It was 3.30am and pitch black when an Iranian Shahed drone hit the canopy of a US Apache helicopter off the coast of Oman. In normal circumstances, the AH-64 aircraft and its two pilots would have been incinerated on impact, but the drone’s warhead ignited but did not explode.
Erased Israeli Settlers' Brutal War on Palestinian Communities in the West BankScroll downCredit: Avishay Mohar, B'TselemHagar ShezafShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsAppThese images appear again and again – from the ground, from the air, and on maps: dozens of Palestinian communities wiped off the landscape, while illegal Israeli settler outposts continue to spread across the West Bank.Since October 7, 2023, this phenomenon has intensified significantly. Unlike the war in Gaza, there is no discussion in Israel about ending this parallel campaign of dispossession.
Third War or Just Another Rodeo? How Israel and Iran Ended Up Here AgainHaaretz08.06.2026 | 20:51Share in TwitterGift this article SaveSave article to reading listSend in e-mailSend in e-mail Share in FacebookShare in Twitter Send in e-mailSend in e-mail Go to comments3 Print article SaveSave article to reading list Zen ReadShare in TwitterGift this article SaveSave article to reading listSend in e-mailSend in e-mail Share in FacebookShare in Twitter Send in e-mailSend in e-mail Go to comments3 Print article SaveSave article to reading list Zen ReadHaaretzJun 8, 2026 | 20:51Get email notification for articles from Haaretz FollowJun 8, 2026 | 20:51HaaretzJun 8, 2026 | 20:51Get email notification for articles from Haaretz FollowJun 8, 2026 | 20:51Israel and Iran exchanged direct attacks on Sunday night, shattering a cease-fire that had held since April 8.Late Sunday, Iran launched missiles at Israel in what it said was retaliation for an Israeli strike on Hezbollah in Beirut.
Iran has threatened to target all of Elon Musk's companies in the Middle East, including SpaceX's Starlink service.
A bill seeking to establish state police and devolve policing powers to sub-national governments on Thursday scaled second reading in the Senate. The development is a major step in ongoing efforts to establish state police in Nigeria’s security architecture. The bill was subsequently referred by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on the […]
In a major push, the government is rushing to place temporary housing at about 60 empty sites in the Israeli-occupied West Bank before national elections this fall.
What makes this year’s warning especially troubling is that the deterioration isn’t driven by a temporary downturn but by deeper demographic and policy changes
The French singer and actor faces preliminary charges of rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, and harassment
To put it plainly, nitrogen hypoxia kills by starving someone of the oxygen needed to sustain lifeThe eighth amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment is among the most noble and valuable constitutional protections. It is the only provision of the constitution that recognizes the dignity and humanity of everyone, even those who commit the vilest crimes.But in the last several years, this great legal and moral achievement has taken a beating at the hands of conservative judges and justices. They have done much to empty it of its meaning by tethering it to the views of the people who wrote it more than two centuries ago.
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Fifa president has prostrated the organisation before Donald Trump and lost control of his own tournament as a resultEven the Nazis tried to tone things down a bit. Before the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, acutely conscious of how it might be perceived by foreign visitors, the Third Reich tried to soften some of its harder, more intolerant edges. Antisemitic signs and images were removed from shops and other public places. Der Stürmer was removed from newspaper kiosks. Paragraph 175, the country’s strict anti‑homosexuality law, was temporarily suspended.By contrast, the 2026 men’s World Cup is being co-hosted in a country utterly indifferent to what a foreign visitor might think of it. In this respect, the US of Donald Trump is tonally different to any host of a major sporting event that has preceded it: a country that actively wants you to see the darkness in its heart, the inhumanity at its core, that gets off on your revulsion.
The United States launched strikes against Iran after Donald Trump vowed to attack “very hard” in a significant escalation of the war. US forces hit “multiple targets” hours after the US president outlined plans to punish Iran for pulling out of peace talks and for downing an American helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.
