After death of longtime ruler Idriss Deby Itno, who renewed relations with Jewish state, General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, 37, named as his replacement

Deby, who in 2019 restored ties with Israel after 50-year break, dies hours after being declared winner of presidential election

European Court of Justice judge Egil Levits and his Latvian patriot parents were expelled from former Soviet Union in 1972 because KGB viewed them as threat