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Ukraine Crisis: Putin Should Remember That Biden Is a Cold Warrior

The Russian president is forcing the United States to show tenacity in a crisis, a dynamic closely watched by China as the confrontation may exact a high economic price from Moscow

Behind Texas Standoff: Jihadi Violence, Pakistani Politics and Raging Antisemitism The Al-Qaida Operative, Antisemite and Pakistani National Hero Who Inspired the Texas Synagogue Terrorist

Norwegian Killer Gives Nazi Salute at Parole Hearing, Ten Years After Mass Murder

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Photos by Dr. Mohamed Helmy and Anna Boros, with Yad Vashem and Nazi soldiers in the background.

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The U.S. plan 'sounds like the script for a limited version of World War III, nuclear weapons included.' And It pivots around Iran, with Israel's participation

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Sudanese rally against the October military coup, south of the capital Khartoum, on Monday.

Sudanese Forces Open Fire on Anti-coup Protesters, Killing and Wounding Dozens

'Ethnic Germans' examine their new property in Poland, November 1939.

Germans Received Compensation for Property Taken From Jews, Documents Reveal

Demonstrators in Jerusalem carry an inflatable model of a sub.

Israel Mulls Greenlighting New Sub Deal With Germany

A woman receives a booster shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a community health center in Jakarta, Indonesia on Monday.

Indonesian Officials Make Rare Visit to Israel to Discuss COVID Strategies

The five-piece ensemble Mosaic Voices, including Michael Etherton, center.

How a Last Letter From a Holocaust Victim Inspired an Album of Jewish Choral Music

Anne Frank poses in 1941 in this photo made available by Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Cold-case Probe Leads to Surprise Suspect in Anne Frank's Betrayal

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday

Putin to Host Iran's Raisi Next Week as Russia Hopes to Salvage Nuclear Deal

A railway-born missile is launched during firing drills according to state media, at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this photo released on Friday.

North Korea Tests Railway-borne Missile Amid Rising Tension With U.S. North Korea Tests Railway-borne Missile in Latest Launch Amid Rising Tension With U.S.

A demonstrator in Khartoum waving a Sudanese flag during a protest against the October coup on Thursday.

Sudan’s Chaos Reflects the Creeping Erosion of U.S. Influence

Ukrainian soldiers walks at the line of separation from pro-Russian rebels near Katerinivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine

Polish Foreign Minister Warns of War in Europe as Russia-Ukraine Talks Hit Dead End

Yasmen Almashan holds the pictures of her five brothers who died in Syria, before the verdict in front of the court in Koblenz, Germany, on Thursday.

German Court Convicts Syrian Officer of Crimes Against Humanity in Landmark Case

Xenia Oliva, an investigative reporter with GatoEncerrado, who had her phone hacked seven times, including having data extracted, works at the office of GatoEncerrado in El Salvador, this week.

El Salvador Journalists, Activists Hacked by NSO Spyware, Investigation Finds Dozens of El Salvador Journalists, Activists Hacked by Israeli NSO Spyware, Investigation Finds

Alexander Ivanovich Kazhura at the memorial to the Jews executed by the Nazis in the village of Khotenchitsy, in the Minsk region of Belarus

The Real Reason Belarus’ Dictatorial Regime Downplays the Holocaust The Real Reason Belarus’ Dictatorial Regime Is Downplaying the Holocaust

Torture survivor and co-plaintiff Wassim Mukda after the pronouncement of the verdict in front of the building of the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, in February.

For Victims, Syria Torture Trial in Germany Is First Step Toward Justice

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A makeshift clinic organized by World Vision at a settlement near Herat, Afghanistan, in December.

Israel Donates $500,000 to Afghans Refugees Who Fled Taliban

Anti-military protesters in Khartoum, on Sunday.

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Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center presents on the center's 2018 list of global antisemitism incidents at the Museum of Tolerance, in Los Angeles.

Wiesenthal Center's Antisemitism Top 10 List 'Harms the Fight,' EU Official Charges

MuJu & Co. on a tour to the Danish island of Bornholm, where they visited historical sites and churches, as well as celebrating Ramadan with a local Muslim family.

