The unrest, which has killed more than 400 people, mostly demonstrators, amounts to the biggest challenge for Iraq since Islamic State terrorists seized vast swathes of Iraqi and Syrian territory in 2014.

Asers Tekalin went missing at 6 a.m. last Wednesday after she celebrated her son's bar mitzvah. A surveillance camera caught her falling into a garbage dumpster. "We aren't able to comprehend this tragedy," says family member of development.

Netanyahu, Gantz have less than two weeks to get 61 signatures that would make them PM-designate. Neither is likely to reach threshold.

The international community’s wish to prevent the looting of ancient artifacts is understandable, but shouldn't apply in the case of the Middle East’s persecuted Jewish communities.

Vatican's gift kicks off Christmas season at the town revered as the place of Jesus’ birth. Custodian of the Church of the Nativity says relic brings "great honor to believers and pilgrims in the area."