German lawyers have filed a criminal complaint against German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and 10 other officials over their alleged "aiding and abetting [of] Israel's genocide in Gaza."

A collective of lawyers in Berlin, with the support of the European Legal Support Center (ELSC), Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD), and Law for Palestine, filed the complaint at the Office of the Generalbundesanwaltschaft ("federal prosecutor") in Karlsruhe...

Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, the U.S. special envoy for monitoring and combating antisemitism, said this week that the United States will bar individuals from attending the World Cup who are accused of fostering antisemitism in their home countries.

"The president and the secretary of state have made it perfectly clear that people who want to sow discord in this country are not welcome here," Kaploun told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Friday. "People who want to bring their brand of hate to the United States...

JTA - A growing number of leading progressives, including the leading liberal pro-Israel lobby, have come out against continued American funding for Israel's Iron Dome defense system.

J Street president Jeremy Ben-Ami on Sunday joined Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ro Khanna, along with Jewish Democratic congressional challenger Brad Lander, in opposing future budget earmarks for Israeli defense systems...

AINESVILLE, Florida-James Fishback took the stage in the University of Florida student union's grand ballroom to speak before a standing-room-only crowd of about 400 people, almost all of them young and most of them male.

"I have zero political experience," the long shot Republican gubernatorial candidate said at the beginning of his 80-minute speech hosted by the school's College Republicans chapter last week...

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a stark warning that Ankara could launch military operations against Israel, over its continued bombardment of Lebanon.

Speaking at the International Asia-Political Parties Conference in Istanbul on Sunday, Mr Erdogan condemned what he described as Israeli atrocities and warned that Turkey possessed the capability to act militarily.
Drawing parallels with previous Turkish interventions in Libya and the ...

Israeli settlers have made seven attempts to smuggle animal sacrifices into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during this year's Jewish Passover festival, the highest number of such incidents documented since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967.

The Palestinian Authority's Jerusalem Governorate said on Sunday the provocations took place while Israeli authorities kept the 144-dunum (36-acre) compound, along with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre...

Pope Leo XIV marked the beginning of his apostolic journey to Africa with a visit to the Grand Mosque of Algiers, where he highlighted the site's spiritual significance and paused in silent meditation.

Welcomed by the Rector of the Mosque, Mohamed Mamoun al Qasim who offered words of fraternity, the Pope said "I thank you for these reflections and for these important words during this visit, from a place that represents the space that belongs to God, a divine and sacred space, where many people come to pray...

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has fired off a blistering response to a social media post from Tucker Carlson praising Islam.

The spat began Tuesday when Carlson's network issued a pro-Muslim post on X.

"The people in charge don't want you to know this, but Muslims love Jesus," the post read.

"Islam reveres Him as a major prophet and messenger of the Lord...

What in the world is going on with Tucker Carlson?

The influential podcaster calls himself a Christian, but recently he's spent an inordinate amount of time not only criticizing Bible-believing Christians (more on that in a moment) but also leaning into Islam and defending tenants of its faith.

To be clear: Carlson has not converted to Islam. There's no evidence of that. But what's undeniable is the shift in tone, emphasis, and worldview...

What in the world is going on with Tucker Carlson?

The influential podcaster calls himself a Christian, but recently he's spent an inordinate amount of time not only criticizing Bible-believing Christians (more on that in a moment) but also leaning into Islam and defending tenants of its faith.

To be clear: Carlson has not converted to Islam. There's no evidence of that. But what's undeniable is the shift in tone, emphasis, and worldview. And it's raising a legitimate question: where exactly is Tucker Carlson headed?