IDF confirms strikes on capital, port infrastructure in response to recent assaults on Israel, as PM vows to keep up attacks; WHO chief, in the country, says he was nearly struck

PM's lawyer tells court he'll return with time estimate at special hearing called to expedite proceedings

'The Brutalist,' 'A Real Pain' and 'A Complete Unknown' are all on this year's prominent top-10 lists as they and others are expected to see plenty of attention come Oscar season

In theaters Friday, film is utterly fascinating, captures a moment in time when songs had weight, when they could move the culture

The local community enjoys wider political support than in most other Western European countries, but hostile voices on the far right and left raise concerns for the future

Some worry that sudden influx could disrupt their idyllic rural way of life; some local Druze, loyal to Syria or their own history in the region, see it as an affront

UNIFIL says Israel violating Resolution 1701, as IDF continues to operate in south Lebanon ahead of mandated withdrawal at end of January that was agreed to in November ceasefire

Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib speaks by phone with his Syrian counterpart, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani