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A British-born academic has left Radboud University in the Netherlands amid rising concerns about antisemitism on Dutch campuses following his highly controversial social-media comments defending Palestinian violence against Israel.

French authorities have opened a formal judicial inquiry after chaos erupted during a concert by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris, where protesters lit flares and shouted anti-Israel slogans before being subdued by audience members.

Russia’s Republic of Dagestan has become the focus of an embarrassing aviation scandal after a helicopter carrying senior defense-industry officials broke apart in mid-air and crashed — an event caught on video and widely shared online, prompting authorities to launch a criminal investigation.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) faced an unprecedented crisis Monday after its director-general and head of news resigned amid accusations of political bias at what was once regarded as the flagship of both Britain and journalism worldwide.

President Donald Trump secured a significant diplomatic breakthrough Monday as Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa signed an agreement bringing Syria into the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, making the war-torn nation the 90th member of the U.S.-led counterterrorism alliance.

In a closely watched decision Wednesday, the Federal Reserve voted to hold interest rates steady for the fifth consecutive meeting, keeping its benchmark federal funds rate in a range of 4.25% to 4.5%. The 9-2 vote revealed rare dissent within the Fed’s leadership, as two Trump-appointed governors–Michelle Bowman and Christopher Waller–called for an immediate rate cut, citing risks to the labor market and signs of cooling inflation.

The U.S. economy surged past forecasts in the second quarter of 2025, growing at a robust 3% annualized rate, according to new data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The figure marks the strongest performance since Q3 2024, when GDP rose 3.1%, and significantly exceeds Wall Street’s consensus estimate of 2.5%.

Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite and convicted sex trafficker linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn her conviction, arguing that she was protected under a non-prosecution deal Epstein reached with federal prosecutors more than a decade ago.

In a major development with far-reaching political implications, CIA Director John Ratcliffe revealed Sunday that newly declassified intelligence will expose the FBI’s active role in promoting the now-debunked Steele dossier and fueling false claims of Trump-Russia collusion ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino issued a bombshell announcement on Saturday, revealing that recent findings from ongoing federal investigations into public corruption and the weaponization of government have left him “shocked to [his] core.”

In a stunning diplomatic shift, Israeli officials confirmed Monday that Israel is in advanced talks with Syria and Lebanon as part of a broader effort to expand the Abraham Accords and reshape the regional balance of power.

U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his public defense of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, calling for all corruption charges against the longtime Israeli leader to be dropped and warning that the trial could sabotage sensitive negotiations with Iran and Hamas.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Saturday that it had killed Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa, a founding member of Hamas and one of the chief architects behind the October 7, 2023, massacre, in a targeted airstrike in Gaza City.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel now stands at a “historic crossroad” for a dramatic expansion of peace accords with Arab nations, following a reported agreement with U.S. President Donald Trump on a vision to end the war in Gaza and usher in a new era of regional normalization.

In an extraordinary public statement, Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency hailed the nation’s stunning success in Operation Rising Lion, calling it a “historic moment” that has significantly neutralized the Iranian threat after a 12-day aerial and covert campaign.

An evangelical pastor in Pakistan’s Punjab province survived an attempt by Muslim extremists to torch his church Sunday after recent killings and kidnappings of other believers in the region, Christians told Worthy News.

The death toll of recent attacks against mainly Christian farming communities in Nigeria’s north-central Plateau state has risen to over 60 people, Worthy News learned Sunday.

A night raid by suspected Fulani militants in Bokkos County, Nigeria, left 11 Christians dead, including a pregnant woman, her husband, and a 10-year-old girl.

A house church pastor was sentenced to five years in prison, according to a magazine covering religious liberty and human rights in China.

Pastor Praveen Pagadala, one of India’s most well-known Christian evangelists, has been found dead under alleged suspicious circumstances in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, Worthy News learned Wednesday. He was 46.