Despite scenarios of a narrow minority government, Blue and White is expected to try and form a liberal unity government that includes the Likud but not the haredi parties. Likud MK David Bitan: We will see a government after Gantz's 28 days, not one formed by him.

Coins found above and below a 2,000-year old road to the Temple Mount prove it was constructed between 31 and 40 CE, researchers say, and thus likely commissioned by the infamous Roman governor of Judea, explain Israeli archaeologists.

Germany proposes security zone in northern Syria to protect displaced civilians and ensure continued operations against the Islamic State. This marks the first time Berlin has suggested a military mission to the Middle East.

"Yazidis need to trust the authorities in Iraq in order to establish peace and make a process of reconciliation and transitional justice," says Mirza Dinnayi.

Egyptian Tourism Minister Rania el-Mashat hails decision as a "message to the world that Egypt is safe."