The tribal members are from Abu al-Khasib, south of Basra, on the Shatt al Arab waterway. The men come from the village of Jaykur, close to the Iranian border.

Many in Israel declared "mission accomplished" when the hostages came home. Wilf thinks otherwise and lays out a day-after plan for Gaza that no one else in Israeli politics would touch.

In Michigan’s tight Senate race, GOP canvassers are knocking on millions of doors to brand Democrats as radicals and turn out low-propensity voters amid an enthusiasm gap.

Al-Thani also addressed Israel's "Qatargate" scandal, calling it “absurd” and saying that it would have been “the worst investment Qatar have ever done."

Eleven people were killed and 30 injured after an explosion in northwestern Pakistan. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility for the attack.

The blaze follows a large residential building fire which broke out in Jerusalem's haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Mea She'arim neighborhood on Wednesday, damaging several Torah scrolls.

"The message is clear," Dr. Yasmine Hasnaoui said. "Citizens are reticent about what these political parties will bring, because we saw them in the previous government."

The Iranian president argued that security in the region should only come through "cooperation among its countries,” blaming the US for the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.