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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.

 A drone view shows emergency specialists working at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan December 25, 2024.

Azerbaijan Airlines flight was downed by Russian air defense system, four sources say

 A view of a picture of Asma, wife of Syria's Bashar al-Assad at one of the rooms in Presidential Palace known as Qasr al-Shaab "People's Palace", after rebels seized the capital and ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria December 10, 2024.

Asma al-Assad has '50/50' chance of survival due to leukemia diagnosis

 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with Ukrainian rabbis on the first night of Hanukkah. December 25, 2024.

Zelensky marks Hanukkah with candle-lighting alongside rabbis in Kyiv

A rebel led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham stands in the back of a vehicle in al-Rashideen, Aleppo province, Syria November 29, 2024.

Syrian police impose curfew in Homs after unrest

By REUTERS
Reported drone footage of the site of a passenger plane crash in Kazakhstan, December 25, 2024.

Plane from Azerbaijan to Russia crashes in Kazakhstan, many feared dead

The Eiffel Tower is seen at sunset in Paris

Tourists evacuated from Eiffel Tower in fire scare

A Lev Tahor members demands the release of members of the community after prosecutors say Guatemalan authorities rescued several children and teenagers from the Jewish community following allegations of child abuse, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, December 21, 2024.

Relative of rescued Lev Tahor member discusses group's psychological abuse

 RUSSIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER Sergei Lavrov and Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani shake hands during a meeting of a BRICS group of foreign ministers, in Russia, last week. The threats to Israel from Iran and Hezbollah are also threats to the US, says the writer.

Russian delegation in Tehran ahead of January cooperation pact signing

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
 An American Airlines plane sits at a gate at Logan Airport ahead of the July 4 holiday in Boston, Massachusetts. June 28, 2023.

American Airlines grounds all US flights on busy Christmas Eve

By REUTERS
 Russian cargo ship Ursa Major transits Istanbul's Bosphorus

Russian cargo ship sank in Mediterranean Sea with two crew missing, Russian Foreign Ministry says

Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance on the day of the debate between Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 10, 2024. REUTER

JD Vance appears to defend Germany’s far-right AfD party

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 The Tree of Life synagogue at the intersection of Shady and Wilkins avenues, in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood, on Oct. 30, 2018.

Tree of Life murderer is one of 3 death row inmates exempted from Biden’s commutation order

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 Luigi Mangione, 26, a suspect in the New York City killing of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson, is escorted after an extradition hearing at Blair County Court House in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. December 10, 2024.

Suspect in UnitedHealth CEO's killing, Luigi Mangione, pleads not guilty to murder, terrorism

By REUTERS
 RUSSIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER Sergei Lavrov and Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani shake hands during a meeting of a BRICS group of foreign ministers, in Russia, last week. The threats to Israel from Iran and Hezbollah are also threats to the US, says the writer.

Russian delegation invites Iran's president to visit, Iranian media reports say

By REUTERS
US Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, US February 26, 2021.

US House report finds Matt Gaetz violated law with sexual misconduct, drug use, CBS reports

By REUTERS
 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of Auschwitz (illustrative).

An obscene irony: Talk of arresting Netanyahu at Auschwitz

 Donald Trump in front of the Panama Canal (illustrative).

Trump threatens to retake control of Panama Canal over 'unfair rates'

By REUTERS
 Justin Baldoni attends the 'It Ends With Us' premiere in New York City, U.S., August 6, 2024.

Is Justin Baldoni Jewish? Ashkenazi heritage and Baha’i faith

 Israeli and Egyptian flags flutter at the Nitzana Crossing. January 30, 2024.

Israel considers Egypt travel warning amid fears of Iranian attacks ahead of Hanukkah

 The entrance to Congregation Beth Tikvah in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, following an antisemitic attack, December 18, 2024

Chikli, Jewish Canadian MP exchange blows on rising antisemitism in Canada

 Hosna Salehi, whose family runs a charity called the House of Kindness, writes on a white board as she teaches children inside a classroom in Herat, Afghanistan, October 27, 2024.

'Repressive and discriminatory': Int'l envoys urge Taliban to reverse policies excluding women

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