Iran won’t bow to military action or sanctions and will retain nuclear program, country’s president tells UNGA

Iran won’t be bullied by military action or economic sanctions into giving up its nuclear program, the country’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, pledged to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday as the United States deliberates whether to resume the war it joined Israel in launching.  “We will never bow our head or bend at the […]

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2 top Iranian officials to face trial in absentia over deadly 1994 attack on Argentinian Jewish center

Two senior officials at the heart of Iran’s military and national security establishment are among the eight people set to face trial in absentia over their alleged roles in the 1994 terrorist bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.  Argentine Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas issued the 648-page ruling Monday, formally processing the […]

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Germany’s far-right victory in eastern state election portends ‘disaster’ for centrists

The far-right Alternative for Germany’s victory in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, its second in the region in as many weeks, underscores the growing popularity of the anti-immigration, nationalist party at the expense of the country’s political center. The center-right Christian Democratic Union, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party, had its worst result in any […]

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Sweden’s center-left wins tight election marred by antisemitism accusations

Sweden’s center-left coalition has overturned Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s right-wing government after a nail-biter election, blocking a far-right party with neo-Nazi roots from its bid to join a cabinet for the first time.  Kristersson resigned on Thursday after the public broadcaster SVT called Sweden’s general election for the center-left bloc, led by former prime minister […]

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Police investigating threats against prominent Munich Holocaust survivor and AfD opponent

Police said they are investigating death threats made against a senior Jewish leader in Germany, after she criticized the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. A witness found graffiti scrawled in white ink on a park bench and a trash bin in Munich’s English Garden park, threatening the life of 93-year-old Holocaust survivor Charlotte Knobloch, […]

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Germany’s far-right AfD makes gains in local elections, fended off by mainstream parties

The far-right Alternative for Germany party tripled its vote in Lower Saxony’s local elections from five years ago, coming in third in a race won by Germany’s leading conservative party. The nationalist, anti-immigrant AfD siphoned off votes from Germany’s mainstream parties in the northwestern state, home to 8 million people. The election was seen as […]

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