Jews and Muslims Ride for Peace in This Unique Motorcycle Club

Inside Israel's relationship with Kazakhstan. Pictured: Kazakh Police on the streets last week.

Oil, Cyber and Weapons: Inside Israel's Relationship With Kazakhstan

Cyprus, last week.

Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake Hits Cyprus, Felt in Israel

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Sunday.

Gulf Foreign Ministers Head to China for Meetings on Energy, Trade, Iran

Aung San Suu Kyi, in 2019.

Myanmar's Ousted Leader Suu Kyi Faces Six Years in Jail After New Sentence

Milorad Dodik, the Bosnian Serb member of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s tripartite presidency, has cultivated increasingly close ties to Europe's far right nativist politicians

Europe’s Far Right Joins Russia and China Backing Bosnia’s Serb Secessionists

People chant slogans during a protest to denounce the October 2021 military coup, in Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, Jan. 2

Sudan's Opposition Calls for Protests to Crank Up Pressure in Shadow of UN Talks

People burn tires during a protest to denounce the October 2021 military coup, in Khartoum, Sudan, on Thursday.

UN Lays Out Plan for Sudan Talks in Bid to End Post-coup Crisis

Egyptian-Palestinian activist Ramy Shaath, alognside his wife Celine Lebrun-Shaath, as he arrives in Paris, on Saturday.

Expelled Activist Arrives in France, 'Insists on Freeing Friends From Egypt Jails' Expelled Activist 'Insists on Freeing Friends From Egyptian Jails' Upon Arriving in France

Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula, north of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, in May.

Ethiopian Air Strike Kills 56 in Tigray Refugee Camp, Aid Workers Say

A serviceman patrols a street in central Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Friday.

Israeli Man Shot Dead in Kazakhstan Clashes

Demonstrators, one of which holds a police ammunition, gather during a protest in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday.

Kazakh President Gives Shoot-to-kill Order to Quell Countrywide Uprising

Israel's NSO Group, illustration.

Polish Leader Says Country Bought Powerful Israeli NSO Spyware, Denies Abuse

FILE: People are seen in front of clouds of black smoke from fires in the aftermath at the scene of an airstrike in the capital of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia in October.

Ethiopian Air Strike Kills Three in Camp for Eritrean Refugees, UN Says

People chant slogans during a protest to denounce the October 2021 military coup, in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday.

Sudanese Security Forces Kill Three Demonstrators as Anti-coup Protests Resurge

The compass from the SS Exodus 1947, the ship that played a part in the formation of the State of Israel.

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Sydney's famous Opera House on New Year's Eve

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Tigrayan women at a reception center for the internally displaced persons in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, last year.

Tigrayans Deported by Saudi Arabia Held and Abused in Ethiopia, Report Says

One of Israel’s biggest stars, Omer Adam, released a new song in honor of Novy God, the Russian New Year: ‘Kakdila.’ The outcry over its crude racism and sexism reached all the way to Moscow

What an Israeli Star’s Crudely Racist, Sexist Song Says About ‘Israeliness’ Today What an Israeli Star’s Crudely Racist, Sexist Song Tells Us About ‘Israeliness’ Today

A Chinese J-10 fighter aircraft performs a flight during the International Army Games, last year.

Pakistan Purchases Chinese Jets Based on Scrapped Israeli Lavi Fighter

Anti-coup protestors in Khartoum on Tuesday.

Anti-military Protests in Sudan Resume Following Prime Minister's Resignation

People gather for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of a Ukraine plane crash, at the gate of Amri Kabir University in Tehran, Iran in 2020.

Canadian Court Rules Iran Should Pay Families of Six Victims of 2020 Plane Downing

Abdalla Hamdok in May.

Sudanese Prime Minister Resigns Amid Political Turmoil

People protests against the October military coup and subsequent deal that reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok in Khartoum, Sudan,

Two People Killed in Anti-military Protests in Sudan

A migrant stands behind a fence inside a refugee camp in Kokkinotrimithia, outside of Nicosia, Cyprus: a steady stream of migrants are arriving, crossing over from the Turkish-occupied north of the island

Superhumans, Scapegoats and the Far Right: The Myth of Europe's 'Migrant Crisis' Superhumans, Scapegoats and the Far Right: Busting the Myth of Europe's 'Migrant Crisis'

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a joint press conference with French far-right leader Marine le Pen in Budapest, Hungary last year

Orban's Sinister anti-Muslim Hatemongering Now Threatens Lives in Bosnia

Marina, who is a journalist and translator. “The Taliban sent me a letter stating that if I go back to my occupation, I will be punished.”

