Israel

NPR's Islamabad correspondent faced a thorny problem when she moved from Jerusalem to Pakistan: how to transport her pet between countries that lack diplomatic links and don't recognize each other.

Israel said it attacked several targets in Syria after intercepting an Iranian drone that had been launched from that country.

The Nazis established some of the most notorious extermination camps of the Holocaust on Polish soil — including Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the secret recording of his wife is part of a "wild and violent witch hunt" against his family. It's the second embarrassing leak to hit this month.

Israeli politicians gave standing ovations as Vice President Pence promised a faster timetable for a U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. A Palestinian official called Pence's words "a gift to extremists."

Vice President Pence announces a faster timeline for opening the embassy than had been previously reported and calls Jerusalem "Israel's capital" in a speech to the Knesset.

The topic came up during Pence's talks with Egypt's and Jordan's leaders. The vice president now heads for a warmer welcome in Israel from the country's government.

"Bro, my dad got your dad a sweet deal," Yair Netanyahu, then 24, is heard telling friends amid talk of prostitution and lap dances in a secretly recorded conversation from 2015.

"We're watching those votes," Trump said, threatening to cut aid to countries that vote in favor of the resolution. "Let them vote against us. We'll save a lot. We don't care."