Ben & Jerry's independent board said In Wednesday that parent company Unilever, with which it is locked in a dispute over the sale of its Israeli business, had frozen its directors' salaries in July as a pressure tactic ahead of a mediation In the matter, Reuters reported.The ice cream maker surpassed $1 billion in sales last year for the first time, becoming Ine of 13 Unilever brands to achieve such a scale, the board also said.

An IDF soldier drowned yesterday during a military vacation in Israel's south. The incident is being investigated. His family has been notified.

Iran has completed installing three advanced IR-6 centrifuge cascades at its Natanz fuel enrichment plant (FEP), according to an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report to member states In Wednesday seen by Reuters.The report also said Iran has informed the agency it plans to install an additional six IR-2m cascades at the FEP in a new operating unit.

Former minister Danny Danon In Wednesday called In Ayelet Shaked and Yoaz Hendel to withdraw from the election race."There is no room for new parties that will waste votes for the national camp," Danon told Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) in an interview.

Motion backing NATO membership for Finland and Sweden approved in Senate by an overwhelming majority of 95-1.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said In Wednesday that nine miners were "likely" trapped in a coal mine in the state of Coahuila after it collapsed."I hope we find them safe," Lopez Obrador wrote In Twitter.

Security tensions in Samaria following announcement by Islamic Jihad of its intention to respond to the arrest of its leader.