Embassy in Jerusalem recommends that pilgrims who ignore advice make a will before they leave, and arrange a contingency plan not including US assistance

Washington's envoy tells UN Security Council that 'filtration' operations include incidents of torture, children separated from parents; Russian envoy dismisses claim as 'fantasy'

Zelensky says troops recaptured several settlements in country's northeast Kharkiv region; UN says there are 'credible' accusations Ukrainian children forcibly moved to Russia

Ukrainian armed forces chief hails his troops for working to 'physically transfer fighting' to the Moscow-annexed peninsula

'It would be right and symbolic' to hold the votes on Russia's Day of National Unity, party official says

Russian president claims 'it wasn't us who started the military action'; hints at halting energy export if 'stupid' Western price cap on Moscow's oil and gas takes force

Pair faces deportation to Kherson despite massive military offensive in the Kherson region, after Population Authority says they do not qualify as humanitarian case

But 1,000 pilgrims have already arrived, thousands more expected; some Israelis shrug off war dangers, saying it's no different from home

Conference also serves as thinly veiled criticism of rabbis who've fled country due to their open opposition to its invasion of Ukraine

International Atomic Energy Agency urges Russians and Ukrainians to agree on an end to shelling around Zaporizhzhia site to prevent further damage