In the months leading up to the ground services being awarded to the UAE, Taliban reportedly made unexplained changes to its team negotiating with Qatar and Turkey.

Russia's ambassador to London Andrei Kelin gives insight into potential Russian endgame in Ukraine • Russia warns Lithuania it could take 'harsh' measures over Kaliningrad transit

Alexei Gorinov, a district councilor in capital Moscow was jailed for seven years after he was found guilty of "disseminating fake information about Russia's army."

I have no doubt that when Saudi Arabia reaches out its hand toward Israel, the friendship will be deep and sustainable.

BEHIND THE LINES: Hard choices face Israel in accelerated relationships with Turkey and Greece.

All three incidents involved deadly shootings with possible links to organized crime, these incidents mark a recent hike in murder cases in the Arab population.

Convicted sex abuser Rabbi Baruch Lanner could be granted citizenship by the Interior Ministry. If it does, he "could tomorrow walk into any school and apply for a job," said Shana Aaronson.

Russian forces are likely pausing to replenish before undertaking new offensive operations in the Donetsk Oblast, the Ministry of Defence said in a Twitter update.