Disruption to global energy supplies sparks surge in demand for alternatives
President Donald Trump threatened to take Iran’s most critical oil terminal “in the not too distant future,” after fresh attacks on U.S. bases in the region.
Cowardice reigned at Holyrood this week when First Minister John Swinney failed even to defend his refusal to support a root-and-branch investigation into the embezzlement of £400,000 from his party’s funds by Nicola Sturgeon’s husband, Peter Murrell. Instead he ordered his troops to back a shoddy compromise, which will temporarily take the heat out of the criticisms of his leadership and also fail miserably to answer the hundreds of unanswered questions thrown up by the five-year police inquiry.
Attackers torched neighborhoods across Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, after a Sudanese asylum seeker was arrested and accused of stabbing a man.
The defence secretary’s departure was the wrong resignation at the worst possible time for the prime ministerDuring Wednesday’s prime minister’s questions, the defence secretary was standing at the other end of the Commons, away from other cabinet members on the government frontbench. His expression gave nothing away as Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch blamed one another for spending too much on welfare and not enough on defence. In hindsight, he was possibly thinking “to hell with both of them”. Most defence secretaries go native sooner or later, imagining themselves to be embedded officers serving on the frontline. Tory Ben Wallace appeared to hate most of his cabinet colleagues by the time he resigned in 2023.Less than 24 hours after PMQs, , his departure being all the more powerful for being so unexpected. This exit seemed to come out of a clear blue sky. There had been no briefings to the media in the preceding days. No threats to stand down if his demands were not met. All the arguments had taken place behind closed doors. A determination to do the right thing throughout.
Sebastia boasts ancient splendor and wealth. It holds countless testimonies to the existence of a powerful, affluent, stable and self-assured kingdom, with enormous structures, beautiful stone columns and magnificent capitals.
Oil price rises as Washington and Tehran send mixed signals over status of the Strait of Hormuz
The final conclusions of the investigation have yet to be published, although more could become apparent in the coming days.
Experts are urging officials to rethink their decision on prostate cancer screening, after an MRI approach was shown to slash the need for invasive biopsies by half while speeding up diagnoses.
Doug Wilson also calls Latter-day Saints ‘ polytheists’ who worship multiple gods
U.S. President Donald Trump warns of "VERY HARD" attack on Iran, threatens to seize Kharg Island; Iran's top negotiator says such decisiosns will "explode energy infrastructure and markets"
President claims Tehran is ‘in submission’ as he attacks press coverage of war
Somali referee Omar Artan who was barred by the United States from the World Cup has been picked for the showcase UEFA Super Cup game in August
The strait is a crucial maritime route, through which 20 percent of global oil and natural gas is shipped in peacetime.
On Wednesday, the US launched a new round of 'self-defense' strikes on the country.
Fifteen miles south of the World Cup’s opening night party, the parents of Mexico’s missing dig through the dirt for their loved ones. Two shallow graves were found last week on rubbish-strewn farmland near the modern stadium where Son Heung-min’s South Korea face Czech Republic on Thursday.
The military junta has detained thousands of political prisoners since the 2021 coup, and a pattern of gender-based abuses is becoming clearIn August 2021, news spread across a Myanmar protesters’ network that Thazin*, an activist and former university student, had been killed. The protest she attended that summer in Mandalay had been broken up by soldiers shooting and driving cars into the crowds.Most of the demonstrators were able to jump on to their motorcycles and flee. Thazin was not among them, and word spread that a young woman had been seen shot dead.
Two 'violating ships' attempting passage through Hormuz hit, Iranian media says; Iran's UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani rejected Trump's threat, saying "no sustainable deal can be reached through threats, intimidation, or the use of force."
WARNING GRAPHIC CONENT: Trump insiders have warned that the UK has hit a 'tripwire' after anti-migrant riots broke out in Belfast following a vicious stabbing.
