DIASPORA AFFAIRS: “The story is a nuanced one. People say Belgium and Europe are antisemitic because they want to ban it – but that is a little bit too easy to say.”

Erdogan said the punishment for burning forests should be "intimidating" to the point of death sentences, words taken by Turkey's justice minister as "instructions."

Both victims, a 79-year-old man and a 10-year-old girl, are both in critical condition and were evacuated to nearby hospitals.

The Knesset may disperse as early as Monday, as the opposition has reportedly exhausted all attempts to form an alternative government without going to elections

The London Pub, where the shooting spree began, is a popular gay bar and nightclub in the center of Oslo.

Women are undeniably part of the story of hassidism, on occasion playing key roles in the evolution of the movement

"Two issues including one on sanctions remained to be resolved," two Iranian and European officials said.

Pyongyang denounced Washington, saying the US push to deploy "strategic assets" on the South was aimed at provoking another war.