*BREAKING: RIVLIN GIVES NETANYAHU MANDATE TO FORM GOVERNMENT President Reuven Rivlin formally gave Netanyahu four weeks to form the government after a meeting at the President's Residence.
* State Media in Iran, Russia Indicate Growing Russia-Iran-Turkey Alliance It's in media coverage in these countries, particularly the narratives of Press TV, RT and Sputnik that we can see the alliance emerge.
* State Media in Iran, Russia Indicate Growing Russia-Iran-Turkey Alliance It's in media coverage in these countries, particularly the narratives of Press TV, RT and Sputnik that we can see the alliance emerge.
* Constitution Committee Result of Iran-Syria-Russia Coordination: Assad Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the formation of the country's Constitutional Committee was finalized thanks to coordination among Tehran, Damascus, and Moscow.
* Iran's President Rouhani says Israel is supporting ISIS and 'takes care of their injured fighters and makes weapons available to them' Hassan Rouhani accused Israel of 'terrorism' and insisted that Iran 'brings peace.
* UK Labour votes by landslide for pro-Palestine foreign policy The British Labour Party on Tuesday voted by a landslide in favour of a motion to end trade relations with Israel if it continues to flout international human rights laws.
* Russian military 'advisers' train new Syrian battalion In rare display of Moscow's military operations in war-torn country, regime troops show off new weapons skills, perform mine clearing exercises and carry out mock assaults.
* Trump Demands Muslim Countries Show Respect to Israel In his speech at the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump spoke about the common interest of Israel and other Muslim countries of "battling extremism".
* Erdogan pulls a Bibi with UNGA presentation on Israeli expansion, condemns West for anti-Muslim 'hate speech' Turkish President Recep Erdogan brought a cardboard map showing Israel taking over Palestinian lands to the UN General Assembly, and railed against populist politicians worldwide for using anti-Islamic sentiment to gain votes.
* UK: Brexiteers vs. Remainers, Gambling at The Last Chance Saloon The [British Remainers] opposition camp, having already succeeded in obstructing Britain's exit from the European Union for three years, have now won themselves extra time in which to block the path of democracy.
* Rivlin expected to tap PM Netanyahu to form government Absent significant breakthrough in negotiations between Likud, Blue and White, Rivlin to request PM Netanyahu form next gov't, report says.
* New Study: Spiritual People Have Stronger Reaction When Hearing Shofar Blast This is the time of the shofar - the ram's horn - that is blown by Jews at synagogue services every weekday during the current Hebrew month of Elul, on Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year) and at the very end of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement).