US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced that Dave Weldon is his choice to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, a sweeping US agency with a $17.3 billion budget used as a public health model around the world.Weldon, 71, is a medical doctor and former lawmaker who served in the US House of Representatives, representing Florida.

Israel launched a strike on a Syrian-Lebanese border crossing in the region of Homs, the Syrian state news agency said on Saturday.This is a developing story.

Israel's national basketball team beat Ukraine's team by 13 points on Saturday at the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers game in Latvia, with a final score of 86-73.

Two protesters were arrested at the Karkur Junction while participating in demonstrations calling for the return of the 101 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, the Israel Police reported on Saturday. During the demonstrations, some protesters confronted police officers and blocked roads, the police said.

The government is set to approve during its weekly meeting on Sunday the extension of the special order authorizing the IDF to call up 320,000 reservists for extended reserve duty until March 2, 2025, Walla reported Saturday evening."Tomorrow, the government will once again approve the extension of reserve duty for 320,000 reservists—the same people who have already served 250 or 300 days. If the government were to enlist thousands of young haredim, it would be possible to ease the burden on those who serve and work, Opposition Leader and Yesh Atid MK Yair Lapid said in a statement on X/Twitter.הממשלה תאשר מחר שוב הארכת שירות מילואים ל-320,000 חיילי מילואים. אותם אנשים שמשרתים כבר 250 ו-300 ימים. אם הממשלה הייתה מגייסת אלפי צעירים חרדים היה אפשר להקל את העומס על אלו שמשרתים ועובדים. אבל לממשלת השבעה באוקטובר לא אכפת מהמשרתים, העיקר לשמור על הקואליציה pic.twitter.com/WPNZJDf2K5— יאיר לפיד - Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) November 23, 2024"But the October 7 government doesn’t care about those who serve; all it cares about is preserving the coalition," he concluded.