LiveLive Updates July 23, 2026Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeJuly 23, 2026UpdatesIraqi PM to visit Tehran after receiving U.S. message in WashingtonIraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi said Thursday he will travel to Tehran for an official visit to discuss regional issues and bilateral cooperation. In a post on X, al-Zaidi said he would meet with senior Iranian officials in an effort to "consolidate security and stability in the region." Al-Zaidi recently visited Washington, where he received a message to pass on to the Iranians. 26 minutes agoIDF says attacker subdued after reported stabbing in northern West Bank The Israeli military said an Israeli was moderately wounded Thursday after it received initial reports of a stabbing attack in the northern West Bank. The Israeli settlement of Ganim, in the northern West Bank, near Jenin.The Israeli settlement of Ganim, in the northern West Bank, near Jenin.According to a statement, the incident occurred near the Israeli settlement of Ganim, near Jenin. The attacker was subdued, the IDF said.Ganim is one of several Israeli settlements in the northern West Bank that were designated by the government for resettlement in January after they were evacuated during the 2005 disengagement plan.The development follows the repeal of the Disengagement Law, which far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said "erases the shame of expulsion from northern Samaria."EU says Houthi's Red Sea blockade threats constitute 'dangerous escalation'EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the Houthis must cease all actions that endanger international shipping and the lives of seafarers, warning that recent threats by Yemen's Houthi movement to impose a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia represent a dangerous escalation."Recent threats by Yemen's Houthis to impose a maritime blockade on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and pose a direct threat to regional stability and constitute a dangerous escalation," Kallas said on X.Recent threats by Yemen’s Houthis to impose a maritime blockade on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and pose a direct threat to regional stability and constitute a dangerous escalation.