The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is collecting funds to help the victims of the devastating floods in Pakistan with food, clothing, medicine and other necessities.
UN Report: Israel has launched more than 150 probes into its role in 2008-2009 Gaza war; Human Rights Watch: Hamas appears to have done nothing to investigate its culpability.
Amin al-Hindi, a founder of the Palestinian security services and a close associate of Yasser Arafat, dies of cancer at the age of 70; to be buried in his native Gaza Strip.
President Nicolas Sarkozy's racially-tinged security crackdown has begun to cause concern even within his own right-wing camp and raise fears that he has damaged France's international image.
The Jewish community of Omsk is one of many communities to have responded to the appeal made by Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar to assist people who have been affected by the serious fires that recently occurred in certain parts of the country.
