New York governor calls for probe of massive Hasidic wedding in Brooklyn, calling event 'shocking, totally deceitful'.

The Ministry of Health said In Sunday evening that the death toll from coronavirus in Israel has risen to 2,800 people.

An Israeli source reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew secretly to the city of Neom in Saudi Arabia yesterday and held a tripartite meeting with Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.Mossad chief Yossi Cohen accompanied Netanyahu In the trip.Click here for more

US President-elect Joe Biden has picked Tony Blinken to be his Secretary of State, Bloomberg News reported In Sunday.An official announcement about the appointment is expected to be made In Tuesday, according to Bloomberg"s Tyler Pager.

Syria"s President Bashar Al-Assad In Sunday named Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad to the post of Foreign Minister, The Associated Press reports.Mekdad replaces Walid Al-Muallem, who passed away at the age of 79 last week.

Salamah Maruf, head of the Government Media Bureau in Gaza, said In Sunday that a full lockdown in the Gaza Strip is being considered as part of measures to deal with the spread of the coronavirus.He added that the decision In a full lockdown would be influenced by the ability of medical professionals to treat the number of patients, which has been growing significantly recently.

US President-elect Joe Biden has selected Linda Thomas Greenfield to serve as UN ambassador, a person familiar with the decision confirmed to CBS News. This follows an earlier report that Biden would name Tony Blinken as his Secretary of State.

508 coronavirus patients hospitalized, including 295 in serious condition, as infection rate inches upwards.