World News

World news is all reports on stories involving politicians, conflict and revolutions outside of the United States and Israel that affect the world and the Jewish state. 'World news' helps the global environment set the political agenda through journalists situated in conflict regions reporting on the important facts.

Josep Borrell, known for being critical of Israel, to be replaced as EU's foreign policy chief

Kaja Kallas supports a two-state-solution and has previously spoken extensively about the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Following first US Presidential debate, overseas allies brace for Trump return

Trump's skepticism towards NATO is causing further anxiety this time, as Russia's war in Ukraine has brought conflict to the bloc's doorstep.

By REUTERS
28/06/2024

Putin looms large as Biden, Trump clash on foreign policy in first debate

"Go ahead, let Putin go in and control Ukraine, and then move on to Poland and other places. See what happens then. He has no idea what the hell he's talking about," Biden said of Trump.

By REUTERS
28/06/2024

'Hamas would never have invaded': Donald Trump, Joe Biden face off at presidential debate

Trump, 78, takes the stage as a felon who still faces a trio of criminal cases. Biden, 81, is under intense pressure to avoid verbal stumbles and deliver a convincing performance.

By REUTERS
28/06/2024

'That's a pogrom': CNN's Van Jones slams violent pro-Palestinian LA protest

"You don't bum-rush a Jewish neighborhood and run up on a synagogue. That's not protesting a policy that's protesting a people," Jones said.

LAPD admits it was unprepared for Sunday’s violent protest outside LA synagogue

The LAPD had deployed more than a dozen officers in anticipation of the protest, the department called for backup once those initial officers were overwhelmed.

By JACOB GURVIS/ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
28/06/2024

Kinky Friedman, singer and novelist who fronted The Texas Jewboys, dies at 79

Kinky Friedman, the cigar-chomping, mustachioed Texan country singer for the Texas Jewboys, died Thursday from complications of Parkinson’s disease at the age of 79.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
28/06/2024

Muslim-majority Tajikistan approves hijab ban

This measure comes as part of a wider policy in the totalitarian state in an attempt to harness and restrain Islamic tendencies in a country bordering Iran and Afghanistan.

27/06/2024
 An AI-made illustrative image of leaning towers.

Top 10 tilted sites to visit that aren't Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa isn't the only one of its kind. Here are 10 other towers that fit the description, too.

Russia starts new trial of jailed US ex-marine Gilman, RIA says

Gilman, whose lawyers told the TASS news agency at his original trial that he had come to Russia to study and obtain citizenship, had pleaded guilty to all the charges, according to RIA.

By REUTERS
27/06/2024
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