When a large number of human bones mixed in with pages containing Hebrew words were discovered at a building site in the town of Netishyn, Ukraine, the few local Jews turned to the only rabbi they knew for assistance.
French President Francois Hollande met with the US Vice President in Paris Monday as he recommitted to the joint European-American initiative to revive the dormant Middle East peace process.
Thousands of Tunisians rallied Wednesday night in the center of Tunis in front of the Interior ministry to protest the assasination of an opposition leader and outspoken critic of the Islamist-led government.
As EU heads of state or government meet Thursday in Brussels for a two-day summit, the European Union is under pressure from the US, Israel and Jewish groups to add Hezbollah to its list of terrorist organizations after one EU member state, Bulgaria, linked the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shiite group to a deadly bomb attack committed on its soil in July 2012.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Tuesday the implications of the Bulgarian investigation into the 2012 Burgas terrrorist attack ''need to be assessed seriously as they relate to a terrorist attack on EU soil, which resulted in the killing and injury of innocent civilians.''