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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.

 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

A photograph taken on October 16, 2023 shows a commemorative plaque for slain teacher Samuel Paty (portrait) near the Bois d'Aulne school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, outside Paris. France was set to hold tribute ceremonies for Samuel Paty, the history-geography teacher who was beheaded on October 1

Eight convicted in France over murder of teacher who showed Prophet caricature

By REUTERS
 Police officers clash with pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the University of California at Irvine (UCI) on May 15, 2024 in Irvine, California.

Department of Ed resolves Title VI antisemitism complaints against 5 U of California campuses

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
 Elon Musk and the Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) (illustrative).

‘Only the AfD can save Germany’: Elon Musk endorses far-right German party

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: Rescue workers in action at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, December 20, 2024.

Saudi Arabia warned Germany ahead of Christmas market ramming, source claims

 Rima Hassan, the then candidate for the European elections on the list of La France Insoumise (LFI), attends a pro-Palestinian protest in central Paris, France, May 29, 2024.

European lawmaker claims dual nationals should be allowed to join ‘Palestinian armed resistance’

Alan Edward

Holocaust denier with weapons stash sentenced in Scotland after planning attack on LGBT community

Mohammed Nafees Ahmed.

UK sentences 'idiot' Hamas supporter who sent threatening message to 'Zionist' British PM Starmer

 A damaged sign is pictured at the headquarters of UNRWA, following an Israeli raid, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City, July 12, 2024.

Sweden cuts UNRWA funds, directs aid to Gaza via alternative channels

By Ben Edidin , JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS
A stone tablet thought to be about 1,500 years old with a, worn-down chiseled inscription of the Ten Commandments.

Ancient Ten Commandments tablet sells for $5 million at Sotheby's auction

 IRELAND HAS joined South Africa in its accusations of genocide at Israel. Here, jurist Malcolm Shaw looks on at the ICJ during a ruling on South Africa’s request to order a halt to Israel’s Rafah offensive in Gaza in May.

Ireland’s ICJ bid to redefine genocide suggests it knows accusations can't hold ground

By Nathan Klabin/The Media Line
 The leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that headed a lightning rebel offensive snatching Damascus from government control, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, address a crowd at the capital's landmark Umayyad Mosque on December 8, 2024.

US officials had 'good' meeting with Syria's de-facto new ruler, remove $10 billion bounty

By REUTERS
 Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with journalist Pavel Zarubin after his annual televised year-end press conference and phone-in held in Moscow, Russia December 19, 2024.

'They’re tearing the church apart': Putin targets Russia's 'godless' Jews at media conference

By CORINNE BAUM , BEN SALES/JTA
 Norway's Jens Petter Hauge celebrates with teammates.

Norway requests FIFA investigate Israel before World Cup

The UN General Assembly, September 24, 2024.

UN seeks World Court opinion on Israel's Palestinian aid obligations

By REUTERS
 The Estonian Academy of Arts, known as EKA, announced that it was cutting ties with Israeli universities in December 2024.

Estonian university cuts ties with Israeli institution, drawing government rebuke

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
 President Assad meets President Putin in Moscow, July 25, 2024

Putin says Israel main winner from fall of Assad, denies Russian defeat

By REUTERS
 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi gives a briefing on the sidelines of a UN event in Lisbon, Portugal, November 27, 2024.

Iran seeks to bolster economic ties as it meets with Turkey and Egypt

 Amir Ohana, President of the Knesset, with President of Moroccan Parliamentץ

Paraguay recognizes Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara following Knesset speaker advocacy

 A Congolese health official administers a mpox vaccination to a man, a key step in efforts to contain an outbreak that has spread from its epicentre, at a hospital in Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo October 5, 2024.

Mystery disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo identified as malaria

 Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon at the UN Security Council meeting on Lebanon, September 24, 2024.

Danny Danon calls for UN to designate IRGC as a terrorist organization

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