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A Jewish school in Amsterdam was hit by an explosion early on Saturday in what the city's mayor called "a deliberate attack against the Jewish community." The explosion on Saturday is the latest in a spate of suspected attacks against Jewish institutions in recent weeks. Many of these incidents coincided with the US-Israeli war against

The small black plaque on the facade of house No. 99 on Budapest’s grand Andrassy Boulevard marks an episode that happened in November 1956, when Soviet troops invaded Hungary and brutally crushed the country's short-lived uprising against the Communist Party. Some Soviet soldiers refused to take part in the bloodbath against the Hungarian freedom fighters — and

Protected landmarks and humanity's cultural heritage are threatened by the US-Israel war with Iran. UNESCO-listed sites, including palaces and an ancient mosque in Iran, are among the historical landmarks that have been damaged by the US-Israeli strikes, which began on February 28. UNESCO, the UN's cultural body, has expressed its concern about the cultural heritage sites

The corn in the fields stands several feet tall — it hasn’t been harvested in a long time. Villages are destroyed and deserted. Burnt-out car wrecks line the roadsides. There is no sign of fighting — the area in the Kharkiv region near the Russian border looks downright eerie. These images from reconnaissance drones and stationary video cameras are

The easing of sanctions on Russian oil by the United States is aimed at cooling global energy prices as the US-Israel war on Iran continues. It also provides a significant boost to the Kremlin at a time when Russia desperately needs it. The measure, announced by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on social media on Thursday, has

Colombian President Gustavo Petro (left), Brazil's federal Supreme Court minister Alexandre de Moraes and Francesca Albanese, United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, have all been sanctioned by the Trump administration. Oliver Contreras, Evaristo Sa and Bastien Ohier/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Oliver Contreras

Almost two decades on from Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia, much remains disputed. Scores of countries still do not recognize Kosovo — including Serbia itself, five EU member states and giant economies such as India, Brazil and Indonesia. Meanwhile, Russia and China offer crucial backing to Serbia's non-recognition. As permanent Security Council members

X marks many spots. jclegg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption jclegg/Getty Images What is X? X is a letter, a sound, a word, a symbol. X is the unknown. It can be sleek and edgy; it can be religious. For just a simple shape of two crossed lines, X is a lot of things. "I

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday, as he scrambles to restart the conversation on ending the war in Ukraine. Zelenskyy's visit to the French capital comes as the US-Israeli war with Iran absorbs military and diplomatic resources away from Russia's war in Ukraine, which entered its fourth year last

When 32 countries this week moved to tap their emergency crude oil stockpiles in an effort to steady soaring oil prices, the gesture was quickly overshadowed by Iran's escalating strikes in the Strait of Hormuz. The members of the International Energy Agency (IEA), a coalition of major energy‑consuming nations, agreed on Wednesday to release hundreds of millions of barrels