Manila deploys commandos, helicopters to retake city from islamists
The Philippines mobilized attack helicopters and special forces to drive Islamic State-linked rebels out of a besieged southern city on Thursday, with six soldiers killed in street combat amid heavy resistance.
Ground troops hid behind...
Bulgarian deputy PM defends ‘jokes’ about Holocaust
Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov is under fire after reportedly making light of anti-Semitism and cracking jokes about the Holocaust.
Pavel Tenev, appointed as a deputy minister from the United Patriots party in the...
WJC CEO praises Serbia’s law on restitution of Nazi-looted Jewish property
World Jewish Congress CEO and Executive Vice President Robert Singer was in Serbia this week for talks with political leaders and representatives of the local Jewish community.
On Tuesday, Singer met in Belgrade with Serbia's...
In a city gripped by shock, Manchester Jews unite in sorrow and determination after...
Manchester’s Jewish community joined with the rest of their city in sorrow and disbelief on Tuesday, following the devastating terrorist atrocity outside a pop concert on Monday night in which 22 people lost their...
Manchester: Ex-council chief says Jews have vital role in city’s recovery after attack
The Jewish former chief executive of Manchester City Council has called for different communities “to continue to pull together” after Monday’s terrorist attack.
Sir Howard Bernstein, who led the council for two decades, retired from...
Britain deploys troops to prevent attacks after Manchester bombing
Soldiers were being deployed to key sites in Britain on Wednesday to prevent attacks after the terror threat level was raised to its highest level following a suicide bombing in Manchester that killed 22...
Manchester terror attack: Community on high alert after 22 killed, 59 injured
Terror attackThe security level in the Jewish community has been heightened after a suicide bomber killed 22 people, including children, after a pop concert in Manchester.
Some 59 people were injured as an explosion tore through...
Jewish transports’ anniversary commemorated in Czech town
Some 80 people, including survivors, today paid tribute to the Holocaust victims and commemorated the 75th anniversary of the departure of Trebic Jewish transports for Terezin, north Bohemia, in May 1942.
Two wartime Jewish transports...
Romania’s Parliament passes law providing more money for Holocaust survivors
Romania’s Parliament passed legislation that would provide increased direct financial support for Holocaust survivors.
The funds, a monthly payment of up to $97.98 per month for each year of deportation or detention, will be available beginning...
Horst Mahler, German neo-Nazi, arrested in Hungary
The arrest of an 81-year-old former left-wing terrorist who turned to neo-Nazism and received a 10-year prison sentence for Holocaust denial has rallied neo-Nazis as far as Luxembourg.
German media reported that the neo-Nazi extremist...