Israel’s election commission said Wednesday it found no fraud in last week’s vote, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to discredit the results.

The announcement means an early end to a 2016 pact, set to expire in 2028, in which the U.S. agreed to provide Israel billions, mostly for American weaponry.

Iranian protesters in Tehran celebrated Democratic victories in the U.S. midterms, calling the results a “victory” for Iran.

World shares were mostly higher Wednesday after the U.S. midterm election yielded majorities for the Democrats in both houses of Congress. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices retreated. The future for the S&P 500 was up 0.

U.K. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says she will intervene in the planned 1.6 billion-pound or $2.2 billion deal between Sky and ITV’s media and entertainment arm. Nandy said Wednesday that she

Russian attacks on critical infrastructure have caused power and water outages in Kyiv and surrounding areas that lasted hours. Rescuers are still searching for survivors in southern Ukraine after

North Korea launched several missiles toward the sea separating Korea and Japan on Wednesday morning, South Korea's military said, as Pyongyang rejected dialogue with Washington.

The French Blood Establishment, or EFS, said “temperature and defrosting thresholds were raised to extremely high levels” on Monday at three of its cold-storage sites for plasma.