In rare move, DPG says it 'dissociates itself clearly and unequivocally' from PA president's speech blaming Jews for Holocaust

Largest blaze since Gazans started new arson tactic burns for six hours; 10 firefighting crews working since early afternoon to bring flames under control

PM reportedly trying to improve terms of arrangement he scrapped last month that would have seen 16,500 asylum seekers leave and a similar number given temporary Israeli residency

Yesh Atid head: Netanyahu is making mistakes he would not have made in the past, such as televised presentation of smuggled nuclear archive

Meeting in Jerusalem Shinzo Abe asks prime minister to restrain settlement construction, stresses support for two-state solution

'Don't light bonfires. There will be other opportunities,' he says on Twitter as authorities warn of fires going out of control amid dry, windy weather

After speech by PA chief is widely denounced as anti-Semitic, Saeb Erekat says Abbas respects Judaism, believes in peace, opposes those 'who occupy our land'

New secretary of state pledges commitment to 'permanent, verifiable, irreversible dismantling of North Korea's weapons of mass destruction program... without delay'