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Image source, Reuters JD Vance's very public criticism  of Israeli cabinet ministers today shows the depth of the Trump administration's current displeasure with its key ally. Trump this week accused Israel of using vastly disproportionate force by killing civilians in Lebanon during Israel’s attacks on the Iran-backed Hezbollah. Vance told the New York Times that his message for ultranationalist ministers in Israel was "you can't just kill your way out of" national security problems, before telling reporters that Israel was globally isolated and only Trump was backing the country. All this cumulatively amounts to the sharpest public criticism from any US administration against Israel since its foundation, and signals how angry Trump is that the Israel-Hezbollah conflict could spike his pact with Tehran. But one further point: In an election year, Trump’s political and economic fate is deeply linked to the survivability of his deal. Part of this very public row wi...

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's grandson, Hassan Khomeini speaks during the 36th anniversary of the death of the leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, at Khomeini's shrine in southern Tehran, Iran June 4, 2025. (photo credit:  Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA/Reuters ) Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the founder of the Islamic regime, Ruhollah Mostafavi Musavi Khomeini, hailed the Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU ) as a major “victory” for  Tehran , promising that the “greater jihad” would now begin, according to a speech aired by state media earlier this week. Khomeini advised that to maintain victory, Iranians “must stay away from pointless disputes, disputes that are the product of ego and self-centeredness.” While it is unclear which disputes he was referring to, the regime has struggled to suppress growing domestic dissent, most visibly during the January demonstrations that erupted over the country's worsening economic conditi...

(Illustrative) Palestinian members of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement. (photo credit:  ABED RAHIM KHATIB/FLASH90 ) A San Diego resident was arrested on suspicion of raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for Hamas through fundraising campaigns that appeared to be humanitarian aid efforts for residents of the Gaza Strip, the  US Justice Department  announced Wednesday. Reda Mazen Rida Sabassi, 38, of San Diego, California, was charged in a five-count criminal complaint with terrorism, sanctions evasion, wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements, according to the Justice Department. Sabassi was arrested Tuesday and appeared before US Magistrate Judge Steve B. Chu in the Southern District of California. If convicted, he could face significant prison terms. Each of the four charges carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

IDF troops killed two terrorists on Saturday, one of them being a commander who participated in the October 7 massacres and held hostages, the military said on Wednesday. Hamas platoon commander Muhammad Sa’id Ahmad Nimrouti, who held numerous hostages in tunnels according to the military, was eliminated in a strike in southern Gaza, the statement said.  Alongside him, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) platoon commander Mu’awiya Suleiman Saqr Ayadi, who infiltrated Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, was eliminated in central Gaza, the military said. Both terrorists were posing a direct threat to soldiers, the IDF said, and specifically, Ayadi was planting explosives. Both were said to have launched attacks during the course of the war, and increasingly so during the last weeks.

A symbolic mockup of an Iranian missile is displayed, amid a ceasefire between U.S. and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 27, 2026. (photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/REUTERS) The economic relief granted to Iran under the reported terms of the  Memorandum of Understanding  (MoU) would likely allow the Islamic regime to immediately reconstitute its military powers, according to an assessment published by the American think tank the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) on Tuesday. Though US President  Donald Trump  denied reports of a $300 billion fund slated for Iran in comments on the sidelines of the G7 summit on Wednesday, ISW noted that Iranian officials have already promised that funds set to be released as part of the deal would be used to rebuild its missile and drone programs. Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told Iranian press in May, “I think even the stones of Mina would be moved to tears upon hearing such absurd statements from American off...

A tugboat moves cargo towards the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam province, Oman, July 20, 2018 (photo credit: HAMAD I MOHAMMED/REUTERS) While US President  Donald Trump  has recently hailed the resumption of oil flows from Gulf allies, Iran, too, appears to be gearing up to resume exports and trading. At least three tankers carrying some five million barrels of Iranian oil have sailed through the US naval blockade this week, shipping data shows, despite the US military saying its operations against Iran-linked shipping will stay in place until Friday. The oil market has focused on a deal to end the Iran war which Trump announced on June 14 and is  scheduled to be signed on Friday  in Switzerland. "The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Sunday. "Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!"

An oil tanker docked at the Port of Fujairah, as the US-Israel conflict with Iran limits marine traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, May 6, 2026. (photo credit: Amr Alfiky/Reuters) A $300 billion private fund designed to trigger investment into Iran is outlined in the  US-Iran framework agreement  and more than half that sum has already been committed, a source with direct knowledge of the deal told Reuters. The fund is designed to give both sides an economic incentive to conclude a final deal to end the war, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the plan has not yet been announced as Washington and Tehran prepare to sign on Friday. The fund's existence has been previously reported but Reuters is revealing for the first time that more than half of the amount has already been committed and that it will be comprised entirely of private-sector funds