President Trump has installed Ambassador Richard Grenell as the next acting director of national intelligence, overseeing all U.S. intelligence agencies.

The Israeli military has carried out air strikes against the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Gaza and Syria in response to rocket fire.

Five civilians were killed in Russian air strikes backing Syrian regime forces as they chipped away at the country’s last major rebel bastion in fighting that cost dozens of lives Monday, a war monitor said.