Israeli opposition parties sign surplus vote pacts before 2026 election

17 min agoNATO allies tracked and confronted Russian vessels conducting a covert exercise near Svalbard involving technology designed to disable critical undersea cables without detection. Britain, Norway, and the United States prevented the Russian submersibles from completing the operation, and no cables were damaged.

32 min agoBending Spoons has agreed to acquire the digital collaboration platform Miro for $1.36 billion in cash. Miro generates around $600 million in annual recurring revenue, with business and enterprise customers accounting for nearly 90 per cent of that. Closing is slated for the fourth quarter of 2026.

1 h agoFour parties opposing Benjamin Netanyahu announced surplus vote pacts on Thursday, with Bennett and Lieberman joining forces and Eisenkot aligning with Golan's Democrats. The opposition bloc and Netanyahu's bloc each average roughly 53 seats in current polling.

1 h agoThe French Football Federation announced Thursday it will not support Gianni Infantino's candidacy for FIFA president in the March 2027 election, with the decision made unanimously by its members. The FFF is aligning itself with other European federations including Belgium, England, Italy, Scotland, Sweden and Wales, which have also publicly withdrawn their support for Infantino.

1 h agoInterior Minister Laurent Nuñez threatened the broadcaster CNews with criminal penalties if Xenia Fedorova returns to air, accusing the channel of circumventing French government measures. Fedorova was issued an expulsion order in late July after being accused of manipulating information and committing acts of interference on behalf of Russia.

1 h agoDoctors in Gaza hospitals report frequent power outages caused by the strip's disconnection from the electricity grid and shortages of spare parts for generators. At Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, one of four generators is inactive and two others are operating under exceptional strain, with technicians forced to extend engine oil replacement intervals from 250 hours to roughly 1,000 hours due to parts scarcity.

2 h agoU.S. wholesale inflation rose 5.4% year-over-year in August, the highest level since May, as oil prices exceeded $100 per barrel amid the Iran war. Iran said it increased attacks on the U.S. Navy to either extract an economic price from the U.S. and Gulf states or portray Trump as weakened before the midterm elections.

2 h agoTrump said the $5,000 payment would cost over $1 trillion and immediately raised ethical concerns. He told voters to "pretend that I'm on the ballot" and claimed, without evidence, that Democrats are "radical."

3 h agoPresident Donald Trump promised $5,000 to every adult American if his party maintains control of Congress in the November 3 midterm elections, speaking at the Republican national convention in Dallas. Trump told supporters to imagine they were voting for him when selecting their legislative representatives, without providing details on how the plan would be financed or distributed.

3 h agoThe Paris prosecutor's office has opened investigations following three complaints from families targeting the city's current and former mayors over their knowledge of dysfunctions in afterschool programs. The inquiry concerns allegations of physical and sexual violence against children.