Are LGBTQ Jews welcome in Orthodox communities? This is how they are building spaces of their own
It was a heart-wrenching choice. But when Daniel Gammerman decided to never set foot back in an Orthodox synagogue, he thought of it as an act of love. Not toward the Jewish community he was born ...
Israel’s multilayered air-defense system passes another test in fending off Iranian missile strike
Israel’s multilayered air-defense system appears to have passed another test after fending off Iran’s latest missile barrage.
4 candidates to lead Britain’s defeated Conservatives bash Labour, and each other
The four contenders to lead Britain’s Conservative Party took turns in the spotlight on Wednesday, each claiming to be the ...
A US bomb from World War II explodes at a Japanese airport, causing a large crater in a taxiway
An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 ...
Ukraine’s military will pull out of Vuhledar in the east after 2 years of intense fighting
Ukrainian forces are withdrawing from the front-line town of Vuhledar, perched atop a tactically significant hill in eastern Ukraine, after more than two years of grinding ...
Two men close to Benin’s president jailed after alleged coup plot
Two men close to Benin’s president who were arrested last week on suspicions of plotting a coup in the small West African ...
Women’s role in Catholic Church tops agenda as Pope Francis opens second phase of big reform project
Pope Francis opened the second phase of his big Catholic reform project Wednesday, with widespread calls for women to take up ...
Two predawn explosions rock the area around the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen but no one is injured
Police in the Danish capital said two predawn explosions took place Wednesday in the vicinity of the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen, prompting the nearby Jewish school to ...
Lebanese emergency services are overwhelmed and need better gear to save lives in wartime
When Israel bombed buildings outside the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, Mohamed Arkadan and his team rushed to an emergency unlike anything they had ever seen. About a dozen ...
Typhoon bringing heavy rain slowly heads toward Taiwan, where 4,000 have evacuated
A typhoon bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall slowly advanced Wednesday toward Taiwan, where thousands of people have been evacuated from vulnerable low-lying or ...
Swine fever sweeps Italy’s north, threatening production of prized prosciutto and livelihoods
One of Giovanni Airoli’s sows turned up positive for African swine fever in late August. Within a week, all 6,200 sows, piglets and fattening pigs on his farm ...
Palestinian officials say 32 killed in Israeli strikes on southern Gaza
Palestinian medical officials said Wednesday that at least 32 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in southern Gaza. The European Hospital in Khan Younis ...