Four people were wounded in a stabbing attack in central Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening, according to Israeli police, who said the attacker was killed by security forces at the scene.

Two people were in moderate condition and two had light wounds, according to Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency rescue service. Ichilov Hospital said one person was in moderate-severe condition with a stab wound to the neck.

As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country's northwest late last year, officials from several countries backing either the rebels or Syria's government met in Qatar on what to do.

According to people briefed on the Dec. 7 meeting, officials from Turkey, Russia, Iran and a handful of Arab countries agreed that the insurgents would stop their advance in Homs, the last major city north of Damascus, and that internationally mediated talks would take place with Syrian leader Bashar Assad on a political transition.

President Donald Trump is swiftly breaching the traditional boundaries of presidential power as he returns to the White House, bringing to bear a lifetime of bending the limits in courthouses, boardrooms and politics to forge an expansive view of his authority.

He's already unleashed an unprecedented wave of executive orders, daring anyone to stop him, with actions intended to clamp down on border crossings, limit the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship and keep the popular Chinese-owned TikTok operational despite a law shutting down the social media platform.

Palestinians in Gaza are confronting an apocalyptic landscape of devastation after a ceasefire paused more than 15 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas.

Across the tiny coastal enclave, where built-up refugee camps are interspersed between cities, drone footage captured by The Associated Press shows mounds of rubble stretching as far as the eye can see — remnants of the longest and deadliest war between Israel and Hamas in their blood-ridden history.

Kylian Mbappé credits a change in mentality for starting to play better for Real Madrid.

Mbappé has struggled in his first season with Madrid but has been gradually meeting the expectations that came with his high profile.

U.S. stock indexes are drifting higher Tuesday following a mostly encouraging batch of profit reports from big companies.

The S&P 500 was 0.6% higher in early trading, as many markets around the world took tentative steps following Donald Trump's return to the White House on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 188 points, or 0.4%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.5% higher.

Hezbollah has praised the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as a victory for the Palestinian people, saying Israel did not achieve any of its objectives.

Hezbollah blasted the United States, saying that through its support to Israel, Washington is “a full partner in the crimes and genocide that the enemy committed against the Palestinian people.”

Residents trickled back to the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil on Monday as the Israeli army withdrew and Lebanese forces, alongside U.N. peacekeepers, moved in to secure the area.

This marks another town from which Israeli troops have withdrawn following the U.S.- and French-brokered ceasefire that ended the 14-month conflict between Hezbollah and Israel on Nov. 27.

Judicial and security officials in Beirut say a Lebanese man has confessed on giving information to Israel about Hezbollah in return for money and has been referred to the country’s prosecutors.

The three judicial and three security officials said Monday that the man, who is from the border village of Beit Leef, crossed into Israel recently where he gave information about Hezbollah posts and some members in the area before returning to Lebanon.

With Kylian Mbappé putting on a show again, Real Madrid returned to the top of the Spanish league.

Mbappé continued his scoring streak with a brace as Madrid routed 10-man Las Palmas 4-1 on Sunday, prompting a big ovation at Santiago Bernabeu stadium for the France star who has struggled at times in his first season with the Spanish powerhouse.