Senior Israeli official says that slow-walking of request to hand over former official Tomas Zeron, wanted in connection with abduction, torture, is part of 'tit-for-tat diplomacy'

Accident causes strange sight of massive flames boiling up from below the water's surface; no injuries in incident near state-owned drilling platform

‘City of Torah’ planners hope cheaper housing and amenities will attract Haredi Jews from Argentina, Venezuela, Panama, Chile to community, 75 miles from capital

Warnings grow as Asian country battles major coronavirus surge that has seen it set new global records for daily infections

List features some of the nations worst-hit by COVID, including India; top health official says vaccines may offer less protection against Indian strain

Ramat Gan city councilor asks mayor to immediately revert Andres Roemer Street to its previous name, as past ambassador to UNESCO faces assault accusations from several women

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has been criticized for his handling of pandemic and rarely wears a mask, says his symptoms are mild

Former head of the country's Criminal Investigation Agency Tomas Zeron is accused of using torture, enforced disappearance and embezzling some $55 million of public funds

Tomas Zeron, who was head of the Criminal Investigation Agency, is wanted over allegations of serious irregularities in investigation into 2014 human rights atrocity

Baja California, State of Mexico, Mexico City run short of documents with special characteristics to stop falsification; country has 4th-highest level of COVID-19 deaths in world