The Iran war is "testing the resilience of the global economy," and is set to dampen economic growth this year, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said in a report released on Thursday. Global growth is forecast to slow to 2.

The ruling rejected Safdi’s claim that his admissions during Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and Israel Police questioning had been extracted through improper pressure. The Nazareth District Court convicted Tahrir Safdi, a resident of Mas’ada in the Golan Heights, of espionage for Iran after finding that, over several years, he passed sensitive information on IDF activity in the North, including tank movements and missile impact locations, through a Syria-based contact he suspected was linked

Cases have been confirmed in 43 states, CDC data shows.