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Iranian foreign minister’s reassurance said to have tipped Trump away from strike

Iranian foreign minister’s reassurance said to have tipped Trump away from strike

A personal message from Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to US special envoy Steve Witkoff that Iran would not execute hundreds of...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Ex-hostage Rom Braslavski allegedly assaulted outside Tel Aviv club

Ex-hostage Rom Braslavski allegedly assaulted outside Tel Aviv club

Former hostage Rom Braslavski was allegedly attacked by the boyfriend of well-known singer Nasrin Kadri outside the entrance of a Tel Aviv...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Settlers beat Palestinians and activists, set fire to homes in West Bank Bedouin camp

Four people were injured on Saturday evening as settlers assaulted Palestinians and left-wing activists and set fire to at least eight homes and...

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The Times of Israel

Noam Lehmann

Čaj v Trumpovej obývačke si Fico predstavoval trochu inak. Z jednoduchých dôvodov

Po roku v Bielom dome slovenskí priaznivci nevnímajú Trumpa ako vo februári 2025, kedy srdečne zdravil Fica. Boj s progresivizmom, liberalizmom a "...

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Pravda.sk

Igor Daniš

Just like Venezuela, Iran, too, is expendable for Russia

Just like Venezuela, Iran, too, is expendable for Russia

The abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by the United States military and the subsequent threats by Washington to intervene in Iran...

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Al Jazeera

Leonid Ragozin

Scrutiny Turns to Kenya Over Minnesota Covid-era Fraud Involving Somali Immigrants

Scrutiny Turns to Kenya Over Minnesota Covid-era Fraud Involving Somali Immigrants

In 2026, both allies and appointed adversaries of the US will face equal pressure. Those who fail to respond accordingly will do so at their own...

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New Eastern Outlook

Simon Chege Ndiritu

Energy Security as Hierarchy: Venezuelan Oil in the US-China-Russia Triangle

Energy Security as Hierarchy: Venezuelan Oil in the US-China-Russia Triangle

On 3 January 2026, the US carried out a surprise military operation in Venezuela, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores....

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E-International

Anya Kuteleva

4 hospitalized as homes, cars torched in settler attack on West Bank Bedouin encampment

4 hospitalized as homes, cars torched in settler attack on West Bank Bedouin encampment

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they unfold. The IDF says the incident this evening on the Lebanese border has ended after...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

‘Don’t let it happen’: Parents of last hostage say Board of Peace formation forsakes them

‘Don’t let it happen’: Parents of last hostage say Board of Peace formation forsakes them

Protesters gathered across the country Saturday evening to demand the return of the remains of the final slain hostage held in Gaza, Ran Gvili, and...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Israelis hit by soaring food prices as producers, grocers feast on wartime windfall

Israelis hit by soaring food prices as producers, grocers feast on wartime windfall

The iconic Krembo, a chocolate-coated marshmallow treat meant to serve as a stand-in for ice cream during the winter, is again filling store...

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The Times of Israel

Sharon Wrobel

Iranian doctors put death toll in suppressed uprising at over 16,500 — report

Iranian doctors put death toll in suppressed uprising at over 16,500 — report

The death toll in the suppressed demonstrations in Iran is more than 16,500, according to a British Sunday report citing an account put together by...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Gaza Palestinian technocratic committee says it will pursue ‘peace, democracy, justice’

Gaza Palestinian technocratic committee says it will pursue ‘peace, democracy, justice’

In a mission statement published by its top official, a new committee of Palestinian technocrats that will be tasked with running daily affairs in...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The Rise of AI and Its Impact on Mental Health

The Rise of AI and Its Impact on Mental Health

There are benefits and risks to the weaving in of more AI in our society.

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Psychology Today

Sandra Wartski Psy.d

Where Did My Loving Child Go?

Where Did My Loving Child Go?

Understanding sudden shifts in adult children’s behavior.

