Israel elections to be held on October 27: parliament Israel will hold national elections on October 27, the last date allowed by law, its parliament said on Sunday, with the vote widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership since the Gaza war erupted. "Since the current Knesset is expected to serve its full term and the next general election is already set by law for October 27, with no intention of shortening the legislature's tenure, there is no need to enact a Knesset Dissolution Law in the usual sense," parliament said in a statement. Agence France-Presse
Syrian transitional parliament holds first session Syria's transitional parliament began its first session on Sunday, state television reported, tasked with drafting the country's new constitution and laying the groundwork for democracy after decades of authoritarian rule. The session began on Sunday with 206 members, excluding those from Druze-majority Sweida province in the south and one member who died between being named and the parliament convening. Agence France-Presse
US senator and Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies aged 71 Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, an influential ally of President Donald Trump and advocate of hawkish US foreign policy, has died unexpectedly aged 71, his office said. - Foreign policy hawk - Graham's death comes as the weeks-long hospitalization of former Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell rattles the party. Agence France-Presse
US-Iran strikes: latest developments US military strikes on Iranian targets entered a second day on Monday in a surge of renewed fighting over the status of the Strait of Hormuz that is endangering a fragile interim agreement and sending oil prices spiking. Oil prices jump as US hits Iran Oil prices opened sharply higher in Tokyo on Monday after the United States launched a wave of attacks on Iran and as Tehran announced it would close the Strait of Hormuz. Agence France-Presse
'Our land, our sky:' West Bank Palestinians fly kites in defiance of Israeli settlers As brightly coloured kites climb above Burin, a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, children race across a sun-baked hillside, watching their creations soar into the sky. Kites in the black, white, green and red of the Palestinian flag soar overhead, joined by another in the colours of Egypt, flown in tribute to the Egyptian national football team. Agence France-Presse
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