Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ended his quest to form a new coalition, the president said, in a step that pushes the country into new political uncertainty.

Thousands of people will gather at events around the globe tomorrow to remember the millions killed in the Holocaust and in subsequent genocides.

Thousands of mourners have joined Israeli leaders and the families of the four Jewish victims of the terror attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris.

Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon’s massive stroke late yesterday triggered a law of succession granting his leadership duties to his deputy.