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Psychology Today

Joshua Coleman Ph.d

I Am No One, and That's Changed Everything

I Am No One, and That's Changed Everything

Letting go of fixed roles frees your identity and connection with life

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Psychology Today

Aigerim Alpysbekova Mph

Examining Our Compass of Trust

Examining Our Compass of Trust

An exercise for growing trust in self, others, and the greater world.

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Psychology Today

David Richo Ph.d

Transforming Anger Into Harmony

Transforming Anger Into Harmony

Ease anger by practicing gratitude and creating new neural pathways in the brain.

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Psychology Today

Rita Watson Mph

When Service Does Not End and Listening Comes Too Late

  Today, under the open sky at the funeral of Josh Boone z”l, I stood among those who came to honor a man who gave so much of himself to Israel....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stuart Katz

A Listening Heart: Guarding the Jewish Future

A Listening Heart: Guarding the Jewish Future

In the wake of October 7, 2023, the Jewish world finds itself caught in a global “mishearing” of staggering proportions. Across the streets of...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Andy Blumenthal

Vayechi — The Friday Evening of History

Although this week we read Parsha Vayera, I would like to share a thought connected to Vayechi. Because Vayechi is not a parsha about a week — it is...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mikhail Salita

The Language Classroom: Institutional Failure and Individual Courage

In the world of language education, we talk endlessly about cultural competence, building bridges, and social justice. These beautiful concepts...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Orly Lavi Travish

No Communion for Candace Owens

In the digital age, the reach of a microphone can extend further than the acoustics of any cathedral. But for a public figure who professes a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Nekrutman

There Are None So Blind as Those Who Do Not Wish to See

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eliezer Simcha Weiss

The Eternal Jew’s Tale, #204, Crystal Haggadah, 15

The Eternal Jew’s Tale, #204, Crystal Haggadah, 15

In this episode tempers rise at Kibbutz Teruah’s seder. Aton keeps trying to interrupt but many ‘shush’s’ restrain his zeal. But finally his...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Berer

John Marston, A Surprisingly Jewish Story

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Matthew Robin

After Recognition, the Horn of Africa Enters a Decisive Phase

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland closed a long-running diplomatic debate but opened a more consequential question: what follows recognition in a...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nolawi Engdayehu

How an Obscure News Item Shows Israel's Fear of Palestinian Narratives

I don't actually know why the news item caught my attention. Yahya Ayyash's widow was arrested by police officers from the crime fighting unit...

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Haaretz

Hanin Majadli

When Damascus spoke to the Kurds, the world listened

When Damascus spoke to the Kurds, the world listened

Syria has become the graveyard of Middle Eastern certainties. What once looked like a frozen conflict—managed by dictators, militias and foreign...

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Middle East Monitor

Kurniawan Arif Maspul

China proves skeptics right about export controls

For a couple of decades now, Pacific Forum, the think tank that I work for, has run programs to promote acceptance and use of strategic trade...

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The Japan Times

Brad Glosserman

Divide and rule in the Horn of Africa: How the UAE fuels separatism to fracture Somalia

Divide and rule in the Horn of Africa: How the UAE fuels separatism to fracture Somalia

As Somalia witnesses the historic inauguration of the first administration of the North-Eastern State, the moment carries profound national,...

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Middle East Monitor

Suleiman Bashir Mohamed

Komeito and CDP form new party, but doubts linger over political viability

The Japanese political world is in a frenzy, with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expected to announce on Monday her intention to dissolve the Lower...

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The Japan Times

Edo Naito

Japan’s 58 billion USD Defence Budget

Japan’s 58 billion USD Defence Budget

Japan’s leadership has given up its pseudo-pacifism and has started a massive military build-up. Instead of investing money in its ageing...

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New Eastern Outlook

Simon Westwood

China has a worthy blueprint to improve the UN system. Why is the West ignoring it?

China has a worthy blueprint to improve the UN system. Why is the West ignoring it?

It was there that China unveiled one of its most consequential diplomatic proposals in recent memory: the Global Governance Initiative (GGI). Yet a...

