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World Saw 171% Increase In Antisemitic Incidents Last Month
World Saw 171% Increase In Antisemitic Incidents Last Month

A new report shows there were at least 468 reported incidents of antisemitism worldwide in January 2024, representing a 171% increase in such incidents from January 2023.

U.S. Airstrike Kills Top Commander of Iranian Backed Militia Group in Iraq
U.S. Airstrike Kills Top Commander of Iranian Backed Militia Group in Iraq

According to US officials, a drone strike carried out by the US in Baghdad resulted in the deaths of three individuals associated with the Iranian-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah militia organization, among them the leader of the group’s activities in Syria.

Pakistan Blast Kills Dozens Ahead Of Elections
Pakistan Blast Kills Dozens Ahead Of Elections

Two bomb explosions have killed at least 22 people in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on the eve of general elections, officials say.

Dutch Coalition Talks With Anti-Islam Party Collapse
Dutch Coalition Talks With Anti-Islam Party Collapse

The hopes of the anti-Islam Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders’ to become prime minister of the Netherlands were dwindling Wednesday after coalition talks collapsed.

New Report Details Iran Closer Than Ever To Building a Nuclear Weapons
New Report Details Iran Closer Than Ever To Building a Nuclear Weapons

A new report by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) raises serious concerns about Iran’s ability to build a nuclear bomb, marking a significant escalation by assigning its highest warning level, “Extreme Danger,” for the first time since it started monitoring Iran’s nuclear activities in the 1990s.

China-Born Australian Activist Sentenced To Death
China-Born Australian Activist Sentenced To Death

Australia was weighing its options Tuesday after a Chinese court gave a suspended death sentence to a prominent China-born Australian pro-democracy activist on Monday. The Australian government, which has repeatedly raised his case over the years, said it was appalled.

Australia Rushing To Become World’s First Functionally Cashless Society
Australia Rushing To Become World’s First Functionally Cashless Society

Australia has begun unleashing a digital revolution to possibly become the world’s first functionally cashless nation by 2025 after a digital identity (ID) document scheme will be rolled out across the country by July, Worthy News learned Tuesday.

Grandson Munich Massacre Victim Hospitalized After Anti-Jewish Attack In Berlin
Grandson Munich Massacre Victim Hospitalized After Anti-Jewish Attack In Berlin

German police have detained a 23-year-old man for “attacking and seriously injuring” the grandson of an Israeli athletics coach who was murdered by Palestinian fighters in the Munich Olympics massacre in 1972, several sources confirmed Monday.

Hungary Refuses To Ratify Sweden’s NATO Membership
Hungary Refuses To Ratify Sweden’s NATO Membership

Legislators of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s party boycotted an opposition-initiated parliamentary session on Sweden’s entry into NATO, ensuring further delays and more tensions between lone holdout Hungary and other allies of the military alliance.

Charles III Diagnosed With Cancer, Suspends Public Duties
Charles III Diagnosed With Cancer, Suspends Public Duties

Britain’s King Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, Buckingham Palace said Monday.

Iran Building a New Nuclear Reactor In Isfahan
Iran Building a New Nuclear Reactor In Isfahan

On Monday, Iran announced the construction of a fourth nuclear research reactor in the central city of Isfahan, coming just days after revealing plans for a new nuclear power plant complex in the southern part of the country.

Iran to Participate in Joint Naval Exercises with Russia and China
Iran to Participate in Joint Naval Exercises with Russia and China

Iran announced on Monday plans to conduct joint naval drills with Russia and China before the year’s end, amid rising regional tensions due to attacks on commercial shipping by Yemen-based Houthi forces and U.S. airstrikes on Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq and Syria over the weekend.

Russia: Ukraine Kills Dozens In Bakery
Russia: Ukraine Kills Dozens In Bakery

Moscow-installed officials accused Ukraine of killing at least 28 people at a bakery in the Russian-occupied city of Lysychansk.

Europe Sees Massive Farmers’ Unrest
Europe Sees Massive Farmers’ Unrest

Tensions remained high in Europe on Monday, where desperate farmers protested over the weekend, blocking crucial border crossings between Belgium and the Netherlands and clogging the streets with their tractors in other countries.

UK: Pro-life Activist Found Guilty After Holding “Thou Hast Covered Me In My Mother’s Womb” Sign Inside Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone
UK: Pro-life Activist Found Guilty After Holding “Thou Hast Covered Me In My Mother’s Womb” Sign Inside Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone

A Christian pro-life activist in the United Kingdom has been found guilty of breaching a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) by holding a sign outside a London abortion clinic with the words: “Psalm 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.” Stephen Green was convicted at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Friday; the abortion clinic he had been at is run by MSI Reproductive Choices, formerly Marie Stopes, in Ealing, west London.