Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall (Het Koninklijk Concertgebouw) announced Wednesday it would allow Israeli Cantor Shai Abramson to perform after mounting protests and international media attention — including from Worthy News — over its decision to ban his Hanukkah concerts.
Venezuela has launched a massive two-day military mobilization involving nearly 200,000 troops as the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, arrived in Latin American waters Tuesday, significantly escalating regional military tensions.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was “deeply saddened” after a Turkish military cargo plane carrying 20 personnel crashed Tuesday in Georgia, near the border with Azerbaijan, and officials feared there were no survivors.
Europe marked the end of World War I with mixed emotions Tuesday, realizing that the armed conflict in Ukraine increasingly resembles the horrors of that era.
Disgraced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will prove his innocence after a court agreed to temporarily release him from the prison where he began serving a five-year sentence on October 21, 2025, following a conviction for “criminal conspiracy” linked to alleged Libyan campaign funding.
A British-born academic has left Radboud University in the Netherlands amid rising concerns about antisemitism on Dutch campuses following his highly controversial social-media comments defending Palestinian violence against Israel.
French authorities have opened a formal judicial inquiry after chaos erupted during a concert by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris, where protesters lit flares and shouted anti-Israel slogans before being subdued by audience members.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) faced an unprecedented crisis Monday after its director-general and head of news resigned amid accusations of political bias at what was once regarded as the flagship of both Britain and journalism worldwide.
President Donald Trump secured a significant diplomatic breakthrough Monday as Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa signed an agreement bringing Syria into the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, making the war-torn nation the 90th member of the U.S.-led counterterrorism alliance.
Russia’s Republic of Dagestan has become the focus of an embarrassing aviation scandal after a helicopter carrying senior defense-industry officials broke apart in mid-air and crashed — an event caught on video and widely shared online, prompting authorities to launch a criminal investigation.
Residents on Luzon Island, the largest and most populated island of the Philippines, assessed the damage early Monday after a sleepless night when Super Typhoon Fung-wong, locally known as Uwan, killed at least two people and injured several others.
As the number of suspected narcotic transport boats destroyed by the U.S. military grows, so does the number of naval vessels in the Caribbean.
Iranian officials are warning of imminent water rationing—and even the potential evacuation of Tehran—as the nation faces its worst drought in nearly a century.
Hungary’s prime minister told U.S. President Donald J. Trump on Friday that it would take a miracle for Ukraine to win the war against Russia. Viktor Orbán made the remarks at the White House, where Trump asked him during a joint news conference about the prospects for Kyiv’s victory.
Kazakhstan has officially joined the Abraham Accords, becoming the first country to do so during U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, the White House confirmed Thursday evening.
Growing outrage over Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall (Het Koninklijk Concertgebouw) decision to cancel a Hanukkah concert featuring Jewish-Israeli cantor Shai Abramson has prompted an open letter from the heirs of Holocaust survivor and musician Lex van Weren, urging sponsors to withdraw support until the venue reverses course.
Hungary’s right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will meet U.S. President Donald J. Trump at the White House on Friday amid growing signs that their long-time political bromance may be cooling.
Typhoon Kalmaegi slammed into Vietnam on Thursday, after survivors told Worthy News they saw dead bodies and destruction in the Philippines, where authorities feared the super storm killed more than 200 people.
The United States is preparing to station troops at an airbase near Damascus to support a U.S.-brokered security pact between Syria and Israel, Reuters reported, citing multiple sources familiar with the plan.
Canada’s Jewish community was in shock Wednesday after the Kehillat Shaarei Torah synagogue in Toronto was vandalized again — marking the tenth such attack in about 18 months.