A recent poll has found that 44% of Israelis are not optimistic about the future of the regime, and 33% of them are thinking about immigration from the occupied territories.

Russia for the first time spells out an array of security guarantees that it wants the United States and its NATO allies to commit to, in an attempt to defuse the escalation of a dangerous security situation near its border.

The Pentagon has conceded a “deteriorating security situation” in Afghanistan following a 20-year of the American war in the country.