In response to a synagogue attack in which two people were killed Wednesday and previous incidents, German officials have called for more officers to be devoted to tackling far-right extremism and a greater focus on online platforms spreading far-right radicalism.

America maintains some 1,000 troops in Syria who work alongside the Kurdish fighters. America's foes – Assad, Russia, and Iran – all stand to gain from a US troop withdrawal in Syria.

Anti-Semitism is often utilized by German political groups to make jabs at each other, particularly between the governing coalition and its archenemy in the domestic political sphere: the right-wing Alternative for Germany, which made significant gains in regional elections in eastern Germany, where the Halle attack occurred, facilitating a connection between AfD and the deadly shooting.

Players from Saudi Arabia’s national soccer team, who face the Palestinian national team in the West Bank on Tuesday for a World Cup qualifying match, traveled to Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday to pray at the Temple Mount. “This is the most beautiful day in my life,” says Yasser Al-Mishal, the president of the Saudi Football Federation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin to be apprised of the appeal by PM Netanyahu to commute the sentence of Naama Issachar, a 26-year-old US-Israeli woman jailed in Russian prison over possession of cannabis. Natan Sharansky: She is being held hostage by the Russian regime. Israeli justice minister will reportedly okay extradition of Russian hacker to the US.