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Iran's Red Crescent has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate, as both sides accuse each other of violating a June ceasefire.

A bloc representing 40 percent of the world's population, from Russia and China to India and Pakistan, jointly denounced the US and Israeli strikes on Iran at a summit in Kyrgyzstan.

Americans paid nearly $60 billion more at the pump this spring than a year earlier, and the Gulf shipping crisis shows no sign of easing before the price hits again.

Opening the Strait of Hormuz has become the number one U.S. goal.

Two London-based political scientists argue the sanctions could backfire, uniting Iran's government against outside pressure while costing the US diplomatic credibility abroad.

Ten states, including the US, Russia and Israel, opposed reappointing Volker Turk, whose office faces its own budget crisis as he begins a second term.

In a podcast interview with former hostage Ron Braslavski, Ben-Gvir said targeted assassinations should be carried out in Gaza, taking down 30 to 40 every night.

Loui Ridi, a Palestinian American man who lives in Ohio, traveled to the occupied West Bank on Monday to help relatives defend their family home in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus.

Tom Engelhardt on Donald Trump’s threats toward Iran, his “no new wars” promise of 2024, and a proposed $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget.

President Trump’s son-in-law and envoy Jared Kushner met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday after Israel rejected a 15-point plan for Gaza promoted by President Trump’s “Board of Peace.” The proposal would have seen Hamas gradually disarm and turn over governance of Gaza to an international force in exchange for Israel’s withdrawal from the besieged territory. Israel, supported by Kushner, is pushing for a deal whereby it “would not be obliged to conduct any of its obligations unless and until Hamas was fully disarmed,” says Middle East analyst Mouin Rabbani. “This is essentially Israel throwing a poison pill into an agreement by including conditions that can never be met.” Rabbani argues that Jared Kushner is not a suitable negotiator because there is a “very intimate ideological, political connection between the Kushners and Israel.”