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Man swept away by flash flood found dead

Man swept away by flash flood found dead

A man who was swept away in a flash flood, triggering a desperate hours-long search by emergency services, was found dead on Tuesday morning,...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen port over separatist weapons shipment from UAE

Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen port over separatist weapons shipment from UAE

Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen’s port city of Mukalla on Tuesday over what it described as a shipment of weapons for a separatist force there, which...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Bondi Beach terrorists ‘acted alone’ in attack on Hanukkah event — Australian police

Bondi Beach terrorists ‘acted alone’ in attack on Hanukkah event — Australian police

A father and son who carried out a mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach “acted alone” and were not part of a wider terrorist cell, Australian...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Trump, top aides express concern over Israel’s West Bank policies in meeting with PM

Trump, top aides express concern over Israel’s West Bank policies in meeting with PM

US President Donald Trump and his top aides expressed concern over several Israeli policies in the West Bank during their meetings Monday with...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

Stop Calling It a 'Bottom Line'

Stop Calling It a 'Bottom Line'

Rebrand your walk-away point to avoid the trap of the "worst possible deal."

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Psychology Today

Linda L. Barkacs

Repeat after me — never, ever underestimate China

Repeat after me — never, ever underestimate China

A man holds a Chinese flag in front of the Forbidden City in Beijing during China's National Day Golden Week holiday, Oct. 6. AFP-TNS From U.S....

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The Korea Times

Shuli Ren

What exactly does ‘off the record’ mean in Japan?

One of the most closely followed news stories in Japan this month was the so-called off-the-record nuclear armament remarks made by a senior...

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The Japan Times

Kuni Miyake

The positive climate news you may have missed this year

So much climate news comes out in any given week that it can be hard to keep up with it all. Much is gloomy, but there are positive developments...

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The Japan Times

David Fickling

Somali president to visit Turkey after Israeli recognition of breakaway Somaliland

Somali president to visit Turkey after Israeli recognition of breakaway Somaliland

Somalia’s president is to visit close ally Turkey on Tuesday following Israel’s recognition of the breakaway territory of Somaliland, Turkey’s...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Pentagon announces $8.6 billion Boeing contract for Israeli F-15 fighter jets

Pentagon announces $8.6 billion Boeing contract for Israeli F-15 fighter jets

Boeing was given an $8.6 billion contract for the F-15 Israel Program, the Pentagon said Monday, after US President Donald Trump met Prime Minister...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Trump to be awarded Israel Prize next year, the country’s top honor

Trump to be awarded Israel Prize next year, the country’s top honor

Education Minister Yoav Kisch informed US President Donald Trump via phone call on Monday that he would be granting him the Israel Prize,...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Al-Aqsa Flood: Two years of steadfastness and the will for liberation

Al-Aqsa Flood: Two years of steadfastness and the will for liberation

The document Our Narrative… Al-Aqsa Flood: Two Years of Steadfastness and the Will for Liberation, released by the Hamas Political Bureau on 24...

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Middle East Monitor

Sayid Marcos Tenório

Trump, top aides expressed concern over Israel’s West Bank policies in meeting with PM

Trump, top aides expressed concern over Israel’s West Bank policies in meeting with PM

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they happen. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society says three people are hospitalized in...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Defending Israel, US likens Somaliland recognition to Palestinian statehood acknowledgements

Defending Israel, US likens Somaliland recognition to Palestinian statehood acknowledgements

The United States defended Israel’s right to recognize the breakaway territory of Somaliland as a state at the United Nations on Monday, comparing...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Memo to liberal democracies: Beware ‘security autism’

In the hushed corridors of Tokyo’s security establishment, a taboo has been broken. For the first time since 1967, serious strategists are openly...

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The Japan Times

Stephen R. Nagy

Opinion – Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland

Opinion – Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland

Upon gaining independence from British colonial rule on 26 June 1960, Somaliland received full recognition from 35 states, including all permanent...

