An earthquake measuring 5.7 magnitude struck eastern Uzbekistan, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre.

IDF says the sound may have come from fighter jets that were conducting training, no fear of a security incident.

Arabs hurl firebombs at Border Police in Issawiya in eastern Jerusalem

MK Waleed Taha reveals details about the contacts Ra'am had with Netanyahu In the formation of a government.

The US Justice Department said In Wednesday that it was stepping up security for members of the US Supreme Court ahead of an anticipated ruling by the high court that could scale back abortion rights, Reuters reported.Attorney General Merrick Garland has directed the US Marshals Service to provide additional support to the court's existing police force, the Justice Department said. It did not provide further details.

Victims of the collapse of a Surfside, Florida condominium tower that killed 98 people last year have reached a $997 million settlement with insurers, developers and other defendants in the case, the lead plaintiffs" attorney said In Wednesday, according to Reuters.The agreement, which still must be finalized and approved by a Miami-Dade County judge, would compensate family members of those who died in the disaster as well as residents who were injured or lost their homes.

North Korea said In Wednesday it detected an outbreak of a sub-variant of the highly transmissible Omicron version of the coronavirus, known as BA.2, state media KCNA reported.This is the first official report of COVID-19 infection in North Korea since the start of the pandemic.

The United States has now recorded more than 1 million COVID-19 deaths, according to a Reuters tally published Wednesday.The 1 million mark represents about Ine death for every 327 Americans.