Australia’s prime minister has visited an injured man who bravely disarmed one of two gunmen held responsible for killing at least 15 people attending Hanukkah celebrations at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, in what authorities have described as a terrorist attack targeting the Jewish community.
Jewish communities worldwide are impacted by one of the deadliest terror attacks against Jews outside Israel in decades, when gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing 15 people, Worthy News established Monday.
President Donald Trump sharply escalated pressure on Venezuela on Tuesday by designating President Nicolás Maduro’s government a foreign terrorist organization and ordering a “complete and total” blockade of sanctioned oil tankers moving in and out of the country.
Chilean voters on Sunday delivered a decisive victory to conservative lawmaker José Antonio Kast, electing him president in what is being described as the country’s most sweeping political shift since its return to democracy in 1990. Kast defeated Communist candidate Jeannette Jara by a wide margin, campaigning on restoring public security, enforcing immigration laws, and reviving economic growth.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says proposals negotiated with U.S. officials on a peace deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine could be finalized within days, after which American envoys would present them to the Kremlin. The announcement came ahead of the establishment of the International Claims Commission for Ukraine in The Hague, which will seek compensation from Russia for Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two.
Residents mourned and counted the cost Tuesday as Moroccan authorities confirmed that at least 37 people were killed after torrential rain and flash floods inundated about 70 homes and businesses in the coastal city of Safi, in what officials described as the deadliest such disaster in Morocco in at least a decade.
Jewish communities worldwide are impacted by one of the deadliest terror attacks against Jews outside Israel in decades, when gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing 15 people, Worthy News established Monday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told U.S. envoys that Ukraine is willing to give up its bid to join NATO if it helps bring an end to the war with Russia, according to sources familiar with the discussions.
Australian police said Monday that a father and son carried out a deadly antisemitic terror attack at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, killing 15 people and wounding about 40 others, in what officials described as the country’s worst gun violence in nearly three decades.
An uneasy calm returned Monday to the streets of Amsterdam after Dutch police said they arrested 22 people following clashes with anti-Israel protesters outside one of the world’s most famous concert halls.
Tens of thousands of Hungarians carrying toys and torches rallied in Budapest, demanding the immediate resignation of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over child abuse scandals at state-run youth detention centers.
Australian authorities said at least 12 people, including one suspected gunman, were killed and dozens wounded in a shooting attack linked to a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach, an incident condemned by leaders in Australia, Britain, and Israel as antisemitic terrorism.
German authorities have detained five men in southern Germany over an alleged plot to carry out a “possibly Islamist-motivated attack” on a Christmas market, officials confirmed late Friday.
Russia escalated its war rhetoric Friday, stating that any ceasefire with Ukraine is conditional on Kyiv’s complete withdrawal from the Donbas region, as Ukrainian forces claimed new gains near the strategic northeastern hub of Kupiansk.
Bulgaria plunged into renewed political turmoil Friday after Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov resigned following mass protests accusing his minority government of corruption, just weeks before the Balkan nation is due to adopt the euro.
Hungary’s embattled Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, widely viewed as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest ally within the European Union, has accused the EU’s executive arm of “systematically raping European law” over plans to lock up Russia’s frozen assets until Moscow ends its war in Ukraine and compensates for the devastation it has inflicted.
Germany on Friday summoned the Russian ambassador amid allegations that Moscow is conducting a coordinated campaign to destabilize the country, the European Union’s largest economy, according to government officials.
A leading human rights group has condemned Hungary’s decision to place state-run youth detention centers under police oversight after abuse scandals triggered calls for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s resignation.
Growing frictions between the United States and its European allies emerged Thursday after tense conversations over how to end Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two, the ongoing war in Ukraine.
European Union health authorities have warned that “changing diets and an aging population” may contribute to a rise in serious and sometimes deadly Listeria infections across the continent.