Although he was lauded by many for changing the world and for a time giving hope for peace among the US and the Soviet Union, many also blamed Gorbachev for the 1991 implosion of the USSR. It is unclear how news of Gorbachev's death will be received in Russia amid its nationalist war in Ukraine.

A Palestinian state would be a terror entity that would destroy Jordan and other pro-US Arab regimes.

According to Beit Shemesh mayor Aliza Bloch, Kanaim families who have special needs children struggle to educate them in private institutions, which is why she reached out to education officials to create one just for them.

Twenty-two people are killed in clashes between rival factions of Iraq's Shi'ite majority following 10 months of political deadlock since the October parliamentary election.

Former Balad lawmaker Azmi Bishara, who fled to Qatar after being suspected of spying for Hezbollah, is said to have provided the faction with over two million shekels.