The opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem amid bloodshed in Gaza has fueled global concern that U.S. policies are roiling the region.
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President Donald Trump says the U.S. remains "fully committed" to pursuing a Mideast peace deal as it opens its controversial new embassy in Jerusalem.
The opening of the embassy also comes less than a week since the president pulled out of the Iran Nuclear Deal.
The U.N. General Assembly has voted 128-9 with 35 abstentions to declare President Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital "null and void."
President Trump expected to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, possibly derailing a developing U.S. Mideast peace plan and infuriate key allies in the Arab world and the West.
Muslim leaders told the faithful they can return to pray inside a major Jerusalem holy site nearly a month after there was deadly Palestinian attack there.
President Trump has temporarily waived a law requiring the U.S. to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Trump's move to renew the waiver for six months keeps the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv for now.
Crews say the 25,118-acre Jerusalem Fire in Lake County remains 90% contained. All evacuations and road closures have been lifted. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.