The Associated Press has surveyed more than 1,000 Jewish adults in the U.S. to better understand their views on Israel’s military actions in Gaza, their opinions of the political parties and their experiences with prejudice.
Potential Democratic presidential candidate Rahm Emanuel plans to deliver a strong message in Tel Aviv about U_S_-Israeli relations being "at a crossroads."
The United States and Iran have reached an initial agreement to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran has denounced the most recent U.S. strikes as a sign of bad faith as negotiations press on toward a possible deal to end the war.
Police in London are patrolling the streets of the U.K. capital as tens of thousands join two major demonstrations and soccer fans congregate for the final of England’s major domestic cup competition.
Slovenia’s national broadcaster RTV Slovenia won’t air the Eurovision Song Contest this year after the small European country previously pulled out of the event over Israel’s participation.
A study by Tel Aviv University says that 2025 saw the highest number of deaths from antisemitic attacks in over 30 years.
Pope Leo XIV has denounced the “delusion of omnipotence” that is fueling the U.S.-Israel war in Iran and demanded political leaders stop and negotiate peace.
U.S. applications for unemployment benefits rose last week before Iran, Israel and the U.S. announced a two-week ceasefire deal that injected a degree of optimism into a still-clouded global economic picture.
A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for those users.
A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appears to be hanging by a thread after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
In a story published March 29, 2026, about the latest developments from the Iran war, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the site in Israel where a warehouse was damaged in a missile attack.
U.S. stocks deepened their drops as Wall Street finished off a fifth straight losing week, its longest such streak in nearly four years.
President Donald Trump is pushing back against claims by the director of the National Counterterrorism Center about the motivations for the Iran war.
Drivers across Central Florida are feeling the impact of rising gas prices following recent U.S. attacks on Iran.
A pastor from Polk County is eager to get back to Florida after managing to leave Israel amidst escalating violence in the Middle East.
Iran’s IAEA ambassador says U.S. and Israeli airstrikes hit Iran’s Natanz enrichment site, but the U.N. nuclear watchdog says it has no reports of damage.
The Pentagon is building up the largest force of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades.
A judge has declared a mistrial in the trial of five current and former Stanford University students charged after pro-Palestinian protests in 2024.
The chairman of the federal Religious Liberty Commission ousted a member after a hearing that featured tense exchanges on the definition of antisemitism.
Yemen's ruling leadership council has named a new cabinet following deadly clashes in the south and the dissolution of a separatist group.
Iran has reported its first government-issued death toll from the recent protests, saying 3,117 people were killed.
U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran wants to negotiate with the U.S. after his threat to strike the country over its crackdown on protesters.
A group of Peruvian shamans gathered on a sacred hill overlooking Peru’s capital city to carry out an annual ritual in which they make predictions for the upcoming year.
Iran and the United States have reaffirmed their commitments to diplomacy at a contentious meeting of the U.N. Security Council.
Iceland's national broadcaster has announced it will boycott next year's Eurovision Song Contest due to discord over Israel's participation.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has been unable to verify Iran's near weapons-grade uranium stockpile since Israel struck its nuclear sites in June.
The United States has circulated draft text for a U.N. Security Council resolution that would provide a mandate for an international stabilization force in Gaza for at least two years.
In the weeks since Israel and Hamas agreed to a fragile ceasefire and hostage deal, Indonesia has emerged as an intriguing partner to Trump.
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog says Iran doesn’t appear to be actively enriching uranium but that the agency has recently detected renewed movement at the country’s nuclear sites.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Israel, the U.S. and the other mediators of the Gaza ceasefire deal are sharing information to disrupt any threats and that allowed them to identify a possible impending attack last weekend.
A Florida family is urging U.S. leaders to help free a 16-year-old Palestinian-American held in an Israeli prison for eight months.
The United Nations says Houthi rebels released a dozen United Nations international staffers and allowed three others to move freely within the U.N. compound after detaining them in the facility in Yemen's capital over the weekend.
A federal judge says the Trump administration unconstitutionally targeted noncitizens for deportation over pro-Palestinian protests.
Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency have signed an agreement in Cairo to open the way for resuming cooperation, including on ways of resuming inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The Democratic National Committee leadership has withdrawn a measure that would have clarified the party’s position on the Israel-Hamas war.
Modern humans and Neanderthals may have interacted 100,000 years earlier than previously thought.