'I Lost Everything': One Afghan Woman’s Flight From the Taliban

A light illuminates names at the Shoah Wall of Names Memorial in Vienna, Austria

Austrian Holocaust Survivor 'Mrs. Gertrude,' Featured in Anti-hate Campaign, Dies Austrian Holocaust Survivor 'Mrs. Gertrude,' Featured in Anti-hate Campaign, Dies at 94

A woman cleaning the grave of her husband near Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 2015.

Germany Cancels Award to Israeli Historian Accused of Bosnian Genocide Denial

Novy God celebrations in Israel.

'S Novim Godom': Secular Russian Holiday Becomes Mainstream in Israel

People march during a protest to denounce the October military coup, in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday.

Four Killed as Sudanese Forces Fire at Anti-coup Rally, Group Says

Immigrants from France arriving at Ben-Gurion Airport on July 10, 2017.

Why French Aliyah to Israel Is on the Rise Again

Chaim Walder at work with one of his best-selling children's books on his desk, before his fall in the wake of a Haaretz investigation exposing years of his alleged sexual abuse.

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Yu Jinyi. 'People don’t have the passion to understand each other, and art bridges the gaps between people.'

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A defaced portrait of Jesus Christ hangs on the wall of a demolished house after a mob attack at Barakhama village in the eastern Indian state of Orissa

Modi's Politics of Hate Come for India's Christians, Amid Calls to Kill Muslims

Two activists with the EU flag and Union Jack painted on their faces kiss each other in front of Brandenburg Gate to protest against the British exit from the European Union, in Berlin, Germany, June 19, 2016

Genetic Study Detects Unknown Vast Migration to Britain 3,000 Years Ago

Libyan activists protest against the postponement of elections in Tripoli, on Saturday.

Libyan Parliament Delays Next Move Amid Election Chaos

Street protest against the holding of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, in response to China's human rights abuses. Dharamsala, India. Placards call for a boycott of the "Genocide Olympics"

Why Israel Must Boycott Beijing's Olympic 'Genocide Games'

Austrian comedian Lisa Eckhart.

This Austrian Comedian Tells Jokes About Jews. Not Everyone Is Laughing

Desmond Tutu, in October.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Eminent South African Anti-apartheid Activist, Dies Aged 90 South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu Dies Aged 90

Migrants in the Neveh Sha’anan neighborhood of Tel Aviv, last month.

Israel to Grant Temporary Residence to Nearly 2,500 Sudanese Asylum Seekers

A protest to denounce the October military coup, in Khartoum, Saturday.

Sudanese Forces Fire Tear Gas at Anti-military Protesters, Internet Cut in Capital Sudanese Forces Fire Tear Gas, Live Bullets at Anti-military Protesters, Internet Cut in Capital

Andras Heisler, president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary, shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel a Holocaust monument at the Dohany Street Great Synagogue in Budapest, in 2015.

Hungary’s Key Jewish Group Apologizes for ‘Sanctifying’ Straight Marriage Hungary’s Largest Jewish Group Apologizes for Signing Statement ‘Sanctifying’ Heterosexual Marriage

Soldiers from the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) walk in the streets of Kombolcha, Ethiopia, this month.

Ethiopia Says Army Won't Advance Further Into Tigray, Signalling End to Fighting

Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs PBC and Middlebury Institute of International Studies reportedly shows a solid fuel and production test site near Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia in November.

Saudis Manufacture Ballistic Missiles Using Chinese Technology, CNN Reports

Taliban fighters stand guard in Kabul last month.

Suicide Bomber Killed at Kabul Passport Office Gate

Employees prepare rooms at the Graceland Bangkok hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Oct. 29

Thailand Detains Israeli With Omicron After Escape From Quarantine

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