Opposition leader Yair Lapid urged Netanyahu to ensure the country's top judge is invited to the Indian prime minister's speech, after he was excluded as part of the government's renewed push to overhaul Israel's judiciary

The U.S. State Department ordered nonessential diplomats to leave Lebanon, as Trump's threat of a potentially imminent strike, aimed at exerting military pressure on Iran to concede to U.S. demands over its nuclear program, looms over the region

Born in Beirut, the veteran Palestinian diplomat represented Ramallah in France and the European Union, along with other countries, since the 1980s. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said 'she remained faithful to her people's message until her final days'