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Israeli, US flags burned in Lyon as economic protests turn violent in European cities

Demonstrations across Germany, France, Italy and other European countries on Saturday saw clashes with police, arrests and calls for greater investment in public services.

A demonstrator dressed as Mario, in blue overalls and a red cap, walks through a street engulfed in tear gas near Porte de Charenton in Paris, Ile-de-France, France, on 31 October 2026.
Covenant's Anthem while in flight.

Israel pushes to boost domestic arms production as Defense Ministry chief Baram visits Covenant

Israelis cast their votes at a polling station in Jerusalem during Election Day, October 27, 2026.

How is the Western world reporting on Israel's 26th Knesset elections?

(Screenshot) Eagle's Nest, a Nazi-era chalet in southeastern Germany, was mostly destroyed in a major fire. October 23, 2026

Infamous Nazi-era alpine retreat mostly destroyed in deliberate fire


Israel and the West must stop trying to reform the UN and build something new instead - opinion

The UN has become like the failed collectivist experiments of the 20th century – the huge old Soviet state enterprises and gargantuan Chinese communist industries

 PRO-PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS demonstrate outside the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.

German prosecutors investigate alleged 105-year-old former-Nazi PoW camp guard over WWII crimes

Germany hasn't had a statute of limitations for murder or accessory to murder since 1979, allowing the prosecution of Nazi crimes from WWII.

 BARRACKS AT the Stutthof concentration camp, photographed after its liberation.

German city votes to end Stolpersteine Holocaust memorial stones for Nazi victims

The motion was jointly submitted by representatives of the right-wing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and AfD, together with representatives of the "Oberelbe Alliance for More Democracy."

Roses are laid at Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) commemorating relatives of Israeli ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor, Elfriede, Berthold, Liselotte and Ulrich Proskauer during a Stolpersteine laying ceremony in Berlin on September 23, 2024.

IDF chief warns Iran remains a threat as Israel welcomes INS Drakon submarine into Navy service

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir called the submarine’s integration a central force-building move on Thursday, as President Isaac Herzog highlighted its strategic significance.

New German-made Israeli submarine 'INS Drakon' embarks from Germany for Israel, September 21, 2026.

Jews must be able to access, preserve their heritage sites - opinion

How can Jewish people have a strong and proud identity while being restricted from seeing our heritage sites on which our identity is built?

An Orthodox Jewish man faces the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, March 12, 2026

F-16 fighter jet crashes at US air base in western Germany prompts major emergency response

A US F-16 fighter jet crashed near Spangdahlem Air Base in western Germany, leaving one person slightly injured and triggering a major emergency response. The pilot ejected safely.

The sign of the U.S. Air Force Spangdahlem Air Base stands on October 22, 2020 in Spangdahlem, Germany.

US National Archives recovers over 120 previously unknown American POW statements from WWII

The documents were discovered by Waterloo resident Jason Hurdle inside a cardboard box hidden in a previously unknown crawlspace in his garage, The Washington Post reported last week.

 A force of hard-hitting and aggressive American soldiers in large-scale manoeuvres, circa 1942.

'Unrestrained antisemitism': German politicians, Jewish leaders warn over Left Party’s rise

Left Party's leader Elif Eralp - who is of Turkish origin - has been compared to NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani due to her pro-Palestine anti-capitalist populist beliefs.

German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader, Friedrich Merz, walks to attend a press conference, after the state elections, in Berlin, Germany, September 21, 2026.

Germany’s Left Party, AfD win big in German state elections in setback for Merz’s CDU

Left Party’s Berlin triumph has brought scrutiny of its ties to pro-Palestinian activists and disputes over antisemitism into negotiations over the capital’s next government.

Demonstrators protest an AfD campaign event in Wietze, Lower Saxony, ahead of the local elections, Sept. 10, 2026.

Israel marks delivery of final 'Dragon' submarine as defense officials press for fleet expansion

The report follows a send-off ceremony in late August for the Israel's newest submarine, attended by Israel Navy Chief V.-Adm. Eyal Harel and German Naval Chief V.-Adm. Jan Christian Kaack.

New German-made Israeli submarine 'INS Drakon' embarks from Germany for Israel, September 21, 2026.