JERUSALEM: For the first time in 12 years, Israelis on Monday woke up to a new government and a new prime minister after Naftali Bennett secured the backing of parliament and ousted longtime leader Benjamin Netanyahu.

JERUSALEM: Israeli lawmakers were voting Sunday on a “change” coalition government of bitter ideological rivals united by their determination to banish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (pic) from power.

BANGKOK: Bangkok is expected to ease Covid-19 restrictions beginning Monday and popular island resort Phuket expected to welcome vaccinated foreign visitors from low-risk countries starting July 1.

CARBIS BAY: G7 leaders were on Sunday urged to take urgent action to secure the future of the planet, as they finalised new conservation and emissions targets to curb climate change, and wrapped up a three-day summit where revived Western unity has been on show.

SAN FRANCISCO: The world’s premier video game trade show, E3, kicked off online Saturday, celebrating play that “kept us sane” during the pandemic, celebrating fantasy worlds with Ubisoft’s new offering “Avatar,” and promising a real-world gathering next year.

PROVINCETOWN: A diver says he’s lucky to be alive after he was swallowed and spat out by a humpback whale, Yahoo News reported.

WASHINGTON: US congresswoman Ilhan Omar (pic) faced broad condemnation including from her Democratic Party’s leadership after the Muslim lawmaker accused the United States and Israel of “unthinkable atrocities” comparable to those of Hamas and the Taliban.

GENEVA: The UN rights chief said Friday that violence was escalating across Myanmar, warning that the country had plunged into a “human rights catastrophe” since the February 1 coup.

LAHORE: A Pakistan province said Friday it will block the mobile phones of people refusing to get Covid-19 jabs, in the latest move to penalise the unvaccinated in a country where only a fraction of the population have been inoculated.

YANGON: The Myanmar junta has hit deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi with corruption charges over claims she accepted illegal payments of gold and more than half a million dollars in cash, state media reported Thursday.