Investment in seed startups plunges by 47% in the first three-quarters of the year, as investors shun risk and pour funds into later stage tech firms, IVC-Zag S&W report says

Travel ban applied to and from five major cities, including capital Tehran, though authorities resist total lockdown for fear of impact on economy already hard-hit by US sanctions

Judges question state's authority to ban mass protests; anti-Netanyahu organization hails move as 'important step for democracy and rule of law in Israel'

Knesset panel okays government decision to extend closure to Sunday night; new exceptions to 1-kilometer limit include travel to weddings, professional sports training

Anger between populations tears at fabric of society as many lose their livelihood, while some firms have managed to reinvent themselves to adapt to the new reality

But 'unprecedented' dip won't help the climate emergency in the long term, researchers warn

As closure extended until Sunday, Israeli leaders say a few more days are needed to establish that infections are indeed falling

Daily tally nears 2,000 mark cited as threshold below which lockdown can start being eased; only 5.4% of tests positive, weeks after figure reached 15%

Parents of soldiers on Base 80, where over 100 people have contracted COVID-19, complain of unsanitary, unsafe conditions that allowed the disease to spread freely

Lawmakers are told that 1st-4th graders will return to class when 1,000 virus infections confirmed daily, 5th graders and up when country sees 250 cases a day