Amid battle between Trump administration and some in Congress over waivers on oil, nuclear sanctions due to expire or be extended next month, Guard's formal designation as "foreign terrorist organization" kicks in with notice published in Federal Register.

William Steinberg, the Jewish mayor of Hampstead , Quebec, refuses to heed calls from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other politicians to apologize for labeling Bill 21, which was introduced in response to the issue of Muslim women wearing hijabs in Quebec, as “ethnic cleansing."

By joining Netanyahu's fifth coalition government, Labor would exact some degree of revenge on Blue and White, which siphoned 18 Knesset seats from the party and battered its members at every opportunity.

Palestinian Authority Prisoners Affairs Minister Qadri Abu Bakir says that a deal was reached with Israeli authorities to end the eight-day strike in return for phone privileges three times a week.

"It could take a decade or maybe more to restore the structure," Paris Deputy Mayor Karen Taieb tells Israel Hayom. Officials consider the fire an accident, possibly as a result of restoration work taking place at the global architectural treasure.