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Jordan convenes an emergency meeting of Arab and Islamic foreign ministers, warning of an imminent Israeli threat to al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock, citing recent incursions by Jewish religious groups at the Jerusalem holy site.
Christians in Israel, comprising less than 2% of the population, face rising harassment and fear visible religious expression may draw attacks, particularly since the October 2023 conflict began.
The U.S. Department of Defense is introducing a course on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in its schools serving military families, part of efforts by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to emphasize patriotic values and classical learning.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi avoided visiting Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine on the 81st anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender, though other government officials attended the controversial site that commemorates war dead including convicted war criminals.
A 55.6-meter statue of the Virgin Mary, believed to be Europe’s tallest, was inaugurated in a small Polish village in the presence of former anti-communist leader Lech Walesa.
A man has been charged with hate crimes after disrupting Shabbat services at a Manhattan synagogue and assaulting two people on Friday night, according to police.
