2+ hour, 30+ min ago  (792+ words) Islamabad isn't often called on to act as an intermediary in high-stakes diplomacy, but it's stepped into the role this time for several reasons, both because it has relatively good ties with both Washington and Tehran and because it has…...

3+ hour, 31+ min ago  (384+ words) Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter Welcome to The Times of Israel's Lazar Focus. Each Friday, join host'diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman for a deep dive into what's behind the news that spins the globe. The fledgling ceasefire…...

3+ hour, 13+ min ago  (1134+ words) After 40 days of severe disruptions for travelers due to the war with Iran, Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, the country's main international gateway, is being fully reopened. Israeli airlines are working at full speed to reinstate their regular schedules by…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago  (633+ words) Israeli leaders overnight Thursday denounced the government of Pakistan, which is mediating the US-Iran ceasefire negotiations, after the country's defense minister called Israel "cancerous." In a post on X, Khawaja Asif wrote, "Israel is evil and a curse for humanity,…...

3+ hour, 37+ min ago  (15+ words) Melania Trump denies connection to Epstein case, calls accusations "baseless lies'The Times of Israel...

5+ hour, 1+ min ago  (732+ words) WASHINGTON (Reuters) " US House of Representatives Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic effort to end US attacks on Iran, as Donald Trump's party continued to prevent efforts to rein in the Republican president's war powers. Representative Chris Smith, a New…...

6+ hour, 3+ min ago  (1148+ words) Israel and Hezbollah continued to exchange fire into Friday, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's announcement of peace talks with Lebanon, which had continued to reel from major Israeli strikes two days earlier. There was no immediate response to the Israeli…...

5+ hour, 16+ min ago  (935+ words) On a recent morning at the Shulich Faculty of Chemistry at Haifa's Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, three post-doctoral students from India were immersed in their research experiments. The lab was crowded with glass beakers, bottles, test tubes, and syringes. Suddenly,…...

5+ hour, 12+ min ago  (1006+ words) US President Donald Trump's announcement of a two-week ceasefire between the United States and a battered but still defiant Islamic Republic has calmed the Iranian battlefield. But it has had the opposite effect in the Israeli political arena, with party…...

7+ hour, 33+ min ago  (909+ words) With a ceasefire in Iran taking effect early Wednesday morning, the full scope of the joint Israeli-American 40-day campaign against the Islamic Republic began to emerge. Israel, on February 28, launched its campaign against Iran, alongside the United States, to degrade…...