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Anti-Israel protests have spread to the Netherlands. In the early hours of Tuesday morning, police arrested more than 120 people at an encampment erected at the University of Amsterdam. The sweeping arrest comes as demonstrations calling for the death of America and Israel have occurred in the U.S. and have spread into Europe. Police in […]

The IDF confirmed Tuesday that it has gained operational control of the Gazan side of the Rafah Crossing. The IDF released a statement saying its forces began a “precise counterterrorism operation” in eastern Rafah. Acting upon intelligence showing the area was being used for “terrorist purposes,” IDF troops obtained operational control of the Gazan side […]

A multi-story apartment building that was under construction collapsed Monday in a coastal city in South Africa, killing two construction workers and trapping 53 others under the rubble, authorities said. An additional 20 workers were pulled from the wreckage of the building and were being treated for injuries at various hospitals, city authorities said. The […]

On Monday, Jordan stationed two helicopters in Cyprus to help combat potential forest fires until it can lease its own firefighting aircraft for the summer fire season. Cypriot Environment Minister Maria Panayiotou said the Cypriot government considers firefighting and prevention a national security matter and is also moving to purchase 10 aircraft for this reason. […]

An influential ethnic minority armed group fighting in the country’s west claimed on Monday that it had taken hundreds of government soldiers prisoner when capturing a major command post. The Arakan Army, the well-trained and well-armed military wing of the Rakhine ethnic minority movement, has been on the offensive against army outposts in the western […]

As the world commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day, a new report highlights the lingering issue of antisemitism. The report published by Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), indicates an increase of dozens of percentage points in the number of antisemitic incidents in Western countries between 2022 and 2023. Antisemitic incidents spiked dramatically after […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan formally opened a former Byzantine church in Istanbul as a mosque on Monday, four years after his government had designated it a mosque, despite criticism from neighboring Greece. Turkey formally converted The Church of St. Saviour in Chora, known as Kariye in Turkish, into a mosque in 2020, soon after […]

Scotland’s former deputy first minister was poised to become its third leader in just over a year after taking the helm of the troubled Scottish National Party on Monday. John Swinney, who led the SNP two decades ago, was the only candidate to replace First Minister Humza Yousaf as the leader of the party. The […]

A U.S. Army soldier was detained in Russia last Thursday and has been charged with criminal misconduct, according to officials. “The Russian authorities notified the U.S. Department of State of the legal detention according to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations,” said Cynthia O. Smith. “The Army notified his family, and the U.S. Department of […]

Polish prosecutors opened an investigation Monday after a Polish judge fled to Belarus and sought protection there. The National Prosecutor’s Office said it is looking into suspicions that the judge acted on behalf of a foreign intelligence service. According to Belarus state media, Judge Tomasz Szmydt told journalists in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, that […]

The (IDF) has begun conducting what it describes as “targeted strikes” against Hamas operatives in eastern Rafah, a city located in the southern Gaza Strip where more than 1 million civilians from other parts of Gaza are sheltering. According to the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the War Cabinet has unanimously decided that […]

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Monday that it conducted drills involving tactical nuclear weapons — the first time such an exercise has been publicly announced by Moscow. Unlike nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles that can destroy entire cities, tactical nuclear weapons for use against troops on the battlefield are less powerful and can have a yield as […]

France and the European Commission on Monday told China’s President Xi Jinping that they wanted him to leverage his influence on Russia to end its war in Ukraine, while underscoring that the European Union would not waver in its support for Kyiv. President Emmanuel Macron in his first visit to Europe in five years and […]

Turkey carried out a new round of airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in the neighboring country of Iraq, the Turkish defense ministry said Monday. Warplanes struck suspected positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, in the regions of Hakurk, Metina and Gara in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, according to the statement. The airstrikes reportedly killed […]

Hamas has agreed to a cease-fire agreement framework put forward by Egypt and Qatar, the terrorist group announced in a Monday statement.”The fighter brother Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Hamas movement, had a phone call with the Qatari Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al-Thani, and with the Egyptian Minister […]

A multi-story apartment building that was under construction collapsed Monday in the coastal city of George, injuring at least 22 workers and trapping more than 40 others in the rubble, authorities said. The injured workers were taken to a hospital, but authorities did not immediately provide details of their injuries. South African media reported that […]