Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and alternate PM Yair Lapid have officially concluded their doomed efforts to stabilize the troubled governing coalition. The pair announced in a joint statement on Monday they would bring in a bill in seven days to dissolve the Knesset, having been unable to bypass or extend the West Bank emergency…

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has also weighed in, demanding that Lithuania lift the ban on the transit of goods to Kaliningrad Region Lithuania’s decision to block the transit of sanctioned goods to Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad is unparalleled, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Monday.

Dmitry Medvedev has said Moscow should not negotiate on nuclear weapons with Washington The US would perceive Russian attempts to negotiate a prolongation of the New START nuclear treaty as a sign of weakness, so no talks should take place unless Washington changes its behavior, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev argued on Monday.