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E-International

Jamal Abdi

Bennett: Netanyahu aides who ‘served the enemy’ in Qatargate deserve life sentence

Bennett: Netanyahu aides who ‘served the enemy’ in Qatargate deserve life sentence

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett claimed on Tuesday that the suspects in the Qatargate scandal deserve a life sentence for having “maliciously...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

After Trump’s warning of strike, Iran threatens ‘harsh’ response to any attack

After Trump’s warning of strike, Iran threatens ‘harsh’ response to any attack

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday said his country’s answer to any attack would be harsh, apparently in response to a...

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The Times of Israel

Sharon Wrobel

Iranian president urges government to heed economic protests

Iranian president urges government to heed economic protests

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s president urged his government to listen to the “legitimate demands” of protesters, state media reported Tuesday, after...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Stand-up comedian Liz Glazer: ‘Israel is the reason I exist’

Stand-up comedian Liz Glazer: ‘Israel is the reason I exist’

Soon in Israel for the annual Comedy for Koby tour, the former law prof — the wife of a female rabbi — explains why she is the very last person to...

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Smotrich doubles down on vow to ‘trample’ Supreme Court president

Smotrich doubles down on vow to ‘trample’ Supreme Court president

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Tuesday doubled down on incendiary comments he made a day earlier when he vowed to “trample” Supreme Court...

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The Times of Israel

Ariela Karmel

The Real Existential Threat Facing Europe

The Real Existential Threat Facing Europe

NEW YORK – US President Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy offers a misguided assessment of Europe, long regarded as America’s most...

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Project Syndicate

Nouriel Roubini

Mammoth defense spending at risk of overburdening Israel, report warns

Mammoth defense spending at risk of overburdening Israel, report warns

Think tank cautions that welfare expenditures could suffer unless economy revs back up and state invests in infrastructure and human capital; cost...

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The Times of Israel

Sharon Wrobel

Daily Briefing Dec. 30: Day 816 – In Florida, a jovial Trump is hawkish on Gaza and Iran

Daily Briefing Dec. 30: Day 816 – In Florida, a jovial Trump is hawkish on Gaza and Iran

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world....

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The Times of Israel

Amanda Borschel-Dan

A “humanitarian superpower”?

A “humanitarian superpower”?

The US Department of State and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday that...

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Middle East Monitor

Ramona Wadi

In the midst of collapse: Why the narrative is unravelling faster than expected

In the midst of collapse: Why the narrative is unravelling faster than expected

The longer one observes the trajectory of current events, this sustained accumulation of violence, dispossession and mass civilian suffering, the...

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Middle East Monitor

Adnan Hmidan

Haybat al-Halbousi is not the solution, but merely the continuation of a decaying scene

Haybat al-Halbousi is not the solution, but merely the continuation of a decaying scene

The selection of Haybat al-Halbousi as Speaker of Parliament was not a meaningful political event. Rather, it was a stark reminder of the profound...

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Middle East Monitor

Karam Nama

The Sovereign South and the Gravitational Rise of Multipolarity

The Sovereign South and the Gravitational Rise of Multipolarity

The Global South is no longer seeking to integrate into the Western “rules-based order”; it is shaping its own model of a sovereign multipolar...

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New Eastern Outlook

Phil Butler

On @israellovesindonesia and Israel’s growing online campaign in Indonesia

On @israellovesindonesia and Israel’s growing online campaign in Indonesia

In recent months, as I continued investigating how pro-Israel narratives are being systematically injected into Indonesia’s social media ecosystem,...

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Middle East Monitor

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

How the World Can Reboot America First

How the World Can Reboot America First

WASHINGTON, DC – “There’s no question about it,” US President Donald Trump said at this month’s FIFA World Cup Final Draw ceremony: The game that...

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Project Syndicate

Vera Songwe

Alaa Abdelfattah and Britain’s selective outrage

Alaa Abdelfattah and Britain’s selective outrage

The intensity of the current backlash against Alaa Abdelfattah in Britain is striking – not because it reflects a renewed concern for justice, but...

