Australia
Alleged Bondi Beach gunman makes first court appearance
Naveed Akram, 24, faces 59 charges over the December 14 attack, including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of wounding with intent to murder, and a terror offense.
UK's Starmer seeks greater powers to regulate online access
Australia invests $2.76 billion on shipyard to deliver for nuclear-powered submarines
President Isaac Herzog brings Israel’s embrace to Australian Jews as protests rage outside
Bondi heroes, first responders met with standing ovation and tribute at Sydney Cricket Ground
After passing through the 48,000-strong crowd, the heroes were met with a guard of honor from the England and Australian teams.
Sixty Australian athletes call for Royal Commission into Bondi attack despite Albanese refusal
"This is a national crisis, and it demands a national response. It is about the character of our country and the Australia we want future generations to inherit," the sports figures said in a letter.
From scarred to sacred: How Bondi Beach became a place of Jewish resilience - opinion
We can let trauma define those spaces forever. Or we can redefine them with blessing, with building, with defiant acts of goodness. This is the Jewish way.
The cricket match we missed and the Shabbat we found - opinion
What we witnessed that Shabbat was something far rarer and more precious than a Test match victory: a glimpse of genuine Jewish unity.
Grapevine: Hope from Hadassah
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Children’s author who received public grants defends Bondi massacre, killing of Rabbi Schlanger
Author Matt Chun referred to Chabad as a "Zionist Jewish-supremacist organisation" that holds "events to advance settler-colonisation in Palestine amidst the ongoing extermination of Gaza."
Australian family makes aliyah from Sydney, becoming 2026's first olim
The family includes father Trevor, mother Dalit, and daughter Ashira. Their son, Levi Zaks, immigrated earlier and has joined the IDF, according to the ministry.
Major cities cancel NYE events over security concerns - what are they?
New Year’s Eve celebrations were canceled or restricted in several major cities amid terror threats, with authorities citing crowd risks and recent attack warnings.
Sydney rings in 2026 New Year with heavy security after antisemitic Bondi Beach terror attack
Sydney welcomed 2026 with fireworks under heightened security, honoring victims of a deadly antisemitic attack as police deployed in force across the city.
Is AI giving biased, antisemitic info? Here's how you can fight it - opinion
Artificial Intelligence doesn’t understand truth, and when bias goes unchallenged, antisemitism is quietly repeated by AI systems the world trusts.
