Prosecutors say 20-year-old Syrian man arrested over attack on tourists in Dresden is believed to have Islamist background

Netanyahu calls to shorten multi-stage plan for lifting national lockdown, but health officials said to warn of risks in doing so

Figure had risen as high as 72,164 in early October during national lockdown to curb runaway infection rates; positive test rate continues decline

Casualties were from group linked to Hezbollah set up to attack Israel from Syrian Golan, says Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

25-year-old rushed to hospital unconscious and in serious condition, remaining victims suffered moderate injuries; rescue medics pull them from the rubble

Dennis Potodinsky, who has history of psychiatric problems, is first person to be sentenced for assaulting protesters against PM, amid growing number of attacks on demonstrators

State Attorney's Office says it provided evidence 'even beyond' what is legally required to prime minister and the Elovitchs, accuses defendants of trying to 'widen the dispute'

Haim Korsia writes in op-ed that Paris changing policy 'belatedly, but all the same' after beheading of history teacher, who showed students cartoons of prophet Mohammed