UN refugee agency says lifting US sanctions could boost returns and investment as hundreds of thousands of Syrians go home, while new refugees flee violence, aid funding lags and rebuilding needs remain vast

Rina Cesana, an Israeli living in Sydney, says she and her family survived the antisemitic shooting after being delayed in a parking lot on the way to a Hanukkah celebration; 'My daughter grasped the situation and started screaming, ‘Run, they’re shooting at us,’' she said, adding that Israel remains the safest place for Jews

The embassy says the 'Russia House' at Sergei Courtyard will expand cultural and spiritual ties, while critics point to past warnings on foreign interference and Russia’s efforts to reach Israel’s Russian-speaking community

Suspect located after multistate manhunt as police investigate possible link to separate killing of MIT professor

Military released rare interrogation footage of Imad Amhaz, a senior commander in Hezbollah’s naval unit who was captured about a year ago in a covert commando raid on Lebanon’s northern coast

IPC says Gaza no longer in famine, but remains in a severe nutritional emergency despite improvements, while Israel says the report ignores the scale of food aid entering the territory and relies on incomplete data

Authorities say new information has surfaced in the last 24 hours linking the shooting spree that left two students dead and murder of Professor Nuno Loureiro; investigators believe they have identified suspect, though his name has not been released