Will ‘The Prince’ dethrone ‘King Bibi’? Israeli ex-military chief aims at premiership
Confronted by a right-wing heckler while on the campaign trail in Israel, Benny Gantz grabbed the man by the lapels, stared coolly into his eyes and rumbled: “No one’s doing anything wrong by you. We only want what’s good for you.”
Netanyahu rival Gantz accepts mandate to try to form Israeli government
Former military chief Benny Gantz received an official mandate on Wednesday to try to form Israel’s next government, but with no easy path to ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long hold on power.
Will ‘The Prince’ dethrone ‘King Bibi’? Israelis ex-military chief aims at premiership
Confronted by a right-wing heckler while on the campaign trail in Israel, Benny Gantz grabbed the man by the lapels, stared coolly into his eyes and rumbled: “No one’s doing anything wrong by you. We only want what’s good for you.”
Italy PM says Barr’s meetings with Rome intelligence were legitimate
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Wednesday confirmed that U.S. Attorney General William Barr held two secret meetings with Italian intelligence officers in Rome and described the encounters as “legal and correct”.
Driver arrested after 39 found dead in truck near London
British police found the bodies of 39 people inside a truck at an industrial estate near London on Wednesday and said they had arrested the driver on suspicion of murder.
EU keeps UK waiting on Brexit delay, Johnson gears for an election
EU member states on Wednesday delayed a decision on whether to grant Britain a three-month Brexit extension, while Prime Minister Boris Johnson said if the deadline is deferred to the end of January he would call an election by Christmas.
Canada’s PM Trudeau pledges middle-class tax cut as first act of new government
Canada’s Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday that a middle-class tax cut would be the first order of business for his new minority government, which would seek support in parliament on a case-by-case basis.
‘A better life somewhere else’: Europe-bound African migrants wait in Rwanda
At the United Nations emergency transit center next to a serene lake south of Rwanda’s capital on Wednesday, the quiet mood was broken by the sobs of a group of female migrants from Ethiopia.
Russian police deploy in Syria’s Kobani, Trump says ceasefire permanent
Russian military police started deploying on Syria’s northeast border on Wednesday under a deal with Turkey to drive Kurdish fighters from the region, and U.S. President Donald Trump said Turkey’s offensive against the Kurdish forces was over.
U.S seen no evidence of ethnic cleansing by Turks in Syria: senior U.S official
The United States has seen no evidence of ethnic cleansing in northeastern Syria by Turkish forces in the wake of a U.S. pullout and has been assured by Turkey there will not be any, a senior Trump administration official said on Wednesday.
