In response to The Hague Court issuing arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara said that "the International Criminal Court, which was meant to deal with the most severe atrocities, has today failed in its historic role," in a statement Thursday night."The International Criminal Court's decision is baseless, regrettable, and fundamentally legally flawed. On this day, it must be stated clearly - the International Criminal Court lacks any jurisdiction in this matter," she added."Israel is considering its next legal steps."

US Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler will step down in January ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration, he said on Thursday, ending an ambitious tenure that saw him clash with Wall Street and the crypto industry.

The UN nuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors passed a resolution on Thursday again ordering Iran to improve cooperation with the agency and asking the watchdog to issue a "comprehensive" report on Iran by the spring, diplomats said.Western powers that proposed the text aim to pressure Iran into entering negotiations on new restrictions on its nuclear activities, though there are doubts about whether US President-elect Donald Trump will back talks after he takes office in January. Iran also tends to bristle at resolutions against it.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accused the United States of ramping up tension and provocations, saying the Korean peninsula has never faced such risks of nuclear war as now, state media KCNA said on Friday.

Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Thursday she will chair a US House of Representatives panel on government efficiency, working with billionaire Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in their effort to streamline the US government.Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla TSLA.O and SpaceX, and Ramaswamy, a former Republican presidential candidate and biotech executive, were tasked by President-elect Donald Trump with creating a panel of outside advisers to make recommendations on how to reduce the size of federal workforce and slash regulations.Greene's government efficiency subcommittee was created by House Oversight Committee chair James Comer to work with Musk and Ramaswamy."I'm thrilled to announce I'll be chairing a brand new subcommittee to work hand-in-hand with @ElonMusk and @VivekGRamaswamy," Greene wrote on X.Trump, Musk and Ramaswamy have touted ambitious claims about the panel's ability to transform the US government and the effort has received widespread publicity and interest in how it will operate.

Three people were lightly wounded in northern Israel while running to safe rooms, Israel emergency medical service, Magen David Adom (MDA) said in the early hours of Friday, after sirens sounded in Haifa and its bayside suburbs starting at 02:09 a.m. local time. The three, aged 55, 50, and 37 were evacuated for further medical treatment to the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, MDA added. Some five rockets crossed into Israel, the military said, with some being intercepted.