Ismail Haniyeh

Yemen’s Houthi rebels, ending a lull following Israel’s air attack on their port, have resumed attacking commercial shipping around the Red Sea.

Amman’s top diplomat also visits Tehran to discuss steadily mounting regional tensions with Iran’s newly inaugurated leader.

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has criticised the remarks, but stopped short of taking any action, while the opposition has demanded sanctions.

Israel’s actions demonstrate no locale is beyond its reach and ’that they are not cowed by Iran’s hostility,' said Michael Doran, a Hudson Institute analyst.

Hamas’s political head was killed in a Tehran strike hours after an Israeli strike killed a Hezbollah leader in Beirut. Israel has not commented on the killing.

Mike Johnson joins the Biden administration and members of Congress on both sides of the aisle in condemning the International Criminal Court’s announcement.

Unpopular after 11 years in power, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is starting to face some open machinations from would-be successors, as his dream of negotiating Palestinian statehood lies in tatters.