Official media say Jordan's embattled prime minister has submitted his resignation amid mounting anti-government protests over a planned tax increase and recent price hikes of fuel and other basic goods.

An Egyptian court has renewed the detention of a Lebanese woman for a further 15 days pending an investigation into charges including insulting Egyptians.

Sunday's court decision comes days after the country's top prosecutor ordered the detention of Mona el-Mazbouh after she posted a video on Facebook lashing out at the state for the prevalence of widespread begging and unchallenged sexual harassment.

President Donald Trump is considering giving U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman more authority over the U.S. outpost that handles Palestinian affairs, five U.S. officials said, a shift that could further dampen Palestinian hopes for an independent state.

Any move to downgrade the autonomy of the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem — responsible for relations with the Palestinians — could have potent symbolic resonance, suggesting American recognition of Israeli control over east Jerusalem and the West Bank. And while the change might be technical and bureaucratic, it could have potentially significant policy implications.

Regional heads of U.N. agencies helping some 5.5 million Syrian refugees say they've received only 20 percent of $5.6 billion promised for 2018, warning that they'll soon have to scrap vital aid programs involving food, water and education.

Amin Awad of the U.N. refugee agency told a news conference Thursday that "this is an urgent and critical appeal" to international donors to disburse the money.

With a cease-fire declared Wednesday, Israel and Hamas appear to have pulled back from a fourth war after a day of intense rocket fire and airstrikes. But the situation could explode at any moment.

Tuesday's fighting was the heaviest since a 2014 war, with Palestinian militants firing scores of rockets and mortars into Israel, and Israel carrying out dozens of airstrikes in Gaza.

In chilling cellphone videos released Wednesday, the suspect in a February massacre at a Florida high school announced his intention to become the next school shooter, aiming to kill at least 20 people and saying "you're all going to die."

The three videos released by prosecutors were found on the cellphone of suspect Nikolas Cruz after the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people and injured 17 others.

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West paid a visit to the White House Wednesday to make a star-powered case to President Donald Trump and his staff on behalf of a woman serving a life sentence for drug offenses.

Kardashian West has been urging the president to pardon Alice Marie Johnson, 63, who has spent more than two decades behind bars and is not eligible for parole.

When the teacher asked the English class how to change a sentence from the active to the passive voice, Sarah's hand shot up from the front row, and as soon as she was called upon she answered correctly.

The 10-year-old Palestinian girl has come a long way since she arrived in Lebanon after fleeing Syria's civil war five years ago, and is now a star student at an elementary school run by the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, which also provides trauma counseling.

Lebanon's outgoing energy minister said Tuesday that the first phase of oil and gas exploration off the country's coast has begun.

Cesar Abi Khalil told reporters that he has approved an exploration plan submitted by three international companies who will search in two of the country's 10 offshore blocks.

A human rights watchdog has said the Syrian government is passing laws to allow itself to seize private property, displace residents, and discourage refugees from returning to the war-battered country.

Human Rights Watch said a 2018 property law, known as Law 10 and slammed by several Lebanese officials, empowers authorities to confiscate property without compensating the owners or giving them an opportunity to appeal.