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.
Nicaraguan authorities have begun barring tourists from bringing Bibles into the country, a move that signals an intensifying crackdown on religious freedom and independent expression.
The United States has secured commitments from Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany to have their leaders join U.S. President Donald Trump on a proposed “Board of Peace” tasked with overseeing the postwar management of Gaza, according to officials familiar with the discussions.
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.
A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that President Donald Trump may continue deploying National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., at least temporarily, blocking a lower court order that had questioned the legality of the mission.
Newly declassified FBI emails show that bureau officials believed they lacked sufficient evidence to justify the August 2022 raid on then–former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, raising new questions about the Justice Department’s role in authorizing the unprecedented search.
A 35-year-old Jewish man was stabbed in the chest Tuesday afternoon near the intersection of Kingston Avenue and Lincoln Place in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood, an area with a large Jewish population and home to Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters. The victim was transported to Kings County Hospital in stable condition, according to the New York City Police Department.
Israel has signed the largest natural gas agreement in its history, approving a landmark deal with Egypt valued at NIS 112 billion (approximately $34.7 billion), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday night. The agreement is expected to funnel roughly NIS 58 billion ($18 billion) directly into Israeli state coffers over the life of the deal, significantly boosting public revenues and cementing Israel’s status as a regional energy power.
Mossad Director David Barnea said Tuesday that Israel bears a responsibility to ensure Iran never restarts its nuclear program, six months after Israeli and U.S. strikes severely damaged Tehran’s atomic facilities during a 12-day war.