Asia Israel Israeli archaeologists unearthed the 2,5m long tusk of a straight-tusked elephant in the south of the country, probably hunted by early people around 500.000 years ago; the find was announced by the Israel Antiquities Authority
Asia Israel Netanyahu defiantly addressed the UN, saying that he decided to attend "after hearing the lies and slanders addressed by the speakers present", calling the UN a "house of darkness" and a "swamp of anti-Semitic bile"
Asia Israel The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling on Israel to end its illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories within a year, a move that Palestine hailed as 'historic'
Asia Israel The Houthi group claims to have launched a new hypersonic ballistic missile that flew some 2.000 km towards the centre of Israel, evading air defence systems and triggering a fire not far from Tel Aviv; Prime Minister Netanyahu vowed to retaliate
Asia Israel High Court told Justice Minister Levin to quickly start process for appointing new court president and other two judges after justice minister was given enough time to seek ‘broad consensus’ on the appointment, but failed