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Syrian national arrested for aiding 2025 Berlin Holocaust Memorial stabbing

A Syrian national was arrested in Berlin for aiding and abetting a 2025 knife attack at the Holocaust Memorial that left a Spanish tourist critically injured.

A single lit candle lies on a frost covered concrete block at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on January 26, 2026 in Berlin, Germany.
A single lit candle lies on a frost covered concrete block at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on January 26, 2026 in Berlin, Germany.

German police arrest Syrian suspected of helping attack at Holocaust memorial

An illustrative silhouette of an intelligence agent handler with a backdrop of the Iranian flag.

Two men charged for plot to assassinate German Jewish leaders on behalf of Iran

A Stolperstein or a 'stumbling stone' with the words, "here lived Margot Bendheim, born 1921, deported 1944 - Theresienstadt, survived" engraved in memory of Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlaender, is embedded in front of the house where she once lived, after she died on May 9 at the age of 103.

Berlin Holocaust memorial vandalized in latest antisemitic vandalism incident


European airports race to fix check-in glitch after cyberattack

Europe’s busiest airports, including Heathrow and Berlin, faced delays and cancellations after a cyberattack on Collins Aerospace disrupted check-in systems. Recovery efforts are underway.

Travellers wait near check-in desks at Heathrow Airport Terminal 2, amid flight delays and cancellations, resulting from a disruption to check-in and boarding systems caused by a cyberattack which has affected several major European airports, in Greater London, Britain, September 20, 2025.

WWII bomb forces overnight evacuation in central Berlin

Authorities established a 500-meter security perimeter in the densely populated district. Police officers went door-to-door, instructing residents to leave their homes immediately.

German police guard the Reichstag building, the seat of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag, before the German presidential election in Berlin, February 12, 2017

Car accidentally drives into crowd of people in Berlin, emergency services say

Some children were lightly injured, and an accompanying adult was severely injured, a spokesperson for the Berlin fire brigade said.

Frontex’s Executive Director Hans Leijtens speaks to German and Greek border police during his visit at the border between Bulgaria and Turkey, near Kapitan Andreevo, Bulgaria, February 29, 2024.

Germany's Merz: Israel's attack on Gaza hospital did not target journalists

Germany's chancellor defended Israeli strike on Khan Yunis hospital, supporting assertions that the IDF was not intentionally targeting innocents.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to suspend arms deliveries to Israel has unleashed quite a storm at home, says the writer.

German prosecutors charge Russian with planning attack on Israeli embassy in Berlin

Prosecutors charged him on August 7 with preparing and incitement to commit a serious act of violence endangering the state and, as a minor, of trying to join a terrorist group abroad.

A member of police walks next to the embassy of Israel in Berlin, Germany, October 20, 2024.

Dancing until dawn: The hottest nightlife destinations in Europe right now

Berlin with endless parties, Ibiza with unmatched energy, and Prague with nocturnal mystique – these are the best destinations for thrilling nightlife in Europe, full of style, stories, and soul.

DJ at a beach party

Germany's shift: Moral commitment vs political reality - opinion

The the ongoing war in Gaza has reinvigorated Germany’s internal debate: Can abstract moral universality be reconciled with particular responsibility to the Jewish people?

GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER Johann Wadephul speaks at a news conference at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem last month. Germany raises its voice not because it forgot its past but because it remembers it, says the writer.

Berlin Holocaust memorial vandalized; Swastikas painted on Oregons's Jewish, Holocaust museum

Berlin police announced on Sunday that vandals had defaced the Putlitz Bridge Holocaust deportation memorial with white paint splashes and parcel tape.

Canada's oldest synagogue, Congregation Emanu-El in Victoria, B.C., was vandalized with antisemitic graffiti.

Ben-Gvir accuses Germany of 'once again supporting Nazism' as FM visits Israel

Ben-Gvir's comments drew the condemnation of FM Gideon Sa'ar, who referred to the far-Right minister's remarks as "unnecessary and harmful."

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 17, 2025

Berlin to appoint state contact person to combat university antisemitism

She explained that the contact person will monitor current measures, advise the institutions, and coordinate universities' existing antisemitism representatives.

 A sign at an entrance to the Free University in Berlin, Nov. 13, 2023.