A New Zealand lawmaker was ejected from Parliament for a second day Wednesday after refusing to apologize for calling her opponents spineless.
President Javier Milei of Argentina is helping to launch a $1 million initiative to improve diplomatic relations between Israel and several Latin American countries.
Archaeologists in central Israel are excavating one of the world's oldest-known burial sites, dating back 100,000 years.
President Donald Trump has hosted Bahrain's crown prince and Qatar's prime minister at the White House.
A man protesting the participation of an Israel-based team in the Tour de France ran onto the course as the leaders raced for the finish line.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has made his first public appearance since the 12-day war between Israel and Iran began, attending a mourning ceremony on the eve of Ashoura.
The FBI and federal cybersecurity officials are warning that the threat of cyberattacks linked to pro-Iranian groups continues despite a ceasefire between Iran and Israel.
A Palestinian human rights group lost a legal challenge against the U.K. government over supplying Israel with parts for F-35 fighter jets.
The fast-changing war between Israel and Iran, which the U.S. recently inserted itself in by targeting Iran’s nuclear sites, has caused a mix of emotions among many in the Iranian diaspora in America.
U.S. stocks hung near their all-time high as financial markets caught a breath following two big days bolstered by hopes that the Israel-Iran war will not disrupt the global flow of crude oil.
When the United States joined Israel this weekend in attacking Iran’s nuclear sites, the outrage and condemnation flowed from Russia.
President Donald Trump’s administration has postponed classified briefings for Senate and House members on Tuesday as lawmakers are looking for more answers about Trump’s directed strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend and his announcement on Monday that the two countries had reached a ceasefire agreement.
The United States’ most advanced aircraft carrier has left its base in Virginia for a regularly scheduled deployment that could put it near Israel.
President Donald Trump’s media company plans to buy back up to $400 million of its stock, which have lost 46% of their value this year.
Politicians across Central Florida were quick to react to the news that the U.S. struck three Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday.
The U.S. evacuated 79 staff and families from the U.S. Embassy in Israel on Friday as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies.
President Donald Trump says his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was “wrong” when she previously said that the U.S. believed Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon.
The Associated Press is calling the current conflict between Israel and Iran a war, given the scope, intensity and duration of military activities on both sides.
A meeting between Iran’s foreign minister and senior European diplomats has yielded hopes of further talks but no indication of any immediate concrete breakthrough, a week after the crisis centered on the Iranian nuclear program erupted into war between Israel and Tehran.
The U.S. State Department has begun evacuating nonessential diplomats and their families from the U.S. embassy in Israel as hostilities between Israel and Iran intensify and President Donald Trump has warned of the possibility of getting directly involved in the conflict.
Iranian state television has urged people to remove WhatsApp from their smart phones, alleging without specific evidence that the messaging app gathered user information to send to Israel.
Calm returned to Wall Street, and U.S. stocks rallied, while oil prices gave back some of their initial spurts following Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear and military targets at the end of last week.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump have held a lengthy phone call to discuss the escalating situation in the Middle East and Ukraine peace talks.
Oil prices leaped, and stocks slumped on worries that escalating violence following Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear and military targets could damage the flow of crude around the world, along with the global economy.
Egypt has blocked activists taking part in a planned march to Gaza, halting their attempt to reach the border and challenge Israel’s blockade on humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory before it could begin.
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a federal watchdog agency is a former right-wing podcast host who has praised criminally charged influencer Andrew Tate as an “extraordinary human being."
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa says that his country is holding indirect talks with Israel to prevent recent hostilities from getting out of control.
Eighty years after the Holocaust, more than 200,000 Jewish survivors are still alive, but according to a study 70% of them will be gone within the next 10 years.
Passover celebrations this year will again occur amid anxieties and divisions among many Jews related to the unresolved Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza and the specter of widespread antisemitism.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto says that his country will offer temporary shelter to Palestinian medical evacuees and children orphaned by the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
As Israel orders wide new evacuations across the Gaza Strip, Palestinians say they are crushed by exhaustion and hopelessness at the prospect of fleeing once again.
An Emirati diplomat earlier identified by Tehran as carrying a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump seeking to jump-start talks over Iran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program has met with Iran’s foreign minister.
President Donald Trump says he sent a letter to Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a development that was not immediately confirmed by the supreme leader.
