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Every Story of the Day, from the newest back to the beginning.
Each day NewsLI condenses the day's Israeli and world coverage into one story — what happened, how the outlets framed it, and what it follows on from. Weekly and monthly roll-ups gather the same ground at a longer range. This is the full archive.
216 stories
- August 26, 2026 CIA chief in Moscow, Ukraine warning, Erdogan's navy CIA Director John Ratcliffe arrived in Moscow for an unusual visit that was not reported in advance, the first by a CIA director to Russia since November 2021,…
- August 25, 2026 Strait of Hormuz cleared, Iran sanctions debate deepens US President Donald Trump announced this afternoon that all mines in the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz have been removed or detonated, adding…
- August 25, 2026 Iran's bounty list, Ukraine's AI drone, and Europe's heatwave toll Dr. Tamar Eilam Gindin, an Iran expert, revealed in an interview with 103FM that the Iranian regime has offered a multi-million dollar bounty on Donald Trump's…
- August 24, 2026 US removes Syria from terror list as diplomacy accelerates with Israel On Monday, August 24, 2026, the United States removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
- August 24, 2026 Iran's 'poker' gambit, Pakistan's mediation, and a US tanker deal with Qatar Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei declared that Tehran has moved from a 'chess' strategy to also include 'poker' in negotiations with the US, a…
- August 23, 2026 Iran's oil threat and Greece's air-defense shift Mohsen Rezai, an Iranian official, stated that if the economic blockade continued, Iran would prevent Gulf oil exports from leaving the region.
- August 23, 2026 Strait of Hormuz, tariffs, and Iran's economic war of words Mohsen Rezaee, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, claimed in an interview with state broadcaster IRIB on Saturday that Iran sold 70 million…
- August 22, 2026 Global flashpoints: from Ukraine to Sweden, a day of violence and maneuver Ukrainian rescue forces had already arrived in Kryvyi Rih when Russia struck again, killing at least 16 people and wounding 130, including 25 children.
- August 22, 2026 Global flashpoints: from Arctic shipping to courtroom drama A South Korean container ship, the PanStar Acro, set sail on Saturday for Europe via the Arctic Northern Sea Route, marking the nation's first commercial…
- August 21, 2026 US pays $725 million to UN as Abbas seeks Erdogan's help The Trump administration has initiated a process to transfer $725 million to the United Nations, according to an August 4 State Department notification letter…
- August 21, 2026 Trump's Iran economic campaign, ICC sanctions, and global ripples US President Donald Trump announced an operation to intensify the economic isolation of Iran, shifting from a military to an economic campaign.
- August 20, 2026 Right-wing fragmentation and coalition math ahead of October vote Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz told The Jerusalem Post that the next Israeli government must be a broad Zionist coalition excluding extremists,…
- August 20, 2026 Trump's Iran gambit and the limits of coercive economics On Tuesday night, US President Donald Trump declared on Truth Social what he called 'the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country,'…
- August 19, 2026 Bennett's security gambit and the crisis of political trust Naftali Bennett, chairman of the Yashar party, presented his "security concept" today (Wednesday) at a party conference, drawing a sharp line against his rival…
- August 19, 2026 Iran Weighs European Strikes as Strait Control Slips Homayoun Falakshahi of Kpler said Iran has at least partially lost control of the strait.
- August 18, 2026 Araghchi Claims Iran Won the War — and Trump Says No Negotiations Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told a conference with educators on Tuesday that Tehran pushed for the war with the United States to continue in order…
- August 18, 2026 Iran's Blockade, Hezbollah's Cash Crunch, and the Assad Verdict Damascus's Fourth Criminal Court on Tuesday morning sentenced Wassim al-Assad, cousin of ousted Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, to death.
- August 17, 2026 Gulf Readies for War as US-Iran 'Talks' Remain a Fiction A Kuwaiti source close to the government told Kan News on Monday that Kuwait is preparing for a scenario of intense war against Iran, signaling a shift "from…
- August 17, 2026 Houthi Missiles, Saudi Warships, and the Region's Escalating Frames At dawn on Monday, August 17, 2026, Israeli occupation forces launched a widespread campaign of raids and incursions in cities and towns across the occupied…
- August 16, 2026 Settler Attack in Hebron Injures 10 as West Bank Violence Surges Early Sunday morning, settlers attacked the Ras area in Hebron under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent,…
- August 16, 2026 Iran's Oil Lifeline and the Strait of Hormuz Standoff Kazem Gharibabadi, adviser to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, dismissed Donald Trump's claim that the US already controls the Strait of Hormuz: in…
- August 15, 2026 Colombia Quake Response and Gulf Frustration An Israeli delegation named 'Brit Reim' ('covenant of friends'), numbering about 80 people, traveled to Colombia this week, where a devastating earthquake…
- August 15, 2026 Lebanon's Hezbollah Threatens Civil War as Disarmament Demands Mount Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem, speaking on the anniversary of the end of the 2006 war, accused the authorities of fulfilling US demands and paying excessive…
- August 14, 2026 US-Iran Tensions Escalate as Trump Announces New Phase of 'War' An air traffic controller in Phoenix, with 25 years of experience, averted a collision after spotting two American Airlines planes flying under the same flight…
- August 14, 2026 Regional diplomacy shifts as Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia meet In the Egyptian coastal city of El Alamein, foreign ministers Badr Abdelatty of Egypt, Hakan Fidan of Turkey, and Faisal bin Farhan of Saudi Arabia met…
- August 13, 2026 Carrier Moves Toward Iran as Ceasefire Nears End The aircraft carrier George Washington, with its strike group, is moving toward Iran as the 60-day ceasefire between Washington and Tehran approaches its end.
- August 13, 2026 Putin's Kuril Visit Stirs Tokyo as Russia Deepens Ties with North Korea Vladimir Putin has visited the Kuril Islands for the first time, prompting a sharp protest from Tokyo.
- August 12, 2026 Trump's Secret Flight, Iran's Restructure, and a Diplomat's Farewell Donald Trump boarded Air Force One in front of cameras near Ankara airport, then was secretly transferred to a backup plane from an area about half a mile…
- August 12, 2026 Mecca Pact Signals Diplomacy, Not Battlefield Unity In Mecca on August 7, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed a trilateral defense agreement that, on its face, looks like a new axis in the region's…
- August 11, 2026 Arad billboard vandalism spurs municipal crackdown A Haredi man was seen wandering alone through the streets of Arad, defacing images of women on billboards in broad daylight.