Social media giant cites alleged harassment of people of the Baha'i faith by the Farsi-language accounts of the state-run IRNA, Mehr, and Young Journalists Club. Affected agencies speculate that the move is linked to the growing tensions between Iran and the West in the Persian Gulf.

The demolitions capped a yearslong legal battle over buildings in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sur Baher. Israel maintains all condemned buildings were built too close to the security fence.

New Right co-founder Naftali Bennett’s decision to place the good of the right-wing bloc before his own ego cannot be downplayed. The leaders of the smaller right-wing parties should follow suit.

If a left-wing government is established after the election under the auspices of Yisrael Beytenu's Avigdor Lieberman, the right-wing parties will have only themselves to blame.

The veteran Japanese diplomat, who held the position of IAEA director since 2009, had planned to step down due to an unspecified illness, agency says. Several IAEA ambassadors are said to be in the running to succeed him.