Israeli bulldozers on Tuesday demolished a five-storey residential building in annexed east Jerusalem which was home to about 70 people, in a move the local Palestinian authority said was aimed at “forcible transfer”. Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who gleefully oversaw the demolition, said the building had been constructed without a permit. “I…
The U.S. trade deficit surged more than analysts expected in August, government data showed Tuesday, hovering at its widest level since March 2025, driven by imports of oil and advanced tech products like chips. The trade gap in the world’s biggest economy jumped 13.7% to $105.6 billion, according to Commerce Department data. This was larger…
Israeli defence company Elbit Systems is looking to expand its business into North Africa, announcing its inaugural participation at the Marrakech Air Show 2026. The Moroccan exhibition indicates the deepening security normalisation between Jerusalem and Rabat, with Elbit previously sealing a $150mn procurement deal that equipped the Moroccan military with the PULS rocket artillery system,…
BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 6. The 8th meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Government of Azerbaijan and the Government of the UK was held in Baku, co-chaired by Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov and the UK Minister of State for Trade, Lord Anas Sarwar, Trend’s correspondent reports from the…
Europe should know better than most places how prejudice enters public life. It rarely arrives with trumpet blasts. It doesn’t begin with the most extreme law imaginable, announced in language that leaves no doubt about its purpose. It advances through smaller measures, administrative rules, trade restrictions, professional exclusions, and supposedly principled exceptions. Each step is…
BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 6. The development of bilateral relations and the expansion of practical cooperation between Azerbaijan and Russia were discussed during the meetings between a delegation led by the Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, Shahin Mustafayev, and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Alexei Overchuk, during the delegation’s visit to Russia on…
(Oct. 6, 2026 / TPS-IL) During the eighth century BCE, workspaces at Tel Shikmona, a fortified industrial site on the Carmel coast south of modern-day Haifa that was controlled by the Kingdom of Israel, were adapted seasonally for different activities rather than dedicated to a single permanent use, according to a new University of Haifa…
BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 6. The German-Azerbaijani Strategic Partnership and Connections Conference is being held in Baku, Trend‘s correspondent reports from the event. Representatives of German and Azerbaijani state institutions, business circles, international financial institutions and other organizations are participating in the event organized by the German-Azerbaijan Chamber of Foreign Trade (AHK Azerbaijan). The conference is…
Nahariya: On Israel’s border with Lebanon where Hezbollah fired thousands of rockets and drones, previous backers of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they are rethinking how they will vote in the first election since the war. “Many I know were right-wing and were Bibi supporters, and today they’re not,” said plant nursery owner Sigal Malachi,…
Israeli companies are marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack with workplace memorials, meetings with former hostages, documentary screenings and ongoing partnerships with bereaved families, giving employees opportunities to remember those killed and hear firsthand accounts from survivors. The initiatives range from personal memorial displays to events focused on resilience and…
