Designation seeks to ensure the world takes the current outbreak seriously. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: We have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little.

IDF, Shin Bet security agency, and Israel Police counterterrorism forces wage a lengthy standoff with terrorist operatives, with a local mosque urging residents to arm themselves and join the battle.

  Turkish foreign ministry summoned the Swedish charges d'affaires in Ankara to convey its "strong reaction" to what it called...

The best indication the US president’s trip was a success was the praise he received in Israel compared to the protests and grumbling from the Palestinians and their supporters.

Rafael Grossi tells Spanish newspaper that "If there is an agreement, it is going to be very difficult for me to reconstruct the puzzle of this whole period of forced blindness." Meanwhile, head of Britain's MI6 "not sure" Iran wants a deal at all.