Germany
Frankfurt cinema declines to participate in Jewish film festival, spurring backlash
Frankfurt's Astor Film Lounge declined to host movies during Jewish Film Days this year, citing economic reasons for its withdrawal from the film festival.
Pro-Palestinian rally at Buchenwald memorial shut down by German authorities
A lost novel from 1943 that predicted the Holocaust has been recovered
In the shadow of the Holocaust, survivors kept Passover alive in 1946 - opinion
'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.
Germany eyes lasers, spy satellites in military space spending splurge
'(We need to) improve our deterrence posture in space, since space has become an operational or even warfighting domain'
Over half of Europeans believe antisemitism is a problem in their country - poll
The Eurobarometer survey was published on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, asking each country in the European Union on their levels of perceived antisemitism.
