After the first settler is strip-searched at JFK, Israel will presumably start acting differently.

Rex Tillerson is expected to be named as U.S.'s top diplomat, transition team official says. Tillerson was awarded the Order of Friendship by Putin in 2013.

'The arrows point at the PKK,' Turkey's deputy prime minister says. 'There will be an announcement once the investigations are over. We cannot say anything definite for now.'

Trump has certainly been among the greatest influences on the events of the year. For clues as to how Time feels about it, we can look to the image chosen for his cover as 'Person of the Year.'

This is a developing story: 35 wounded in Cairo blast, Egypt security officials say.

Russian presence in Syria usually limits Israel while restraining Hezbollah. Israel's recent actions, however, could provide Hassan Nasrallah the justification he needs.

35 wounded in Egypt after assailant lobs bomb into a chapel close to the outer wall of St Mark's Cathedral, seat of Egypt's Orthodox Christian church.

Asked recently about the chance that he would serve in government, Trump's candidate for secretary of state joked: 'I'm not qualified.'