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Israeli President Isaac Herzog has accepted the certified results from last week’s election and says he will begin consultations with party representatives regarding the formation of a new government.

A U.S. official says the United States has launched strikes on Iranian targets. It appeared to be a limited operation on the eve of Tuesday’s crucial midterm elections.

Iran’s strikes on more than two dozen U.S. bases in the Middle East focused on early warning systems before hitting aircraft and buildings.

Regional leaders called for calm Saturday as fears of a new escalation between the U.S., Israel and Iran grow.

Residents of Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis are closely watching Israel’s election. They hope that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu loses but doubt a change in leadership will significan...

President Donald Trump says Iran wants a settlement as soon as possible and that a deal “could happen,” as hopes for diplomacy drive oil prices sharply lower.

Saudi Arabia says it intercepted and destroyed a drone launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels near Islam’s holiest city, a claim the Houthis denied.

Trump says Washington is in no rush to reach an Iran deal, while Tehran says it remains ready for both diplomacy and defense as Qatari-mediated talks...

Iran says a meeting with security officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey is a step toward dialogue and regional peace.

Israelis are voting in a pivotal election as the country grapples with unfinished wars and divisions over its future. There is high turnout.

via US news | The Guardian — Voters who backed the US president in the last election are saying they can’t vote for him today: ‘This is an abomination’ Outside the Ukrainian educational and cultural center in a quiet Pennsylvania suburb of Jenkintown, on the outskirts of Philadelphia, a banner expressed unqualified gratitude: “Thank you USA for supporting Ukraine.” Inside, however, the sentiment was altogether different. Irene Skulsky, a retired teacher in her late 70s, voiced indignation at Donald Trump ’s sudden turn agai

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has outlined two possible paths for dealing with Iran, saying he is weighing an agreement with Tehran against

Saudi Arabia has reopened its main airport for international flights after strikes by Yemen's Houthi rebels knocked it out of service.

via US news | The Guardian — Once the midterms are over, Trump will be free to pursue vendetta politics. But with will and diplomacy, he can be reined in As another Iran catastrophe looms, one question matters more than any other: how to stop it before it’s too late? Whatever the eventual outcome of Israel’s election and next week’s US midterm polls, Donald Trump, playing the Lone Ranger, and Benjamin Netanyahu, his badass Tonto, appear hell-bent on resuming the illegal war of choice they began in June last year and expande

Israel has imposed widespread closures in Hebron following attacks by Palestinian gunmen that killed two soldiers.

Trump says the U.S. could launch another military operation against Iran but leaves the door open to a deal as the conflict nears its eighth month.

Israel says it has killed two gunmen and thwarted a “terror attack” against Israeli civilians. The prime minister's office announced Friday that the army has been instructed to close the occupied West...