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The race was limited to only a few hundred top runners, with more than 30,000 amateur runners asked not to attend, because of the coronavirus outbreak in Japan.

Of the approximately 30 diplomats recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations, two were Asian: Chiune Sugihara of Japan, and Dr. Ho Feng-Shan, of China.

Secretary of State John Kerry said this week that “Nobody pretends that some of the challenges we have with Iran have somehow been wiped away."

Israel beat Russia 4:1 in the group event that was held for the first time this year, and 11 of its team members were awarded a medal.

The previous record in China was set in July 2017, when the mercury reached 123 degrees Fahrenheit.

North Korea is continuing to test new military weapons even as US Secy of State Rex Tillerson warns diplomatic options are fading.

Also: Japanese officials on Saturday admitted that 23 of the Diamond Princess passengers had been cleared to leave by mistake.

Silly Israelis are still going ahead with their plans, even with an extra warning from the Foreign Ministry.

A Jewish resident fought tooth and nail against letting the Israeli municipality in.

The missile fire came five days after a test-fire by Pyongyang of a barrage of short-range projectiles from the east coast.

"In the middle of the oceans, is the island of Nauru, a small community, a Christian community, who very much believe in Israel."

Saeed is quoted as saying, "There cannot be any peace while India remains intact. Cut them, cut them so much that they kneel before you and ask for mercy."

PM Netanyahu welcomed the leader of a strong friend of Israel in the international forum -- Croatia -- on his first visit to Jerusalem as prime minister.

Israel's biggest fear, is the possibility that North Korea might develop nuclear weapons on behalf of Iran.

The attack occurred during a family vacation at the local animal park on the Thai island of Ko Samui.

North Korea is test-launching intercontinental ballistic missiles for the second time in two weeks.

The Arrow-3 is jointly managed by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the Israel Missile Defense Organization.

A Syrian rebel group attacks dozens of UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights; others are held captive. UNDOF head is challenged.

Netanyahu in his response preferred to point out to his host more substantial and reliable things, such as their respective countries' joint R&D fund.

Netanyahu announced that Australia and Italy would be added to the list of countries with entry restrictions, joining Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, and China.

"Wrong behaviors and practices sometimes hid our eyes and ears, but we've overcome those and eventually we came here after overcoming all the obstacles."

Hamas is trying to cement ties with its Shi'ite brother, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, while opening a new base in Algeria.

"My late father, who died at the age of 102, in his later years received incredible care by a caregiver from the Philippines, Lee, a woman of exceptional compassion and intelligence."

North Korea announced it successfully tested its first hydrogen bomb - a weapon more powerful than an atomic bomb.

Retired Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal said the Indian Army is better than the IDF, because it has had to deal with a better organized enemy and tougher terrain.

Israel won the first game of the World Baseball Classic in Seoul in the tenth inning.

North Korea has built a new, taller missile launch tower at its missile base, a South Korean news agency reports.

It's not known how the Palestinian Authority responded to the Japanese peace summit proposal.

The Fukushima prefecture in Japan urged coastal residents to move to higher ground after being hit by a 7.3-magnitude earthquake.

"The target were Christians," a spokesman for a Taliban faction said in a statement.