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Iran Warns of Regional Conflict if US Attacks, Designates EU Armies ‘Terrorists’
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 17, 2026. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS Iran’s leadership warned of a regional conflict on Sunday if the US were to attack it, stoking the tension between Washington and Tehran, and it designated…
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No Imminent Attack on Iran as Washington Reportedly Deploys Additional Air Defenses
A Lockheed Martin Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile interceptor is seen during the third annual “Made in America Product Showcase” on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 15, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque – RC1C57519ED0/File Photo i24 News – A US military strike on Iran is not expected in…
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Diplomatic ties fray further as South Africa and Israel kick out each other’s envoys
(JTA) — South Africa has expelled Israel’s top diplomat in the country, spurring Israel to respond hours later by removing South Africa’s envoy. The South African Foreign Ministry announced on Friday morning that it had declared Ariel Seidman, who was appointed chargé d’affaires at Israel’s embassy in South Africa last year, as persona non grata,…
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‘Reminds me of Anne Frank’: Jewish seniors and Holocaust survivors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers
(JTA) — About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments. “That reminds me of Anne Frank,” Rachel Blumberg, president and CEO of the center, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “There’s a kindred bond…
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With the last hostage released, is American Jewish unity over?
When the remains of the last Israeli hostage in Gaza returned to Israel this week, Scott Spindel, a lawyer in Encino, Calif., finally took off the thick steel dog tag he had put on after the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, 2023. His friend Lauren Krieger, an orthopedic surgeon, did the same. And he pulled…
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Iran President Says Trump, Netanyahu, Europe Stirred Tensions in Protests
Amnesty International Greek activists and Iranians living in Athens hold candles and placards in front of the Greek Parliament to support the people of Iran, in Athens, Greece, January 30, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that US, Israeli and European leaders had exploited Iran’s…
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CBS News Chief Weiss Touts Commentator Push, Draws Mixed Reaction in Newsroom
FILE PHOTO: Bari Weiss speaks at the 2022 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Three months into her tenure, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss presented a vision this week to revitalize the nearly century-old broadcaster, in part by applying the same formula that fueled the rise…
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IDF Strikes Hamas, PIJ Commanders in Gaza in Retaliation for Ceasefire Violations
File photo of a Hamas tunnel underneath a home in Rafah. Photo: IDF i24 News – The Israeli military and security services announced a response on Saturday to a violation of the ceasefire agreement yesterday on Friday, that saw eight terrorists exiting the underground terror infrastructure in eastern Rafah. Israeli security forces have, thus far,…
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US Approves More Than $6.5 Billion in Potential Military Sales to Israel, Pentagon Says
A US Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU) unloads a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) as sailors guide it ashore during amphibious operations in Arroyo, Puerto Rico, December 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo The US State Department has approved more than $6.5 billion in potential military sales to Israel in three separate contracts, the Pentagon said…
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US Officials Tell i24NEWS Israeli Concerns About Gaza Board of Peace Are ‘Unfounded’
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump is interviewed by Reuters White House correspondent Steve Holland (not pictured) during an exclusive interview in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 14, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo i24 News – Amid the criticism in Israel over the composition of the “Board of Peace”…
