international

Turkey wants NBA star jailed for insulting President Erdogan

NBA player Enes Kantar is a supporter of self exiled Turkish Imam and political leader Fethullah Gulen who is sought by Turkey for his alleged support of 2016 coup attempt.

BBC pledges more focus on other religions, including Judaism

UK broadcaster seeks to create more programming around Passover, Rosh Hashana.

15 migrants injured on Greek island as EU continues struggle with crisis

Arabs fight Afghans in ‘hellish’ refugee Lesbos camp.

Interview: Saudi prince says Trump's Jerusalem move threatens stability

Saudi King Salman told President Trump that any decision to move the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem before a permanent peace settlement is reached will inflame the feelings of Muslims.

Prominent European rabbi demands meeting with Swedish PM over antisemitism

Conference of European Rabbis calls out Sweden for neglecting its Jewish citizens.

Ex-Interpol chief: Argentina's Fernandez didn't try to clear Iranian bombers

Former Interpol chief Ronald Noble wants to testify that the government of former President Cristina Fernandez did not ask to have the arrest warrants lifted as part of a "memorandum" with Iran.

Technion opens Israel’s first university campus in China

The school will offer undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering and science.

Convicted 'bookkeeper of Auschwitz' challenges jail time

Groening, who is physically frail, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2015, in one of the last cases against a surviving Nazi.

Kazimierz Piechowski, leader of daring escape from Auschwitz, dies at 98

He was one of four men in the escape plan involving stolen SS uniforms and weapons, and the truck of Rudolf Hess.

Indonesian vice president calls boycott over US Jerusalem decision 'misguided'

"Do we dare to boycott iPhones, stop using Google? Can (you) live without them?(You) cannot live without them now," Indonesia's vice president said.

Alleged Iranian Mossad spy confesses to providing intel on nuclear scientists

Ahmad Reza Jalali was sentenced to death in October 2017 for working with Israel's foreign intelligence agency.

Germany uses EU funds to finance extremist Iranian regime-controlled group

'The money appears to be going to a radical Iranian front group...the NGOs receiving ‘human rights’ grants are reportedly linked to PFLP terrorists.'

Attacker stabs two reporters as revenge for US Jerusalem decision

An attacker from Niger wounded two reporters for the National Geographic channel at a market in Gabon

Suicide bombers attack Pakistani church before Christmas, killing nine

Broken wooden benches, shards of glass and musical instruments were scattered around a Christmas tree inside the prayer hall.

Coco Chanel used Nazi laws against Jewish partners, said film

'The No. 5 War' is slated to screen at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival tonight

Haifa-born rock star Gene Simmons sued for sexual harassment

According to the lawsuit filed, Simmons turned standard interview questions into sexual innuendos, among other accusations.

Tens of thousands of Indonesians rally over Trump's Jerusalem stance

The protest was peaceful but rows of police behind coils of barbed wire held back the crowd outside the US embassy in Jakarta.

Australia arrests man for sale of N. Korean missile parts

Cash-strapped North Korea has come under a new round of stricter United Nations sanctions this year after pressing ahead with its missile and nuclear programs in defiance of international pressure.

Take a deep breath

There is a large variety of pulmonary diseases, most of them preventable. A Jerusalem public symposium on lungs set the record straight.

Envoy to Berlin urges Germany to outlaw burning of Israeli flag

Massive anti-Israel protests unfolded in Berlin after the US government on December 6 recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

LA hotel owners refuse to fire manager for wearing Nazi shirt

The manager was reprimanded, although his bosses commended his - and his mother's and grandmother's - ''excellent'' service to the hotel in their warning to him.

Far-right party strikes deal to enter Austrian government

In October, the head of Austria's Jewish community issued a warning against working with the far-right Freedom Party.

Germany arrests two Palestinian supporters of the Islamic State

Authorities said the two twenty-one-year-olds had spread ISIS propaganda and are charged with supporting a terrorist organization and disturbing the peace.

Malaysia former PM calls Trump a 'villain' for Jerusalem plan

Social media users in Muslim-majority Malaysia vowed to boycott US companies, such as McDonald's Corp, following US President Trump's decision.

Chinese company weighs take over of Iran gas projects due to US sanctions

The French company Total was the first major Western energy company to invest in the Islamic Republic since international sanctions began.