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Shorthanded No. 1 Stanford Soccer Serves Clean Sheet to No. 17 UCLA
Shorthanded No. 1 Stanford Soccer Serves Clean Sheet to No. 17 UCLA
‘Shameful’: UK, Australia and Canada criticise Israel over Gaza aid convoy killings decision
A World Central Kitchen vehicle in Gaza after it was attacked by the IDF in April 2024. Photograph: Ahmed Zakot/Reuters Britain, Australia and Canada have called the decision of the Israeli military authorities not to open a criminal investigation into the April 2024 airstrikes that hit a convoy of aid vehicles in Gaza “shameful”. The strikes killed seven humanitarian workers from the US-based World Central Kitchen (WCK) organisation.
Israel admits its soldiers fired at car in which Hind Rajab was killed
The Israeli military admitted on Wednesday its troops had opened fire on a car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab and six family members in Gaza in 2024, saying it had ordered a criminal investigation into the killing. The killing of Hind and her family was one of the most high profile of a series of incidents involving civilian casualties during the first months of the Gaza conflict which prompted international outrage.
Finally – an authoritative, stimulating history of the modern Middle East
Around 350 pages into Simon Sebag Montefiore’s exhilarating and accomplished history of the modern Middle East, we reach the present – or at least times that are so close to us that they are very much part of our recent lived experience.
Israel admits its soldiers fired at car in which Hind Rajab was killed
The Israeli military admitted on Wednesday its troops had opened fire on a car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab and six family members in Gaza in 2024, saying it had ordered a criminal investigation into the killing. The death of Rajab and her family was one of the most high profile of a series of incidents involving civilian casualties during the first months of the Gaza conflict which prompted international outrage.
Concerns grow over increased global ties with Taliban in Afghanistan
Jason Burke The Taliban in Afghanistan have launched a diplomatic effort to end their isolation as major regional and international powers show a readiness to engage more closely with the repressive regime despite its systematic human rights abuses. Five years after the Taliban took power , an increasing number of countries are renewing ties or scaling up diplomatic contacts with the hardline Islamists, who seized power in Kabul in 2021 after 20 years of brutal insurgent warfare.
David Forst's Firing Solves Nothing for the A's
There's no hiding that the A's have fallen well short of their goals for the season, currently sitting at 45-71 and on a nine-game losing streak. They're close to guaranteeing a fifth straight losing season by the end of August the way things are going. With the franchise needing to get on track before its expected Las Vegas arrival in 2028, the team has fired longtime GM David Forst after 27 seasons in the A's front office.
David Forst's Firing Solves Nothing for the A's
A's owner John Fisher made a PR move. The franchise's real structural problems remain unsolved. There's no hiding that the A's have fallen well short of their goals for the season, currently sitting at 45-71 and on a nine-game losing streak. They're close to guaranteeing a fifth straight losing season by the end of August the way things are going.
‘We stared into an abyss’: the heroes battling to tame France’s ‘megafire’
By noon it is time for a break. The temperature is about 35C, the smell of ash, cinders and burnt wood hang acrid in the air. At tables laid out in the shrinking shade on the desiccated grass and sand outside the sports centre in Le Porge, 200 men and a handful of women have gathered. Firefighters, soldiers, police, gendarmes, officials, first aid teams, foresters and volunteers sit elbow to elbow, plates of sausages, steak and potatoes in front of them.
Book talk: The Revolutionists
Overview The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s. In the 1970s, a network of extremists terrorised the West with intricately planned plane hijackings and hostage-takings. Among them were the glamorous Leila Khaled, hard-drinking Carlos the Jackal, and radical leftists of the Baader-Meinhof Gang, all united by their hatred of Israel, capitalism and ‘Western imperialism’. Their audacious attacks brought governments to their knees and glued nations to their TV screens.
Gaza’s musicians reopen bomb-shattered conservatory – in tents
The three tents line a stretch of overcrowded, windswept sand, their windows open on to a view of the breaking waves of the Mediterranean. From inside comes the sound of singing, a strummed guitar, a violin and then a flute. But if the music evokes calm and harmony, the surroundings do not: rows of crowded makeshift shelters swelter in Gaza's summer heat, young children picking their way through rubble, battered cars and pony carts clogging a potholed road.
Shadow war: how use of proxy forces by Iran, Israel and US is driving Middle East instability
As Marco Rubio ended his brief visit to the Middle East on Friday, he sought to cast in the best possible light his discussions with leaders of the Gulf states. Those leaders are deeply anxious that the deal agreed earlier this month between Iran and the US fails to address their worries about continued Iranian efforts to project power and influence throughout the region.
Gulf shares concerns with US as Iran’s influence and power continue by proxy
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Zach Neto’s 9th-inning homer lifts Angels past A’s Original
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WEST SACRAMENTO — Zach Neto is becoming an A’s assassin. For the second time this season, Neto hit a ninth-inning home run against the Athletics. The first was a walk-off shot last month. His Father’s Day blast was a go-ahead homer that sent the Angels to a 9-7 win on Sunday.
Angels break through late, shut out A’s behind Walbert Ureña Original
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WEST SACRAMENTO — On Saturday night, the third time was the charm for the Angels against the A’s. In the third game of the series, they held a 2-0 lead and were threatening for more with the bases loaded in the top of the sixth inning. It was the Angels’ third bases-loaded opportunity of the night after they came up empty the first two times.
Angels get another look at A’s starter J.T. Ginn Original
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WEST SACRAMENTO — Angels manager Kurt Suzuki came to the ballpark Saturday with a smile on his face after Friday night’s collapse. “It’s a new day,” Suzuki said. “Baseball is such a game of super highs and super lows, right? It’s having a short memory, and the beauty of it is you play the next day. The clubhouse was good, the energy was good.” Suzuki also said he pushed back the reporting time for his players Saturday to give them a little extra rest.
Iran says it is closing Strait of Hormuz over Israeli strikes in Lebanon
Iran has said it is closing the strait of Hormuz after waves of Israeli strikes in Lebanon in a move that threatens to derail the fragile interim peace deal with the US, signed just days ago. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned ships not to approach the strategic waterway, which before the war carried a fifth of global oil and liquid gas supplies, citing what it called Israeli crimes in Lebanon and a US violation of commitments to establish a ceasefire there.
Israeli strikes kill at least 16 in southern Lebanon despite reports of renewed ceasefire
Jason Burke in Jerusalem Sat, June 20, 2026 at 11:54 a.m. UTC 4 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes on Nabatieh on Saturday. Photograph: Abbas Fakih/AFP/Getty Images Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon have killed at least 16 people, local authorities said on Saturday, despite reports of a renewed ceasefire aiming to end persistent violence that threatens the new agreement between the US and Iran.
‘It’s a big mistake’: Israelis feel betrayed and angry after Iran peace deal
In the Tree brasserie off Herzl Street in Rehovot, there was much that almost everyone agreed on. Few contested that the ceasefire deal concluded by Iran and the US a few days earlier was very bad for Israel. "We were betrayed by President Trump," said Avi Perez, 55. They believed, too, that Israel, more than ever, was surrounded by danger that it would have to confront alone. "It is strange. One day we were in the [bomb] shelters with our children … The next day, everything is supposed to be normal.
Israel and Hezbollah agree to renew ceasefire after flareup of violence
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to renew a fragile ceasefire in Lebanon on Friday after 24 hours of intense violence that posed an early challenge to the new agreement between the US and Iran to end their conflict.
Angels can’t dig out of early hole against Gage Jump, A’s Original
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WEST SACRAMENTO — The Angels had scored first in their past 11 games – one away from a franchise record – heading into Thursday night’s game against the Athletics. They did not tie that mark. In fact, they didn’t score at all against former JSerra High standout Gage Jump. The first six batters the A’s sent to the plate reached base, with five of them coming around to score.
Trump declares US-Iran peace deal ‘all signed’ as G7 leaders battle to tie up loose ends
Donald Trump has declared that the strait of Hormuz will be "completely open" from Friday, as western leaders gathering at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains battled to prevent the fragile US deal with Iran from almost immediately unravelling. "The deal's all signed.
US-Iran deal may get oil flowing again, but region’s root problems are unsolved
In much of the Middle East, news that the US and Iran had come to a fragile agreement was greeted with relief tempered with doubt that any deal would resolve the turbulent region's deep problems or even prevent a future return to war. In Kuwait, a frequent target of Iranian drone strikes during the 15-week conflict, Iyad Joumma, a 37-year-old Jordanian engineer, spoke for many.
Israeli officials defiant over apparent inclusion of Lebanon ceasefire in US-Iran deal
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Israeli officials defiant over apparent inclusion of Lebanon ceasefire in US-Iran deal
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Israeli officials defiant over apparent inclusion of Lebanon ceasefire in US-Iran deal
Israeli military forces will not withdraw from a vast swathe of territory they have seized in southern Lebanon, the country's defence minister has said, hours after Donald Trump and officials in Iran announced a new preliminary agreement between Washington and Tehran to end hostilities on "all fronts" in the Middle East pending a final settlement in about two months. Israel Katz's remarks were the first official Israeli comments after the announcement of the interim deal.
Trump calls for restraint after Israel launches fresh airstrikes on Beirut
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Trump calls for restraint after Israel launches fresh airstrikes on Beirut
Donald Trump was forced to call for restraint on Sunday after Israel launched fresh airstrikes on Beirut as mediators sought to conclude negotiations on a preliminary peace deal between Iran and the US that would bring the three-month war in the Middle East to a definitive end. Trump played down new Israeli strikes but said "all sides should stand down". "We are very close to a Deal that will bring peace to the region, including to Lebanon ...
Trump says Iran peace deal could be signed by Sunday, with strait of Hormuz to open shortly after
Jason Burke in Jerusalem and Marina Dunbar Sat, June 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM UTC 4 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.
Preliminary peace deal could be signed within days, says US, Iran and mediators
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