World News

World news is all reports on stories involving politicians, conflict and revolutions outside of the United States and Israel that affect the world and the Jewish state. 'World news' helps the global environment set the political agenda through journalists situated in conflict regions reporting on the important facts.

24 Iranian Jews remain in prison as government launches internal crackdown, sources say

Iranian officials have been hunting alleged collaborators with Israel following the recent attacks on Iran and the US’ bombing of the country’s most fortified nuclear facility.  

By LARRY COHLER-ESSES/JTA
01/07/2025

Fraudsters sold fake Sephardic citizenship for cash, say Spanish police

The immigration scheme allegedly exploited a 2015 law, dubbed the “Law of Return,” that allows the descendants of Jews expelled in the 1492 Spanish Inquisition to obtain Spanish nationality. 

By ORGE CASTELLANO/JTA
01/07/2025

Mayor calls for release of New Jersey synagogue custodian detained by ICE

Glen Rock Mayor Kristine Morieko condemned Aquino's detention, asserting it was “in direct violation of due process and without cause.”

By GRACE GILSON/JTA
01/07/2025
Iranian flag and cyber code [Illustrative]

Iran-linked hackers threaten to release Trump aides' emails

Hackers previously distributed a batch of Trump's emails to the media ahead of the 2024 US elections.

By REUTERS
01/07/2025

New York luxury landlords draft Israeli equity swap amid socialist upset

A handful of veteran Jewish real-estate investors are drafting an “equity-swap” proposal that would let New York homeowners offset expected losses from Mamdani’s surprise victory.

DHS releases $94 million of security grants for Jewish institutions as remainder of funding stalls

The funds would “help protect Jewish faith-based institutions from further attacks," the agency said, citing recent violence in Washington DC and Colorado.

By GRACE GILSON/JTA
30/06/2025

US revokes visas for Bob Vylan after music duo's Glastonbury chants

"Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country," US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said in a post on X.

By REUTERS
30/06/2025
A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture

ICC says new cybersecurity incident has been contained

The incident was the second of its type against the ICC in recent years, it said in a statement.

By REUTERS
30/06/2025

Thousands flee wildfires in Turkey as Europe is hit by early heatwave

Health alerts were issued in France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Germany. Even the Netherlands, used to a milder climate, issued a warning for high temperatures in the coming days, with high humidity.

By REUTERS
30/06/2025

American meddling in Israel didn’t start with Trump

What made Trump’s actions audacious was not the interference itself but how he did it — openly, unapologetically, with a veiled threat that US military aid might be at stake.

30/06/2025
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