Bomber from far-left group blows himself up at embassy building in Ankara; damage done to building, blast heard from mile away; Turkish PM Erdogan: Event shows world must ally in fight against terrorism.
Israel reacted angrily to a new UN Human Rights Council report Thursday, after it concluded that “a multitude of the human rights of the Palestinians are violated in various forms and ways due to the existence of the settlements”.
The Jewish community of Odessa, Ukraine, alongside dignitaries and public leaders, gathered at the memorial sign “Road of Death” in the Prokhorovka Park.
Iran slammed Israel on Thursday following Damascus-circulated reports of an Israeli-ordered strike on a research facility north of the Syrian capital Wednesday, warning the reported action would invoke “grave consequences for Tel Aviv”.
In wake of reported IAF strike on Syria, Iran issues threat to Israel; Hezbollah, Russia condemn alleged attack on a military research center in Damascus.
''Target was truckload of weapons, going from Syria to Lebanon,'' says diplomat, adding that cache likely not chemical weapons; source says load probably included high-tech anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles.
Comments by Swiss President Ueli Maurer in an address to mark International Holocaust Memorial Day have evoked outcry from the country’s Jewish community, after the leader failed to address the wartime government’s complicity in rejecting refugees seeking escape from Nazi persecution.
