Here's the latest from the occupied West Bank Here are some of the latest developments in the occupied West Bank, as reported by the Wafa news agency: Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians near al-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem, as military vehicles raided the area. No casualties were immediately reported. In a separate raid, Israeli forces deployed in central Tubas and fired stun grenades at young men.
Iranian lawmakers are advancing a sweeping bill aimed at asserting greater control over the Strait of Hormuz, including restrictions on US and Israeli assets in a waterway through which about one-fifth of global oil and LNG supplies passed before the war.
Less than four percent of US safety funding went to Muslim institutions: Report Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 08/10/2026 - 20:36 Nearly 60 percent of the Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program went to Jewish nonprofits Muslims embrace in the parking lot of the Islamic Center of San Diego after three people were killed in a shooting at the city’s largest mosque, in San Diego, California on 19 May 19 2026 (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images via AFP) Off Over the past decade in the US, since Donald Trump first ascended to the White House in 2017, less than four percent of US government grant funding to keep religious institutions safe has gone to Muslim nonprofits, a new report by the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) has found . The funds are awarded annually through the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), which is operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). An institution can typically receive a maximum of some $200,000 for each site it operates, and the money must be put toward physical safeguards: security cameras, bulletproof glass, guardrails around properties, and the training of security guards, among other tools.
Report: US State Department official says Lebanon-Israel talks to resume in Rome next month US-brokered talks between Lebanon and Israel will resume in Rome early next month, Al Jazeera reported, citing a US State Department official. The official said initial implementation of the pilot zones within the trilateral framework has begun, and the military coordination group on Lebanon works to ensure their successful rollout. “Both sides face political constraints, and we are working to address them systematically,” the official said.
Trump asks Iran for war reparations in new tit-for-tat demand Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 08/10/2026 - 21:35 The US president has established a pattern of asking Iran for its own demands, even as aides and allies attack their validity During an event in the Oval Office of the White House, US President Donald Trump takes a question from reporters after he signed an executive order calling for childhood vaccine shots to be spaced out into separate visits, on 10 August 2026 in Washington, DC (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP) Off US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would seek compensation from Iran for the deaths of US soldiers as part of any peace negotiations in a tit-for-tat demand after Tehran requested war reparations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. “I see that Representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran are asking for compensation for the damage done to them during the last five-month Military Conflict (started because, THEY WILL NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON), even though it was never mentioned in any of our negotiations or meetings! ” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Washington, DC [US], August 11 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) said Iran should pay reparations for the damage he claimed it had caused over the past 50 years, while asserting that the United States Navy has '100 per cent control' over the Strait of Hormuz.
Tehran has rejected Kievs claim that the attack on the Caspian Sea vessel was unintentional Ukraine must compensate Iran for a deadly attack on one of its cargo vessels in the Caspian Sea, as Kiev has failed to convince Tehran that the strike was unintentional, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said. The ship was hit in a Ukrainian strike last month, killing one sailor.
Tehran has rejected Kiev's claim that the attack on the Caspian Sea vessel was unintentional Ukraine must compensate Iran for a deadly attack on one of its cargo vessels in the Caspian Sea, as Kiev has failed to convince Tehran that the strike was unintentional, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said.
Trump says the US has swept Strait of Hormuz for mines US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States controls the Strait of Hormuz and had swept the strategic oil waterway for Iranian mines. "Look, the only one that has control of the Strait of Hormuz right now is the United States Navy," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "We've mine-swept the entire strait.
US president’s statement is latest sign that negotations to end war and reopen strait of Hormuz have stalled Donald Trump has said he will demand that Iran pay compensation for the deaths of thousands of US soldiers and Iran’s own civilians killed in recent decades in the latest sign his negotiations to end the war and reopen the strait of Hormuz have reached an impasse. The US president is trying to end conflicts in Iran, Gaza and Lebanon, and his additional demands of Iran are likely to provoke anger in Tehran at the same time as Israel has rejected Trump’s terms for a 15-point roadmap to end the war in Gaza. Continue reading...
