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Turkish teenager honor killed after fiance learns she was carrying baby conceived by rape

Oya Budak’s death marks the 207th case of femicide in Turkey this year, according to women’s rights organizations.

Oya Budak.
 An illustrative photo of the Iranian and Chinese flags.

Israel calls on China to rein in Iran's military and nuclear ambitions - report

 An Afghan refugee man loads a truck with his belongings, as he along with others returns home, after Pakistan gave the last warning to undocumented immigrants to leave, in Jamrud, Pakistan, April 14, 2025.

Millions of Afghan refugees in Pakistan set to be deported

 Defence team member of Erin Patterson, an Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband's elderly relatives with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms, barrister Colin Mandy SC arrives at the Latrobe Valley Law Courts in Morwell, Australia, June 25, 2025.

Jury in Australia's mushroom murder trial retires to consider verdict


Dalai Lama set to reveal succession plan as China watches

The current Dalai Lama will turn 90 on Sunday and said he would consult senior monks to share possible clues on where his successor could be found.

 Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, offers blessings to his followers at his Himalayan residence in the northern hill town of Dharamshala, India, December 20, 2024.

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

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Israeli Embassy staff murders in DC sparks worldwide diplomatic response

Officials from Germany, the UK, Azerbaijan, Denmark, Romania, Hungary, and Serbia expressed their condolences.

 Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim.

Culture Minister Miki Zohar meets with US task force head to combat global antisemitism

Minister Zohar highlighted recent attempts to exclude Israel from major international cultural events, citing examples such as the Eurovision Song Contest and the Cannes Film Festival.

 Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar meets with the head of the task force to combat antisemitism established by President Trump

Western countries helped Mossad assassinate Palestinian terrorists in 1970s, report reveals

Thousands of intelligence cables had been exchanged via a covert network called “Kilowatt,” a secret platform established in 1971 to enable collaboration among 18 Western intelligence agencies.

A member of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September appears on the balcony of the Israeli house at the Munich Olympic village on September 5, 1972

Pope Leo XIV appeals to world powers for 'no more war' in first Sunday appearance

Leo said today's world was living through "the dramatic scenario of a Third World War being fought piecemeal," again repeating a phrase coined by Francis.

 Pope Leo XIV attends the Jubilee of Eastern Churches at the Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, May 14, 2025.

Trump says he had a productive call with Turkey's Erdogan, visits planned

Erdogan invited Trump to visit Turkey, and said Ankara would continue to take steps to advance cooperation with the United States in many areas, especially in the defense industry,

 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with US President Donald Trump during a NATO summit in London in 2019.

Air France, Lufthansa, others avoid Pakistan airspace amid India tensions

Airlines have also been reacting to developments in the Middle East, with European and US carriers canceling flights for several days after a missile fired by Yemen's Houthis landed near Ben Gurion.

A Lufthansa A380 plane

Centuries-old Danish slave shipwrecks discovered off Costa Rica’s coast

“This is one of the most dramatic events in Denmark’s maritime history — and now we know where it happened,” said marine archaeologist Andreas Kallmeyer Bloch.

The findings of an alleged slave ship off the coast of Costa Rica.

Canada failed the Jews, election is opportunity for change - editorial

It demands a government willing to prioritize Jewish safety and identity as a non-negotiable principle of national life.

  A Canadian flag flies in front of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. March 22, 2017.