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Civilians flee amid Turkish bombardment on Syria's northeastern town of Ras al-Ain in the Hasakeh province along the Turkish border on Wednesday

At least two people were shot dead in the German city of Halle on Wednesday in an anti-Semitic attack as Jews marked the holy day of Yom Kippur, with the gunman filming the assault and posting a video online.The suspect has been captured, police said, as security was ramped up at synagogues and other Jewish sites across Germany.In a copy of a 35-minute video obtained by AFP but whose authenticity has not been confirmed by police, the gunman filmed himself launching into a diatribe against women and Jews, before carrying out the attack, in a disturbing repeat of the modus operandi of the attacker in the Christchurch mosque assault earlier this year.

Astronauts aboard NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) made history after successfully growing meat in space for the first time. The experiment was made possible using a special 3D printer.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that the global body is in dire financial straits

Iraqi police deployed in Baghdad's predominantly Shiite Sadr City, on Monday

Climate protesters from Sydney to New York blocked roads Monday, sparking hundreds of arrests, as two weeks of civil disobedience demanding immediate action to save the Earth from "extinction" kicked off.The demonstrations, triggered by the group Extinction Rebellion, were mostly limited to a few hundred people in each city, far from the size of last month's massive Greta Thunberg-inspired protests.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he would discuss plans for new elections with all factions; pictured October 6, 2019

A group Microsoft dubbed "Phosphorous" tried to identify email accounts belonging to US officials, journalists covering global politics, prominent Iranians living outside that country, and a presidential campaign

The Palestinian Authority will receive a transfer of 1.5 billion shekels ($430 million) from Israel, officials from the two governments said Friday, in a step towards resolving a months-long standoff; a young protester waves a Palestinian flag on October 4, 2019

Netanyahu's lawyer Ram Caspi has a last chance to convince Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit not to file corruption charges against the prime minister

For Jews living in Spain, 1492 was a year burned into historical memory when a community of at least 200,000 people were forced into exile

Netanyahu's pre-indictment hearing is being held behind closed doors at the justice ministry

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly denied the corruption allegations against him, dismissing them as a "witchhunt"

Talks between Netanyahu and his centrist challenger Benny Gantz on forming a unity government remain deadlocked on a number of issues, notably who would serve as prime minister first under any rotation arrangement

In 1492, the Spanish crown ordered the country's Jewish community, which numbered at least 200,000, to either convert to Catholicism or be burned at the stake

Passengers sailing in a P&O cruise ship had a horrendous time when they got stranded in Monte Carlo port following bad weather and a stormy sea made their return to the cruise ship impossible at night.

Major General Hossein Salami heads Iran's Revolutionary Guards

The parties of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and his main rival Benny Gantz came neck and neck in this month's election

Ruth Chepngetich won the first title of the World Athletics Championships the women's marathon which saw the heat and humidity take its toll on the field

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the 74th Session of the General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York on September 26, 2019

Near-complete results in the Israeli parliamentary elections.