The damage at Vjosa-Narta is not fake news. Bulldozers are tearing into one of Europe’s most precious wetlands.
Download our app President Donald Trump has said the US military will strike Iran “very hard” tonight as he pressures Tehran to agree to a deal. “The United States will be hitting Iran (whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of defense, together with most of its offensive capability, are GONE!), VERY HARD TONIGHT.
Exclusive: Letters from inside the underground H Unit of Oklahoma state penitentiary allege beatings, vermin, degrading punishment and in many cases no access to a most basic necessity – natural light“Down here in the tombs, there aren’t any windows,” writes Tremane Wood from inside his cell, in a modern-day American “dungeon” that few people have ever heard of.“It’s really like living in cave,” he writes in another letter. “It’s dark and damp. Sometimes this place drives people mad. The hardest part is the isolation.”
South Korea’s regulatory investigation of Coupang, an e-commerce giant incorporated in the United States, has led to diplomatic tension between Seoul and Washington.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune could well end up the loser of Trump’s war with Democrats over Bill Pulte simply because House Speaker Mike Johnson is closer to the president, writes John Bowden
Defence secretary John Healey’s dramatic resignation from the Government has exposed the hollowness of Sir Keir Starmer’s constant refrain that his main priority as Prime Minister is the defence of the realm. As recently as Monday, when he hosted Volodymyr Zelensky at Downing Street to discuss the war with Russia, Starmer was at pains to reiterate his claim that his “first duty is to keep our country safe”.
Labor talking points this week concede Australians are frustrated with an economy that ‘isn’t working for them’. The goal will be to convince voters One Nation isn’t eitherGet our , or It was mid-January when Anthony Albanese publicly admitted his “worry” about the rise of One Nation.The prime minister’s concern was not the political risk to himself or to Labor but rather the threat Pauline Hanson posed to the stability of Australia’s two-party system.
The UK’s accountancy watchdog is to investigate the auditors of a shadow bank that collapsed amid allegations of fraud earlier this year. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said on Thursday it had opened investigations into a network of four small accountancy firms that signed off accounts for Market Financial Solutions (MFS).
Wimbledon singles champions will collect a whopping £3.6m each after the All England Club responded to pressure from mutinous players by increasing prize money for this year’s Championships. It remains to be seen, however, whether the players will be content with a total pot that has taken a colossal leap from £53.5m last summer to £64.2m this year – the largest annual increase in the history of the tournament to the tune of 20 per cent.
Taliban officials are stopping Afghan women in markets and on the streets for not wearing gloves, socks and veils to fully cover up their bodies – and shooting protesters who object. Arpan Rai reports
Joanna found herself whispering as she spoke with the A&E receptionist. The shame she felt almost outweighed the pain pulsing through her badly bruised back and ribs, so excruciating she was struggling to breathe.
He is one of Washington’s most quoted opponents of the Iran War. The administration is weighing whether to revoke his green card, with some officials arguing he isn’t just another pundit.
The US military had attacked the Palau-flagged tanker on Wednesday after accusing it of not complying with directions.
A knife attack in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has sparked violent riots fueled by anti-migrant rhetoric
Foreign workers building a sprawling $350 million American Consulate in Milan say they were paid less than $2 an hour after being promised fair wages
Hostilities between the U.S. and Iran have escalated, with Iran retaliating against U.S. air and cruise missile strikes
The US carries out strikes on military targets in southern Iran. Tehran responds by targeting US military assets in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.
Iran claims it has shut the Strait of Hormuz and has vowed to attack any vessel attempting to pass through, in response to renewed American strikes. On Wednesday night, the US said it conducted “self-defence strikes” on military targets across Iran that “posed a threat” to ships, in a significant escalation of the war.
Police and protesters have clashed for a second night in Belfast. Meanwhile, the family of the victim of Monday's knife attack – which sparked the disorder – have hit out at fake news being shared on social media. Follow the latest.