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Not just Putin, PM Narendra Modi's India First policy and leadership has been praised by several world leaders

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dedication to creating a better India has not only earned him accolades from his countrymen but has also motivated other world leaders to follow his footsteps and admire him

Explained: Will Benjamin Netanyahu return to power in Israel after next week's vote?

Polls suggest that hawkish ex-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will likely need heavy backing from the Israel's rising extreme-right to form a government — a scenario which an expert spelled as ‘disaster’ for the country's democracy

PM Modi congratulates Yair Lapid on becoming Israeli prime minister, wishes to deepen ties

Lapid, Israel's foreign minister and architect of the outgoing coalition government, became the country's caretaker prime minister just after midnight on Friday. He took over from Naftali Bennett, Israel's shortest-serving PM

Explained: Why Israel is gearing up for its fifth election in three years

Naftali Bennett has called time on his government just a year into the job after members in his eight-party coalition kept leaving, paving the way for his ally and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to take charge as caretaker prime minister in Israel

Yair Lapid, set to be Israel's next PM, faces critical test of convincing he is worthy of top post

Earlier this week, the Israel government decided to dissolve Parliament. Lapid, now foreign minister, is set to take office as caretaker prime minister until elections in the fall

Israel coalition government announces dissolution of parliament, calls fifth election in mere three years

The previous four elections, focused on Benjamin Netanyahu’s fitness to rule while facing a corruption investigation, ended in deadlock

Special West Bank status near expiry date rings warning bells for Israeli settlers

For over half a century, Israel has repeatedly renewed regulations that today extend a legal umbrella to nearly 500,000 settlers — but not to the more than 2.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank

Israeli PM Naftali Bennett's government limps into new parliament session

Less than a year after taking office, Bennett has lost his parliamentary majority; his own party is crumbling and a key governing partner has suspended cooperation with the coalition

Israel's Naftali Bennett says Russia's Vladimir Putin apologised over top diplomat's Holocaust remarks

In an interview about Russian claims that it invaded Ukraine to 'denazify' the country, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said that Ukraine could still have Nazi elements even though its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is Jewish

Iron Beam: Israel creates World’s first energy-based laser weapons system that downs flying objects at $3.5 per shot, WATCH

The Israeli-made laser system, known as the "Iron Beam", is designed to complement a series of aerial defense systems, including the costliest rocket-intercepting Iron Dome