On August 6, 2026, UN experts called on Iranian authorities to immediately end the escalating use of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment, and executions against ethnic minorities, particularly Kurds and Baluchis. The experts warned that since the January 2026 protests, thousands have reportedly been detained, with many subjected to torture and forced […] The post UN Experts Urge Iran to End Escalating Targeting of Ethnic Minorities appeared first on Center for Human Rights in Iran .
Trump insists relationship with Netanyahu 'very good' despite Gaza rift President Donald Trump insisted Monday that his relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "very good" despite the Israeli leader's rejection of a US-led Gaza plan. “The relationship is very good,” Trump said in response to a shouted question from a journalist at the end of an Oval Office event.
Gaza 'Board of Peace' official says plan is still operative US President Donald Trump's Gaza plan is still operative, and discussions with Israel are continuing, a "Board of Peace" official said on Monday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected an Israeli withdrawal until Hamas is "genuinely disarmed. " Netanyahu on Sunday restated his rejection of the Gaza plan in televised remarks to his right-wing government. "The plan is very much still operative and advancing," the official told Reuters.
For Ankara, the Mecca pact is a way to turn military weight, Gulf money and regional reach into leverage On August 7, in the Al-Safa Palace in Mecca, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in signing an agreement whose consequences may prove far greater than its deliberately restrained language suggests.
For Ankara, the Mecca pact is a way to turn military weight, Gulf money and regional reach into leverage On August 7, in the Al-Safa Palace in Mecca, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in signing an agreement whose consequences may prove far greater than its deliberately restrained language suggests.
Why Egypt held back from joining Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan's defence pact When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan travelled to Mecca on Friday to sign a security pact with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia , Turkish officials chose to keep the trip secret. The visit did not appear on Erdogan's official schedule. Instead, the three countries decided abruptly on Tuesday that the signing ceremony would take place on Friday.
Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei appointed veteran intelligence official Hossein Taeb to lead the Basij, giving the former protest crackdown figure a mandate to expand the paramilitary force’s grassroots intelligence network and use of new technologies.
UAE's Adnoc announces $8bn gas expansion, as it mulls Hormuz bypass Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 08/10/2026 - 18:39 The UAE could be the first country to plan a gas pipeline bypassing the Strait of Hormuz Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, the UAE's minister of industry and advanced technology, Adnoc managing director and group CEO, and chairman of the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company 'Masdar', attends the fifth edition of the 'Make it in the Emirates' conference in Abu Dhabi, on 4 May 4 2026 (Fadel Senna/AFP) Off The UAE’s state-owned energy giant, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), said on Monday it will invest $8bn to expand its gas business, doubling down on increasing capacity after the Gulf state pulled out of the Saudi Arabian- led energy alliance, Opec. Adnoc said it plans to build a new domestic natural gas processing unit at the country’s largest natural gas processing facility, Habshan, in addition to a new gas export facility at Ruwais. Separately, Adnoc Gas’s CFO, Peter van Driel, told Bloomberg on Monday that the company was also weighing plans to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility outside the Strait of Hormuz.
DUBAI/WASHINGTON/CAIRO: Iran has said it is close to finalizing an agreement with Oman to set new shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz. However, it repeated that the United States must meet several conditions before the important waterway can fully reopen. These conditions include paying compensation, lifting sanctions and ending military threats.
Trump says Iran must pay compensation for those it has killed and wounded US President Donald Trump said on Monday he will demand that Iran pay compensation for "all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded," in response to Iran seeking compensation for the damages it has incurred from US and Israeli attacks. Trump's social media post came after Iran said over the weekend it was nearing a deal with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz but repeated that the US must meet conditions including compensation and an end to sanctions and military threats, before the strategic waterway is reopened. "It is an interesting idea because now I am likewise demanding compensation from Iran, for all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded with their roadside bombs and many conflicts," he wrote on Truth Social.
