Are LGBTQ Jews welcome in Orthodox communities? This is how they are building spaces of their own
It was a heart-wrenching choice. But when Daniel Gammerman decided to never set foot back in an Orthodox synagogue, he ...
4 candidates to lead Britain’s defeated Conservatives bash Labour, and each other
The four contenders to lead Britain’s Conservative Party took turns in the spotlight on Wednesday, each claiming to be the ...
A US bomb from World War II explodes at a Japanese airport, causing a large crater in a taxiway
An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 ...
Cadaver dogs wade through muck of communities ‘wiped off the map’ by Helene
Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris in the mountains of western North Carolina ...
Two men close to Benin’s president jailed after alleged coup plot
Two men close to Benin’s president who were arrested last week on suspicions of plotting a coup in the small West African ...
Ukraine’s military will pull out of Vuhledar in the east after 2 years of intense fighting
Ukrainian forces are withdrawing from the front-line town of Vuhledar, perched atop a tactically significant hill in eastern Ukraine, after more than two years of grinding ...
Women’s role in Catholic Church tops agenda as Pope Francis opens second phase of big reform project
Pope Francis opened the second phase of his big Catholic reform project Wednesday, with widespread calls for women to take up more positions of responsibility in the church topping the ...
Sabalenka beats Keys at China Open and equals her career-best win streak
Second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka matched her career-best 15 straight wins after beating Madison Keys 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the China Open on Wednesday. The ...
Two predawn explosions rock the area around the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen but no one is injured
Police in the Danish capital said two predawn explosions took place Wednesday in the vicinity of the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen, prompting the nearby Jewish school to ...
Lebanese emergency services are overwhelmed and need better gear to save lives in wartime
When Israel bombed buildings outside the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, Mohamed Arkadan and his team rushed to an emergency unlike anything they had ever seen. About a dozen ...
Typhoon bringing heavy rain slowly heads toward Taiwan, where 4,000 have evacuated
A typhoon bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall slowly advanced Wednesday toward Taiwan, where thousands of people ...
Palestinian officials say 32 killed in Israeli strikes on southern Gaza
At least 32 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in southern Gaza killed at least 32 people overnight and into ...