Gadi Eisenkot said building a governing coalition would require “creative and ​unconventional political steps” but said change was needed to restore “sanity.”

Iran warned the United States to accept its proposal for ending the war and opening the Strait of Hormuz or risk renewed fighting.

Seven people were killed and over 100 others injured when two trains collided Sunday south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, the Chief Prosecutor’s office said in a statement. It also said the train’s conductor was among those killed.

The pontiff’s trip comes amid tensions between the country’s libertarian leader and its Catholic Church, which is deeply committed to social justice.

Air quality deteriorated in India's capital Delhi on Monday, after residents celebrating the Hindu festival of lights set off fireworks ​in violation of court orders.

This U.N. climate summit, called the Conference of the Parties, or COP31, also comes as the war in Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, pushing up global prices of gasoline and oil and myriad products made with them,

Critics have pointed out that the event falls the day before the anniversary of Kristallnacht, though organizers say the timing is coincidental.

A pastor of a house church in Beijing has been arrested, his wife told The Associated Press this week, as China intensifies its crackdown on unregistered churches. Pastor Xianfeng Edward Cui, who founded Beijing Jiaquan Church,