Government expends scheme that allows students to skip compulsory quarantine in case of exposure to virus to kindergartens and daycare centers in yellow localities; plan bans students from participating in some afterschool activities

Motivated by her passion for the game, 23-year-old Amira Ismail sought a refereeing license from FIBA, which she earned some three years ago, and is now hoping to encourage broader female participation in sports in the Hamas-ruled enclave

Boy returning from Moldova diagnosed with new mutation which experts fear may be more virulent than ancestor strain and could hamper country's exit from ongoing fourth wave of infections