Netanyahu's request puts him in line with many other world leaders; From Nixon in the Watergate affair that changed America, to Lula who went from prison back to the presidency of Brazil, to the Peruvian dictator convicted of war crimes but released for 'health reasons'

Israeli forces killed Abdallah Hamad, son of a senior Hamas leader, and other terrorists who emerged from a Rafah tunnel, as dozens of Hamas operatives remain trapped underground amid a tightening IDF siege 

Assailant, who may have been hit by IDF gunfire, remains at large; 'IDF troops are now conducting extensive searches for the attacker,' military says

After US and Ukrainian delegations wrapped talks in Florida, Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to travel to Russia; Trump voiced optimism, but sources close to the talks said the drafting, especially on territory, is tough

Alleged Washington DC shooter Rahmanullah Lakanwal struggled to cope with the horrors he witnessed and the violence he carried out during his service in the elite CIA-supported Afghan unit

Session on petitions against Gali Baharav-Miara’s ouster ends almost immediately after no representative appears for Justice Minister Yariv Levin, leaving a seven-justice panel facing an empty chair

Day after Netanyahu files his formal pardon request, Trump tells him the trial should have been halted long ago and signals support; US president has repeatedly called the case political and urged Israel’s president to pardon Netanyahu

In Kim Jong Un’s sealed dictatorship, foreign news is contraband; five North Korean defectors at Free North Korea Radio broadcast daily from Seoul, but US and South Korean funding cuts under Trump and Lee threaten to silence them