dacia Duster, and what are the chances we will see it in Israel.

The Next Niva: References to the Classic Model and the Dacia Duster.

France readies UN resolution on Hormuz as vote on US text stalls

China and Russia vetoed a similar US-backed text in April, arguing it was biased against Tehran.

Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations Jerome Bonnafont speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations Headquarters on March 23, 2026 in New York City.

Ukraine attacks Russian oil refinery 700 km deep into Russian territory

The strike in Yaroslavl is the latest attack on Russian oil facilities this year. Zelensky stated that Ukrainian forces had struck another oil refinery in Syzran for the eleventh time

A firefighter is seen on a site, as smoke billows from a fire at oil refinery, owned by Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft, in Moscow, Russia, November 17, 2018.

Russian fighter jets intercept British RAF planes over Black Sea on two separate occasions

UK defense officials said Russian Su-35 and Su-27 fighter jets flew within six meters of British reconnaissance aircraft, triggering emergency systems in the most serious encounter in years.

A Russian Su-27, flies over the Black Sea alongside an RAF Rivet Joint aircraft (not pictured) in April 2026.

Putin says Russia ready to work with US, has discussed this with Xi

"There is a point in comparing the content," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state television Kremlin reporter Pavel Zarubin when asked about comparisons with the Trump visit.

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 20, 2026.

Putin visits China after Trump as Moscow seeks to shore up ties - analysis

Putin's visit to China seems calculated on Moscow's part, as he obviously doesn’t want his Chinese partner to drift toward America. 

 Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk at the personal residence of the Chinese leader Zhongnanhai in Beijing, China September 2, 2025.

Belarus holds nuclear weapons exercises, says drills are not 'aimed at other states'

Belarus said the exercise would test the military's readiness to deploy nuclear weapons in different areas of the country.

A serviceman takes part in the "Zapad-2025" (West-2025) joint Russian-Belarusian military drills at a training ground near the town of Borisov, east of the capital Minsk, on September 15, 2025.