United Nations Conference on Trade and Development points at Israeli activities, mass unemployment and environmental degradation among other factors driving the ongoing crisis. Report also highlights decreasing foreign investment, a 6% drop in donor support in 2017-2018, and untapped oil and gas deposits near Gaza's coastline and in the West Bank due to the conflict with Israel.

FDA approves Healthy.io's smartphone-based urine test to diagnose chronic kidney disease. Healthy.io CEO Yonatan Adiri: "The smartphone has the potential to be the great equalizer of healthcare."

After second day of raids by what are believed to be Russian jets in northwestern Syria, opposition says new reinforcements from Russian special forces, Iranian-backed militias and elite Syrian army units arriving daily and amassing on front lines in southern Idlib.

Mohammed Badie, outlawed organization's chief, among those sentenced in Cairo criminal court. Court formally drops charges against Egypt's late President Mohammed Morsi, who collapsed and died in a court session in June.

Tehran calls Netanyahu's pledge to annex Jordan Valley a ploy to win re-election. UN Secretary General António Guterres says plan would constitute "serious violation of international law," and "would be devastating to the potential of reviving negotiations and regional peace, while severely undermining the viability of the two-state solution," he says