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South China Morning Post

Chandran Nair

Trump’s Greenland tariffs spark calls for unprecedented EU ‘bazooka’ countermeasure

Trump’s Greenland tariffs spark calls for unprecedented EU ‘bazooka’ countermeasure

BRUSSELS — The European Union faced calls on Sunday to implement a never-before-used range of economic countermeasures known as the “Anti-Coercion...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Daily Briefing Jan. 18: Day 835 – Iranian uprising appears crushed. How many were lost?

Daily Briefing Jan. 18: Day 835 – Iranian uprising appears crushed. How many were lost?

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

Does Red Wine Actually Improve Women’s Sex Lives?

Does Red Wine Actually Improve Women’s Sex Lives?

Following up on the great red wine sex study 15 years later.

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Psychology Today

Shirley M. Mueller M.d

The myth of a fractured Iran: Why pressure consolidates the civilisational state

The myth of a fractured Iran: Why pressure consolidates the civilisational state

This essay responds to a Washington Post argument that treats the fragmentation of Iran as a plausible, or even tolerable, endpoint of regional...

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Middle East Monitor

Mahdi Motlagh

Japan and China: A Look at the Current Crisis Through Past Conflicts

Japan and China: A Look at the Current Crisis Through Past Conflicts

In the first half of January 2026, the crisis in relations between Japan and the People’s Republic of China continued to escalate. In addition to...

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New Eastern Outlook

Daniil Romanenko

Pakistan and Jordan confirm being invited to sit on Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace

Pakistan and Jordan confirm being invited to sit on Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif received US President Donald Trump’s invitation to join the Board of Peace for Gaza, a spokesperson for...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

With Iran’s rulers battered, Israel hopes to help knock out regime by not getting in ring

With Iran’s rulers battered, Israel hopes to help knock out regime by not getting in ring

For weeks, Israel’s closest ally has been openly threatening to strike its arch-nemesis, yet Jerusalem has been notably quiet. No stranger to...

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The Times of Israel

Nava Freiberg

Overboard: Making sense of the various Gaza oversight committees created by Trump

Overboard: Making sense of the various Gaza oversight committees created by Trump

US President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday announced the commencement of phase two of its plan for ending the Gaza war, which...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

A century before Trump targeted Somalis, New York’s Jews faced an antisemitic crime libel

A century before Trump targeted Somalis, New York’s Jews faced an antisemitic crime libel

JTA — As US President Donald Trump ramped up his rhetoric against Somali immigrants in Minnesota and ordered a surge in immigration enforcement...

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The Times of Israel

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Are We Living in a Post-Truth Era?

Are We Living in a Post-Truth Era?

Skeptic Michael Shermer insists that truth still matters.

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Psychology Today

Pamela B. Paresky Ph.d

7 Ways to Increase Your Resourcefulness

7 Ways to Increase Your Resourcefulness

Practical ways to become someone who can figure anything out.

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Psychology Today

Alice Boyes Ph.d

7 Reasons You Fall for Emotionally Unavailable Men

7 Reasons You Fall for Emotionally Unavailable Men

The pitfall of reenacting an old story, but hoping for a new ending.

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Psychology Today

Duygu Balan Lpcc

On Modernity and Irresponsibility

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ofer Idels

Behind the blackout, Iran is drowning in blood

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The Korea Times

Pegah Banihashemi

Toy guns, a tunnel and a poetic message: Why Argentina’s Heist of the Century still fascinates 20 years on

Toy guns, a tunnel and a poetic message: Why Argentina’s Heist of the Century still fascinates 20 years on

“In a filthy rich neighborhood, without weapons or grudges, it’s just money and not love.” Twenty years ago, a gang of five thieves left that poem,...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Fernando Romero Nuñez

Peace boards and technocrats won’t stem out Palestinian resistance

Peace boards and technocrats won’t stem out Palestinian resistance

Last week, just as Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip intensified, United States presidential envoy Steven Witkoff announced on social media...

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Al Jazeera

Refaat Ibrahim

Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace

Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace

The following is the full text of the charter of the Board of Peace, the international body headed by US President Donald Trump. This charter was...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid