Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration personnel are targeted with "threats to their lives," according to the Trump transition team, which says such attacks “ranged from bomb threats to ‘swatting.’”

In a prisoner swap between Washington and Beijing, China has released three Americans who have been in custody for years. The White House says soon they will return and be reunited with their families for the first time in many years.

Fighting has stopped in Lebanon as the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah officially commences. Both sides are withdrawing from southern Lebanon.