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Al Jazeera

Ahmed Najar

Judge annuls Bullrich’s anti-protest protocol, calling it ‘illegitimate’

Judge annuls Bullrich’s anti-protest protocol, calling it ‘illegitimate’

A federal judge has annulled the anti-protest protocol introduced by former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich, which banned protesters from...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Martina Jaureguy

Bangladesh–India Relations at a Crossroads: History, Hostility, and Regional Risk

Bangladesh–India Relations at a Crossroads: History, Hostility, and Regional Risk

Post-Sheikh Hasina Wajid political turmoil, a rise in anti-India sentiments, its diplomatic fallout, and militarization on the country’s Western...

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New Eastern Outlook

Taut Bataut

Meeting PM, Trump warns of ‘hell to pay’ if Hamas doesn’t disarm in ‘very short’ time

Meeting PM, Trump warns of ‘hell to pay’ if Hamas doesn’t disarm in ‘very short’ time

US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened Hamas with “hell to pay” if it does not disarm within a “very short period,” in remarks delivered...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Hundreds of cops raid Bedouin town with live fire after days of clashes, Ben Gvir visit

Hundreds of cops raid Bedouin town with live fire after days of clashes, Ben Gvir visit

Hundreds of heavily armed police and Border Police officers raided Tarabin al-Sana on Monday afternoon, bringing military-style tactics to the...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

VOX POPULI: Remembering a Noto earthquake survivor of pure goodness

VOX POPULI: Remembering a Noto earthquake survivor of pure goodness

I am relying on my interview notes today to write this column. I met Hisashi Yagi in spring last year. Aged 83 at the time, he was the proprietor...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

PUK says no Kurdistan cabinet can be formed without its participation

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Manish Rai

Why Zionism Matters

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Leon Harry Silver

Parsha VaYechi – Stand Up For Yourself

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gedalia Walls

Ben Gvir is Failing – and the Negev Is Paying the Price

“In the Negev, the future of the people of Israel will be tested,” Ben-Gurion once said – and he knew exactly why. In recent years, public...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Harel Ben-Michael

Endings and the New Shape of Jewish Grief – Parashat Vayechi

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jay M. Stein

Netanyahu's Close Confidante Is Spinning a Hollow Reality for Us Israelis

Almost by chance, Israelis learned last week that there's someone else, aside from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who views them as subjects...

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Haaretz

Rogel Alpher

An Ellipsis in Moscow-Seoul Relations

An Ellipsis in Moscow-Seoul Relations

The analysis of Seoul’s actions leads to the conclusion that expectations for the improvement in Russia-South Korea relations under President Lee...

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New Eastern Outlook

Konstantin Asmolov

Here’s the bad climate news you missed this year

It might have seemed in 2025 that every piece of bad news for the global climate and energy transition had some sort of connection to President...

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The Japan Times

David Fickling

Multilateralism is not dead yet

With conflicts raging in some 50 countries, tariff wars becoming the new (abnormal) norm, and global economic growth falling to its slowest pace in...

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The Japan Times

Gordon Brown

The New Colonial Order: With US Backing, Israel Turns Syria into a Powerless Periphery

The New Colonial Order: With US Backing, Israel Turns Syria into a Powerless Periphery

Over a year since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime, peace and sovereignty for Syria remain unattainable illusions. Occupation Under a...

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New Eastern Outlook

Muhammad Hamid Ad-Din

Ran Gvili’s family meets Trump and PM, demands his body’s return before 2nd phase of truce

Ran Gvili’s family meets Trump and PM, demands his body’s return before 2nd phase of truce

The family of the last remaining hostage held in Gaza, slain police Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, met with US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister...

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The Times of Israel

Nava Freiberg

Chronic Pain and Learned Helplessness

Chronic Pain and Learned Helplessness
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Psychology Today

Jennifer Sarche Mph

Aging Well

Aging Well

The way we think about getting older will shape how we age

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Psychology Today

Jaimie L Lusk Psy.d

Mafias of the Startup Nation

Mafias of the Startup Nation

This story starts with a cop. Not a street one but an investigator who once probed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself. This individual...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez