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F-16 fighter jet crashes at US air base in western Germany prompts major emergency response
A US F-16 fighter jet crashed near Spangdahlem Air Base in western Germany, leaving one person slightly injured and triggering a major emergency response. The pilot ejected safely.
US National Archives recovers over 120 previously unknown American POW statements from WWII
'Unrestrained antisemitism': German politicians, Jewish leaders warn over Left Party’s rise
Germany’s Left Party, AfD win big in German state elections in setback for Merz’s CDU
Lithuania's Jewish partisan bunkers caught between Holocaust memory and military expansion
Lithuania was for centuries a center of rich Jewish thought, religious life and secular culture; Vilna, as the capital was known in Yiddish, was nicknamed the “Jerusalem of the North.”
Antisemitic ideology deeply embedded within the far-right German AfD party, new AJC report shows
The AJC report found that while Germany’s AfD party denies antisemitism, “antisemitic ideas, codes, and narratives” are present throughout its rhetoric, mobilization strategies and memory politics.
Two killed at school near Berlin, suspected attacker detained
An 18-year-old student and a 30-year-old man were killed in an attack at a school near Berlin, according to local reports. A suspect was detained.
Third drone, suspected explosive substance found at German Leipzig/Halle airport
The drone was found on August 14, 10 days after the incident, to the west of the airport, where investigators also discovered about 50 grams of a substance they suspected to be a military explosive.
German prosecutors identify likely suspect in deadly 1970 Munich Jewish center arson
On the evening of 13 February 1970, the building of the Jewish Community of Munich at 27 Reichenbachstraße in Munich, which was also a retirement home, was set alight using a petrol mixture.
Which countries, tech giants around the world are regulating kids' social media access?
What are countries and companies doing to regulate access to social media amid mounting concerns over the impact of social media on children's health and safety?
The Odyssey holds a mirror to the breakdown of human society after October 7 - opinion
This may be history’s most important warning: Barbarism does not always come from outside. Sometimes it grows from within a society that regards itself as enlightened.
German giant acquires Israeli company for $575 million
Munich Re will acquire Israeli cyber insurer At-Bay for $575M. Founded in 2016 with 280 employees, the company will join Munich Re subsidiary HSB.
German court convicts Ukrainian man over parcel bomb plot linked to Russia
For the Russian organizers of the plot, these shipments were designed to scope out potential opportunities for future acts of sabotage, the court said.
German state bans anti-Israel ‘Palästina e.V.’ group over antisemitic propaganda, terror support
The state announced the ban on Tuesday, after an administrative court determined that Palästina e.V.'s purpose and activities go against Germany's constitutional order.