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Over 80 Berlin Film Festival alumni sign open letter urging organizers to take stance on Gaza
The Berlin Film Festival is considered the most political of its peers, Venice and Cannes, and prides itself on showing cinema from underrepresented communities and young talent.
Rubio says US does not dispute Navalny poisoning assessment by Europeans
German archaeologists discover medieval tunnel system inside Neolithic burial site
Amid Tehran's deadly crackdown, some 250,000 rally in Munich against Iranian regime
Olympics committee defends sale of T-shirt commemorating 1936 Nazi-era Games
Jewish organizations condemned the IOC after a 1936 Berlin Olympics T-shirt sold out online, saying the Games were used to legitimize Hitler’s regime.
European governments say Alexei Navalny died after dart frog toxin poisoning in Russian prison
Five European governments say tests confirmed Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal dart frog toxin while held in a Russian Arctic prison, accusing Moscow of breaching chemical weapons bans.
'US freed captives from barbarians in Gaza': Rubio calls out UN's inability to solve conflicts
Speaking at the 2026 edition of the Munich Security Conference, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the UN has "tremendous potential," but needs reforms to be of real use.
This month in Jewish history: The first permanent government of Israel
A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.
German drone startups Helsing, Stark, win suicide drone contracts worth 4.3 billion euro
Helsing will supply its HX-2 suicide drone while Stark will supply its Virtus drone. The companies beat out German defense giant Rheinmetall
Greece detains Samidoun Europe leader Mohammed Khatib, set to deport him from Crete
The Greek government arrested and detained Khatib at Heraklion Airport while he was en route to a speaking engagement in Crete.
'World Enemy No. 1': Hitler, Stalin, and the crime of being Jewish - review
Hundreds of Jewish Communists who had escaped to the USSR were handed over by the Soviets to the Nazis at the border crossing of Brest-Litovsk.
Israeli voters deserve representatives they can trust - opinion
Reform is needed to make Israeli democracy meaningful as voters don't have enough influence over Knesset members.
Iran rejects call to halt uranium enrichment after second round of indirect US negotiations in Oman
An Iranian official told Reuters the direct talks had not officially started, and that Iran’s demands had been conveyed to the US via Oman.
Credit Suisse Nazi-era accounts under renewed US Senate scrutiny
A US Senate investigation found 890 Credit Suisse accounts with potential Nazi ties, including previously undisclosed SS and German Foreign Office accounts.
